Ray Keith Essex based DJ, Producer, Remixer, Dread Recordings Head Honcho with 15 years loyal service to the Drum & Bass scene. Since the early 90s Ray has managed to notch up two of the scenes most memorable releases of all time The Renegade Terrorist and The Chopper. Ray set up his record label in 1994 and hasnt looked back. Over the years Ray has also kept his ear to the ground by working in London's most famous record shop, Blackmarket Records, alongside his back2back Booyakka partner Nicky BM.

Ray returned to his Essex roots to play an oldskool 'back2back' soldier set with Nicky Blackmarket at the Booyakka Reunion on 3rd May 2009!

Ray says: "I remember back in the early nineties you couldn't tune into Classic FM without getting a smack round the ears by the wicked sounds of Sweet FM blasting through your speakers - Biggup!"

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DJ Keety has been deeply entrenched in the jungle/drum & bass scene since its first inception from rave/hardcore. DJ Keety has been involved with the record labels Mad House Records <3 Rude Bwoy>, Droppin Science <Safari Sounds>, Basement Records <Safari Sounds> & the Safari Sounds Record Label with the mighty MC Spangler G. Also the Record Label Titanium with Spangler G and the legend that is 12 Gauge. Currently Keety is in the collective 3Weight with 12 Gauge and DJ H with releases planned for 2009 making deep but dance floor friendly Drum & Bass. Also Keety is involved in the political electronic band Sectorial Bias that fuses live instrumentation with vocals and software with a visual edge.

Currently Keety plays deep, liquid/intelligent/techy Drum n Bass & not so obvious old school Jungle/DNB.

DJ Keety has played on the radio stations Sweet FM, Elite FM, Cyndicut FM, Cyndicut Express 107FM, Ragga FM <Bristol>, Drum & Bass World Wide.com and the mighty FutureDrumz.com

International DJ duties have included Thailand, Hong Kong & Switzerland <Jungle Raiders.com> spreading the bass heavy word globally. Keety has canned Notting Hill Carnival on 4 occasions with these sessions being the highlight of long DJ carreer pushing only DNB/Jungle music. Various clubs have been destroyed over the last 18 years across Essex, Kent, London & the Midlands & Bristol.

DJ Keety is now old with a family and a 9 to 5 but still infected with the virus that is drum & bass with no plans on selling out, hey he’s been in the game for 18 years; the fella is a fiend & will not stop pushing the sound that is Drum & Bass <minus the cheese>

After being introduced to the dance music scene by a family member in 1990, DJ Sinister was given a Colin Dale tape (Kiss FM) which was duly rinsed till it fell apart. He was then thrown into the world of dance/hardcore and also pirate radio. Pirate stations including Sweet FM, Centreforce, Rush, Cyndicut & Kool FM soon got Sinister wanting a piece of the action. Hooking up with some of the older cats in school, he was educated in the "art of mix" and so the journey started.

After 6 months on a pair of newly aquired Soundlab turntables, a demo tape was sent to Sweet FM Towers and Sinister was shocked to be asked to do a regular show brushing shoulders with dj's like Danny Breakz, Hardnoyz, Peshay, Nut Nut & Danny C, along with the regular Sweet dj's. Loyal Sweet FM service was soon rewarded when the 16 year old Sinister was invited to get involved with "Club Booyakka" @ Hats Nightclub, Basildon, where he played often with big name dj's.

Fast forward 15yrs and sets on Elite, Klass, Kool and Cyndicut FM were all crammed in with decent spells on all. By this time Sinister began to find his style and grew to love the darker/deeper side of dnb. He now lists his influences in artists like Ed Rush, Optical, Dillinja, Jonny L, Grooverider, Teebee, Calyx, Gridlock, A-Sides - all of the said producers formed the stlye that DJ Sinister plays today and keeps him buzzin' for radio forever. Sinister can now be found grazing on the airwaves of London's Origin 95.1 FM each and every Saturday 6-8pm (GMT).

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Influenced by his love of 70s funk, oldskool Reggae and Hip-Hop, Hardnoyz started collecting music at an early age but it wasn't until '93 that he actually acquired a pair of turntables to practice on! In fact, the whole DJ thing happened totally by accident for the art student Hardnoyz, who was listening to Hip-Hop and running around with the likes of the infamous DAZ, Rich 87 & the FMA graffiti crew. It was at art college where he was persuaded to buy a ticket for a Sunrise (M25) Rave in June '89 and Friday nights were religiously spent @ the Goldmine (Canvey). Pirate stations were being taped - Fantasy FM, Centreforce, then a college mate invited Hardnoyz to the studio (dusty garage) of this new local station setup by a DJ Navigator (aka DJ Vibes).

By this stage (1990) Hardnoyz was buying tunes but having to go round mates houses to mix 'em. That's when the DJing really started and before long he was being asked to play boat parties, private raves like Blundells Farm and slots on a Thurrock pirate called Joy FM. After leaving college for a uni degree course in London, Hardnoyz met a dorris who was friends with a Richard Nelson, brother of Matt (Slipmatt) and founder of Raindance, who asked him to do some warmup slots at Jenkins Lane. He was paid in over-sized merchandise which he sold on to his mates.

Vibes started Technocore @ the Slammer, Gravesend (91-92) where Hardnoyz played alongside some soon-to-be big names (including Stetly) and was re-united with college pal Yardey Spangler on the mic. It was at this time (1992) Hardnoyz hooked up with The Rush Puppy who got him a residency at the Berwick Manor (Rainham) alongside himself and Roger Johnson. After the authorities kept busting these nights, the promoter threw in the towel and Hardnoyz found himself playing back2back sets with Rush Puppy at places like the Wax Club (Stratford).

By early '93, Vibes and Barry J (DJ Influence) had moved Technocore to the Manor and Hardnoyz followed when it moved again to Mr B's in Southend where some wicked nights were had behind the decks with Stetly - this is when Hardnoyz was first introduced to the other 2 Rude Bwoys by the Spangler. Hardnoyz then found himself playing more cheese when covering warmup sets for Vibes at Roller Express & AWOL (Paradise Club) and sharing radio shows with Vibes on Cyndicut FM and Rush. This is when the call came from the Mad House to join the Vange villans on Sweet FM where Hardnoyz picked up his Buffalo Billy handle for the notorious Billy fuelled 12 hour+ radio sessions. Regular sets @ the awesome Club Booyakka was just the cherry on the Sweet pie! ...and the rest as they say is history (until now!)

Hardnoyz now runs his own design company and works as a digital designer in the big smoke. Seeing as he lost his hair 10 yrs ago, he now wears desert boots & Fred Perry's and DJs oldskool Reggae, Ska and Soul as DJ Smudge to Skinheads up and down the country (find out more here). Hardnoyz would like to thank the Rave, Jungle, DnB scene for giving him some wicked memories (more like acid flashbacks) and some of the best lifelong friends an old git of a DJ could have!!!

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