Storm (uk)

THE BIOGRAPHY OF DJ STORM'S CAREER HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. TRAGICALLY HER LIFE FRIEND AND DJ-ING PARTNER KEMISTRY WAS SUDDENLY KILLED IN A FREAK CAR ACCIDENT IN APRIL 1999. THE DUO HAD BEEN UNIQUE TO OUR SCENE, THE ONLY FEMALE DUO ON THE CIRCUIT, AND EACH WITH A STRONG IDENTITY, WHICH PERFECTLY COMPLEMENTED EACH OTHER's STYLE. IN INTERVIEWS THEY OFTEN SAID HOW THEY WERE SO CLOSE THAT THEY ALMOST FELT LIKE ONE PERSON, AND NEITHER COULD ENVISAGE A TIME WHEN THEY WOULD WORK SEPARATELY. AS A PARTNERSHIP, THEIR DJ-ING CAREERS HAD GROWN PROGRESSIVELY OVER THE YEARS. HAVING FIRST BEEN TURNED ONTO 'JUNGLE' AT THE LEGENDARY CLUB NIGHT 'RAGE' AT HEAVEN, LISTENING TO THEIR INSPIRATION FABIO AND GROOVERIDER,THEY BECAME SO OBSESSED WITH THE MUSIC AND CLUB ENVIRONMENT, THAT THEY KNEW THAT THEY HAD TO WORK WITHIN IT AND HAD AT LAST FOUND A PASSION THAT THEY COULD SHARE. HENCE THE PARTNERSHIP WAS BORN KEMISTRY & STORM. THEY WERE ALSO THE REASON WHY GOLDIE DISCOVERED 'JUNGLE' AND THE REST AS THEY SAY ' IS HISTORY '. DURING THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 'METALHEADZ' CAMP, KEMISTRY & STORM WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE LABEL, RECRUITING ARTISTS AND WORKING ON VARIOUS PRESS ASSIGNMENTS. THEY WERE ALSO RESIDENTS AT THE BLUE NOTE SESSIONS FROM THE START. IN FACT KEMISTRY & STORM WERE CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THE MUSICAL PROGRESSION FROM 'JUNGLE' TO DRUM & BASS AND REGULARLY PLAYED AT 'SPEED', THE INFAMOUS HOME OF DRUM & BASS, ALONGSIDE RESIDENTS FABIO AND LTJ BUKEM. AS A DUO THEIR SKILLS, THEIR PERSONALITIES, THE WHOLE PACKAGE WAS TOTALLY COMPLIMENTARY AND THROUGH DETERMINATION AND HARD WORK THEY QUICKLY BECAME RESPECTED NAMES ON THE CIRCUIT, ALONGSIDE THE BIG GUYS, REGULARLY PLAYING ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING GIGS IN EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN AND AMERICA. GERMANY BECAME A SECOND HOME TO THE GIRLS, AS TOUR UPON TOUR WAS SCHEDULED. SADLY NOT LONG BEFORE KEMISTRY'S SUDDEN DEATH, THE DUO RELEASED THEIR FIRST MAJOR MIX COMPILATION ON DJ KICKS, THROUGH GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR K7, SHOW CASING THEIR TALENTS AND STYLE. THEY HAD PLANS FOR FUTURE MIXES IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, AND WERE POISED TO TAKE THE WORLD ON, IN MANY WAYS. KEMISTRY'S DEATH WAS LIKE A BOLT OUT OF THE BLUE FOR ALL OF US, AND QUITE UNIMAGINABLY SO FOR HER PARTNER DJ STORM WHO WAS WITH HER ON THAT FATED NIGHT. HOWEVER, AS WE ALL KNOW, LIFE HAS TO GO ON, AND DJ STORM HAS SHOWN A STRENGTH OF CHARACTER THAT IS HARD TO COMPREHEND. SHE WENT BACK OUT ON THE ROAD AFTER A TWO-MONTH BREAK, FINDING THAT THE MUSIC GAVE HER THE STRENGTH TO CONTINUE, AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE CAUSE THAT HERSELF AND KEMISTRY BEGAN. AND SO STORM CONTINUES TO SPREAD THE WORD BY EXPANDING HER BASE WORLDWIDE. STORM PLAYS REGULARLY,NOT ONLY THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF THE U.K, BUT ALSO IN HER SECOND HOME OF GERMANY, SHE HAS EXPANDED HER HORIZONS TO NOW REGULARLY INCLUDE VARIOUS PARTS OF ITALY, SWITZERLAND, HOLLAND, BELGIUM, AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, SPAIN, EVEN TOUCHING DOWN IN RIGA, LATVIA, FOR HER MOST EASTERN EUROPEAN GIG YET. ON A RECENT TRIP TO NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA SHE WAS ABLE TO PLAY FOR HER FIRST TIME IN HONG KONG. STORM IS ALSO ENJOYING HER VERY FREQUENT BOOKINGS IN AMERICA AND CANADA. ON THE PROMOTION SIDE OF THINGS STORM STILL REMAINS A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE SCENES AT ' METALHEADZ ' AND WAS EMPLOYED BY 'VALVE RECORDINGS' AS PRESS OFFICER FOR JUST OVER A YEAR. STORM GLADLY GETS INVOLVED WITH VARIOUS PROJECTS SUCH AS LECTURING TO YOUNG HOPEFULS AT THE ' RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY '. FOR THAT SHE WAS LAST FLOWN OUT TO SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL AND VIENNA, AUSTRIA BY RED BULL. DJ STORM LOOKS FORWARDS TO MANY NEW PROJECTS IN 2004, ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL THE PARTICIPATION IN METALHEADZ 10th ANNIVERSARY TOUR, THE RELAUNCH OF THE METALHEADZ SESSIONS IN LONDON AS WELL AS A TOUR OF AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAN AND JAPAN IN OCTOBER......WATCH THIS SPACE!!!