This was where I pretty much learned to mix; on my Dad’s old belt driven turntable with a tape-deck to mix into. Some messy mixes but great memories… In this picture you can see a bit of one of my Uncle’s paintings on the wall. He created this for a gig I played at when I was at school at the Chelmsford Football Club (I have the flyer somewhere), and we draped it over the front of the decks. The gig was a success where we actually made a load of money…

Ooh, white socks to go with my white gloves. Most of the Heather Bank shots are of poor quality as the film lay undeveloped for about 12 years! I had no idea what they would be like, so was happy when they came back from the labs…

More Billericay (Heatherbank) shots.

Belt driven madness!

Staple raver haircut.

Trips to Boogie Times in Romford used to be a weekly occurrence and I would pick up a lot of the early Suburban Base material.

Al’s set-up at college.

My mate, Bern (with sweatbands), dropping some hip-hop back in the early 90’s.

Taking over my mother’s house; this was downstairs in the dining room.

Vestax portables keeping the Bose company in my back yard.

OOOh, check out those Linn speakers! The neighbours HATED us!

This is when I lived at my brothers in Wimbledon.

Shot with my much neglected Lomo camera; seven’s in the woods.

Mixing it up in the forest when camping outside of Battle. Prepare for battle!

Lose the head-shot; this was great fun having the decks running through the Bose on a sunny sunny day camping.

More camping beats.

What a set-up; home from home in the woods.