su-per-charge (soopar-chärj)
tr.v. supercharged, supercharging, supercharges
1. To increase the power of (an engine, for example), as by fitting with a supercharger.
2. To charge heavily or excessively: the atmosphere was supercharged with tension.
BIOGRAPHY
In 2000, Supercharge (born Mik Newton) defined a whole new style of music known as "Meta-Genre-Fusion". A million miles away from the dominant live Indie scene or Jump-up, dance floor filling Drum'n'Bass of its day, it was a mood rich and visually suggestive series of carefully sequenced instrumentals, built almost entirely from live recorded Indie guitar, Old-Skool Hip Hop and Funk samples, pulled from his personal vinyl emporium and matched with sequenced samples and beats. Supercharge audaciously stretched the parameters of Indie/Dance, introducing it to an audience with little or no previous experience of the genre.
Supercharge grew up in the town of Killingworth, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Fascinated with all genres of music from an early age, by 1996 he took up a DJ residency in Hull, playing to capacity audiences. He continued to entertain party-goers with his unique blend of Dub, Funk, Breaks and Beats until around 2000. When, after playing all the major venues in Hull and after the Birth of his first son, he decided to take a break from DJing to concentrate on producing his own work and that of local bands.
Flash forward 8 years later for the release of his new works, "This is my homage to all those unheralded musicians in Hull, who produced their own output and presented it earnestly to an often indifferent public."
With his next album in the works we can expect a whole new twist. After all, Supercharge is on record as saying that "my philosophy is to make every release different from the last."
Mik co-organised 'Concrete Jam', Hull's official Skate Park festival and co-founded 'Purple Worm Records', an independent record label.
He soon went on to create Purple Worm Records Remix - an off-shoot of the main label, this time where the emphasis is on the producers creativity rather than that of the band/artist.
He continues to DJ as a resident at 'BEAT FREQ', has guested at 'Blended Elements' and the 'Purple Worm Records' annual album launch parties.
alright mik cheers for adding us. im quite likeing the remixes. let us know what u think of my shizzle. i have also been studying very hard for alcohol awareness.
Hi
Just a quick message to let you know iBreaks is putting together the biggest breakbeat line up of all times next 20th September in Seville (Spain)
One event defenetely not to miss and broadcasted live on iBreaks. co. uk
Long live the Breakbeat
wass goin on u kl? wah u bin up2? i noe i ent bin in tuch 4 a wile...jus bin kinda busy...i got a new exclusiv track up on ma page, just 4 da myspace before i release my promo...its called 'Dun Know The Myspace' so wen u get da chance, chek it out, lemme noe wah u think
Hey there! Thanks for adding us, you must be a real DNB fan... since that's the case I thought you'd like to know we just dropped two awesome new releases I bet you will dig- Check em!
HEY, HOPE YA WELL....CHECK OUT CLIPS FOR MY NEW E.P PRODUCED BY 1LASTORDER.WATCH OUT FOR THE LONG AWAITED DUBSTEP/DNB MIX'S & A WHOLE LEAP OF NEW TUNES COMING IN 2K8/2K9! MSN: dappa_dappa_don@hotmail.com
Linden - The Hidden EP (NERVEEP001) - AVAILABLE NOW!
Tracklisting:
1) "Hidden" 2) "7 Breaths" 3) "Tuva" 4) "Crush"
Following the success of our previous exclusively digital releases, we at Nerve decided it was time for another one! Delivering the first EP for Nerve is new producer Linden. Originally hailing from Belfast and now located in Dundee, Linden deliver's "The Hidden EP" featuring four tracks of futuristic drum n bass beats set to smash up dancefloors worldwide. Epic pads and strings float over crisp beats and bass showing Linden's talent in creating cinematic soundscapes as as well as moving a dancefloor.
We're proud to welcome Linden into the Nerve collective and on the strength of this stunning debut release, we can expect many more big things in the future!
A 4 mix house track with an uplifting spanish guitar, deep and sexy vibe that will reach every listener.
Released December 2007
Review:
SammyRock aka Soul Oasis from Cyberjamz Radio: "...a wonderful single by Dual ll. Armed with 4 mixes, this deephouse track (Radio Version) is enough to make your dancefloor go into a frenzy. Can't wait to get the other mixes..."
