Alright Windy Pig
I sampled Jurrasic 5 'Jayou' on a drum and bass track I had pressed onto 'dub plates' in about 1998. It was played on Radio 1. It was the beginning of the big time.
Now I sell heating parts.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:35, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

I really really like J5
Which heating parts do you sell?
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:37, Reply)

Boiler spares, bit of everything, but I'm setting up the commercial side at the moment.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:40, Reply)

Sounds alright.
Did you DJ a lot back in the day? Any good stories?
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:42, Reply)

A fair bit when I was 17-18.
Don't remember much of it due to various substances, the nights all blur into one. It was a decadent time on the old 'skirt chasing' front though.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:45, Reply)

Sounds good,
I'm a little younger than you, cut my teeth on the psytrance scene, never did get to DJ anywhere cool, but god the drugs were good.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:50, Reply)

I sort of grew out of it.
I did music technology at college, did a bit of studio recording type stuff then had to get a real job, and have been buying, selling and specifying plumbing and heating stuff ever since.
There you go, my career in a nutshell.
Obviously I also did the candy floss stall too.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:53, Reply)

Almost all of my friends have done some sort of music stuff,
Only 1 got to do anything cool. He's a sound engineer at ronnie Scott's. I get the feeling that most of us get the memories but not the glory.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 16 Sep 2013, 22:03, Reply)

I think the memories are good enough.
To make a career out of anything like that, especially djing, runs the risk of ending up being a bit too old to be 'cool' and looking like a knob trying to be 'young and hip' and becoming a bit of a joke. See tim Westwood.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 22:06, Reply)

David rodigan?

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 16 Sep 2013, 22:07, Reply)

Which DJs did you get played by?
DnB back then was a notoriously hard scene to get into.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:39, Reply)

Oh, so you reply to your DJ mate, but not even a hello to your old mate WP.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:41, Reply)

v doon there ken v

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:42, Reply)

Who's this Ken you're always banging on about?
Is he related to al and Wilf and Rory and quentin and frank?
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:50, Reply)

Radio personality Ken Bruce.
He posts on here as a satirical 'comedy' account, playing the role of a bitter and failure-wracked autist from Milton Keynes.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:51, Reply)

Clickin dis
For the use of the word 'autist'
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:53, Reply)

If you look at the Guardian jobs section you'll see a charity is recruiting for an 'Autism Director'.
Imagine the detailed selection criteria for that role...
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 22:04, Reply)

'Own bag of old newspapers preferred but we can provide'

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 22:09, Reply)

Fabio and grooverider played it on the radio.
I gave a copy to Zinc and Roni Size. Don't think they played it out anywhere though. Also Simon 'bassline' smith played at at something in Hastings I was at. I worked in a record shop in my teens, and they ran a couple of drum and bass nights at local clubs, but got some big names down so it was easy to meet people. I used to do the warm up set sometimes.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:43, Reply)

F&G playing it is a big deal.
Fairly different style to Zinc & Roni Size though.

Mad props for mixing DnB though, I can never get my head around the breaks.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:46, Reply)

Yeah, they had a section on their show where they'd play unheard of stuff.
I was made up. Got it on cassette somewhere.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:48, Reply)

One of my mates makes techno & acid.
He went to see Dave Clark in Leeds a while back and Dave Clark played one of his tracks.

That was 'quite a good feeling'.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:50, Reply)

It's like being famous for a few minutes.
Then receiving no recognition or money. Ever.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 16 Sep 2013, 21:55, Reply)