|
Majistrate has been djing since 1989 and producing since
1994. Back in 1993 Undercover Agent,
long time friend of Majistrate and owner of notorious Cyndicut was
about to launch Splash and
Juice Recordings. The releases started back in 1994 when Splash
recordings released Majistrate's
first 12” Open Circuit. Majistrate went on to have over 10
releases on the classic jungle label as well
as various releases on the sister label Juice Recordings.
By 1995 Majistrate was progressing with producing and dj'ing
at some of the biggest events
as well as featuring weekly on Kool FM. After meeting A-sides who liked
what Majistrate was doing,
he decided to release material on his East Side record label. Following
this there were
various A-sides/Majistrate collaborations under the name of Fate, as
well as countless
Majistrate solo releases. Majistrate has also remixed for various
artists, as well as having other
releases on classic labels such as Lucky Spin and Brain records. He has
also appeared on Kiss FM
& Rude FM, as well as playing throughout Europe.
In 2002 Majistrate made a come back to production after a
brief break, and hooked up with Nicol,
old time friend and Direct Recordings owner. ‘Show U’ was the second release on
Direct Recordings,
and lead to Majistrate and Nicol linking up in the studio.
Since then there have had various releases on Urban Takeover,
Frequency (Ram records sister label)
& Frontline. Majistrate also recently featured a remix on Ganja
records.
DJ Nicol (UK) originally got his DJ name by working on London
pirate radio station Pressure FM
which he started in 1995 alongside the likes of Ruff Stuff, Bizzy-B and
Friction to name a few.
He later moved onto hosting a weekly show on Cyndicut FM, with MC
Eksman, and with guest
appearances from MCs Herbz, Fatman D, 5ive 0 & TC Izlam to name a
few.
More recently DJ Nicol has been special guest with Jungle
legend Remarc on Kool FM.
He has performed at all the UK's top events including Innovation,
1Nation, Breakin Science
and Battle of the MCs, as well as club events both here and abroad
including countries
Germany, Poland, Austria and the U.S.A . He plays a fresh bubbling
style of drum & bass, mainly
dub plates from the scenes top labels, and exclusive VIP Remixes.
He is Co-owner of Direct Recordings, and also a recording
artist for Frontline,
Urban Takeover & Frequency Records. He also co-promotes Direct
Recordings nights across the
UK and Europe. In 2003, DJ Nicol started the move into production and
what a move it was.
His first tracks (alongside long time drum & bass producer:
Majistrate) were signed to Frontline,
Urban Takeover and Frequency, and he has continued to have releases
with the above
camps to this day.
Majistrate & Nicol can be booked for DJ performances
through the Innovation Artist Management
Visit Majistrate & Nicol's page on Myspace
Check out their full discography on Roll
Da Beats
|