Navi, as he is affectionately known has over a quarter century experience in music.
He started out and trained his vocal skills on the UK Reggae Dance Hall circuit. Throughout the 1980s he hosted and performed on local N.E. London sound systems namely, Phaze One, First Choice, Fatman HiFi and ultimately Unity Hi-Power, before deciding to move into Dance Music in the 90s. Joining the now legendary pirate radio station Kool FM in 1993 led to a break in the burgeoning Jungle scene, this also enhanced the development of his live, studio and hosting performances. He then went on to become and still is one of the most forefront MCs in Jungle/Drum & Bass. The following years 94-99 saw Navi releasing several hit singles on the DnB & Breakbeat scenes with people like, D*Note (Criminal Justice & Inequity Worker), Asian Dub Foundation (Culture Move, Power to the Small Massive) and also Freestylers (Ruffneck, Warning & Get down Massive) to mention few. These timeless releases led to credible critical acclaim and success worldwide. In 2000 he jointly formed Rawhill Cru in Germany; resulting in the mega DnB dance floor smash hit Mo Fire?/I> released on Bad Company Recordings in March 2003. Remixed by renowned Drum and Bass producers Fresh (Breakbeat Kaos) and Andy C (RAM) the track reportedly sold over 40,000.
Fast forwarding to late 2003 he was invited by Roni Size to record a track called Gimme da Reason for the Return to V album. His vocal performance on that particular track along with Roni Size help, made him realize that it was now time for him to record his long overdue debut solo album. Since then he has recorded a number of other tracks with Roni, Krust, Jumpin Jack Frost, Die and Clipz. Navi and Florida based MC Bass Nacho have reworked Kingston 11, an old school reggae classic originally sung by Prince Lincoln and the Royal Rasses. The reworking is produced by Lion Dub & Jacky Murda (NYC) .
This album promises to be the most outstanding material Navigator has recorded to date, heralding as a landmark MC contribution to the Jungle/DnB scene. HipHop and Downtempo tracks demonstrate production that you wouldn't neccesarily expect from some of the names mentioned and also shows Navigator vocal versatility. There are also a host of big name remixes in the pipeleine that will be making their presence felt on the dancefloor in 2009/2010..
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