My middle name is "Stardust Hollywood of the Third Nipple”!! lol

What musical influences did you have growing up? How did you get into the scene?
My parents were into the Beatles and early Motown etc but as I was finding my feet I got into a lot of early 80's groups like Depeche Mode, Human League and Ultravox. Then electro and groups like Run DMC & Public Enemy real hip hop. Acid house came along and I say it every time but it blew my mind. Acid House was my Rock & Roll. The original Chicago / Detroit pioneers of dance music - from Ron Hardy to Dj  Pierre and Derrick May etc. Then the UK crew who took what they had created and made it our UK weekly - Danny Rampling and Paul Okenfold etc.

Scottish DJ Dave Kalicus ( my spellings terrible !) for being the first Dj I heard who really mixed two tracks together building his set and the atmosphere within a Dj set. That helped me view the turntables  as an instrument. I then wanted to find out how to make this music myself so I hung up my headphones and started to buy keyboards and drum machines. Groups like Krafwerk to the KLF, A Guy Called Gerald and some early rave PA's like Adamski, N-joi and 808 State then groups like The Prodigy and Dream Frequency, who had a great U.V. stage show back in the days of Rezerection.

What was the very 1st record you bought? What is your most prized piece of vinyl?
I think the first 12" records I bought was Paul Hardcastle "19"  Thought it was fucking mega Ha Ha. My most prized bits of wax came later when I started going down to London with my mate buying Acid House. The fact that I made the journey to get em made em priceless!! But my most prized pieces of Wax are by The Smiths. The albums and singles are all collectables.

Vinyl or CD's now?
I’ve been a Wax Junkie since the beginning; I used to view CD DJ's as light weights lol. But as time went on I started playing the odd CD of my own productions. Then a promo I had got an exclusive on, then before you now it, I had a CD Wallet in my bag? Then the CD wallet started getting bigger as the wax got smaller. Getting records nicked when you fly abroad and worse your create going missing really pissed me off so the CD wallets in one bag "hand luggage" on the plane with you became the way to go. The tricks you can  do with CDJ's now are amazing. I’m still learning but some of the nu breed from Ireland and Australia especially are amazing!

You're a man of many talents, what do you prefer, MCing, Producing, or DJing?
Production has always been my first love. I only started to MC when I started doing Ultra-Sonic gigs because I could do a better "COME ON" than the other guy. My love of hip-hop groups like RUN DMC & Public Enemy also helped, they were a huge no a massive inspiration to me on the mic. I also felt really uncomfortable standing behind keyboards pretending to play them! So my MC/Front man persona was born.

If you could pick just one tune that you KNOW is going to drive the crowd crazy, what would it be?
Crazy Frog still hits em where it hurts!!! lol But I think "Operation Blade" is still guaranteed to get the place moving. No matter how many times you've probably heard it on the radio, when you hear it on a big system it hits all the right buttons.

Which of your own tracks are you most proud of?
That’s a really difficult question. I’ve always said when I write the tune that I think could never top I'd head up to the forest with a shotgun and end it! lol

There are a few from different periods in my life. Obsession would be my favorite Ultra-Sonic track today; it was recorded in 1990/1. I recently remixed it to play out in my DJ sets and it still gets everyone’s hands in the air singing along. It was the first ever record I got released so it’s always gonna be a special track for me.

"Inside Out" - would be my favorite tune out of all the tracks David and I produced and remixed as Public Domain. We had such a great time recording those tracks getting messy in the studio working to ALL hours in the morning.

From all the house stuff I’ve produced it would have to be a track called "SHIVVER". It’s another track David and I made under the name SCANNERS (www.myspace.com/debunk). The vocals are sung by a good mate
Mark Kerr, the younger brother of the Simple Minds lead singer. That session came about after dancing Danny Tenaglia in the Tunnel (Glasgow). Having Steve Lawler phone us to remix it, hearing Sasha  close the Space terrace with it, was just amazing. Finally felt like we had been accepted into the house, house! lol

Let's get the Ultra-Sonic question out of the way! What went wrong? Any regrets there?
No regrets. It’s well documented on my website's message board as I try to answer every question people put forward to me - good or bad.

After recoding and releasing the last Ultra-Sonic album "The Hour Of Chaos" on our own label USR (Ultra-Sonic Research) both myself and Roger Hughes decided to end Ultra-Sonic to concentrate on a new project we had created called Bikini State.

Bikini State was a guitar/electronica/hip hop fusion that we signed to Deconstruction / BMG but it never worked out. Deconstruction folded and we both went our separate ways as a result. Roger returned to Teaching and I continued writing and producing music.

