You’ve won the awards at the Official Hardcore Dance Awards quite a lot and obviously respect due for doing that but what do you think makes you so likes by the public?
Well I don’t know. I try to enjoy my work but I think the reason I won the awards is because I catered to both sides of the scene and you find that more of your Junglist Drum and Bass crowd wouldn’t vote and your Hardcore ravers would and because I do a lot of Hardcore gigs as well, they’re putting in the votes for me and that’s why I think I do well.

So, who would you rate as MC’s go, who do you oke?
I think all the MC’s on the circuit with names are good in their own right but the one I really rate, is my partner Stevie Hyper, umm much respected GQ, er Moose for being there such a long time, Jet for having his own style, the Ragga twins for being around for so long and Fearless and Flux, I think they’re all good.

How did you actually start, you know, did you get in as an MC or were you doing something before that?
Yeah, it was quite funny how it happened, ‘cause I was making music. I’ve been making music for about 10 years and I went to borrow a microphone from a friend of mine, Travis who was Satin Storm and he asked me if I still did rapping and I said Yeah so he put me in touch with a band called Numatic who had just got a deal with XL and I ended up touring with Numatic and being in the same stable as Prodigy and SL2.

So when did all that happen??
This was back in er 89, 89 yeah.

So is that when you actually got on the scene as a sort of semi professional?
That’s correct yeah, that’s when I entered the scene around 89.

So what’s your likes and dislikes of the scene then, what inspires you and what totally disgusts you in the scene?
I like the birds. The birds are the best thing about the scene, umm the next thing is seeing so many people jumping up and down and not really caring and being able to wear what you want into these events which is what I really liked when I got into this scene ‘cause I used to be going to clubs where the bouncers would turn you away because of the kind of shirt you were wearing or they didn’t like the look of you, but when I started going to raves, everybody was dressed in trainers and felt comfortable so they had a better time. Umm there are a lot of bad things on the scene but I wouldn’t like to stress them really.

So generally you’re happy with the way things are going on both tips Jungle and Happy Hardcore?
MC MC: Yeah, I think the only thing that I don’t like is the split you know, that’s probably, no I wouldn’t even say that’s the worst thing because the split is healthy, if you look for it there’s health and good things in everything that’s happening, even the bad things, if you want to look at them bad, they’ll seem bad.

How many gigs would do you do on say one Saturday night out?
Umm well, it really does vary. Now I try to keep it down to one gig a night. Back in ’93 is when I felt I really was exploding and I reached my peak. I was on 3 or 4 flyers every weekend and I continued like that for about 6 or 7 months but after that (94) I took a year out because I felt I had over exposed myself and I’d better be careful if I wanted to last in it. So I took a year out and worked more out of London only doing certain raves like Jungle Mania, Elevation, Orange in London umm but kept out of London for 94 then 95 I started to pick up a few more bookings as I thought it was time to go for it again and establish myself because a lot of people thought because I wasn’t in London I wasn’t doing well or I had been dropped but it wasn’t the case, I was dropping promoters. Then I came back and I thought it’s time to pick up again and work harder so I was doing around 2, 3 sometimes 4 gigs on a weekend, it’s harder for an MC to do more because we’ve got more work to do but we are wanted longer by the promoters than the DJ’s are. The DJ’s will do an hours set where we are wanted for at least half a night. I’ve found through 95 it became too much work so now in 96 what I plan to di is to bring the fun back into what I do and not make it so much work so I try now to cut it down to 1 gig, maximum 2 gigs in a night and right now I’m about trying to enjoy it again.

Well that moves nicely to the next question ‘cause a lot of people see you as an entertainer as much as just someone who’s chatting on the mic. What do you aim to achieve ‘cause there’s a lot of MC’s out there who just walk up and down with their heads to the floor just talking into the mic like you know they might be talking about their bank balance, where you’re out there and you’re like a mad nutter on the stage and you’re shouting at the sound controller when tings ain’t right and you’re really championing the raver side of things?
Basically for me to have fun, that’s the very first step. I set my mind for me to have fun. Once I’m, having fun. Once I’m having fund I will project fun and hopefully the crowd will pick up on that and maybe even the DJ’s will pick up on that and enjoy it and all that makes for a good set but basically I’m just me, sometimes out of my nut basically. (Laughs and giggles).

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