DJs
The DJs behind the sound.
Mampi Swift
Mampi Swift is a veteran London jungle/drum & bass DJ and producer whose career stretches back to 1990, when he began DJing at Lucky Spin Records, using its in-house studio and engineer to learn production. Known for powerful rolling basslines and mastery of the double-drop technique, he has well over 100 releases and 300 production/DJ credits, and has headlined across the UK, Europe and the US. His work has drawn support from Andy C, Sub Focus, Netsky, Chase & Status, Friction, The Prototypes, Crissy Criss and Bailey; he has marked 30 years in the scene and continues to tour and release new material.
Marie Chantal
DJ Marie-Chantal, raver since 1987 who began DJing in the early 1990s; earned a residency on pirate station Energy FM within 6 months of learning to DJ, later holding further radio residencies and playing rave events such as Steam (Rhyl, Wales).
Marie Chantall
DJ Marie-Chantal has been a raver since 1987 and began DJing in the early 1990s, earning a radio residency on Energy FM (87.9) within six months of learning to mix, and has since held residencies on other FM and internet radio stations. Mixes of hers survive from as far back as 1995, and she has played rave events including 'Steam' in Rhyl, Wales alongside DJ Aggressor.
Mark EG
UK hard dance/techno DJ-producer with a 30-year career, runs the Blackout Audio (dark techno) and EG-303 (acid) labels; a fixture at Dreamscape, Helter Skelter, Hardcore Heaven and Slammin Vinyl, five-time 'Best Hard Dance DJ' at the Hardcore Heaven Awards.
Massive
Mastersafe
DJ Mastersafe is a Leicester-based hardcore/jungle DJ and producer, one of the city's best-known scene figures. He worked at the 5HQ record shop, released on Formation Records, and played on Leicester pirate station Fresh FM. A surviving live recording from Raindance's 'Big Bad Head' on 31 December 1991 (alongside DJ Nipper) documents his early-90s UK hardcore sound, preserved via the Rave Archive UK.
Mastervibe
UK hardcore/gabber/drum and bass DJ active through the 1990s-2000s, playing major rave events including Dreamscape (1994-97), Hardcore Heaven (1996) and Helter Skelter (1997).
Menace
Mickey Finn
Mickey Finn (born Michael Hearn, South London) started DJing in the late 1980s during the rise of UK sound-system and pirate-radio culture, gaining his nickname from friends because of his build. He became a fixture of the acid house and early breakbeat underground, playing illegal raves and pirate stations Fantasy FM and Kool FM, and was at the forefront of jungle/drum & bass as the genre emerged from rave. He remixed material including Aphex Twin tracks and contributed to rave compilations, and has long partnered with fellow DJ/producer Aphrodite, co-owning the labels Urban Shakedown, Urban Takeover and Aphrodite Recordings.
Micky Finn
Michael Hearn, legendary British jungle/drum and bass DJ with a 30+ year career; co-founded Urban Takeover with Aphrodite, releasing the seminal track 'Bad Ass'.