VENUES PLAYED AT LONDON THE END, THE WAG CLUB, J.D's, THE PLUG, MEAN FIDDLER (CHARING X RD)THE ORANGE, DEALS WEST, 291 GALLERY, AL'S BAR, BULL'S HEAD BARNES,THE SCALA , THE POOL BRIGHTON THE HONEY CLUB, SURF 107 fm, PONANA BRISTOL CLUB LOCO BOURNEMOUTH GALAXY CAISTER VAUXHALL HOLIDAY PARK (DEDBEAT WEEKENDER) BIRMINGHAM CUSTARD FACTORY EDINBURGH THE VAULTS, DUNDAS CASTLE READING MATRIX, AFTERDARK, CARRIBEAN CLUB, ALLEYCATS, FRENCHIE'S, JAZZ CLUB, BUCKOWSKI'S, HOLY ROOMS, APPLEJACKS, MELLOWS, CENTRAL CLUB, BOXING CLUB, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, KINGS TAVERN, WORLD CAFE BAR, RISING SUN, STUDENT UNION, MAJESTIC'S,PURPLE TURTLE, MANGO'S, GLOBAL CAFE, PONANA,THE EDGE NOTTINGHAM THE SOCIAL GUILDFORD BOJANGLEZ, FLICKS, PEW'S, THE CANNON, THE UNDERGROUND, CAMBRIDGE THE KAMBAR CANTERBURY STUDENT UNION MAIDSTONE STUDENT UNION PLYMOUTH THE COOPERAGE PORTSMOUTH FRISCOS SOUTHAMPTON STUDENT UNION BRACKNELL OCEAN'S, SIMPSON'S, SOUTHILL PARK CAMBERLEY AGINCOURT, RAGGAMUFFINS BASINGSTOKE CARRIBEAN CLUB, MAGNUMS GODALMING H'S FARNBOROUGH LEISURE CENTRE, CARRIBEAN CLUB WOKING THE BROADWAY |
EVENTS & CLUB NIGHTS PLAYED AT THE QFO WORLD TOUR: Q-BERT & KENTARO - (LONDON GIG) FUNKY JUNCTION (1986- 1988), DANCE RIOT (1986) HIP HOP ALLIANCE ROADSHOW (1986), SOUL ALL DAYER (READING 1988), INFINITY FM (RESIDENT HIP HOP SHOW DJ 1992) INTELLIGENCE ( 1990 - 1991), SECOND TO NONE JAM AT GALAXY(1992), SECOND TO NONE AT MADISONS (1990) THE BREAKS(1998-2000), THE BREAKS PREMILLENIUM TOUR, THE BOMB, 8th WONDER, FRESH 2000, FIST FUNK, DEDBEAT WEEKENDER (4 TIMES), BREAKIN BREAD, AFRODISIA, DEEPFUNK READING, AINT NO HALF STEPPING (NOTTINGHILL CARNIVAL AFTER PARTY), BREAKS & BEATS (1996), ALL ELEMENTS, SURE SHOCK, PLANET OF THE BASS, CARNIVAL 2001 (SOUTHAMPTON), HOMEBASS, ITCH & SCRATCH, PLAYSTATION CONFERENCE, BEATS TO THE RHYME (SURF FM), SINSTAR BATTLES (D.K'S), TROUBLE WITH FUNK, THE BRIDGE, TRACKSIDE, CONNECTED VIBES, SPACE CADETS, 360, 291, OLLIES JAZZFEST, SUMMER MADNESS, BASSHEADS, CRYONIX, MIXMAG TOUR (1 DATE- CHILL OUT), MISS MONEY PENNYS TOUR (1 DATE - CHILL OUT) CREAM TOUR (1 DATE - CHILL OUT), CLUB CUICA, DOWN 2 EARTH, THE BIG BLOW, CLIMAX, GRASSROOTS (fresh), SPACED OUT IDIOTS SAVANT SOCIAL CLUB DAM 2 MANY TO REMEMBER .. THESE ONES REALLY MATTERED SO IF I MISSED YOUR NIGHT OUT LET ME KNOW & I SHALL AMMEND... |
MAGAZINES YUP ... I DO INTERVIEWS.. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF THE TOP MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS IVE DONE WITH SOME NICE OLD SCHOOL PICS TO BOOT... MY INTERVIEW IN 'BIG DADDY'.. JULY 2001. AND .. UNDERGROUND MAGAZINE... MARCH 2003.. CLICK ON THE BUTTONS BELOW TO SEE & READ |
