DMC UK Finals 05 review - Published in Undercover Magazine, 2005

This is quite possibly the best review I’ve ever written, not necessarily based on penmanship though. It’s also the only review to ever get me ‘threats’ by the subjects of the review.

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DMC UK Finals 2005 – Sheperd’s Bush Empire

What a night… the UK has a new champion… and DMC has lost the last shreds of relevance it so desperately has been clinging onto.

Let’s get the good stuff out of the way first. Muzzel is the new, deserving DMC champ. Having pulled off a flawless set on the night, he came out on top of all the favourites. As one of the most underrated DJs and tablist in the UK it’s good to see him win the trophy and hopefully you’ll be seeing and hearing more of him in the coming months. If he can capitalise on his win the way Blakey did last year the future should be pretty rosy for him.

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DJs For Life review - Published in Scratch Magazine (US), 2006

This is a review of the DJs For Life conference and event which was held in Birmingham in December 2005, and at which I had the pleasure to be one of the panelists. This review was published in Scratch Magazine in 2006.

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DJs for Life – Birmingham UK, 9 & 10 December 2005

The UK’s biggest DJ culture conference and event was held at the Drum Arts Centre over 2 days in December last year with over 30 legends from the US and UK brought together by the Punch organisation to discuss and showcase everything from its origins to its current multiple facets, its past, present and most importantly, its future.

Seminars and master-classes over both days saw originators & pioneers from both sides of the Atlantic, including Jazzy Jay, Steve Dee, Theodore, Supreme, Swift & Pogo, exchange stories, ideas and insights while newer talent and current leaders, D-Styles, Rob Swift, Quest, Tigerstyle, Woody & 2tall, discussed new directions in scratching, equipment and production. On the last day both old and new school came together for a great discussion on the origins and development of the scratch artform, from Theodore’s accidental discovery to the music being made today by the likes of D-Styles and Rob Swift.

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