Side A - Intro Vol 1 produced by Ray Juss
So this is where it all started. This was the very very first dubplate I ever cut and I will always remember it because of the day I cut it, a terrible terrorist act was happening across the pond. Music House was the most famous cutting shop in the world for a while. It was based in Holloway behind a Taxi mechanics. It all pretty much worked on a word of mouth basis. All I knew was, get there early or your going to have to wait ages. The day I went was 9/11. The 9/11. All that didn't really kick off until my plate was cut and I was on my way home.
Intro 1 was based on the popular soca beat garage tunes like Decoy. I wanted my own to carry that same sort of energy. Guess that's how you want to start a set. UK Garage times anyway. Unfortunately for me and me also being a bit of a shy boy, this dub was cut all on one channel. Makes it more collectable but not every good for playing out. I don't have to worry about that now with the advent of Serato.
The track also features the trademark speak and spell letters spelling out my name. Loads of other weird sounds knocking around in this as well. Think there are some Timbaland esq bird sounds too.
Side B - Baby produced by Ray Juss
Baby was a re working of a garage track at the time which was pretty easy to dissemble. This is how I learnt/got into the remixing side of music. I would take the existing parts of the track. Samples, vox, drum kit and re work it into my own style. When I listen back on this, I don't really like it but it was pretty popular at the time. Maybe I'm getting old! This track gets pretty frantic. Classic memory from this is when a DJ called Spin-e-b cut it and played it on Ice FM. My brother and I was dancing round the stereo on a Saturday afternoon!
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