Real name / Leeroy Powell
Moniker(s) / The Shy Producer
DJ, Producer, label / studio owner, and all round music fanatic. My love of music stems from my parents only way to keeping me quiet, by letting me near the record player. I remember the quality of the Pioneer headphones my old man used to have for his ‘special’ use. Watching the centre image of the vinyl rotating, the feeling you got from staring into the hypnotic dark grooves on the vinyl. This would always keep me entertained”. It was from here on in, 5 or 6 years old, music was the only thing that mattered. That and the odd game of knock-a-door run maybe from time to time. My folks seemed to have a vast collection of vinyl. Many styles, 7s, 12s, and even a few 10s and dubplates were also in there. I later found out that this was only a small selection as he had the bulk sold by his sister while he was away once – what a cunt. I often think of what else was in that collection
At the age of around 6 or so, I found my old man’s tape splicer and started messing around cutting up tapes. I don’t think he could ever work out where his cassettes were going. I started making tapes as if they were radio shows. If only I still had ...
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