I have been writing music for several years. What started off as weekend escapism has developed into my chosen form of self-expression. My interest in creating music could be traced back to Secondary School when I discovered I had some musical ability. I was encouraged to take up a musical instrument but I had more of an interest in Computers. I had always been a keen music fan but creating music never really entered my head again until the Dance Music Explosion was in full swing in the early 90s. I needed something to stimulate my mind, waken my soul. My job was increasingly boring and my life was lacking in something. The new dance culture was introduced to me just at the right time, what people were doing with old records/obsolete electro gadgets and any thing else they could get their hands on was amazing. Its only now when I look back on previous years, that I see I was living one massive creative vacuum, This new combination of technology and music was a chance to put my skills to use and make some noise.

House to me was one of the most sublime of musical creations. I could feel, understand and appreciate most styles of music but house was the only thing that could lift my sprits even if tried my hardest to be down. At its best it could describe a pure feeling. To its' critics this was souless and automated, but to me it was animal yet spiritual, formless yet precisely structured. It is definitely a product of our time and will live out its appeal and mutate like all other forms of music, but it is a step to the next evolutionary leap of music and humanity, I want to be part of that next leap forward.

In those infant years of writing music, my life was centred around clubbing. I can say in all honesty those were the best nights, but the worst days of my life. When things started to get too much I would look towards my music to help me escape and make some sense of situations. I realised that if any good was to come out all the experiences I had been through music would be the solution. So while I watched so many people around me loose a grip on their lives, I made a conscious effort to grab hold of my own and do something to give something back, to regain some selfworth, to grow up!

When I started working with other musicians, I realised I had no idea of what musical structure was or how to make a track, pull a listener in. This was when I decided to take a OCA course in musical composition. Up until then I had been writing music in too much of a free form way. As I progressed through the course it gave me the chance to take a step back from my work and listen to it with new ears. Since finishing the course I would say it's not easy to create tracks but I feel my music is absorbing more of what I am trying to express.

I have an analytical mind and am constantly searching for new techniques. For Example: A main driving force over the years has been trying to understand how rhythm works - How do I achieve the feel I want in a track? The conclusion I have come to is 'Less is More': By creating a very simple dance beat and constantly building it up then removing elements, the pattern of sounds contracts and expands and if you're lucky, after an hour or so the end result is an extreme, syncopated and more desirable variation on original rhythm. 'Yes that's Very Text book' I hear you say, but I discovered this! don't get me wrong, I was not the first to discover it, nor will I be the last. This is just an example of why I have grown to love making music, it goes so much further than I can express in words, Of course creating absorbs my whole body and soul, but just as important to me, it also engages my mind.

The inspiration for most of the current work comes from Michelle's lyrics, or the overall form and feel of the Poem. Usually we start with just a bassdrum and a touch of percussion. This gives Michelle the chance to experiment with her singing style and also gives me thousands of possibilities on where to take the music to. Most of the time I try to enhance the vocals without overcrowding them but sometimes I like to twist the rhythms around so all the elements of the track bounce off one another which gives an unnatural texture to the track.

When people ask me to define my music I find it difficult to explain, so usually I don't! I think if I was pushed to describe my music, I could only say it's Eclectic. Some people (perhaps most) may say that's a cop out, but looking at how my music has progressed and given my diverse musical background and conflicting tastes, there is no other way to describe it.