When I was busy touring and recording under the name Public Domain.  Roger started up Ultra-Sonic without my knowledge. Ultra-Sonic means so much to me, something I lived and breathed for almost 10 years - since that day I have lost all respect for the guy.

As well as Ultra-Sonic, & Public Domain, I was surprised to read that you were also involved with Warp Bros?
Yeah, but only vocals for the WB's. I hooked up with Ollie & Jurgen when I was doing some Ultra-Sonic remixes on the build up to The Best Of Ultra-Sonic album I compiled. I really liked their production style so we got talking and they told me they were massive US fans back in the day. They done a remix of Annihilating Rhythm that is still in my record box sorry CD wallet!! (Does not sound as good as record box! damn!). From there we planned a Warp Bros V's Public Domain track and by the time we all had time to do it, I had already left Public
Domain to concentrate on my own stuff. So I did it with them under the name Red Monkey. The tracks we have done so far are GOING INSANE feat. Red Monkey & BLADE feat Red Monkey. We are actually now working
on a third single that does not have a name but its really shaping up.

I’ve also just done a new collaboration with Steve Hill, Andy Whitby and Technikal. Its one track that reads like a WWF style Royal Rumble in Hard Dance! lol It’s called FEEL THE LOVE. I played it at Back to The Future last weekend for the first time and it was the Valentines Ball - 1.2.3.... awwwwwwww. lol

What to date has been your best Djing moment?
I was playing at St. Pauls (Adelaide Australia) a few years ago and I dropped Obsession for the first time in years. The full crowd of around 1500 people sang it back to me louder than the sound system and I cried.

What has been the worst moment of your career?
This one time in band camp...... lol

Been a few of them, the drunk guys scratching yer tunes, the guy that wants to talk with you when you’re mixing in a track!! But the best was in Australia AGAIN !!! I was DJ'ing at Utopia in the Olympic Super-dome. The right hand deck's pitch control went berzerk-mental and stared slowing down then speeding up all the way thru a record. During that one tune the front row were shouting - "You ARE mental, I’ve never heard someone do that before". I screamed at the promoter to help and he thought I was having a laugh. After one record (I even remember the name of the track! lol) I done a spin back and switched to CD. Maybe another reason I no longer play WAX!!!

There was another time I got spiked in N.Y.C. while playing at the legendry LIMELIGHT club. PCP does not mix well with me!!! Then in Ibiza with GHB and walking home from Germany with no shoes ...... the list could go on.

You had the crowd eating out of your hand at Showtime, what are your memories of your set there?
Watching the front row's face's as I walked on as the surprise guest.  I had only told a handful of people since being booked after my last show in Sept 06. Being part of a party that size in my home town, watching 14,000 hands got up in the air. It was one of those classic "together as one" moments. I welled up once again. The music and being part of such a great night can be a moving experience for me and sometime I just become overwhelmed by it all! I sound like a big sap but music is my life - everyday since back in the day, I just can’t get enough of it, I have to supply my own addiction by making my own gear!

You always look like you put 110% into your set, where do you get all that energy from??
When I play out, I am always aware that I am there to make people dance, whatever the music wherever in the world. I need to try and play the right tunes and entertain the people who have paid hard cash to party. I get my energy from the one's that are dancing, screaming, smiling, singing along. Pure adrenalin. Try speaking to me right after a show; I am all over the place coz my heads still buzzing. I kinda blackout and don’t remember much about the show until someone  says, what about that, you done this...... I just get right into what I’m doing, think about nothing else and just HAVE IT!

You're making a name for yourself as one of the best dj's in the business, what do you think sets you apart from others?
I wouldn't say I’m anywhere near one of the best. There are so many GREAT DJ's out there and the nu breed that are coming thru are taking things to a different level which is amazing. Thinking about it now I suppose the fact that I can, DJ, MC, Dance and drink a JD& Coke without spilling a drop sets me apart from many of my peers! lol

If you could stage a rave anywhere? Where would you stage it and why?
That’s an amazing question, one that’s really hard to answer without arguing with myself too much, sweating over what I have written then wishing I had added this that and the other once its been submitted. I guess Ill back out and say you'd all get a ticket for the secret location - if it was ever to happen!

Funniest/most embarrassing thing that ever happened at an event?
I got ruffed up by the Drug Squad once at a Rave in the Scottish country side because I went out to get some Diesel for the generator powering our changing room. I saw a guy who I thought worked back stage, asked him if he could get me any , he said yeah how much you want, I replied , well there is a full room of us back there, enough to keep us going all night and thru till morning. Before I knew it I was pinned down by two under cover twats who though Diesel was a new name for some wacky rave drugs us pesky rave kids popped on the weekends!!! lol

Fast Food or Fancy restaurant?
Fancy Restaurant if the promoters paying!

