I STARTED MY INTEREST IN MUSIC IN THE MID 80..S WITH THE LIKES OF ELECTRO TAPES FLOATING AROUND AT SCHOOL SOON TO FOLLOW THESE WERE THE EARLY RAVE MIX TAPES FROM THE LIKES OF SWAN-E, TOP BUZZ, GROOVERIDER, SLIPMATT ETC. AFTER MUCH TAPE SWAPPING AND DUBBING I SOON FOUND MYSELF COMPLETELY TAKEN AWAY BY THIS NEW ERA OF MUSIC.

I THEN SOON DISCOVERED THAT A COUPLE OF GUYS AT SCHOOL HAD SOME TURNTABLES SO WE USED TO HIJAK THESE GUYS AND GO MESS AROUND IN LUNCHTIME AND AFTER SCHOOL KNOCKING UP WHAT WE THOUGHT WERE THE BEST MIX TAPES WITH WHATEVER VINYL WE COULD LAY OUR HANDS .. WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN ETERNITY OF BEING LOCKED DOWN IN MY BEDROOM I GRADUALLY STARTED TO MASTER THE ART OF MIXING THEN SOON AFTER I STARTED TO PURCHASE WHATEVER VINYL MY BUDGET WOULD ALLOW ME TO. AFTER A LOT OF VERY HARD SAVING I WASTED NO TIME BUYING MYSELF A PAIR OF DECKS AND A MIXER.

AS THE UNDERGROUND MUSIC SCENE CONTINUED TO GROW AND GROW I FOUND MYSELF GOING OUT AND ABOUT ALL AROUND THE UK TO UNDERGROUND PARTIES TO GET THAT PARTY ATMOSPHERE. AS THE UNDERGROUND MUSIC SCENE STARTED TO SPLIT IN DIFFERENT CATAGORIES I FOLLOWED DOWN THE JUNGLE/DRUM & BASS ROAD AS I FOUND MY LOVE WAS FOR THIS STYLE WITH ITS BIG BAD BASSLINES.

AS THINGS PROGRESSED NICELY I STARTED TO DO SOME PART TIME WORK IN MY LOCAL RECORD SHOP WHICH WAS OWNED BY THE INFAMOUS DJ SWAN-E AND INSTANTLY STRUCK UP A GOOD FRIENDSHIP WHICH THEN FOLLOWED INTO DRIVING HIM AROUND THE COUNTRY PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEKEND WHICH WAS ALL GOOD AS I SAW THINGS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE AND THIS GAVE ME SOME HELPFUL KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME.

A FEW YEARS LATER PEOPLE STARTED TO TAKE NOTICE OF ME WHICH HELPED ME SECURE A WEEKLY SHOW ON LOCAL PIRATE RAW FM WHICH I PLAYED ON FOR 6 YEARS THEN MOVING INTO THE EVER GROWING WORLD OF INTERNET RADIO. I NOW HAVE A WEEKLY SHOW ON SHEDBASS.COM (THURSDAYS 10 PM TIL MIDNIGHT) AND YOU CAN FIND ME PLAYING AT VARIOUS OTHER EVENTS AROUND THE GLOBE.

I HAVE RECENTLY STARTED A NEW VENTURE IN A PRODUCTION COMPANY AS AN OUTLET FOR WEB DESIGN, FLYER DESIGN, RADIO ADVERTS, EVENT PROMOTION AND NOW MORE RECENTLY AN ARTIST ROSTER, FOR MORE INFO ON THIS GO TO www.cstproductionz.co.uk


BIG UPS AND SHOUTS TO - MY MUM & DAD, MY LOVELY WIFE DANIELLE LOVE YOU TO THE MAX, THE MIGHTY HATTERS, SWAN-E, CST PRODUCTIONZ, BERNER, LYDON, SNYPA D, SPLIFFY, WACKO, DYNAMIC, SLEEPER CELL, KANO, SHORTCUT, CONFLICT, PHANTOM, KRAFTY, DEFSTAR, PLAYA, LIGHTNING, SICKNOTE, GHOST, LYRIX G, TORSION, JAY GEE, DARREN BOLINO, LEE MELLORS, SUPERSOUL, ONE TON, MUMMA SYLVESTER, BIGGIE SHORTY, K LEE, SCI FI, REFLEX, GW, SHEDBASS, LEVEL 1, ANYONE I FORGOT BIG UP YOURSELF AND KEEP IT STRICTLY DnB ....PEACE....

YOU CAN CONTACT ME @ darrenp@cstproductionz.co.uk

AIM--DARRENPCST

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