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He started DJing in 1989 playing mainly Electro, and in 1990 he opened a record store in Orlando, Florida called The Hottie Shop. His early working relationships were with record labels such as Suburban Base and Moving Shadow. He teamed up with DJ Jeffee to publish the U.S. jungle fanzine Junglized. His first production effort was a 1993 remix of a track by Flex and Fats called Somebody and, as this was released on both Suburban Base and Moving Shadow, became the first U.S. Jungle producer s to release a track in the U.K.(the country of origin of Jungle/Drum and Bass). AK1200 was also the first U.S. DJ to play on U.K. pirate radio, alongside Mampi Swift and DJ ZincDJ Zinc is a disc jockey, and part of the Ganja Kru and True Playaz collectives. He runs the Bingo Beats record label. on Format FM . Throughout the 1990sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other techn he tried his hand at just about every variation on the high speed breakbeatThis article is about breakbeat, the genre. For the technique, see break (music). Breakbeat breakbeats or breaks , are a collection of sub- genres of electronic music, chiefly exemplified by drum and bass and jungle, usually characterized by a non-straigh musical idiom that developed and has collaborated with many influential jungle and drum and bass artists including AphroditeAphrodite (φροδτη, "risen from sea-foam") is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Worship The epithet Aphrodite Acidalia was occasionally added to her name, after the spring she used to bathe in, located in Boeotia ( Virgil, DJ DaraDJ Dara is an Irish Drum and Bass DJ operating mainly in North America., Danny Breaks , DieselboyDieselboy is the stage name of Damian Higgins a Drum and Bass DJ and producer. He is a common name in the American Drum & Bass scene, Dieselboy has been around since its early inception, playing a key role in its expansion across the United States. From h, and MC Navigator , as well as with hip hopHip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban , African American & Puerto Rican youth in New York and has since spread around the world. The four main elements of hip-hop are MCing, DJing, graffiti art, and breakdancing. Some consider beatboxing artists such as A Tribe Called QuestA Tribe Called Quest is an influential alternative rap group of the 1990s, originally formed in Queens, New York City in 1988. The group is comprised of Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Phife. Q-Tip and Phife had grown up together in Queens, and met Muhamm. In 2000 he joined forces with fellow U.S. DJs Dieselboy and DJ Dara to create Planet of the Drums and toured the U.S. to great acclaim. His debut album, SHOOTTOKILL was co-produced with Rob Playford , of Moving Shadow fame. A prominent American artist in the jungle scene, AK1200 has been credited for helping bringing jungle and drum and bass to the forefront in the United States, due to his reputation for impressive live performances and prolific remixes, as well as for playing for free to help promote the spread of the style. He also records under the moniker Hydrophonix .