Gallery 4: From The Archive: HomeGrown (UKHH)
By the time the Hacienda finally closed its' doors in June 1997, joining a 'Gangchester Raveyard' of former cathedrals to local club-culture (Home, Konspiracy, Kaleida, Man Alive, Wiggly Worm & PSV, with Sankeys soon following suit); Madchester sadly turned into Gunchester overnight. Where once you danced next to shirtless strangers & shook their hand, you now stood still & refused to remove your coat. Ecstasy tablets traded for Ketamine or -worse- crack-pipe. House in dire decline. Handbag was cheesy & awful. Hardcore techno was heavy metal with a helium vocal. Jungle was choked at birth in Manchester. Trance had gone all-out hippy in Goa. A Paradise Factory & Mantos-led Gaychester Village era spawned 'Queer As Folk' tourists & Canal Street was soon swamped with corporate bars & hen-parties
Instead I rekindled my love of hip-hop, inspired by graffiti artists, a new generation of turntablists & British rappers with something to say. Locally, cottage industry Fat City was in its' ascendancy, spawning a record shop, a successful compilation series, a Northern Quarter club-night, a record label. Very first time I heard Veba's vocal on 'Spellbound' by Rae-&-Christian (Grand Central) I knew I was listening to both a force of nature & the next big thing to surface in Manchester's murky musical history
Feb 1999 I went to see Rae & Christian Rizla Tour @ Manchester Uni., looking to break away from graffiti & move into music reportage here in Manchester. Happy with the outcome (for the 1st time, previous attempts had wielded disappointing results) that summer I talked myself & camera into Counter Culture @ Planet K to see Scratch Perverts. Still early days, nervous & inexperienced. Ear to the Ground promoter Adam Russ invited me to the same venue again later that month to shoot boisterous LA hip-hop outfit Ozomatli. By the end of the night he had introduced me to the management and I became Planet K resident photographer
My very first published photographs were for Level magazine in Brighton, and soon after as a freelance for City Life (MCRs What's On)
I had hip-hop photos subsequently published in Jockey Slut, Mixmag, Seven, Straight No Chaser and Undercover Magazine
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 evil ed / excalibah / tommy sparks / baby j / broke'n'english / shameless / tb / willow |  skitz / rodney p / mr tibbs / fallacy / mark torkington / kwasi asante |  harry love / mystro / jon k |
 daddy g / nicci cheeks / mystro |  madlib / j-rocc / monk-one / kwasi asante |  quantic / kwasi // real dolls |
 'falling down' jehst / asaviour / klashnekoff / terra firma / IQ |  ty + dj bizzniss (live) / christian wood |  est'elle / mr thing / nudge |
 jehst / asaviour / harry love / konny kon |  rodney p / harry love / broke'n'english / 3rd degree |  rodney p & skitz / dj noize / cut master swift / broke'n'english / 3rd degree |
 edan (live) insight (live) |  'a night on the rocks' LP launch j-walk (live) / the nudge |  shortee blitz / martin brew / christian wood |
 yoda / darren laws / christian wood |  mark rae / veba / christian wood |  braintax + mystro (live) / benny live-o / quantic / black lodge |
 scratch perverts / vadim / ty / new flesh / demolition man / rsl (live) / jon k / roscoe |  herbaliser / mc wildflower / roscoe / strategy / bandit |  fila brazilia (live) |
 dual control / mark rae / christian wood |  hinterland LP launchsouls of mischief / aim / mark rae / peter parker / kwasi / spikey t |  roots manuva (live) |
 the unabombers / martin brew / kwasi / russ |  martin brew / christian wood / chris jam |  dj woody / krispy / microdisiacs / as-if / fadima / alix walker |
 mark b & blade / jeep beat / mixologists / k-delight / the ruf / ian taylor / alix walker |  beatphreak (live) |  ty + bizzniss / krispy / riton / chris jam |
 aim / mark rae |  fingathing (live) Main Event LP / riton / spikey t |  chubby grooves / sam du prez / technique / jenna g / real deal / drs |
 plus one / chubby grooves / kold dj reko |  the microdisiacs (live) |  ty & krispy (wiz & mikey don)nu-sound-labs: july 2000 |
 the aboriginals / dj as-if / roots manuva / mark rae / matt triggs |  fingathing (live) / plus one / dj woody / janek schaefer |  phi life cypher / dj woody / flow professionals / harry love / the mixologists / nappa |
 pogo / cut master swift / tony vegas / chubby grooves |  prime cuts / peter parker |  rodney p + skitz / mixologists / nextmen / uk rocksteady crew / only child / matt triggs |
 jeep beat experience / the ruf / k-delight / temper graf / tron2 |  cutmaster swift / andrea parker |  mindbomb (live) / k-delight / the ruf / ninja-box / ganiyu |
 chad jackson / greg wilson / sam du prez / technique / mr.wilson / jenna g / phil kirby / steve o.j. |  james lavelle / qool dj marv / mark rae / chris jam |  the scratch perverts / first rate / q'n'c (live) / mark rae / aim |
 Rae&Christian -Live |
