Majistrate

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 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.