AIM RECORDS

"I WAS A LITTLE FIREBUG,I NEARLY CAUGHT FIRE TO MY MUMS HOUSE WHEN I WAS A KID, I USED TO LIKE LIGHTING FIRES.ME AND MY COUSIN USED TO GO OUT TO THE BACK SHEDS, AND SET THEM ON FIRE, THEN RUN BACK IN THE HOUSE,CHANGE BACK INTO OUR PYJAMAS AND WATCH THE FIRE BRIGADE COME AND PUT IT OUT FROM THE WINDOW.”

HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU BOUGHT YOUR FIRST RECORD, AND WHAT WAS IT?

"I WAS 11, I GOT SANTA CLAUS IS ON THE DOLE, AND THE BANGLES- WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN, I GOT THEM DOWN PECKHAM, I USED TO LISTEN TO A LOT OF DIANA ROSS, MY MUM WAS INTO MOTOWN, SHE HAD A RECORD PLAYER WHEN I WAS REALY LITTLE.”

WHATS YOUR FAVE GENRE OF MUSIC?

“I HAVENT GOT A FAVOURITE GENRE, ITS JUST MUSIC IN GENERAL FOR ME.”

WHAT MADE YOU BECOME A DJ, AND HOW OLD WERE YOU?

“I DID MY FIRST SET WHEN I WAS 14 IN PECKHAM”

DO YOU HAVE A REGULAR JOB APART FROM BEING A DJ?

“PROMOTER, CLUB MANAGEMENT.”

I CAUGHT A BIG SET OF YOURS NOT TOO LONG AGO, ALONGSIDE DANNY.C,NIKKI.S AND NYKE AT CARLING, YOU LOT TORE IT UP!! WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR MOST MEMORABLE DJ-ING EXPERIENCE?

“YEAH, THAT NIGHT WAS BIG, THATS THE ONE”.

WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF A GOOD NIGHT OUT?

“GOING OUT,GETTING DRUNK, HAVIN A WICKED NIGHT, THEN HAVING SOME GOOD FOOD, AND GOING TO BED.”

WHERE IS YOUR FAVE VENUE TO PLAY AT?

“SCALA, CARLING, IVE PLAYED A FEW NICE CLUBS RECENTLY”

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FUTURE SOUND OF UK CLUBS WILL BE?

“DANCE MUSIC REALY, THERES A HYBRID SOUND AT THE MOMENT, IT SOUNDS LIKE GARAGE IS COMING BACK AROUND, LIKE MUSICS GONE IN A FULL CIRCLE, SOME OF THESE NEW TRACKS SOUND LIKE THE OLDSKOOL STUFF, SO HOPEFULLY SOME MORE VOCAL GARAGE TUNES WILL COME OUT,ALL THE BIGGER PRODUCERS HAVE STOPPED MAKING IT, I GUESS THEY ARE OFF DOING SOMETHING ELSE COS THERES NO MONEY ABOUT.”

WHATS THE BEST AND WORST PART OF YOUR JOB?

“BEST PART IS WHEN YOUR TEARING IT UP, WHEN YOU SEE EVERYONE BUBBLING WHILST YOUR MIXING, THE WORST PART IS GETTING PAID SHIT MONEY FROM DODGY PROMOTERS.”

DO YOU SEE YOURSELF STILL BEING A DJ IN 10 YEARS TIME?

“YEP, OF COURSE.”

DO YOU HAVE ANY AMBITIONS TO BE ANYTHING ELSE?

“STAND UP COMEDIAN, TV PRESENTER,AND A MALE MODEL.”

ANY FORTHCOMING CLUB SETS?

“ I HAVE BOOKINGS EVERY WEEK, BUT ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR IS MY BIRTHDAY IN OCTOBER AT LEGENDS IN BARKING.”

WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 5 FAVE TRACKS OF ALL TIME?

DON MACLEAN... AMERICAN PIE.

THE JAZZ SINGER ALBUM..... NEIL DIAMOND.

THOUSAND BOLTS OF HOLT.... JOHN HOLT.

WORKING CLASS HERO- JOHN LENNON.

ANYTHING BY THE BEATLES.

