SEBB

SEBB .I AM A GUY THAT'S BEEN BASICALLY MESSED UP BY HIP HOP SINCE I DISCOVERED IT IN THE 80'SLOL.IT STARTED WITH GRAFFITI AND (TRYING TO) BREAKDANCEUSED TO GET MY LITTLE 45'S AND TAPES BACK THENGRANDMASTER FLASHRUN D.M.C.WHODINITHAT TYPE OF STUFF.WAS REALLY JUST A KID SO YOU PROLLY COULD'VE CAUGHT ME WITH A RECORD IN ONE HAND AND A "HE-MAN" ACTION FIGURE IN THE OTHER.LOL.THAT WAS TIL' ONE OF MY FRIEND IN 7th GRADE TOLD ME HIS BIG BRO HAD 2 TECHNICS TURNTABLES AND WAS DOING PARTIESLONG STORY SHORT THE HOMIE SHOWED ME THE ROPES OF BLENDING AND PLAYING RECORDS TOGETHERMIND YOU THOSE WERE THE SUPER EARLY STAGES SO MY KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC WAS LIMITEDFOR SOME ODD REASON I PRETTY MUCH KNEW HOW TO SCRATCH (AT LEAST IN BASIC FASHION) FROM THE FIRST TIME I TOUCHED A TURNTABLESO I JUST RAN WITH THAT.I WAS NEVER REALLY INTERESTED IN PURSUING A CAREER "IN THE REAL WORLD" BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SEEM TO MAKE PEOPLE REALLY HAPPY ANYWAY.

I STARTED ROCKING PARTIES WHEN I WAS STILL IN SCHOOL(17 YEARS OLD)THE PLACE WAS THE DOLCE-VITA IN LAUSANNE.A PLACE THAT IS STILL REMEMBERED IN MANY NOSTALGIC HEARTS.I REMEMBER THAT MY MAN PHILIPPE WEISS (NOW RENOWNED SOUND ENGINEER) JUST CALLED THE CLUB AND TOLD EM THAT THE GUY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO PLAY THAT NIGHT WOULDN'T BE THERE.(WTF?)AND THAT WE WOULD TAKE OVERLOL.THE FUNNY SHIT IS THAT THE GUY IN QUESTION NEVER SHOWED UP!!!.SO THE SPOT WAS OURS.LOLI JUST WENT FROM THERE(JUST-ONE.THANX FOR NOT SHOWING UP LOL)THOSE DAYS WERE PRETTY MUCH WHAT EVERYBODY REFERS TO NOWADAYS AS THE "GOLDEN ERA".THE EARLY 90'SSO MANY RECORDS WERE COMING OUT IT WAS HARD TO KEEP UP!AT SOME POINT IN 1994 MY MAN YVES ENDERLI THAT I KNEW FROM WAY BACK HOOKED ME UP WITH COULEUR 3PRETTY MUCH THE BEST RADIO STATION AROUNDTHE LINE UP WAS ME,BABY BLU (DOWNTOWN BOOGIE) AND RON-T.THE SHOW WAS PRETTY MUCH AN ANOMALY IN THE SWISS RADIO WORLD AS I WAS BREAKING MAD RECORDS (AKA KEEPING MY POCKETS EMPTY).FUCKING UP DOUBLES,SCRATCHING.ETC.AND ALL LIVE OF COURSENOWADAYS IT SOUNDS COMMON BUT BACK THEN IT WAS UNHEARD OFAFTER ME MY MANS GREEN GIANT AND VINCZ LEE TOOK OVER AND THEY STILL AT ITWHILE ALL THIS DJ STUFF WAS GOING ON I WAS ALREADY DIGGING FOR SAMPLES AND BREAKS WITH THE GOOD INFLUENCE OF HOMETOWN HEROES LIKE ALEX ATTIAS OR U.S VINYL HEAVYWEIGHTS D.I.T.C,PETE ROCK OR GANGSTARR (YEAH THEM AGAINSORRY NOTHING NEW HERE LOL.)

AROUND THE MID 90'S I STARTED REALIZING THAT I NEEDED TO BE ACTIVE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WATER AND AFTER OVERCOMING A FEW OBSTACLES I WAS ABLE TO BECOME AN INTERN AT THE FAT BEATS RECORD STORE IN NYC.THIS WAS A TIME OF GREAT PROGRESS FOR ME.GETTING TO KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNAPPROACHABLE IF I WAS IN A DIFFERENT POSITION.ECLIPSE,DJ RIZ,A-VEE,BREEZE BREWIN,DJ PREMIER,5TH PLATOON,THE ALLIES,THE ALCHEMISTOLD SCHOOL LEGENDS WERE DROPPING BYI REMEMBER THOSE DAYS WITH NOSTALGY.I REMEMBER THAT ON ONE OF MY FIRST DAYS THERE WE HAD AN EMINEM IN -STORE AND MY TASK WAS TO KEEP THE LINE OF PEOPLES CONTAINED.BUT I DIDN'T REALLY SPEAK ENGLISH.LOL.NOT THE EASIEST SHIT TO DOTHROUGH METICULOUS DIGGING AND HOURS SPENT CHOPPING SHIT UP I ENDED UP COLLABORATING WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLESSMILEY AND CASHULTY FROM A-MOBTONY YAYO FROM G-UNITTHE ALCHEMIST,BIG TWINZ,INFAMOUS MOBB,BIG NOYD AND PRODIGY.SID ROAMS.THE JUGGAKNOTS!!THE MONEY BOSS GUYS (MINNESOTA WHAT UP!).JUNIOR MAFIAA LOT OF IT WAS ORCHESTRATED BY MY P.N.C WALIWORLD THE 3rd



NOWADAYS THERE AIN'T MUCH SHIT CHANGEDALTOUGH LATELY I HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATING A LITTLE HEAVIER ON THE DJ THINGIN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE WHAT I HAVE ON THE PLATE IS A CD BOXSET ENTITLED "THE DATABASE" WHICH WILL BASICALLY BE A "MY FAVORITE THINGS" TYPE OF PROJECT IN WHICH I CUT UP ALL THE SHIT THAT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPSFROM THE 60'S TO THE LATE 80'S.DEFINITELY LOOK OUT FOR THAT IN FEBRUARY 2009IT WILL BE AVAILABLE THRU THIS MYSPACE PAGEPEACE