

Dj Ripper found the love for underground dance music in the very late 80's early 90's listening to
rave tape cassettes that were circulating at school; the likes of Micky Finn, LTJ Bukem, Carl Cox, Randall, Kenny Ken, Grooverider, Jack Frost, Bryan G, Ray Keith, GE Real & Ratty.
After meeting lots of like-minded people/ravers I was introduced to Dj Garry K and we soon became really good friends. He was the first Dj I saw mixing two vinyl’s together, and I fell in love instantly, jungle music had just blown up and I was hooked.
I then started going out to jungle raves all around the midlands and then all over the country going to big events like:
Pure-X, Equinox at Milwaukee’s, Helter Skelter, Dreamscape, United Dance, One Nation, Jungle Fever, just to name a few.
After spending a couple of years going to events with Garry K and watching him mix Jungle, I decided to have a go myself. I brought my own Decks and started buying my own tunes and created my own style.
I couldn’t think of a DJ name; Garry K came up with the name because of the way I mixed and dark selection I chose….. so, in 1997 DJ Ripper was born.
I started playing out at small local events in and around Northampton and the Midlands. I was fortunate to play at Legendary Venues such as:
The Edge club in Coventry, The Sanctuary & Rollers in Milton Keynes, NEC, Code/Air in Birmingham, The Ministry of Sound in London, O2 Academy & Lakota in Bristol, Koolaclub in Newquay just to Name a few, all of which were amazing.
Years of rolling with Garry K helped me a lot in the Drum & Bass scene. Garry inspired me massively and helped in the early days with bookings, mixing skills, promo hunting etc..
I have been very lucky to play in other country’s too such as Germany, Spain and Holland.
In 1999 I started working for Sidewinder and Helter Skelter. They both joined forces in 2001 to create Accelerated Culture putting on regular events at the Sanctuary in Milton Keynes and Code/Air club in Birmingham which was Godskitchen's own Club
Godskitchen then started doing their own festival Global Gathering. We ran the drum & bass tent which was the highlight of the year from 2001 to 2005.
After a 5-year partnership sidewinder & Helter Skelter parted company and sidewinder created a new drum n bass brand called Random Concept. I started working for Random Concept full time getting to DJ across the country and in Europe.
We took Random Concept on tour, hitting all the major towns and cities from London to Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Cambridge, Sheffield, Manchester, Newquay, Torquay, Leeds plus many more. These times were unforgettable, and you can imagine the stories I have to tell
The Random Concept crew also started up another brand called Subrockerz where i worked doing everything from promotion, putting on events, flyering, boarding, postering, working on the door, setting up, decor and of course Djing.
In 2011 the RC crew moved offices to a legendary club in Northampton called The Roadmender.
The Roadmender was also home to one of the biggest student nights in the UK called Propaganda. Propaganda is nationwide and I was fortunate to be asked to be the resident DJ each Friday night I got to dj all kinds of other music such as Acid House, Techno, Dubstep, Deep House and Neuro Funky Commercial Drum & bass. This was a great insight and opened my mind to other genres in underground music.
I have also played on lots of Radio shows from pirate stations in Birmingham & London to local FM shows and Internet shows such as Kool FM, Silk FM, BPM in Birmingham, Kindfunkyradio.com, Globaldnb.com, Ruthlesssoundz, Cre8dnb.com and Auzcast.com.
My style of Drum & Bass hasn't really changed much over the years. I love playing dark and hard to rolling liquid and soulful. My style takes you on a journey Rolling Beats, big Amen break tunes and
deep Sub bass Steppers.
In my DJ career so far, I have been lucky enough to play at:
Ram Records, Random Concept, Subrockerz, Godskitchens Global Gathering, Summer Gathering Festival, Sanctuary Festival, Accelerated Culture, One Nation, Slammin vinyl, Propaganda, Innovation, Breakin Science, Hardcore Till I Die, Raverbaby, Lizard Party, Shockerbeatz, Bassnova & Dance Conspiracy just to name a few with hopefully many more to come.
We are not here for a long time, we are here for a good time!!



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Faydz and Twista are without doubt, two of the leading names in today’s UK Rave scene. With decades of experience between them, playing at the biggest Dance music events in the UK and abroad, these boys know how to rock a party! 

Throughout their careers they have many individual accolades, but highlights include tracks & remix work featured on Gold selling Ministry Of Sound Helter Skelter albums series, winning awards for best producer, best new label & best album at the nu-rave.com awards, guest DJ mixes and interviews on mainstream radio shows from the likes of Kutski on BBC Radio 1, Jay Cunning on Kiss 100 and Ministry of Sound Radio, their own chart topping 'Back To The Future' compilation album and ‘Future Rave Anthems’ albums on Slipmatt & Billy ‘Daniel’ Bunter’s Can You Feel It Media label, playing the midnight set at London's biggest old skool party 5 years on the trot, playing the main stage at Slammin Vinyl's West Fest and countless other festivals, plus hosting arenas at events where they played no less than massive 7 hour sets back to back.

Both were already smashing events individually with their unique styles during the 90s and 00s, before the legendary DJ/producer and ’Hardcore Til I Die’ promoter Hixxy, decided to pair them up to play back to back in the Old Skool arena at the huge 'Digital Circus' event at the Club Ice Complex in Westbury, Wiltshire back in July 2006. From opposite sides of the country Faydz (Swindon) and Twista (London) had never met before, let alone mixed together, but there was a chemistry between them straight away, their styles combining beautifully and they absolutely tore the dance floor to pieces that night (with one of their now legendary ‘Rave Mash Up’ sets) mixing and scratching up the very best in Old Skool anthems alongside the fresh sounds of Nu-Rave (90’s sounding Hardcore and Jungle music with modern production techniques) that they were both fully supporting at the time (and still do to this day) After the success of that first set, rave promoters started to book them together in their own Old Skool Mash Up arenas at events across the UK and abroad including Hardcore Til I Die, Slammin Vinyl, Uproar, Helter Skelter, Fantazia, Raindance, Innovation, Moondance, Raindance, Epidemik and Raver Baby. 

As well as their abilities on the decks, Faydz & Twista also bring there unique production skills into their sets by their much loved vip mash ups of tracks and rave infused 140bpm bass music. Twista has also been signed to the uber cool Sub Slayers imprint run by the legendary 140bpm bass music boundary pusher Jay Cunning.

Now in to their 7th year of partnership, they have built a combined internet following of nearly 15,000 fans and in the last few years alone have had over 70,000 hits on there podcast mixes / live set recordings as well as over half a million combined hits on there youtube channels and they continue to entertain stages across the globe with bookings seeing them play Mash ups of varied styles including Breaks, Old Skool Hardcore, Future Jungle, Dubstep, House, Drum & Bass - in some cases playing a broad spectrum and in others, being booked to perform just one genre. 

The end of 2011 saw the launch of their new showcase "The Rave Experience" at London's biggest superclub, Proud2 (aka Matter) at the Millenium Dome, where they both mashed up all styles of rave music with scratching, special edits and effects, on 3 decks and 2 mixers. Since then, bookings have flooded in for the duo to perform this unique set, at some of the biggest club events and festivals across the UK.

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