Mr. C

English DJ, producer and songwriter, born 2 January 1965, Mile End, London. Founder of [[label:43941]], [[label:1558]] and [[label:36]]. He is best known as the frontman and vocalist for [[artist:7297]]. Co-owner of the [[label:36]] nightclub. He started MC’ing in London clubs, aged 16, and soon earned a reputation as rapper. In the late 1980s he became resident rapper at the [[label:362273]], before becoming a MC at [[label:21140]]. In 1987, he collaborated with [[artist:5383]] as part of [[artist:80634]]. This inspired his move to DJ'ing. As frontman, songwriter and producer of The Shamen, he notched-up a string of top-10 hits. In 1995 he opened the [[label:36]] nightclub together with [[artist:103659]]. Three years later he opened the AKA Bar. Both closed down in January 2009. In the 2000s, he pioneered Techno House together with [[artist:817]] and [[artist:5383]]. Throughout his career he continued to organise, promote and played at various festivals around the world.