Nigel Reece

i was always into music from an early age l use to listern to all genres, when i was old enough to go to nightclubs. listening to Soul and Rnb ,Jazz and reggae. Then in the early 90s i discovered Techno and House music going to Raves, all night parties . I actually started djing in the 1990's a friend of mine then by the name of Paul Bird was a very good Dj started teaching me how to dj. We would meet up most evenings at is mom's house where Paul had full dj equipment those legendary Pioneer 1210s record decks a mixer and speakers and a selection of house music. I started buying my own house tracks first at local record shops in Birmingham and would go round to is mom's house to play them. Soon after I was able to buy my own decks and started to get better. I definitely had a ear for really good music, nice beats with vocals. US house music and 4x4 beats and then into 2step ukg. Me and Paul would go down London most weekends to by Records as London was where all the good recod shops were. We would actually drive to different cities to find record shops, but London was where the better music was. This brought me to start visiting the London nightclub scene most weekends. The energy and atmosphere was very different to Birmingham. The House Garage music just had this different beat which i loved. Each Dj just brought vibes and energy, which inspired me so much Birmingham there was nowhere inthe early 90s that was playing this kind of music so me and Paul started holding little parties. I remember going to a club in the city centre called the System which was owned by a friend of mine and hired it for Sunday evenings from 7pm till 12 midnight so we could play our style of music and slowly started getting a following of people that loved these new beats. Our event was called Jam Exposure which went from strength to strength in Birmingham holding Christmas night parties every year for about 5 years bringing some of the best Djs from London to play