Stretch and Ben met in October 2001 when Ben signed to Spot On records and Stretch was working with Spot On’s Co-owner Vern as the infamous Stretch & Vern. It wasn’t until August 2002 when Stretch and Ben were DJing at TYPE in London that they decided to make ‘ a ‘ track together.

It was clear they worked well and by Autumn 2002 they had produced a number of tracks including ‘ It’s Gotta Be ‘ which was duly signed by Seb and Vern to Spot On in January of 2003. It was released as part of ‘ EP1 ‘.
By this time they had started releasing tracks through their own ‘ Sucker DJs ‘ imprint, including ‘ Fat Lick’ and ‘ Let It Go ‘.

By the summer of 2003 the stand out track on EP1 ‘ It’s Gotta Be ‘ was being played by some of the biggest DJs in Europe, and it wasn’t long before Azuli stepped in and signed the record, which was released in a blaze of hype in February 2004.

But it wasn’t only Azuli who had started to snap up the Sucker DJs biggest tracks. In the summer of 2003, Whoop! Records London signed the forthcoming Funky Houser ‘ Lotta Lovin’ ‘ from Sucker DJ Records. They also signed ‘ Circles/Outdoor Punks ‘, which Buzz Charted for 2 weeks in March and received much attention from DJs such as Tom Stephan, Seb Fontaine, Colin Hamilton and Eric Morillo.