“My dad used to have some equipment in the
seventies. Piano,home reel to reel,WEM amp and a
drum machine. I don't remember him using it much.
I sang onto tape through a space age looking
miC . I recall. He used to like to predict hits on
the radio. Id on't know what his predictions for
my music would be. Ten or twelve years later I
found myself in the habit of accompanying
Norman Cook into Esselle studios in Brighton
while he was recording various remixes and
Beats International tunes for Go-beat. I was
never called upon to contribute other than
with cups of tea so I just used to watch and try
to keep up. Inspired by his comprehensive
original break-beat collection, I started
collecting a few break records and messing
around with drum machines and guitar pedals.
Crew member She ONE,had a four track and when
he wasn't using it I made some crazy noise jams
with his mini sampling keyboard, a mic and delay
pedal (Norman's). Parallel at this time I was
painting and advancing my techniques with spray
paint. Raised money, bought A sampler, gave some
beats to Skint. From then to now not much has
changed. Of course their is more equipment and
more ability to use it but the process remains
pretty much the same.
The English jazz drummer Steve Arguelles,
based in Paris, was forming a live band called
Ambitroniques with himself (drums and
electronic stack of loops, delays and filters)
Benoit Delbecque (piano,sampler,bass) Ashley
Slater (trombone,vocal) and through Ashley I
was recruited for turntables, which would help
to add a more 'sampled' sound and chaotic
element. Up to this point I had never desired to
play live and so I was forced to learn the
approach. In this case the approach was 'we go
on stage and just start playing.’ The results
were edited down to make a couple of releases
on Plush recordings. With this new 'skill' I
started doing a small live set alone with a few
records and a loop pedal.
Graffiti connection Edna turned out to be Ed
Bradbury then Kid Acne and we somehow made an
album with him rapping and me chopping beats and
layering up. “Rap T raffic” is the result.
'Slip jam B' is the name of Brighton’s first open
mike night for emcees started about 3years ago.
Local hot-bed of lyrical styles and
characters,this night is where I first met MC
Sketch, MR Cooper, Legs MC and Hank MCcoy
(Mechanical Insects, Mommy Fortunas) amongst
the youngest of the performers. Also home to
Lost Souls, Noncomformists and Digitech at the
moment there is no shortage of emcees to
record with.So... see you later.”
req
seventies. Piano,home reel to reel,WEM amp and a
drum machine. I don't remember him using it much.
I sang onto tape through a space age looking
miC . I recall. He used to like to predict hits on
the radio. Id on't know what his predictions for
my music would be. Ten or twelve years later I
found myself in the habit of accompanying
Norman Cook into Esselle studios in Brighton
while he was recording various remixes and
Beats International tunes for Go-beat. I was
never called upon to contribute other than
with cups of tea so I just used to watch and try
to keep up. Inspired by his comprehensive
original break-beat collection, I started
collecting a few break records and messing
around with drum machines and guitar pedals.
Crew member She ONE,had a four track and when
he wasn't using it I made some crazy noise jams
with his mini sampling keyboard, a mic and delay
pedal (Norman's). Parallel at this time I was
painting and advancing my techniques with spray
paint. Raised money, bought A sampler, gave some
beats to Skint. From then to now not much has
changed. Of course their is more equipment and
more ability to use it but the process remains
pretty much the same.
The English jazz drummer Steve Arguelles,
based in Paris, was forming a live band called
Ambitroniques with himself (drums and
electronic stack of loops, delays and filters)
Benoit Delbecque (piano,sampler,bass) Ashley
Slater (trombone,vocal) and through Ashley I
was recruited for turntables, which would help
to add a more 'sampled' sound and chaotic
element. Up to this point I had never desired to
play live and so I was forced to learn the
approach. In this case the approach was 'we go
on stage and just start playing.’ The results
were edited down to make a couple of releases
on Plush recordings. With this new 'skill' I
started doing a small live set alone with a few
records and a loop pedal.
Graffiti connection Edna turned out to be Ed
Bradbury then Kid Acne and we somehow made an
album with him rapping and me chopping beats and
layering up. “Rap T raffic” is the result.
'Slip jam B' is the name of Brighton’s first open
mike night for emcees started about 3years ago.
Local hot-bed of lyrical styles and
characters,this night is where I first met MC
Sketch, MR Cooper, Legs MC and Hank MCcoy
(Mechanical Insects, Mommy Fortunas) amongst
the youngest of the performers. Also home to
Lost Souls, Noncomformists and Digitech at the
moment there is no shortage of emcees to
record with.So... see you later.”
req