PRONE'S HISTORY IT WAS THE SUMMER OF '83 HIP HOP CAME KNOCKING ON MY DOOR, AS A FIRST GENERATION U.K B.BOY I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE CULTURE IN A WAY VERY FAMILIAR TO PEOPLE OF MY GENERATION. THE VIDEO 'MALCOM MACLAREN / SUPREME TEAM'S BUFFALO GAL'S' GAVE ME MY FIRST INSPIRATION OF B.BOYING, GRAFF, & OF COURSE THE MUSIC. SCHOOL DISCO'S BECAME THE FOCUS POINT FOR B.BOYING AS I BEGAN TO THROW DOWN WITH MY FIRST B.BOY CREW CIRCUIT ROCK, BATTLES WOULD COMMENCE AT DINNER BREAKS IN THE SCHOOL GYM AS MORE & MORE PEOPLE GOT BITTEN BY WHAT WAS THEN A 'NEW DANCE CRAZE'. GRAFF WENT FROM MY SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS ONTO LOCAL WALLS WITH MY FIRST GRAFF CREW 'SWEET COMIX' FORMED IN 1984, I HAD BEEN SOLO FOR A YEAR WITH MY FIRST TAG 'SPIDER'.... IN THE YEAR OF 1984 I HAD BEEN DOWN FOR ABOUT A YEAR & THINGS WERE BEGINING TO SLOWLY DEVELOP WITH CREWS POPPING UP EVERYWHERE. CIRCUIT ROCK STARTED TAKING TRIPS TO LONDON AT WEEKENDS & THATS WHEN I BEGAN ATTENDING MY FIRST EVER HIP HOP JAMS AT THE 'ELECTRIC BALLROOM', & THE LEGENDERY 'SPATS', AFTER THE JAM I WOULD USUALY BUY A 12" IN GROOVE RECORDS & THEN DOZENS OF US WOULD GO TO CHARING CROSS FOR A FEW BATTLES & END UP IN Mc DONALD'S. 1984 MARKED THE THE START OF CAREER AS A D.J SECURING MY FIRST EVER REGULAR SLOT AT MY SCHOOL YOUTH CLUB 'THE SPOT' SPINNING HIP HOP & THE LATEST ELECTRO TO BATTLING B.BOYS FROM LOCAL AREAS. AT THE TURN OF 1985 MY TAG BECAME 'SKAN' FOR A LITTLE WHILE UNTIL I NAMED MYSELF 'PRIZE', JOINING UP WITH 'PACE' (metro), 'DEAM' & 'MERC' LATER INVITING 'SURE' TO JOIN (desta) TO FORM T.C.B ='THE CRIME BANDITZ'. AS 'PRIZE' I WAS THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO MAKE A MARK ON THE NOW LEGENDARY 'ASCOT BOWL' GRAFFITI HALL OF FAME, WHICH WAS THEN DOMINATED BY MY CREW T.C.B. AT THE BEGINING OF 1986 T.C.B BECAME 'TOTALY CREATIVE BOMBERS' ENROLING EXTRA MEMBERS - 'AREA' ,'CRACK', 'SCAPE' & 'MERJ' , THAT YEAR WE STARTED ANOTHER HALL OF FAME 'WINNERSH TRIANGLE' NOW KNOWN AS 'SHOWCASE CINEMA'. AS GRAFF WAS BECOMING VERY INTENSE I SPENT LESS TIME ON THE DANCE FLOOR & I WOULD SAY BY ABOUT SUMMER 1986 I HAD PRETTY MUCH GIVEN UP B.BOYING. TOWARDS THE END OF 1986 I CHANGED MY NAME ... AGAIN !!! lol TO 'PRONE' & THAT WILL ALWAYS BE MY NAME, I WAS ONCE TOLD I WAS SO LAYED BACK I'M ALMOST PRONE, THATS HOW I GOT THE NAME. THE DJ'ING WAS STILL GOING STRONG AND I HAD A BIT OF A LUCKY BREAK PLAYING ALONGSIDE 'M.C CRAZY NODDY, 'D.J FINGERS' (the sindicate) & GRAFF WRITER 'ARTFULL DODGER' (2000 a.d) . AT THE VERY END OF 1986 'T.C.B' BECAME 'D.R.S' = 'DA RUFF STUFF'... 