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Dextrous is on a one off super rare show on Kane FM any second now http://www.kanefm.com/2012/12/tuesday-anti-celebrity-showdextrous-live/

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CJ Dread & Nomis KANE in the house on Tuesday 18th December 7PM – THE Christmas edition of the show and we go back in time to a 1987 with this months Guest; DJ Errol Francis aka Dextrous started playing at parties and small clubs in 1987 and around this time he began putting his studio together all configured around the Atari 520STFM, Casio HT3000 keyboard, Casio CZ-101 Synth and a Yamaha TX7 Sound Module… He dropped his first record in 1992, on Ruff Quality Recordings (the sister label of Shut Up and Dance Records) entitled Ruffneck Biznizz which topped the Kiss FM House Charts) and was one of the precursors to the Jungle Scene, with its sped up breakbeats and reggae/dub bass-lines

Dextrous the composer and producer; born and bred in North London’s Stoke Newington area; same school as DJ Hype as well as Smiley and PJ from the group Shut Up and Dance, he played Jams at school discos, played the trumpet in the brass band, and sang in the school choir…..

After a while the man with a plan decided that he wanted to have more control of his creative output so came with his own label ‘King of the Jungle Records’ with Rude Boy Keith who was working for Shut Up and Dance at the time.

Dex and Rude Boy Keith became a DJ and MC double act that travelled widely, spreading their sound through Dubplate Specials and spinning their latest vibes and soon the pair signed to Suburban Base to release ‘Da Kings of the Jungle trilogy’. He also touched down Sunday mornings on Kool FM

In 1995 DEX launched two further record labels, Subversive Recordings (formerly Subliminal Recordings) and State of the Art Recordings with partners Paul Brown and Jon Stewart; this permitted Dex the creative freedom to express his jazz roots. A new collective was formed ‘Solid State’ and have in the past been credited to be one of the pioneers of the ‘Liquid Funk’ sound….. coming with different vibes including jazz, dub, Detroit techno, garage, funk and reggae.

Solid State recorded for Fabio’s Creative Source label as well as Renegade Recordings and Alan McGee’s Eruption Records (Creation Records’ sister label).

Dex is the only producer within the Drum and Bass scene to have been awarded the prestigious Ivor Novello Award which he gained this for his soundtrack to the BAFTA Award winning documentary Feltham Sings. He was also nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for Best Original Music for TV in 2003.
 
Drum & bass label Hospital Records are set to host their debut show on Rinse FM this Wednesday, 23rd January, from 11pm-1am GMT. You can listen online using our Player, or on FM in London on 106.8 FM.
The label will be hosting a regular show once a month on Rinse, bringing, in their words “a musical spectrum [which] extends to the full boundaries of the drum & bass scene and beyond”.
Originally established in 1996, Hospital has become a firmly established presence within the drum & bass scene, via releases from the likes of High Contrast, Netsky, Danny Byrd and London Elektricity. Their new show on Rinse FM follows on from previous Hospital Radio shows the label have hosted on different stations since 2001.
 
nice one ska. for some reason tagging is only working half the time with me atm, so i only came across this by chance. but it'll be on - i love marsalis. we went to the last night of his jazz cafe residency in 2003, and it remains one of the finest live shows i've ever been to. i care little for those who grumble about his conservative POV, the music is still spectacular...
 
killer b said:
nice one ska. for some reason tagging is only working half the time with me atm, so i only came across this by chance. but it'll be on - i love marsalis. we went to the last night of his jazz cafe residency in 2003, and it remains one of the finest live shows i've ever been to. i care little for those who grumble about his conservative POV, the music is still spectacular...
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i remember you saying, hence the whatnots
:cool:
should be nice, im going to dim the lights, hook up to the stereo, maybe have a wee dram and pretend im there. Might event get pissed off at how expensive the drinks are :)
 
i doubt it'll be that chilled tbh ska. he does a fairly upbeat live show.

i believe at his last ronnie scotts residency, after the evening session the band would go off for a bite & a drink, then go back on stage and jam 'til 4 or 5 in the morning. sounds perfect.
 
It's consummate playing, no doubting that.

The thing that's really impressing me is the audio quality on the feed. I really wasn't expecting that. He is mumbling between tunes, though. Speak up, Wynton!
 
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