First experiences of dance culture was when acid house and the whole illegal rave scene moved into hardcore music. Roaming around the south coast in search of the next rave to go to led to a love for dance music and a need to be part of the scene.
Initially purchasing hardcore music, this swiftly moved into break beats (early jungle music) and Hijack became a drum and bass DJ with inspirations being a mixture of all the genres that drum and bass had divided, with LTJ Bukem on the progressive side, Grooverider with the more dark edge and DJ Hypes jump up style.
In the late 90s, drum and bass events were not as frequent as they had been in the past. UK garage reared its head and was made popular by the Artful Dodgers chart success. Although continuing to play drum and bass, Hijack started buying garage music. Pete Devereux and Mark Hill of Artful Dodger found Hijack whilst looking for warm up djs for their new night at the Rhino club in Southampton appropriately named Rewind where they were performing with then up and coming singer Craig David. Rewind's successful garage night ran for years before the numbers noticeably dropped and the music policy switched to predominantly rnb, hip hop and dancehall. Rewind remains the place to be in Southampton twelve years on with Hijack as weekly resident.
For the last decade, Hijack has been renowned as an urban turntablist, cutting and scratching all types of urban music around the South, London and abroad. He has now formed relationships with Universal, Warner and Sony/BMG and became part of the Sony/BMG street team.
Hijack also has a recording studio and works with ex-Def Jam artist Aaron Soul, unsigned artist Pandaman, and his wife, Baby Shar (Paradiso Girls). Most of the beats he makes are hip-hop or r'n'b, but he experiments with other genres also. He also collaborated with Liverpool based Urbeatz and Young Kof.
"Shorty Blitz, Scottie B, and definitely the most influential DJ for me of all time... Jazzy Jeff. On the garage front, EZ is the sickest mother... dont think there's anyone that is so professional. Never seen him relax and just blend a couple of tracks. Always on it - always smashin it!!!!"
This is a dj that can cater for any urban audience. From full on bashment sets to uk garage or funky house. Hip hop and rnb is also a big feature in his sets. His ability to cut up any type of urban music and mix it into an unstoppable and seamless blend is unsurpassed which means he can satisy any audience however commercial or however street they might be.
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A member of the Sony/BMG Street Team.
