Issue 43 – Ravescene

FEATURED ARTICLE – KNITE FORCE

Adrian H is in Essex this week with someone who has been there, done it, and is destined to do it again. An eight hour joke (to him) and 56 quid with Mr Tom and Nick Arnold did enough to give him national and international chart success and gave him the contacts to do what he wanted to do in the first place….run his own label… Mr H talks to LUNA-C.

The name isn’t as instantly recognisable as Smartees or Sesame Street of which Luna-C is the the third part, and they’re still about and will soon be putting tracks out under the name of ECHORA. ‘The door you get into the music business is not necessarily the house you live in’ This is the view that Luna-C took with the fame and offers that came with having a successful record to his name. I’m glad to say that it did not deter him from his original plan setting up his own label.

Knite Force records is run by Luna-C with help from Spenka, Poozie and Bully along with about 18 others all with their own part to play in the label, eg the artist (Bex) Techno specialist, breakbeat specialist, happy hardcore lovers, darklovers and generally to put their views and ideas forward to benefit the label. Knite Force are a very close unit, with artistes including Alke-D, Phuture Primitive, Evolution Crew, Poozie and more, chilling around Luna-C’s Loughton house most nights. They say if they were to hear a tape with an original style, not a copied one, they would consider putting it out. Luna-C believes in discipline and acceptance eg ‘not liking a record but knowing that it’s good, thus not immediately coating off or labelling a group as “shit” because they do things differently’.

One thing that is clear to see from all the Knite Force crew is that they are all characters with their own personalities (none too serious) and that without going around giving it with oversized egos. They’re really enjoying what they’re doing.

Tracks out at the moment include the Alke-D remixes (the one with Colonel Abrahams) and the Poozie & Cru-l-t EP which I highly recommend for your record boxes. Luna-C would like to add a lot of thanks and respect to Suburban Bass because without them he would have been really in a mess (check the hairstyle!)

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