DJ
Zinc Record Labels: True Playaz, Frontline, Ganja
DJ
Zinc became obsessed with music in 1988 at 16 years of age, at the
time that Centreforce Radio was the largest pirate radio station in
London, with DJs like Randall playing regular shows. Zinc started
buying records and trying to mix on decks with no pitch and then `upgraded'
to a pair of Soundlab decks, and practised mixing 24-7.
For
the next couple of years he listened to the London pirate stations
as they came and went- such as Fantasy FM with Hype as one of the
more prominent DJs and Pulse FM. In 1991 Zinc teamed up with dj swift
(NOT `MAMPY SWIFT' OF KOOL FM) and joined Impact FM, where he met
Bizzy B, who invited them to produce a tune at his studio, which they
did, and released as `Swift & Zinc' - vol 1. They went on to make
`Swift & Zinc' volumes 1-8 which were released on Brain Progression
records, and a few other titles here and there. Meanwhile, they were
being booked to play at raves and clubs all over the country, and
continued to present a show on pirate radio- by this time they were
on Format FM.
In
spring 1995 Dj Swift decided he preferred house and garage music and
switched so Zinc was on his own. The first tune Zinc produced solo
was `Super Sharp Shooter' and when he played the original mix to Hype,
Hype smiled (very unusual) and decided to release the tune on Ganja
Records. Since making `Super Sharp Shooter' Zinc has produced for
Ganja and Frontline Records as well as recording under an alias (Tyranny)
for S.U.S. Recordings, and has remixed for Frontline Congo-Natty,
Back to Basics, and Talkin Loud, and has Djed in Germany, France,
Switzerland and every week in the UK as well as still doing a weekly
show on one of London's pirates. Zinc, Pascal, and Hype have now set
up True Playaz Music and Zinc will be channelling most of his energy
into producing for the label and helping to run it. All the above
info is from the True Playaz Site.
For
further Information about DJ Zinc visit the True Playaz site.