'PACE' BECOMING 'METRO' & SO ON, THROUGH ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS I HAD REMAINED TRUE TO MY DJING & AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN IN 1987 MYSELF & 'METRO' BEGAN HIRING OUT FRIMLEY VILLAGE HALL TO STAGE HIP HOP, FUNK & BREAKS JAMS ON A REGULAR BASIS. THIS SAME YEAR AS 'D.R.S.' WE WERE FEATURED AS PAINTING AT THE NOW LEGENDERY 'BATTERSEA PARK JAM' FOR CAPITOL RADIO & THE HIP HOP ALLIANCE. BY THIS TIME MY DJ'ing ALONG WITH MY GRAFF WAS GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH I HAD BEEN DJ'ing & COLLECTING HIP HOP & BREAKS FOR FOUR YEARS. WORD STARTED GETTING AROUND & I BEGAN DOING GUEST SPOTS AT ALL DAYERS AT READINGS 'CARRIBEAN CLUB' / 'AFTERDARK' & 'CENTRAL CLUB JAMS' PLAYING ALONGSIDE THE LIKES OF SOUL TO SOUL'S 'JAZZY B'. OVER THE YEARS MY STYLE DEVELOPED AS A WRITER & THE D.J WORK JUST KEPT FLOODING IN. BY 1990 I TEAMED UP WITH 'PHIL C' & 'BUCKS' OF ,STARPOINT F.M' TO START UP A SUCCESFULL REGULAR JAM HELD AT THE HUGE FARNBOROUGH LEISURE CENTRE KNOW AS 'INTELLIGENCE' WHICH BECAME A VERY POPULAR LOCAL JAM. DUE TO VENUE SILLINESS 'INTELLIGENCE' CAME TO AN END IN 1991, WE ALL WENT OUR SEPERATE WAYS & THE DJ WORK KEPT ON FLOODING IN ASWELL AS THE GRAFF OVER THE YEARS TO FOLLOW. 1991 WAS A THE YEAR I STARTED GETTING MORE ACTIVE IN CREATING MUSIC FORMING A CREW WITH 'BEYOND THERE' BOYS 'HUW' & 'TOM' (who work at mr bongo) CALLED 'THE POSITIVE STEP', FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO RELEASES WITH 'POSITIVE STEP' BUT OUR TAPES REACHED ALL CORNERS OF THE U.K. BY 1994 MY MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE HAD SOME WHAT INCREASED & I SUCCESSFULLY LANDED A SATURDAY JOB WORKING AT SOHO RECORD SHOP 'MR BONGO' SPENDING EVERY PENNY I EARNT ON BREAKS, HIP HOP , & LATIN MUSIC. IN 1995 I JOINED SUCCESSFULL SOUL BAND 'AS IS' (check out the page) AS A PERCUSSIONIST & 'TURNTABLIST' GOING ON TO RELEASE A SUCCESSFULL SINGLE, APPEARING ON NATIONAL TELIVISION & RADIO SHOWS, PLAYING LEADING VENUES / FESTIVALS & REACHING THE SEMI FINALS OF THE 'M.O.B.O' AWARDS. AT THE TURN OF 1997 I DECIDED AFTER AN ELEVEN YEAR BREAK TO JOIN THE B.BOY CIRCLE ONCE AGAIN AS THE SCENE WAS RAISED & BEGAN TO STRENGTHEN. A LITTLE LATER ON I WAS INVITED TO JOIN AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF 'S.I.N.STARS' ( s.i.n = strength in numbers ) REPRESENTING ALL ELEMENTS OF HIP HOP CULTURE ( see s.i.n.stars page) 1998 SAW THE START OF MY LEGENDARY CLUB NIGHT 'THE BREAKS', BRINGING OVER THE GREATEST INDEPENDENT U.S HIP HOP ACTS ( see in