NICE ONE MR BLAZE, BIG UP!!

LISA.C

SOUTH WEST LONDON, I GREW UP IN STOCKWELL AND VAUXHALL, ROUND THERE. AND NOW I LIVE IN SIDCUP.

THAT’S A HARD ONE, ITS PROBABLY HEARING MY MUM AND DAD BLASTING OUT THE THREE DEGREES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,THEY LIKED THEIR MOTOWN.

SEE THAT’S ANOTHER HARD ONE COS I NEVER STARTED BUYING RECORDS UNTIL I STARTED DJ-ING, AND I DIDN’T START TIL LATE BECAUSE I WAS AN MC, BUT THE FIRST RECORD I EVER BOUGHT HAS GOT TO BE A MICHEAL JACKSON ALBUM, OFF THE WALL.

ME AND MY BROTHER HAVE BEEN DOING MUSIC FOR YEARS NOW, IM 38 NOW, AND WE BEEN DOING IT SINCE I WAS ABOUT 16, WE WERE IN A RAP GROUP AND WE USED TO TOUR WITH ICE, PUBLIC ENEMY, THE WHOLE LOT.

WHO WERE YOUR INFLUENCES BACK THEN WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG?

LOOKING BACK ON IT NOW, OUR INFLUENCES WERE DEFINITELY SOUL AND R&B, HIP-HOP, BUT THERES NO ONE ARTIST I CAN SAY, I LIKE ANYBODY WHOS GOT TALENT, THERES BEEN SO MANY I COULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT, BUT ITS DEFINITELY HIP HOP AND OLD SOUL.

THE MUSIC HAS REALY CHANGED NOW, SO I DON’T GO OUT MUCH ANYMORE BECAUSE NOBODIES REALY DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT, IT USED TO BE THAT EVERYONE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT NOW EVERYBODIES DOING THE SAME THING, SO ITS VERY HARD, BUT IF IM PUSHED I WILL HAVE TO SAY EZ FOR THE S**T HE DOES WITH THE MIXER, HES GOT TO BE THE BEST THING THERE IS IN THE GARAGE SCENE AT THE MOMENT, I JUST LIKE DIFFERENT STUFF, I LIKE TO GO OUT AND LISTEN TO SOME HOUSE, OR SOMETHING I HAVENT HEARD, THEY ARE THE ONES I LIKE TO GO LISTEN TO, IF I GO OUT AND LISTEN TO A DJ I KNOW THEY ALWAYS PLAY THE SAME THING, SO I PREFER THE DJ’S WHO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY THE STUFF I DON’T KNOW.I LIKE GAVIN PETERS, SUPA-D AND WIG MAN BUT I RESPECT EVERYBODY AND TREAT EVERYONE THE SAME.

PRODUCERS-ANYONE WHOS DOING THIS NEW FUNKY HOUSE.

IF YOUR TALKING CLUBS, AMADEUS, I LIKE THE CLUB, BUT I LIKE ANYWHERE REALY, MINISTRY OF SOUND, ANYWHERE.

DRUM AND BASS, I LISTEN TO THAT AND FUNKY HOUSE, THE NEW STUFF, LIKE WHAT SUPA-D AND THEM BOYS PLAY.

WE GOT A NEW TRACK COMING OUT, MASTERS OF CEREMONY, IT’S A SUMMER TRACK AND ITS ABOUT GIRLS.AND ITS CALLED “STRICTLY FOR THE LADIES”, IVE ALSO GOT SOME FUNKY HOUSE COMING OUT TOO AND ITS CALLED “FOR YOU”.

THE BEATLES-SHE LOVES YOU, BUT ONLY FOR THE MONEY!!

NO. BEING A DJ IS A FULL TIME JOB IF YOU ARE DOING IT PROPERLY.PLUS THE PRODUCTION TOO, SO IM LUCKY, I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR A JOB.

I PLAY FOR EVERYBODY REALY, IM ALL OVER THE GAFF!! NORMALLY I PLAY WITH MARTIN LARNER A LOT AT CARLING ACADEDEMY.

IM SINGLE AND HAPPY MATE.

NO, NOT AT ALL.

