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Froggy
Real Name:
Steven Howlett
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b. 8 November 1949, London.
d. 28 March 2008, Romford, Essex.
Froggy 'The Mixmaster' inspired many in the art of Dj-ing. It was in the late 70's at the Regency Suite in Chadwell Heath near his Goodmayes, Essex home that Froggy would start to wow loyal crowds and fellow jocks like Pete Tong with a new-found technique of mixing.
It was only when Froggy and co. returned from a seminar in New York with the knowledge and the inspiration that mixing the different beats of two records over the top of each other really became possible in the UK. In the same three day trip Froggy visited the legendary Studio 54 and Paradise Garage clubs, plus a seminar which taught him how to mix on specially customised mixing units. It was an experience what would change his life forever.
Froggy went on to become the first jock in the country to take two sets of Technics 1200 decks on the road, using a mixer he had designed himself with a UK-based company called Matamp Super Nova. At that stage he had already toured the country with Dave Lee Travis, DJ-ing at his Radio One Roadshows and had gone on to present a regular 25 minute soul/disco session on the DLT show.
Meeting New York innovators like Larry Levan took Froggy to a new level. Indeed it was the sound systems at Studio 54 and Paradise Garage, Larry was resident at both, that would prove the forerunner for the now legendary Froggy Sound System. Once the Frogg had experienced a sound so crisp, yet so powerful, he was determined to try and recreate that king of production in the UK.
In 1980 and within months of his return from the Big Apple, the system was wowing more than 15,000 people at a soul all-dayer at Knebworth. Oasis were still at junior school but Froggy was already leaping about in true Gallagher style. The system would go on to be a regular attraction at the Caister Soul Weekenders.
In the mid 80s Froggy's radio edits through his work at the BBC with producer Dave Atky, would become equally as influential as he started attracting the attention of many a major artist. He went on to produce the radio edits of tracks like The Real Thing's- You to Me Are Everything, Changes- Change of Heart, Duran Duran's- A View To A Kill, Cameo's - Back and Forth, Dougie Fresh's - The Show and Booker Newbury III's - Love Town.
By 1990, Froggy, who had enjoyed previous stints at Radio One with Peter Powell had his own show on London's Capital Radio.
d. 28 March 2008, Romford, Essex.
Froggy 'The Mixmaster' inspired many in the art of Dj-ing. It was in the late 70's at the Regency Suite in Chadwell Heath near his Goodmayes, Essex home that Froggy would start to wow loyal crowds and fellow jocks like Pete Tong with a new-found technique of mixing.
It was only when Froggy and co. returned from a seminar in New York with the knowledge and the inspiration that mixing the different beats of two records over the top of each other really became possible in the UK. In the same three day trip Froggy visited the legendary Studio 54 and Paradise Garage clubs, plus a seminar which taught him how to mix on specially customised mixing units. It was an experience what would change his life forever.
Froggy went on to become the first jock in the country to take two sets of Technics 1200 decks on the road, using a mixer he had designed himself with a UK-based company called Matamp Super Nova. At that stage he had already toured the country with Dave Lee Travis, DJ-ing at his Radio One Roadshows and had gone on to present a regular 25 minute soul/disco session on the DLT show.
Meeting New York innovators like Larry Levan took Froggy to a new level. Indeed it was the sound systems at Studio 54 and Paradise Garage, Larry was resident at both, that would prove the forerunner for the now legendary Froggy Sound System. Once the Frogg had experienced a sound so crisp, yet so powerful, he was determined to try and recreate that king of production in the UK.
In 1980 and within months of his return from the Big Apple, the system was wowing more than 15,000 people at a soul all-dayer at Knebworth. Oasis were still at junior school but Froggy was already leaping about in true Gallagher style. The system would go on to be a regular attraction at the Caister Soul Weekenders.
In the mid 80s Froggy's radio edits through his work at the BBC with producer Dave Atky, would become equally as influential as he started attracting the attention of many a major artist. He went on to produce the radio edits of tracks like The Real Thing's- You to Me Are Everything, Changes- Change of Heart, Duran Duran's- A View To A Kill, Cameo's - Back and Forth, Dougie Fresh's - The Show and Booker Newbury III's - Love Town.
By 1990, Froggy, who had enjoyed previous stints at Radio One with Peter Powell had his own show on London's Capital Radio.
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