the list of people ive worked with.. there are too many to list here) STAGING ALL ELEMENTS WITH GREAT MEDIA SUCCESS, T.V APPEARANCES & RAVE REVIEWS FROM INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINES.. (see club history page) THESE DAYS I STILL LIKE TO PUT ON SPECIAL EVENTS EVERY NOW & THEN BUT AS I'M FLOODED WITH D.J WORK THE JAMS ARE NOT AS REGULAR. AS AN AVID COLLECTOR OF FUNK 45'S I HAVE SINCE JOINED FORCES WITH 'JAMES TROUBLE' OF 'DEEPFUNK' TO RUN THE SUCCESSFULL 'FIST FUNK' NIGHT. THE YEAR 2001 SAW THE BIGGEST EVER EVENT FOR ME AS I JOINED UP WITH MATT CARTER , SAM REID & AN EX-COLLEAGUE TO ORGANISE & PROMOTE THE ALREADY LEGENDERY DEDBEAT WEEKENDER WELL .... THERE IT IS FOLKS A LONG BUT BRIEF BREAKDOWN OF MY INVOLVMENT IN THE U.K HIP HOP SCENE... IVE MISSED LOADS OUT BUT HEY.... I HATE TYPING l.o.l I HAVE LIVED TRUE TO THE GAME AS A FULLY DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE HIP HOP SCENE, HIP HOP IS A PART OF MY LIFE WHICH SHALL ALLWAYS BE THERE UNTILL I DIE. PEACE PRONE S.I.N.STARS WRITTEN IN 2001 |
HIP HOP ACTS PRONE HAS PLAYED ALONG SIDE WITH SOME OF THESE ACTS I HAVE PUT ON AT MY EVENTS & HOSTED FOR OR JUST GIGGED WITH... ALL OF THEM I HAVE DJ'd FOR..... DOUGIE FRESH & THE GET FRESH CREW,SUGARHILL GANG, MELLE MEL, JURASSIC 5, PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS, BRAND NUBIAN, BLACALICIOUS (TWICE),Q-BERT,KENTARO,PERCEE P, BIZ MARKIE, PRINCE POETRY, J-ZONE AL-SHID & HUGGY BEAR, EDAN (3 TIMES), INSITE, COMPANY FLOW, ATMOPHERE & MR DIBBS, GEMINI THE GIFTED ONE, THE PHARSIDE, SOULS OF MISCHIEF (TWICE), THE ARSONISTS (TWICE), BIG DADDY KANE (TWICE), RODNEY P, DJ CRAZE (TWICE),JERU THE DAMAJA, UGLY DUCKLING, SWOLLEN MEMBERS, MR COMPLEX, L-FUDGE (TWICE),TY (TWICE) MASS INFLUENCE, WILD FLOWER, THE HERBALISER, EL-P, MR LIF,AESOP ROCK, BUCK 65, ANTHRAPOLOGIST & SURE DELIGHT, GAMMA, BRAINTAX,LIFESAVERS, INFINITE LIVEZ, SAGE FRANCIS BOOM BIP, MIKE LADD & THE MAJESTICONS, SKITZ'S TITAN SOUND SYSTEM, PITMAN, KRISPY, PHI LIFE CYPHER,LOOP TROOP, AMAD JAMAL, THE RASCALZ, O.G.P, MR LIFF, MARK B & BLADE, RODNEY P & SKITZ, NEW FLESH, MYSTRO, ROOTS MANUVA (TWICE), KELA, BLAK TWANG, P. BROTHERS,DEF TEX,BEYOND THERE, UNDIVIDED ATTENTION, PARLOUR TALK, RUSSIAN PERCUSSION, BIG KWAM, MUD FAMILY, DOSE ONE, TASK FORCE, THE SINDICUT(1986), EZRA, KRISPY,LOST ISLAND, MC D, HUNTKILLBURYFIN,CATCH 22, VINYL DIALECT, OUT DA VILLE, ASPECTS, CAPPO, MADFLOW, JEHST, BOX CLEVA, SILVAH BULLET, RAHMA ALI, AMATEUR DRAMATICS, THE METEORITES.... THE PUPPET MASTAZ THERE ARE MANY MORE BUT THESE ONES STAND OUT THE MOST . NON HIP HOP ACTS ROY AYERS & UBIQUITY, TOM BROWNE, RAY GASKINS, HERBALISER, GWEN McCRAE, AMP FIDDLER QUANTIC SOUL ORCHESTRA, THE BAYS, FINGATHING (TWICE), POETS OF RHYTHM, NEWMASTER SOUNDS, SOUL DESTROYERS, COURTNEY PINE, LIGHT OF THE WORLD, JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET (6 TIMES), D-INFLUENCE, SNOWBOY, CORDUROY (TWICE), RED SNAPPER, HEFNER. |
