1988: Acid House/The Summer Of Love and the start of MTV Europe where James Hyman began his career. After a brief MTV Press Officer stint, James achieved B.A./1st Class Honours from London Guildhall University and moved forward at MTV as a Senior Producer/Director/Programmer.
By this time, Hyman had amassed a personal library of over one million magazines, 50,000+ vinyl, 50,000+ CDs and a broadcast quality collection of 20 years of Pop Video which paved the way for Green Bandana, the independent cross-platform media company set up by Hyman in 2000 that maintains a database of over 50,000 industry contacts.
Whilst maintaining a foothold in the print media as a columnist/correspondent for various international publications (Music Week, Televizier, Hip-Hop Connection etc.) Hyman began presenting specialist programs on terrestrial UK television - Frontal (Channel 4), Personal Services (Channel 5 - BAFTA short-listed) and a key expert/commentator on ITVs series,The Dance Years.
James,still waiting to have massage my ears again with some top tunes...that bloke who stole your show on XFM,well he is rubbish man.... Keep on RINSING!!
Yo,is the original Rinser,let all pretenders stand to one side . . .
Big LoVe DJ WEIRDITUDE'aka Brian of...you know where . . .
Hi sweetie, It really is time for an MTV reunion. Maybe on the Aruban beach? A Partyzone beach party perhaps? Miss seeing you on Nuts TV. Any TV gigs coming up? Love ya, as always...Simone
Hello James, just thought I'd call past and say hello- I remember it being your birthday last week ... hope you had a good 1- and I listened to a cd of the Rinse the other day *sigh* ....x
"your the best dj in the world" were my words as i watched you turn razzmatazz into a beautiful frenzy!!! i remain still today shocked by that set!!! i am also a dj (well i called myself that until hearing you!!!) and i've been mixing indie rock n electro for a while now but have never took it to another level like you did on NYE!!! are you ever dj'ing in italy?? as this is where i now live!!! anyway thanks again!!! n keep up the good work!!!
Hello James, hope you're OK. Just saying hello cos I saw you online and haven't actually spoken to you for what seems like ages. I miss the Rinse every week, and I also miss your punctuated texts and emails ... (nice/thanks/sorry/etc./(!!)!xxx)