Past, Present and Future : Will Streetwise
Written by Vince Pettit | Monday, July 7, 2008 | Comment on this article | + Share
Will owns and runs legendry Streetwise Music, one of the biggest and most established breakbeat retailers in the world. “Our releases are always well upfront and our selection is impeccable and as one of the UK’s Coolcuts shops we have played a significant part in shaping the music played by Djs around the world.”
Past
Briefly, how and when did you get into the music scene?
Late 90’s really when I first started going out to the big raves, then it grew from there. I was always into throwing events and promoting and it weren’t till later in life DJing and Producing came round through running Streetwise.
Describe your style in 3 words
Breaks, Breakbeat, Breakz
How was 2008 been so far?
Good, working hard and the shop keeps me super busy. Just sorted out representation with a big agency so the guys there been pushing me and getting me lots of work (Big Up Jon and Micky www.urbanagency.co.uk ). Played some great events this year and been able to get some more studio time as last year was lacking in production due to the birth of my daughter and the launch of our new Digital section here at Streetwise.
Who has been your favourite of 2008?
Too many to mention but a few in the breaks scene producers wise: High Eight, Alex Metric, Rico Tubbs, Dom Almond, Nick Thayer, Deekline and Plaza De Funk. Other people, productive people, do’ers : Mr B, Mastervibe, Freerange Boys, Bud, Perfection……