NOT AT ALL, I GOT NEICES AND I THINK ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING, COS THEY LOVE THEIR MUSIC AND THEY SHOW AN INTEREST IN IT, BUT IF I HAD A KID I WOULD LET THEM BE WHAT THEY WANT. ITS`UP TO THEM.

I LIKE MY JOB, I LIKE WHAT IM DOING, AND IF YOU CAN EARN MONEY FROM SOMETHING YOU LOVE THEN YOUR SORTED, I KNOW DJ’S OUT THERE IN THERE 40’S AND 50’S, SO I WILL CARRY ON AS LONG AS PEOPLE WANT TO LISTEN TO ME, MY EARS ARE GOING THOUGH, I GOT TO WEAR`EARPLUGS NOW, ONE OF MY PALS HAVE STOPPED COS HIS EARS HURT HIM, A LOT OF THE DRUM AND BASS BOYS HAVE GOT EAR PROBLEMS, BUT LIFES A LONG ROAD AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHATS GONA POP UP, I ALWAYS KEEP MY OPTIONS OPEN.

MARVIN GAYE- LETS GET IT ON

MASTERS OF CEREMONY- DO YOU REALY LIKE IT.

MICHEAL JACKSON- PRETTY YOUNG THING.

REBEL MC-TRIBAL BASS

MOBY-GO

MC DT IS STILL GOING STRONG AND NOW MOVING INTO PRODUCTION, I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM TO HAVE A CHAT WITH HIM ABOUT HIS CAREER.....AND TO CHECK OUT HIS NEWEST SOUNDS.......

WHATS YOUR FIRST MUSICAL MEMEORY?"mc-ing on a sound called 'saxon'."

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE MC-ING OVER DJ-ING OR PRODUCTION?"thats cos when i was growing up i used to watch all the mc's on tv, and i thought, thats what i wana do."

WHAT INSPIRES YOUR LYRICS?"just having fun, im just a fun person and i think that comes out in my lyrics."

HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU FIRST PICKED UP A MIC?"i was7,i was at a party with my mum."

DID YOU SPIT LYRICS? DID YOU CHAT? "yeah, probably a load of old rubbish! haha!, my mum used to take me to carnival every year and i used to get up and do my thing there too".

MASTERS OF CEREMONY -DO YOU REALY LIKE IT, WAS A NO1 HIT, AND IT KINDA PUT YOU ON THE MAP, WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE THAT?" i was doing hip hop production, at a studio called 'longtime', and i was just mc-ing in the clubs."

'JUMP UP' ONLY REACHED NO67 IN THE CHARTS, WHY DO YOU IT DIDNT DO AS WELL?" cos radio1 wouldnt play it! they said garage music was violent." BUT THAT WAS SUCH A HAPPY TUNE WASNT IT? "yep."

HOW DID YOU MEET UP WITH MASTERS OF CEREMONY? "we all worked together anyway."

WHAT DID YOU DO WHEN YOU FOUND OUT 'LOVIN IT' WAS NO1?"i was actually in the car listening to radio1, i screamed out the window."

WHERE YOU WITH THE BOYS WHEN YOU FOUND OUT? "na, but we were straight on the fone".

WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT THE GARAGE SCENE AT THE MOMENT?DO YOU MISS THE WAY GARAGE WAS-OR DO YOU LIKE THE GRIME? "well the scene has suffered a bit from all the fighting in the clubs,the grimes not realy me, i like it, but its not realy me, its a natural progression though."

WHERE DID THE NAME DT COME FROM? "people used to call me daddy tiny at school, and when i got to doing garage stations it got cut short to DT."

WHO HAS INFLUENCED YOU OVER THE YEARS? "a lot of reggae artists have influenced me, and some rap artists like jay-z,"

WHOS YOUR FAVE DJ TO WORK WITH?i havent realy got one, i will work with anyone that will work with me"

FAVE TRACK? "shake it off",

IF THERE WAS ONE TRACK IN THE WORLD YOU WISH YOU HAD MADE, WHAT WOULD IT BE? "kylie minogue- cant get u out of my head, its a catchy tune!".

