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They say time flies and in this situation it certainly does considering one of the greatest jump up producers, DJ Trend, passed away on 17th September 2010 on his 32nd birthday.

Well known for his output in the late 90’s on Kartoons and his label Live Recordings, Trend had his own unique style of simplic beats for the dance floor. 2 Degrees, Tune Your Bass, Another Classic and Anthem were all huge tunes supported by every DJ on the circuit near the end of the millenium. 

My fondest memory of Trend’s production has to be hearing DJ Hype play ‘2 Degrees’ at Helter Skelter Human Nature. It was absolutely ridiculous, everyone in The Sanctuary went totally mental and to this day I have yet to see a tune cause such mayhem. A close second to this would be Kenny Ken playing ‘Tune Your Bass’ alongside Stevie Hyper D at Helter Skelter Energy ‘97 - a legendary set.

Trends album ‘New Beginnings’ is certainly worth checking out, maybe the title was suggestive to the content as his style seem deeper and more melodic. ‘Check Dis Out’ is a personal favourite of mine.

Although using ‘DJ’ in one of his producer guises, his actual DJ work doesn’t seem to be that well publicised, especially online. I suspect that he played at many pirate stations during his time, sadly I don’t have any of these in my collection.

Dizzie Rascal paid tribute to Trend by wearing a RIP DJ Trend T-Shirt during his appearance on Sky Televisions ‘Must be the Music’. He also spoke about his grief and the music influence taken from Trend commenting “I have got to say: Rest in peace, DJ Trend. Never forgotten, drum and bass specialist legend”.

No doubt Dizze Rascal grew up with Trend’s Drum & Bass production, and although his influences may have been forgotten over the years with his crossover to the mainstream it was certainly evident in his earlier days of Grime.

Talking of Grime and the UKG scene, Trend’s label Left Records moved with the times in 2002 and provided a whole host of releases for this, at the time, fresh movement. The likes of Wiley, Roll Deep, J2K and Sweetie Ire featured on the label before it finalised its output in 2006.

2 Degrees was also officially remixed by Geeneus in 2002 providing the 2 Step scene with a fresh take on the anthem. It is also well documented that Trend also made movements in the commercial scene, lending his hand to the production for Sugababes, The Streets and Daniel Bedingfield.

You can still hear the likes of Eksman, Fearless and Bassman pay respect to the late, great Stevie Hyper D - perhaps the younger generation of ravers have no knowledge of other important players in the scene who have passed away. The likes of MC Ruff, G E Real, DJ Kemistry, and Murray Beetson all deserve a mention, no doubt others who I am unaware of has also sadly passed away. 

RIP to all fallen soldiers.

*Spanish police confirmed that Gifford Noel (DJ Trend) died of natural causes

01) TNT - Another Classic - Live Recordings - 1998
02) Trend - 2 Degrees 2 - Live Recordings - 1998
03) Trend - Anthem - Miditraks - 1997
04) Trend - Tune Your Bass (Mix 1) - Live Recordings - 1998
05) Trend - Suspense - Live Recordings - 1997
06) Trend - Flight 747 - Live Recordings - 1998
07) Trend - Set it Off - Live Recordings - 1999
08) Trend - This World - Live Recordings - 1998
09) TNT - Check Dis Out - Live Recordings - 1998
10) TNT - Check Dis Out (New Edit) Live Recordings - 1999
11) Trend - Frequency - Live Recordings - 1999
12) Trend - Ooh Bass - Miditraks - 1997
13) Trend - 2 Degrees 2 - Live Recordings - 1998
14) TNT - Let’s Dance - Live Recordings - 1998
15) Trend - New Jam - Live Recordings - 1998
16) TNT - Continue - Live Recordings - 1999
17) Trend - ! - Kartoons - 1997

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