| DJ SS | |
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 DJ SS performs at a rave.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Leroy Small |
| Born | August 27, 1970 in Leicester, England |
| Genre(s) | Electronica Drum'n'bass |
| Occupation(s) | Producer Disc Jockey |
| Label(s) | Benz-Street |
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Originally a breakdancer, DJ Stratch Stein began playing electro music as a teenager in the early 1980's. He then played Hip Hop and Rare Groove before turning to producing in 1988 initially Acid House, Hardcore, Breakbeat and finally Jungle/Drum and Bass tracks. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Acid house is a sub-genre of House music that emphasizes a repetitive hypnotic and trance -like style with samples or spoken lines usually used rather than sung lyrics Breakbeat hardcore ( Rave music) is a derivate of Acid house that combines 4-to-the-floor rhythms with breakbeats and is associated with UK Rave scene Breakbeat (sometimes breakbeats or breaks) is a term used to describe a collection of sub- genres of Electronic music, usually characterized
SS got his big break DJ'ing at the big British raves of the early 1990's such as Telepathy. A rave (or rave party) is a term in use since the 1980s to describe Dance Parties (often all-night events Since then he has gone on to DJ world wide.
SS is the co-founder and head of the Formation Records label and has released over 100 tracks using a number of aliases. These include the "Color Series" and the "Country Series", MA3 "Those DJs", the piano-from-Love Story -sampling "Lighter" (the label's biggest hit) plus many more popular Drum and Bass / Jump-Up Jungle tunes, He has also remixed No Good (Start the Dance) by The Prodigy. " No Good (Start the Dance " is a song by The Prodigy, relaesed as their seventh single on 16 May 1994. The Prodigy are an Electronic music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree Essex, England.
The Formation label has become a stable for new Drum and Bass producers such as John B and Twisted Individual.
As well as the record label, SS used to own a nightclub in Sheffield, off Division Street, which was home to weekly Drum and Bass nights (usually on a Wednesday), between 1998-1999.
External links
- DJ SS at Discogs
- DJ SS at rolldabeats
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