YOU ARE A SOUTH-LONDONER, WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW? "i came from lewisham but now i live in south west london-fulham"

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER JOBS? "no, i own a studio, but i did do a film about a year ago, called 'one man and his dog' so look out for that".

WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE YOU GOT BIG? "i did painting and decorating when i left school, and i also was a telephone engineer".

WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE IN 5 OR 10 YEARS? DO YOU HAVE ANY DREAMS OR AMBITIONS? "yeah, i wana be in my studio, producing artists, and finding new talent".

Thanks to MC DT, and good luck for 2006, lisa.c

MC DT GAVE ME 4 TRACKS, THE FIRST WAS ''WARNING' feat MC'S KOSHER, DT, AND SNEAKY, PRODUCED BY DT AND DEAN.THIS IS WHATS FRESH ON THE UK R&B SCENE.

THE SECOND WAS 'NEUTRAL TERRITORY' A FRESH NEW R&B TRACK, NICE VOCALS, WITH A DEFINATE AMERICAN INFLUENCE BUT WITH THE ENGLISH FLAVOUR! feat MC'S DT, SKIBADEE, SHARKY P AND UNKNOWN, SINGER-ZARA.

THE THIRD WAS 'KHIGHTS OF THE OLDSKOOL', MC'S DT, SPECIAL, MUNCHIE,COBRA AND ULTRA, WITH SINGER CASEY, PRODUCED BY DON-ZEE- THIS ONES ALREADY PLAYING ON THE LIKES OF SHINE FM, IT TAKES YOU BACK IN THE DAY, AND IS GONA BE BIG THIS SUMMER!.

THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST BEING A SWEET LITTLE NUMBER CALLED 'I LIKE THE WAY', BY MC'S DT, MANIC B, WITH SINGER LATANIA and PRODUCED BY CONTRAST. THIS IS ANOTHER HOT VOCAL UKG TRACK TO LOOK OUT FOR THIS YEAR!

LAST MONTH I GOT TO MEET ANOTHER OF THE SCENES LONGEST SERVING MEMBERS, HE HAS BEEN KNOWN UNDER THE ALIAS OF ZION.H AND DJ LION, HE GREW UP AROUND PECKHAM AND STOCKWELL, AND NOW RESIDES IN BERMONDSEY. 32 YR OLD GOLDEN CHILD IS THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF CHOCOLATE FACTORY RECORDINGS, AND HE, LIKE US, IS TRYING TO STEER THE GARAGE SCENE BACK TO ITS OLD SELF..........GOLDEN CHILD..

WHERE DOES THE NAME GOLDEN CHILD COME FROM?" well, me and sum mates were a bit drunk early one morning,and they come up with it cos i always look good, proper, i keep myself lookin smart".

HOW DID YOU GET INTO MUSIC? "my older cousin was doing raindance, and once i heard a tape of the acid they were playing. i fell in love with it. they were the good old days, you cant get them back. i started going to barn raves and it went from there."

WHAT DID YOU DO AFTER THAT? "i followed the scene to hardcore, jungle and drum and bass, and finally to garage."

YOU HAVE BEEN ON NUFF STATIONS, WHICH CAME FIRST? "influence fm, i used to go to lazerdrome back then, and we started the station in '91, then i went onto freak fm, and then onto lightning fm, i was playing a lot of d&b, then we switched to garage, after that we set up taste fm, that was with smokey, the first broadcast went out from my mates bedroom! it did well but flopped when peoples egos got in the way. i then went on upfront fm, and by then the scene had gone grimey so i started playing house, i had been secretlt buying it."

WHY SECRETLY? "cos i was buying garage then, i was only buying the house for listening at home."

SO WHAT DID YOU DO AFTER UPFRONT? "i was on unknown fm for about a year, and basically got fed up cos it got too dark, just like the d&b scene did.i was pals with goldie, and back then we used to go metalheads every sunday, that was always good, maybe if i had stuck to the d&b i would have made a name for myself, but i got fed up and lost the drive for it cos it was getting too dark."

SO WHEN DID YOU START SERIOUSLY PRODUCING? "when i left flashback fm, i did my first track with andy b, we did a remix for a boyband for bmg, but they didnt wana pay us, so it flopped!!"

