Leroy Small (born 27 August 1970 in Leicester, England), better known as DJ SS, is a British
drum and bass DJ and record producer.
Biography
SS started out as a
hip hop and
rare groove DJ in his home-town of
Leicester, and was originally known as ''Scratchen Stein'' (later shortened to SS).
When the
hardcore scene exploded in the UK in the early 1990s, he and his partner Eidris started promoting their own parties called ''Total Kaos'' every Friday in Leicester. They also put on one of the first large indoor parties at
Donington Park in the summer of 1991. It was an amazing success and 6,000 people danced till dawn. Since then he has gone on to DJ worldwide.
SS is the co-founder of the ''Formation Records'' label, which has spawned over 30 sub-labels. The label would play a pivotal role for artists and producers such as Tango,
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, and Twisted Individual. The label was particularly prolific from 1991-1994 releasing many of
breakbeat hardcores and
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s classics - such as ''The Psycho EP'', the ''Colour Series'', ''Rhythm For Reasons'', ''Breakbeat Pressure'' and in 1995, his and the labels biggest track - the
piano-theme-from-''Love Story''-sampling "The Lighter". It is a track that has remained incredibly popular and still continues to be played years on.
SS has featured on radio shows such as
BBC 1Xtra's ''D&B M1X'', on which he put together an hour-long mix of Formation tracks and was interviewed about his career.
BBC 1Xtra D&B M1X with Crissy Criss
, BBC, 17 June 2010, retrieved 9 August 2010
References
Further reading
*Shapiro, Peter (1999) "DJ SS / Formation Records", in ''Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide'', Rough Guides, , p. 211-3
External links
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1970 births
Living people
English record producers
People from Leicester
English drum and bass musicians
Nightclub owners
Black British DJs
Club DJs
Remixers
Musicians from Leicestershire