Nicky Blackmarket & Stevie Hyper D Amazon
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- Опубліковано 17 лис 2024
- Nicky Blackmarket (born Nicholas Andersson-Gylden) is a British Drum and Bass DJ and record producer. Nicky Blackmarket is one of Drum and Bass' most well known DJs and is regarded as one of the pivotal figures in the early Jungle/Drum 'n' Bass scene. He has been playing Drum 'n' Bass all over the world for the past two decades.
Nicky started DJing in the 1980s when he was 14 and initially played electro before moving on to play all different types of dance music in house parties and on various pirate radio stations.[1]
He is also famous for being part-owner of independent dance music record store Blackmarket Records store in Soho, Central London (now known as BM-Soho).[2] In the early nineties, Nicky created a department within the store for the breakbeat scene which would evolve into Drum and Bass.
Nicky has sporadically produced tunes ("Spam EP" as Nick OD) however his main focus has been on playing tunes as a DJ all over the UK and the world. (Wikipedia)
Stephen Austin was born in London, England on 20 September 1967 to a Spanish mother and Barbadian father. He died on 5 July 1998 of a fatal heart attack, possibly attributed to deep vein thrombosis after a long international tour.
He was one of the pioneering MCs in the drum and bass-oldschool jungle scene. He has been credited with inventing the 'Double Time' MC'ing style, where he would double the speed of the generic MC flow but would still fit within the bars of the music.
He was the first drum and bass MC to have a major release when The Next Step was released on Island Records in 1999. He also had an album, The Legend, which was released on the independent drum and bass label Dance Concept which was produced by Benny V. These tracks gained airplay on national radio stations Kiss FM and BBC Radio 1, as well as receiving support from the underground pirate scene including Kool FM which was one of the stations he performed on regularly. His track Buffalo Soldier from the album was nominated for DNBA tune of the year in 2004.
Hyper D is widely accepted as one of the true pioneering drum and bass MCs. It is also accepted he was the innovator of the ‘double time’ MC style that is commonly used today. Appearing first on the 1991 track "Teknoragga", Stevie went on to record tracks across various genres, from jungle, to hip hop and even to house music. He was the first drum and bass MC to secure an album with a major label, Island Records. The Next Step, with his producer Dfrnt Lvls, was released in 1999, the year after his death. He held residencies at all the elite jungle and drum and bass events, but it was during his bookings at Labyrinth that he met Benny V. Nothing came of it at the time, but when Benny V also hooked up with Dfrnt Lvls his recorded work was put together again for The Legend album which had tracks played on UK National Radio as well as receiving huge underground support on the pirates.
Stevie Hyper D received additional commercial success in 1995 when breakfast cereal manufacturer Kellogs enlisted Stevie as the front man for their popular range of "Frosties" breakfast serials, Stevie was tasked with playing the cereal treats popular "Tony the Tiger" and although receiving good reviews from critiques, gave up the role in 1996 siting new projects as his focus. (Wikipedia)