It only feels like yesterday that Roni Size and the Full Cycle warriors graced Brighton with their musical genius this March, but one member was missing that night. So I was especially chuffed to bump in to the turntablist himself Krust at that hot-bed of south coast entertainment - the Concorde2 in Brighton. What can I say, another really lovely bloke who I could quite frankly listen to talk about music all day long!

Shy Fx is one of Jungles true soldiers having been involved in the scene since 1994 when, aged 17, his single Original Nuttah crashed into the mainstream top ten.

He has continued to pioneer the progression that has taken drum and bass into the twenty-first century with numerous releases on his Ebony Recordings label, including current tracks Rah (Remix) and Murderation (Who Run Tings) alongside T Power. 

Storm:: I discovered this music at the end of 1989 alongside my best friend Kemistry. We found ourselves going out raving and realising something was going on with the records: the DJ was doing something. We were obsessed with trying to find out what this was, so we started buying records and we started thinking how we could get to be with this music 24 hours a day. So we decide to have a go at this DJing thing and finally got our decks in late '91. Our first professional gig as Kemisty and Storm was in 1992.

DJ Craze is, quite simply, a phenomenon of the turntablism movement.

As the only man to ever win the DMC World Championship three times and the sole American artist to successfully crossover into the notoriously close-knit family of Drum and Bass, Craze can justifiably claim to be considered as the King of the Breakbeats.

DJ Profile is one of drum and bass’ friendliest and most approachable stars, but he is also a man who likes to get business done proper.
Having been involved in the scene since his days growing up in East London with the likes of Brockie and Det living nearby, the Kool FM resident could be forgiven for strutting around the place like he owned it but when we met for this interview at the last Jungleravers event in Croydon, he was only too happy to talk to us. This might have been just because it was his birthday, but the man has a reputation for being a generally nice guy so this interview was just part of the night for him.
We found out where he has been over the last few months and get his opinions on the state of drum and bass music.

'I wouldnt be happy just playing normal stuff, I want to have some unique thing about me-be different. Drum and bass people arent all only into drum and bass, they like all sorts of stuff, I mean I like Nine Inch Nails, I like Marilyn Manson even ABBA.

Just three and a half years ago, the Brighton based DJ/Producer gave up trying to crack into the notoriously close-knit drum and bass family after years of determined effort because he just wasnt getting the breaks. Despite releases on Brighton label Under Fire Records and Renegade Hardware and various DJ appearances at some of the leading events, Friction was forced to look for other work to make ends meet:

This new confidence culminated in various awards for DJ Friction, including last years triumph at the Knowledge Awards for best breakthrough DJ and he is justifiably proud of his reputation as one of the scenes top performers. One reason behind this success is undoubtedly down to his professional attitude he takes to each appearance:

Ask any raver who used to go to any original old skool/jungle events back in the day and they will tell you that Mc Mc was bound to have been there hyping up the crowd.

Since 1989, he has been performing all over the world and has championed the role of the Mc in the progression of underground music in the UK. Now though, he has decided that enough is enough for him and he is going to be setting up home across the pond in the heart of showbiz land, Hollywood, where he hopes to once more spread the word that is drum and bass.

Well I've been making drum and bass ever since the word was invented really, when everyone was making hardcore and rave music. The way I make my music and sample my drums is therefore a very old skool technique, I hunt down the funk records of the 70s and sample my breaks from there using studio Rackmount samplers, Akia for instance.
Whereas nowadays anyone can get a PC and have everything built into it like samplers, what I do is an old skool technique that I've been doing for about fourteen years now. Im at the point now where I dont like change, I mean its like if the record isnt broken then dont fix it! There are cheaper alternatives to what I do, I use standard stuff that not many people tend to use these days. My main sampler where I get my beats from is nearly ten years old now!