HIP HOP DJ'S PRONE HAS PLAYED WITH DJ CRAZE (6 TIMES WORLD CHAMPION)...twice, QBERT, KENTARO, DJ DEVELOP (THE ALLIES), CHARLIE CHASE (COLD CRUSH BROS), EGON,PEANUT BUTTER WOLF (STONES THROW),CROSSPHADER (RAWKUS), TONY VEGAS (SCRATCH PERVETS), PLUS ONE (SCRATCH PERVERTS), Q UNIQUE (ARSONISTS) PRIME CUTZ (SCRATCH PERVERTS), CUT CHEMIST,DJ NUMARK (JURASSIK 5), CHILL WILL (GET FRESH CREW),DJ VADIM, AIM, POGO,CUTMASTER SWIFT, BIZNIZ, SKITZ, M.K, SHORTIE BLITZ, BIG TED, TIM WESTWOOD, YODA, FIRST RATE, MR THING, BUDDY PEACE & ZILLA A PLUS 1 (SOULS OF MISCHIEF), CHIEF EXCEL (BLACALICIOUS) HARRY LOVE, DISORDA, NATURAL SELF, NOSTALGIA 77, ROB LIFE, SKEG, DJ FINGERS (SINDICUT), DJ BOMJACK, AD 2000, GREENPEACE, BLU FOOT, TIGER STYLE, TIM WESTWOOD, TEE MAX & FUSION (MTV) JEDI, BEYOND THERE (HUW, TOM, KAM :MR BONGO), SIR BEANZ, JAZZ T (UK ITF CHAMP), RANDOM, DIXIE, CHUD,(STEEL DEVILZ), DJ ONION, JUNK, X RATED, TUCO, LEK, DIAMOND SIRE, ENEMA (FLAREDYCATS), KONG, THERE ARE SO MANY MORE IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.... I WILL ADD AS I REMEMBER.... NON HIP HOP DJ'S KEB DARGE (DEEPFUNK), IAN WRIGHT (BBE), SCOTT CRAIG (DETROIT FUNK), JAZZMAN GERALD,OLLIE TEEBA (HERBALISER) SNOW BOY (BBE), MARK RAE (RAE & CHRISTIAN), EGON (STONES THROW), ROBERT LUIS, QUANTIC, DJ CLARKEE,JASON STIRLAND (SOUL BROTHER RECORDS), THE RUSTLER,JAMES TROUBLE (DEEPFUNK), ROSS ALLEN, 4 HERO, QUANTIC, IAN CLARKE (WIGAN CASINO ETC), APHEX TWIN, SIMON THOMPSON, DILLINJA & LEMON D, NICKI BLACK MARKET, MIKE DRED, DADDY BONES (BIG DADDY) LUKE VIBERT, ANDREW WEATHERALL, MATT CARTER FATS & SMALL (NO I'M NOT PROUD OF THAT !!.. LOL), LISA PIN UP (OR THIS.. LOL), SHUT UP & DANCE, BRANDON BLOCK... THERES LOADS MORE OF THESE TOO... |
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Official DEDBEAT WEEKENDER resident d.j, co-promoter & stage manager, Resident & co-promoter of BATTLE CRY. Resident & co-promoter of DEEPFUNK READING. Regular guest at TRACKSIDE (sinstars - Cambridge) Past resident of the legendary now deceased club 'THE BREAKS' , '8th WONDER & 'THE BOMB'. Active member of 'SINSTARS'. Member of soul,hip hop, jazz collective 'AS IS'... Want to know more? .. read on heres my life story in a nut shell... well kind of.. lol |
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