Darren J PROFILE Darren started playing in 1989 his first resedency was ASYLUM in Woolwich Poly, he then went on 2 play at various parties in London . In 1991 Darren went to live in tenerife spain were he worked with Mr C C J Mackintosh Matthew B and Riccardo from KLF and Frankie Bones, on his return he began 2 get booked for RAGE playing upstairs along side Micky Finn. He then went on to become a resident at the infamous AWOL teaming up with Randall, Kenny Ken, Micky Finn, Dr S Gachet and MC GQ. It was then that Awol released live at the Ministry of Sound, which became part of the Jungle explosion that kicked off around this time. As a result Darren found himself a regular at such events as DESERT STORM ,ROAST ,VIP BASH, DREAMSCAPE, WORLD DANCE, JUNGLE FEVER, ONE NATION, HELTER SKELTER, UNITED DANCE, THUNDER N JOY and just about any jungle party or club that was happening. Darren then went on to become a frequent visitor to Toronto working for Sirus, Big Bud and Pleasure Force making some 35 appearences in Canada to date. Darren has also been regular in GERMANY, HOLLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN, POLAND, AUSTRIA as the drum n bass scene has grown world wide. Darren has toured the USA and AUSTRALIA CANADA many times . Back home you can catch Darren at INNOVATION, WARNING, FABRIC, HYSTERIA, COCOSHEBEEN, SLINKY, BREAKING SCIENCE, BEST OF BRITISH MINISTRY OF SOUND. Darren also has vast experinece of working in the music business in the 90's he mixed the 140bpm compilations for Moonshine Music and hand picked all the records that appeared on the MCA Total Science collection. Darren and the founder of Blackmarket Records 'Rene' went on to start Mecca Recordings, having three top Twenty hits with Phoebe One and also winning a MOBO for best British Hip Hop. On the production side of things Darren produced many records on Tone Def records and was involved in the Barry Boom remix with Micky Finn and Aphrodite. Darren has also since won the DIESEL NU MUSIC AWARD award for best Hip Hop album, Troublesome Waters, with MC Riddla and Bob Sonic.