DJ Probe’s first encounter with music was Hip-Hop, back in the early 80’s he was heavily into Run DMC, Public Enemy, LL Cool J, etc… Introduced by a couple of friends in the late 80’s Probe started going to club nights such as Energy @ Brixton Academy & Pirate Club @ Rocket, this was his first taste of Acid House & Rave music which slowly became his true love in music.
With the birth of the Acid House scene the dj skills of Carl Cox, Fabio, Grooverider & Randall inspired Probe to pursue a career as a dj. In 1989 he bought his first pair of decks, this was soon to pay off. At the age of 15 his first gigs were at ‘THE CUCKOO CLUB’ @ Crazy Larry’s, Rapido & Hard Times in East London. By 17 Probe had already played for legendary nights ‘ORANGE’ – (The Rocket club & Astoria) & ‘STILL BUZZIN’ – (Loft Club). After a recommendation from Randall in 1994 Probe joined Unique Artists (DJ Agency) playing at a variety of raves in London & the South East. That same year Probe secured a residency at ‘INNERSENSE’ – (Lazerdrome) which lasted 4 years. Each & every Saturday night Probe as Innersense’s main resident dj would simply ‘Tear down da place’ dj’ing alongside his peers Grooverider, Randall, Hype, etc. Known for delivering memorable & enjoyable sets, selecting with precision and NO bias, Probe covered the full spectrum that was Jungle and pure Drum & Bass.
1994 was also a seminal year for DJ Probe as this was the start of his career with London’s premiere Drum & Bass station Kool FM (94.6FM). Notching up 12 years you can still catch Probe hosting each & every Sunday between 5pm till 7pm on ‘The Sunday Rave Show’. This show is streamed live via www.drumandbasswise.co.uk. Continuing to dj Probe has appeared at some of the UK’s finest events; Tru Playas (Fabric, The End, UK), Jungle Fever / Heat (UK & Int’l), Telepathy (UK), R.O.A.S.T. (UK), TOV (UK), World Dance (UK), One Nation (UK), Source (UK & Int’l), Movement (Bar Rumba, UK), Grace (UK), Swerve (UK) & Renegade Hardware (UK)… too name but a few!
2002 saw a personal invitation from Brazil’s 1 D’n’B DJ/Producer Marky too DJ Probe for a cameo video appearance for his TOP40 smash single ‘L K’ (June 2002) released V Recordings (UK), with regular screenings worldwide on MTV, VH1 & various Cable & Satellite Networks.
The new millennium Probe ventures into the studio, teaming up with Sylo (Infrared) with their debut release ‘Don’t Stop’ & ‘Bubblegum’ featured on LPlates Volumes (Sept 03). Current releases available are: Infrared Records (INFRA029) ‘Battle Royale’ & ‘Spark Plug’ (June 04) reaching number 33.. in the Independent Dance singles chart (Music Week/Jun 04) also out on Worldwide Audio records (WAR007) ‘Gimme some more feat MC IC3’ & ‘Shadow Lock’ (June 04). Remixing Phantasy & Shodan’s ‘Atomic Age’ for Easy Records (Dec 04). March 2005 saw their biggest release to date on Infrared (INFRA035) ‘Ghetto Dub’ & ‘Booby Trap’ supported by the likes of DJ Hype, Randall, L-Double, David Rodigan (KISS FM), Rodney P (1Xtra) also 1 in Mixmag. This was soon followed up by their debut single on Timeless Recordings featured on their EP series Vol 3 (TYME032) with ‘Poison Dart’ (July 05). Coming to the end of 2005 was their debut on T.O.V with the LP sampler for the ‘Fast Lane 2’ LP series, entitled ‘Rhythmic Culture’ & ‘Drums like Dis’ (Aug/Sept 05), kick-starting 2006 with another debut release on Viper Recordings (Feb/Mar 06) on the Circuit Breakers LP series with ‘Dreadnaught’. Summer 06 you checkout the Knowledge Magazine cover cd (Aug/2006): DJ Probe ‘Against the Run of Play’ feat 2ShyMC distributed worldwide. In January 2007 DJ Probe launched the TMG Show from 11.00 pm / 1.00 am (ukgmt) on Thursdays fortnightly via www.pyroradio.com all shows are archived and available for download… don’t forget its all about the music!
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Easy sir just saying hi and im getting back on the circuit.... so keep an eye out. You come a long way since minimelt ay? always representing Go on the spurs MC JEOPARDY
