DJ Bugg / Sense MC DJ/Producer/Promoter/Vocalist Location : Manchester Profile Easy now!! the name's Leighton, Bugg to my friends and fellow music lovers! i come from a really musical family, my step dad use to run reggae and dub sound systems and sound clashes, Steppa Sound, in moss side and my mum use to run her own roots and culture, reggae and dub show, Monday Munchies on buzz and irie fm from when i was about 3 years old. dub and reggae are in my blood! my two little brothers are now garage emcees and are starting to produce their own tunes ( with help from their big bro ) and my two little sisters sing at local talent shows and work in local musical project groups. Influences i really got in to music in general when i was 8 and i started an African drumming course in school and did a live concert at the Royal Northern College of Music in manchester with other classmates which later got aired on bbc 2!! i just loved the sound of drums but over time i grew to just love sound. i started buying records from charity shops of all music genres, plus my parents were always entering me and my bros and sisters into dance comps and talent shows and singing in our gospel church choir. my step dad had a pair of turntables so i would always been playing on them but didn't know what is was to be a dj til i was 17. lol i started producing in high school when i was 14 replicating old hip hop and dance tunes on cubase 5, i couldn't and still cant read music for the life of me but i was great at playing it by ear, i took up trumpet lessons and ended up teaching myself coz no matter how hard i try i just cant seem to transfer the sheet music data from page to my brain to my hands but play me the music and i'll figure it out in 5 minutes, thus getting an A- in music for all my practical work. i really started getting into the blues then and jive rock, chuck berry, tj hooker, bb king, ray charles were all kings of setting moods and completely submerging you into their music. around the time i started making music was when i fell in love with jungle and drum n bass, alex reese - pulp fiction blew my mind. also i was really into dance music, paul van dyke, oakenfold, sasha were blowing up everywhere with their djing skills and styles, not too keen on present day dance tho, love funky house but not been paying attention for a while now but need to get back into it! I got into dj'ing at my friend's birthday party when i was 17 and after a dodgy insurance job on my first flat i went out and got some Gemini XL400 belt drives and i was on my way! After 3 months of battering my decks, learning how to mix and making music on cubase vst5 on my pc and music 2000 on my playstation , i started dj'ing at free parties from the likes of NTA, Missing in Manchester, Daylight Robbery, The Satans Slaves ( on bengal street nr sankeys usually ) and others as well as dj'ing in clubs like Club Addiction Northwich under 18s nights, D-tuned at the Blueprint and Basscamp at Ohm in Nottingham and a one off RnB gig at Rumours in Blackpool as well as clubs in manchester like the Font bar where recently i done a couple of live hip hop gigs for Northern Komfort Promotions, the Jam, the Jamfish Altrincham, MMSU Harveys bar, the Old Monk, the Roadhouse, the Redrooms free parties and a dj comp at Bar med on Princess street in 2002 where i came 3rd which i was quiet proud of and now i firm regular in club across manchester and the northwest. Sense MC It started just as a laugh about 3 years ago just writing bits and bobs with Tokane ( manchester hip hop group Mitch MC and Jay mccurdy ( www.northernkomfort.co.uk , Northern Komfort Promotions ) John Hughes, Will ( dj hesk/ www.hesk.co.uk ) ian Mr P peel, Nic ) and for Abstract Fusion ( a collective that me and DJ Hesk formed and are a growing collective across the uk, www.myspace.com/abstractfusion ), we did a couple of live shows ( M.U.M.S the word @ the font manchester/ Future Savings @ Jamfish Altrncham and Joshua Brooks Manchester ) which were big things coz i'm a dj at heart so it was mad not hiding behind a pair of decks! over time i started to get more into it, creating a strong bond with Mitch MC and forming MBR ( Mitch Bugg Rollin' ) as a MC/DJ tag team and being heavily influenced by UK hip hop, reggae, dub, soul, and old US hip hop as well as Drum n Bass, slowly but surely i started to create my own style and recieve bookings for drum n bass and hip hop events around the northwest!! now i'm looking to start talking to the world with no bullshit just straight lyrics! i'm now resident MC at Audiosalad manchester, Mixed Ability / Fusion Soundz which are Mobbstar Promotions events Manchester and Invasion blackpool. Collectives! I'm part of a collective called Abstract Fusion based in Manchester. A brainchild of myself and my friend and production partner Dj Hesk ( hesk.co.uk ), made up of myself, Hesk, " Mr P ", Mitch, ( Northern Komfort , MBR ), Harry Big Sweed, Roo, Jay ( Northen Komfort, Drunken Munks ), EdXL, James ( Humble Monkey ), 80HZ Studios, and anyone who loves music and whats to join in, we are not a closed unit and are always looking for new members with something to contribute! We showcase a variety of homegrown manchester talent performing Live hip hop and 4 deck dj sets of hip hop, funk, soul, breaks and dnb! Look out for the website coming soon!! www.myspace.com/abstractfusion i'm part of WTS, started a record label called Witness Records which i run with DJ Kinda as part of the WTS empire and have 5 storming releases under it belt with plenty more to come! www.witnessthesickness.com i'm one of the Daylite Robbery Sound System camp that throws free parties around the UK and a weekly event at Club Saki in rusholme Manchester plus our own radio show on Unity radio every friday 10pm - 12am GMT, The Daylite Robbery Show. www.dayliterobbery.org www.unityradio.co.uk I'm also Co Founder of a promotions company called MobbStar Promotions created with DJ Evidence as well as running 2 new manchester events, Mixed Ability which i run with DJ Evidence under Mobbstar and Fusion Soundz which i run with DJ Nolan under the WTS banner. both nights dedicated to showcasing nothing but up n coming northwest talent and beyond. more updates to my profile coming soon! check out our webite www.mobbstarpromotions.com . www.djbugg.com www.myspace.com/djbuggdnb www.myspace.com/sensemcuk www.mobbstarpromotions.com www.witnessthesickness.com www.northernkomfort.co.uk www.myspace.com/abstractfusion www.dayliterobbery.org www.ichipromotions.com www.nwdnb.co.uk . Peace!