DJ TOP NOTCH (EXCESSIVE SOUND)

Bio

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I'M FROM WEST LONDON I HAVE BEEN INTO MIXING SINCE I WAS 13 SO MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FIRST LUV, I STARTED MIXING AND SCRATCHING HIP HOP AND ELECTRO WITH MC NUGSKI IN 83 THEN I CROSSED OVER TO CHICAGO HOUSE IN 84 AND THEN UNDERGROUND ACID IN 85 BUT I WAS STILL MIXING HIP HOP AND ELECTRO, I STARTED PLAYING TECHNO IN 87 SPINNIN' CHUNES LIKE STRINGS OF LIFE BY DERRICK MAY & THEN BY 88 DROPPIN' TRAX LIKE JOE SMOOTH - PROMISED LAND (HOUSE, GARAGE) BY THE 90'S PLAYING ELECTRO TO DETRIOT TECHNO THRU 2 HARDCORE, JUNGLE AND D'N'B (WHICH IS MY FIRST LUV) I LUV PLAYIN' GARAGE, PROGRESSIVE HOUSE, TECHNO, TRANCE, R'N'B, HIP HOP AND ELECTRO HOUSE AS LONG AS IT MOVES DA CROWD. I GREW UP WITH DJ LEWIS R SO WE ARE LIKE FAMILY AND COS WHO WE GREW UP WITH ITS HARD NOT TO BE IN 2 MUSIC WITH A PASSION CONSIDERING WE BOTH COME FROM A SOUND SYSTEM BACKGROUND, FORTUNATLY WORKING WITH JOEY AND NORMAN JAY (MBE) (GOOD TIMES SOUND SYSTEM AND KISS 94FM) FROM BACK IN THE 80S WHEN KISS WAS PIRATE BASED IN CAMDEN. LEWIS R AND ME STARTED TO FLYER FOR TIM WESTWOOD IN 87 AS HE USED TO HIRE GOOD TIMES SOUND A LOT, WE USED TO SETUP SOUND FOR SOME OF LONDONS LEGENDARY CLUBS LIKE SHOOM, 2ND BASE AT DINGWALLS FROM 89 TO 90 AND THEN AT SHAFTESBURY FOR 3RD BASE IN 91, DANCE WICKED, GARAGE CITY, HIGH ON HOPE, FAMILY FUNKTION & SHAKE'N'FINGERPOP, THE YOUNG DISCIPLES VIDEO "APPARENTLY NOTHIN", KISS FM FLOAT AT CARNIVAL, THE LAUNCH OF THE GAP SHOP CARNABY STREET, SUNRISE, UN PARTY'S, TREVOR NELSON, GEORGE MICHAEL'S PARTY AT THE SERVOY HOTEL IN 86, DAVE VJ & MAX LX FRIDAYS AT DINGWALLS, FASHION SHOWS FOR KATHRIN HAMNETT AND VIVIAN WESTWOOD AND NOT FORGETTING CARNIVAL AT GOOD TIMES CORNER, WE HAVE SET UP SOUND FOR CLASHES AGAINST SOUL II SOUL, JAH SHAKER, FATMAN, SIR COXSON AND MANASSA. I USED TO PLAY THE UP STAIRS AND BEN AND MARK (CICOSIS SOUND) PLAYED DOWN STAIRS IN THE 2 FLOOR BASEMENT AT DENMARK PLACE BEHIND SILVERFISH RECORDS 146A CHARRING CROSS ROAD 1995 TO 98 THEN AT DIRT BOX 148 CHARRING CROSS 1998.

IN 1999 KRK PROMOTIONS WAS LAUNCHED SETTING UP PRESSURE 99 ON THE 14TH MAY @ PHAE TINGOS, WESTERN AVENUE, EALING WE BROUGHT YOU THE FINEST LONDON DJ'S & MC'S IN PIRATE RADIO LIKE DJ'S PIED PIPER, MALAKIE, DJ RD AND MC'S KANE AND KOFI B THEN AGAIN IN JULY TO NOVEMBER WITH SUNDAY FLAVA'S @ LABATTS ICE BAR, WARNER BROS VILLAGE, WESTERN AVENUE, PARK ROYAL WITH A HOST OF DJs & MCs PIED PIPER, MALAKIE, DJ RD, NAUGHTY NORTON, LADIES FIRST, CHUNKY, SPINNY B & MC SHARKY P, KOFI B ALL FROM PIRATE RADIO STATIONS LIKE ICE, FREAK & MAC FM.

WE LAUNCHED TOP2BOT'M RECORDS AT THE END OF 2001 WITH THE RELEASE OF UB2 KRU'S SUMTINGZ FLIP'D AND TOP NOTCH AND DONNY D'S I WISH I CAN SAY (DRUM'N'BASS) WE WENT TO IRELAND AND TO GET THE CLUB SCENE MOVING AND SET UP CLUBS, KRK PROMOTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH T2B RECORDS BRINGING LONDON AND IRISH DJ'S TOGETHER IN 2004 WE SETUP SILICON STUDIOS IN SOUTHERN IRELAND, WE REMIX AND PRODUCE DJ'S AND BANDS TRACKS AS WELL AS MAKING OUR OWN FROM D'N'B + JUNGLE, ELECTRO, HARDCORE, GARAGE, PROGRESSIVE HOUSE ETC.

NUFF LUV 2 MY FRIENDS.

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