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES/WHO GIVES YOU INSPIRATION? "de la soul, run dmc, pm dawn and all them oldskool boys, but it wasnt til i started raving that i wanted to make music".

WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD YOU EVER BOUGHT? "ice-ice baby"

HAHA! ARE YOU ADMITTING TO THAT? "yep, my first album ni bought was 'red hest king pin'-do the right thing".

WHAT DJ'S/PRODUCERS DO YOU HOLD IN HIGH REGARD, WHO DO YOU LOOK UP TO? "ive got a lot of love and respect for mike and phil delinquant,they have helped me a lot. in the garage scene i got respect for wookie, mj.cole, and danny.c."

REALY WHY DANNY.C? "he does good stuff, hes very soulfull, but hes long!! were all just trying to move the scene forward, i think in a years time the scene will look a lot healthier, in the hip hop world it can only be dr dre or timberland, their sound is so clean, i want my production to go that way."

WHAT ARE YOUR ALL TIME FAVE TOP 5 TRACKS? "1. urban shakedown- sum justice- mickey finn. 2.shut up and dance recs-im raving im raving- feat peter bouncer. 3.leviticus-philly blunt recs-burial. 4.m.a.w- lood feat donell rush-shout-n-out. 5.unda-vybe- dangerous feat mrx.

IF THERE WAS ONE TRACK OUT THERE YOU WISH YOU HAD MADE, WHAT WOULD IT BE? "moby-go".

WHATS YOUR FAVE GENRE OF MUSIC? "hip hop and r&b".

DID YOU CHOOSE MUSIC, OR DID MUSIC CHOOSE YOU? "i chose music".

DID YOU DO LOADS OF RUBBISH JOBS BEFORE YOU GOT INTO MUSIC? "im a carpenter, all the men in my family are tradesmen,my dads a plumber, my uncles a brickie, my other uncles a plasterer, its in the family."

HAVE YOU EVER ABUSED YOUR POSITION AS A DJ TO GET DOWN WITH THE LADIES? "if its offered to me on a plate and im single then yeah! i wouldnt say no, but i dont use "im a producer" as a chat up line!".

WHATS THE BEST AND WORSE PARTS OF YOUR JOB? "the worst part has to be sampling, its so tedius, doing the same thing over and over til it sounds right, the best part is the finished product, hearing it played and seeing people dance to it, it feels good."

WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON NOW? "im busy at mo, got stuff going on with colourgirl, i just did a track with j.harvey, a singer thats doing well."

I REALY LIKE YOUR TRACK 'ALL OF ME' "yeah thats with simone, shes good, we just finished her r&b album, mj.cole wanted to sign the track to prolific, but hes too long so im putting it out myself."

SO YOU ALSO MAKE R&B? "yeah, ive also got a production company called 'golden productions', we do r&b and hiphop, my pal collosus just got signed, so hes in america at the mo."

DO YOU PLAY ANY INSTRUMENTS? "yep, piano, and ive been learning guitar for 4months now."

WHAT IS YOUR ROLE AT CHOC FACTORY RECS? "its mine! i founded it, im the boss! i work mostly alone unless i need a singer or sumthin."

IS IT GOING WELL? "yeah, its doing alright, its a struggle, you got to have your heart in it, nowadays it aint about the money, its about trying to get the garage scene back to where it was, nowadays selling 500 units is good, but not in comparison to 7000 units back in the day."

WHATS THE BEST RAVE YOU HAVE PLAYED AT? "its got to be cosmopolitan up in bristol, i was monthly resident up there."

HAS ANYTHING WIERD OR FUNNY EVER HAPPENED TO YOU WHILST PLAYING A SET? "no not realy, although i did play a set in bristol with a broken arm and a broken leg!"

WHERE CAN OUR READERS CATCH YOU DOING A SET? "i dont dj anymore cos its a distraction from the production, and thats where my heart is, im in the studio mon-fri."

WHEN CAN WE CATCH YOU ON THE RADIO THEN? "im on shine fm now, its a well established station, and well respected, catch me wednesdays 2-4pm".

THANX GOLDEN CHILD AND GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE..........LISA.C