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These two havent seen each other for 17 years and only got together tonight for this interview, so there memories are flooding back and the humour and banter that bonded the two of them back in the day is as strong now as it ever was!Īnyway, back to the story of these two tunes… They had been sat unfinished on Vern’s Atari ST -E(!!) for a while.
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The STE being the better model than the standard Atari ST! Also within the studio was a ‘crappy desk’, a ‘cheap Yamaha Keyboard running midi’ and a £100 portable DAT machine that was bought from Noise Factory. “I still have that” Ash says. “You nicked that off from me?” Vern bites. “Nah mate, you gave it to me!!!” Ash strikes back. It was basic and consisted of an Akai S950 and Cubase being run on an Atari STE – “Dont forget the E” Ash chips in, causing the both of them to laugh. They told him to sell his car and invest the money into building himself a studio, which he unduly did. Vern had built himself a studio after being advised to do so by Noise Factory, who also lived on the Nightingale Estate. L-R: DJ Smurf on the decks, DJ Ash and DJ Slippery (MC Remedee’s older brother) at Kool FM 1993. Those tunes were ‘Squeeze’ and ‘Magnificent’.
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Ash agreed to helping out as he had wanted to get into the studio. Vern had heard of Ash and knew he was a formidable DJ on Kool FM and wanted to enlist his help with 2 tracks he was working on but couldnt complete. Experience EP cut for his label World Bass Records, a label that ran from 1994 to 1995 and released 3 records that still resonates its legacy to this day. Anyone who cut plates back in the day knows how expensive it was to keep the ammo stocks high! Vern was down there that day getting his V. It was only a matter of time that the two DJ’s would meet, though this didnt happen at Embley but on Lower Clacton Road at a Reggae dubplate cutting house.Īsh frequented this place “because Music House would get very busy, and it was closer to home”. Both stations were transmitting from the same block, Embley Point. DJ Vern AKA Big Vern was a DJ on Rush FM, a station that was famously raided in July 1993, with nationwide media coverage. Though only Seaton still stands, their collective names still invoke memories and flashbacks of a history that still envelopes the area where they once stood. They loomed over the skyline of Hackney, each holding their own level of notoriety Seaton Point, Embley Point, Farnell Point, Rachel Point, Rathbone Point and Southerland Point. The story starts at 2 pirate radio station based on the infamous Nightingale Estate, an estate built in 1968 with 6 22 storey tower blocks and a history of trouble and crime. DJ Vern & DJ Ash ‘Squeeze/Magnificent’ – 1995