KnightRider or A-team?
Man, you hit em hard. A-Team for Mr.T, but damn it I want them to drive KIT. If Mr. T was Micheal Knight that would be mind blowing. Then Murdoch would be in the passenger seat or boot. Those two guys in that car would beat any crap tanks the A-Team made with toilet paper and some rubber tubes.  They could in-fact kill the baddies from the A-Team for a change instead of making them do summersaults before scratching their heads
and running away!!! 

As for Michael Knight, The Hoff can take care of himself, he brought down the Berlin Wall single handed and made this world a better place god Dam it, give that man a freaking medal ! Don’t get me started on Chuck "The Beard" Norris. He is another legend that should have been in both shows.

Could I remix those shows????
You know Mr. T never once said "I Pity The Fool" in any one episode of the A-Team. He actually said it in Rocky 3! FACT!

Ibiza or Bahamas?
Ibiza. So many times it’s been there for me. In 1999 I found what I thought I had lost - Dance music. I try and go every year.

Ferrari or Porsche?
None am not a petrol head, if it were MAC or PC computers. I would say MAC every time.

North or South?
I from the West Coast - as Jim Morrison said - "The West is the Best!"

Superman or Batman?
Neither, both are guys in tights is not a good look for a super hero.  I’m into action hero's who are real, guys like ............................. what you mean they are no real super hero’s???

Money or Morals?
Morals. How much we talking about???? lol

Blondes or Brunettes?
Both with Highlights.

Describe yourself in 5 words
Producer, DJ, MC Mallorca Lee

If you could be any other person, (past present, fictional or real)  who would you be?
I don’t really want to be anyone else but guys that I admire are...

Bill Hicks the comedian, because if you listen to any of his shows they make you laugh then you go - hang on that’s true, whets going on with this world.

Jackson Pollock the artist because I’ve been lost in his painting since being introduced to them thru the music of the Stone Roses. I did take a lot of acid back then but now I still enjoy getting lost in his work without help.

Marvin Gaye - the musician, what a genius - What’s Going On - the album is a masterpiece. As I get older I listen to it more and more.

Mr. Ben - The cartoon, he has all the fun, doing the question you just asked for real!!

If you had a time machine, what year would you go back to and why?
Id go back to all the gigs that I would have loved to have seen, so many to mention. Id also go back freak myself out Bill and Ted Styleeee. Maybe have this interview back to you sooner lol

What do you do to chill out away from the music?
Spend time with my family. They always keep me sane and stop me from
jumping off the edge.

What advice would you give to up and coming Dj's/MC's?
Stick in and do what you do, live and breathe what you do. Be prepared to loose girls, time, money and mates over it. Start your own night with friends, build it up then take over the world gig by gig.

How would you like to be remembered?
As a stand up guy who loved his family, friends and music.

What does the future hold for you, what else do you want to do?
Man, brilliant questions, I’m going for something to eat then I’m gonna tackle this bad bwoyeeeee....

Right I’m back... Spending even more time in my studio developing my production skills and pushing my DJ work. ....I'd like to be the next producer with "THAT SOUND" that gets us all excited about dance music,
all over again..... also to stop everyone being so snobby about dance music and just enjoy whatever genre they are into. A DJ's job is to make people dance and in my honest opinion it’s ALL dance music, it
does not matter what you want to call it, house, electro, glitch, minimal, techno, hardcore, hard dance, Tech Trance. Just enjoy your weekend with those around you.

But the most important one of all would be to live long enough to see my kids grow old.

Anything you want to say? Any shouts?
Hello MUM ! Sorry I ain't been down to see you for a while, I've been
really busy. lol Thanks to everyone for their love and support its
you guys that enable me to do what I do and without you it wouldn't be
as much fun.
 

Forthcoming releases :

Mallorca Lee & James Alan
Twisted Pineapple EP
OUT SOON - Moster Tunes

Steve Hill, Andy Whitby, Technikal & Mallorca Lee
FEEL THE LOVE
OUT SOON - Massif Records

Don't Delete
Electro Cla$h
OUT SOON - Floppy Discs
www.myspace.com/dontdeletemusic

Scanners feat. Eden Youth
Feeling Good / D.O.N.S. Remix
Out now on Debunk Music
www.debunkmusic.com

David Forbes & Mallorca Lee
92 Elements & All Remixes
Out now on Fenology

Peace & Jam,

Mallorca Lee
Feb 21st 2007, Home Studio, Scotland.

www.mallorcalee.com
www.myspace.com/djmallorcalee

Interview Conducted by Bex for Fantazia 2008