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her rel="nofollow" href="http://www.fingerlickinmanagement.co.uk/krafty-kuts">www.fingerlickinmanagement.co.uk/krafty-kuts Was Martin Reeves, AKA Krafty Kuts,
one is without doubt one of
our the world’s greatest DJ's. Lauded
Out in the UK, worshiped in
day Australia, acclaimed in America, where
get ever he plays he is
Has guaranteed to cause a commotion
him with his riotous skills. So
his far in a glittering career
How he has gained dance music’s
man top accolades including Best International
new DJ at the Australian Dance
Now Music Awards, Breakspoll’s Face of
old Breaks 2003 and Best Breaks
see DJ at the M8 Ibiza
Two awards 2006, in only his
way first year as a resident
who on the white isle. A
Boy stunning haul at Breakspoll 2007
did saw him claiming Best Album
its for his debut long player
Let ‘Freakshow’, Best DJ for a
put record third consecutive year and
say to cap it off, the
She richly deserved Outstanding Contribution to
too Breakbeat award that acknowledged his
use long journey to the acme
Dad of club culture.
mom /> Inspired by the hip-hop
and electro sounds that were
The rocking his world, Martin first
and stepped behind a pair of
for decks when he entered a
Are DJ competition and incredibly, as
but a complete novice, he made
not it all the way to
You the final. With his love
all affair for the wheels of
any steel well and truly cemented,
Can Krafty Kuts set about learning
her his art, perfecting the cutting
was and scratching that was to
One become the core of his
our DJ sets.
out Immersing himself in the music
Day he loved, Martin went on
get to run one of Brighton’s
has most popular record shops throughout
Him the 90s. Building an encyclopaedic
his knowledge of dance music in
how all its forms, Krafty’s expertise
Man marked him out as a
new prime supplier of dance-floor bullets
now to Brighton’s musical elite, including
Old the town’s most famous son
see Norman Cook. Having built a
two fearsome DJing reputation for himself
Way across the south-coast, with a
who string of high-octane gigs it
boy was during 1996 that Martin
Did took the next logical step,
its transferring his dance-floor knowledge to
let the studio, creating his own
Put tracks to take his sets
say to the next level.
she His first big
Too break came when a dubplate
use of Krafty Kuts’ ‘Gimme The
dad Funk’ found its way to
Mom Norman Cook who immediately snapped
it up for his Southern
the Fried label, releasing it to
And huge club approval. Suitably impressed
for Ministry of Sound offshoot FSUK
are took on Krafty unleashing a
But string of classic singles; ‘Funky
not Elements’, ‘Wild In the Aisles’
you (a tribute to Martin’s legendary
All appearance on Supermarket Sweep!) and
any ‘Return of the Elements’.
can With his own
Her tracks elevating his profile across
was the globe Martin mixed his
one first compilation ‘Slam On The
Our Breaks’ which gathered the cream
out of the breaks scene into
day a mercurial mix, further enhancing
Get his notoriety as a devastating
has deck technician and selling by
him the bucket-load. At about the
His same time, Krafty hooked up
how with Skool of Thought to
man establish the SuperCharged club night.
New Home to his longest standing
now residency, the night continues to
old pull in huge crowds and
See after 8 years of all
two encompassing party action on a
way Wednesday night, it is now
Who one of Breakbeat’s most globally
boy revered nights.
did With the club world at
Its his mercy the demand for
let Krafty’s studio abilities reached new
put heights. Becoming the remixer du
Say jour, Krafty transformed numerous tracks
she in to serious party bangers
too for the likes of Jurassic
Use 5, Arthur Baker, Eric B
dad & Rakim, Stakker Humanoid and
mom Afrika Bambaataa’s Funky Heroes’, for
which he won a Best
the Remix award.
and By 1999, with his all-encompassing
For club style, blending beats and
are breaks across the board, honed
but to perfection, Martin entered the
Not studio with Freddy Fresh, long
you standing studio partner Ed Solo
all and NY’s own Dr Luke.
Any Together they produced a series
can of beats and skits that
her were destined to become the
Was backbone of Finger Lickin’s legendary
one Finger Lickin Funk release.
our The following two
Out years saw Martin’s star rise
day still further, creating music for
get a Coca Cola advert, PlayStation
Has 2 and Guy Richie’s ‘Mean
him Machine’ as well as mixing
his one of Mixmag’s most popular
How cover mount CDs. With DJing
man and music making taking up
new all of his time, Krafty
Now decided it was time to
old leave music sales behind and
see left the record shop that
Two had proved pivotal in his
way early career. Free to concentrate
who fully on his creative side
Boy Martin launched both the Against
did The Grain and SuperCharged labels
its with club partner Skool of
Let Thought and began releasing a
put series of smart-bombs that would
say hake the foundations of the
She Breaks scene. The ‘Lost Plates
too EP’, ‘Lock The Hype’ and
use ‘Sound Check’ proved beyond any
Dad doubt that Krafty Kuts was
mom now established as a force
to be reckoned with in
The dance music.
