” DJ Sheep Speaks “

Here is another Australian treat for the the HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD massive – world renown DJ / producer / record dealer DJ SHEEP speaks with BLOG LP for a in-depth session that will hold your attention…..

What are you listening to right now?
Phill Most Chill – All Cuts Recorded Raw LP and before that I was listening to DJ XXXL Nippon Breaks & Beats – Volume 4 CD.

When did you start collecting records?
When I was in high school, there used to be this radio station once a month at lunchtime, these two guys would set up a DJ console and play songs over the schools loudspeakers. One time they asked students to bring in a record if we wanted a “lesson”. The guys just showed us how to do basic radio cueing. Like winding the record half a spin back, then pressing the start button, and how to fade it in.

I started collecting music since I was about 11 or 12 years old. But I was recording stuff from the radio earlier than that. I was collecting tapes first, and then it was CDs and bits and pieces of vinyl here and there for the bands I was fanatical about (Run DMC, N.W.A. and Public Enemy, for example)… I didn’t start collecting anything but hip-hop and electro until the late 90’s. I was sent a tape then by a guy called Soulman (Phill Most Chill) because I used to write for magazines and he sent it in for review, the tape was called “World Of Beats – Volume 2”, that tape always intrigued me, however I didn’t really understand it… it was a tape with samples from some of my favorite hip-hop songs and some other soul, jazz and funk songs. I used to always carry it in my backpack and play it in my mates cars… Curiosity killed the cat and I wanted to figure out what those records were.

It all started happening when the ABC (radio station) in Brisbane sold their entire record collection over a year-long period in the city. Every hour or so, new records from their library would hit the shelf in a mock-up store in the CBD. It was myself and my man James and Kenny who started diggin’ for things other than hip-hop then, the year 2000 was when it really started poppin’ off. I had some good mentors; DJ Damage, Hams and Arks, who showed me basic things like Ramsey Lewis, CTI Records, Prestige, Curtis Mayfield, Bob James, John Klemmer, Roy Ayers, etc.… and then “diggin’” turned into a monster which I really can’t control anymore. I’m still hunting records off that World Of Beats 2 tape, that really set the blueprint for my digging excavation and musical excursion. Thank you Soulman. You changed my life, not Dilla!

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