Mark Ryder made him an offer with Strictly Underground to make tunes together. Things didn't really work out as Hype was making the tunes by himself and then putting them out by himself. He managed to get a slot with Orange at "The Rocket" where he played every week. Chris Paul who ran the Rocket back then had his own studio and he and Hype did a few tracks together, one of which became the 2nd Isotonic track that went to number 25 in the charts. Slowly they drifed apart and Hype started to work on his own from home. He would go to Da Underground where they had a studio that he would use. Hype's next track was "A Shot In The Dark". He was in Boggie Times when Dan Donnelly came down and said that he liked the track. When it was released on Suburban Base it sold 8,000 copies reaching number 63 in the charts.
In 1993 he got a booking through Brockie who is a good friend of his, to play a full on Jungle set at Jungle Fever. After this the bookings just started to flow in.
In 1994 he decided to start up his own label "Ganja Records". The idea was that no one would know that it was DJ Hype behind the label. Although the records do not state it, they are in fact limited releases and only 2 - 3,000 copies are ever pressed.
In 1996 He teamed up with Pascal and Zinc to form True Playaz Music.
So now he even plays in places like Germany and Switzerland and in the UK due to his versatility he plays a wider range of events than many other DJ's.
Tunes include: Shot In The Dark, The Trooper, You Must Think First, Hello Lover (DJ Hype Remix), R.I.P (DJ Hype Remix), True Playez's Anthem.
Based on the DJ Hype interview in Eternity no. 26 |
