Vibes & Livelee Show, Heltaskelta 9-12-1995

Helter skelter 9th December 1995 - DJ Vibes and MC Livelee

Shane Levan was born in Ireland, raised in Croydon until the age of 10 before the family moved to Stanford-Le-Hope.

DJ Vibes is an Essex man who has been DJing since 1991. He was first inspired by his Father who DJed Country & Western. He began DJing soul DJ Navigator before he changed name to become Sur Vibes (then just Vibes) after being inspired by Roy Ayers playing the vibes (the xylophone). He decided to start his own radio station (Elite FM) with Terry Hardy & Barrie Jay based in his mum's garage. he then started getting bookings in youth clubs and small clubs playing soul. He would offer advertisements to promoters that would let him play at their events.

His first proper gig was at Rush at the Pyramid Centre in Dalston, London after being booked by the promoter, Sting (Kenny King, also the promoter of Telepathy He was also sending out tapes to promoters as well as attending raves with his records, even when he wasn't booked, in case DJs didn't show up. He also used to hand out flyers for raves.Unfortunately the radio station was busted after he put on an illegal party called the Teddybears Picnic in 1991. They got raided and lost all of their equipment and given a £1200 fine.

His real big break came when he released his first single Obsession (Music's So Wonderful) which sold 10,000 copies. He borrowed the £800 it cost from a relative to put the track out. The record was released on his own label Asylum Music Inc which was in partnership with Wishdokta who he had met through Remo Don at a Roast event. Latterly had a residence at The Pirate Club and radio shows on Sweet FM, Cyndicut FM, Eruption FM & Kiss FM.

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Out to all the London FM pirates of the past. Although they aren’t about now, their contribution to the British music industry and to the London music scene has been immense.
Here's a list of some of our most loved pirate radio stations in frequency order from 1989-2006: Flava FM 87.6 / Shine FM 87.9 / Rude FM 88.2 / Impact FM 88.2 / Centreforce FM 88.3 / Unity FM 88.4 / Conflict FM 88.4 / Ice FM 88.4 / London Underground FM 89.4 / Defection FM 89.4 / Raw FM 90.0 / Raw Mission 90.0 / Raw Blaze FM 90.0 / Pure Magic FM 90.2 / Pulse FM 90.6 / Chicago FM 90.6 / Mission FM 90.6 / Y2K FM 90.6 / Rinse FM 91.8 / Passion FM 91.8 / Weekend Rush FM 92.3 / Kik FM 92.3 / Deja Vu FM 92.3 / Weekend Rush FM 92.5 / Taste FM 92.5 / Mac FM 92.7 / Freeze FM 92.7 / Format FM 93.2 / Touchdown FM 94.1 / Stompin’ FM 94.2 / Kool FM 94.5 / Origin FM 95.2 / Entice FM 95.5 / Heat FM 96.6 / Rinse FM 97.6 / Flashback FM 97.6 / Cyndicut FM 97.8 / Shake FM 98.0 / Fantasy FM 98.1 / Fantasy FM 98.6 / Future FM 99.1 / Upfront FM 99.3 / Rinse FM 100.3 / Pressure FM 100.4 / Don FM 100.5 / Eruption FM 101.3 / Erotic FM 101.3 / Industry FM 101.3 / Freek FM 101.8 / Temptation FM 102.4 / Chillin’ FM 102.9 / Delight FM 103.0 / Flex FM 103.6 / Smoove FM 104.0 / Rude FM 104.3 / Ruud Awakening FM 104.3 / Don FM 105.7 / Shadow FM 106.5 / Force FM 106.5 / Girls FM 106.8 / Dream FM 107.0 / Risk FM 107.1 / Freedom FM 107.3 / Dream FM 107.6 / Don FM 107.9 / Boomerang 100, Edinburgh
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