I got hip on to Winchester back in the day through the ughh forums; he posted his group's (pentalk) music and the odd blap or 2 and was hype to hear dope UK emcees over his sick blaps (we talkin '01/'02 here) tut tut I should have been more up on my Brum hiphop knowledge! but since then I've been following his work and have had the pleasure of meeting him a couple times he's been in the city...after hollering at him though the net I found out he was well up for the Beat Cypher so here were are!!..heres his Q&A.
Louis Den BeatCypher 03 Spotlight "Winchester"Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
I am Jamie Winchester ,born in the funky year of 1973 in hastings ,married for 8 years,2 kids im a family man lol.i have been dj,ing since i was 15 and workingg on beats sice i was about 16/17 .I have been in the group pentalk since day 1 and still get the same buzz now from our stuff as i did way back in early 90,s.I gave up my retail managment career 18months ago,to concentrate on setting up the pentalk lab(recording studio).
Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
after skinving of school and catching a train to bristol (tonys records)i brought critical beat down,when i heard those beats ,i decided this was the syle i wanted to do ..lol oh and when i seen chad jackson 1987 dmc world champ winner...that was it ,i was gonna be dmc champ....never happend tho sadly .
What was your first piece of equipment and what were those beats like?, any interesting stories about things were doing to begin with / finding your feet?
My first bit of gear was a yamahah drum pad machine,it had 4 pads on it and u used sticks; damn it was shit so traded it in for a roland tr 707 I think drum machine
I thought my beats were banging,but they probably were shit. Interesting stories, I used to ring D&D studios for tips back in the days I'd speak to dave,he was the guy who told me how to trigger my akai s950 from my sp1200 and how to set the programmes out. Thanks Dave lol he prob thinking that s that british git taking up all my time.
Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Always finish your beats; or at least burn what you have done to cd or stereo wav.that way you will feel you are being more productive even if it's shit!.
What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
Free beer and money if they cheer and make noise when im playing lol. They can expect some dirty sounding stuff some jazz type,funk eiry and deffo some noise!.
Finally any plugs or shout outs..
Plugs and shout outs def must start with Mr Kosyne,who is also killing it on the mic and beats...
My whole Pentalk crew,Shortchange,perge,casey,soweto,di natch,baja,rex dogg,Kashrex,msi and md7.Also my welsh family,Nic cadman,the whole riverfront arts centre crew,lozz dennis,levi,versatile,uc people,Nomadic poet.oh my wife and family
Can i plug the pentalk lab at the riverfront newport lol..........newport city radio.
FREE DOWNLOADS
Pentalk Promo CD (Circa 2000) all production by Winchester
Winchester Myspace
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Yeah, can't wait now, Winchesters going to bring some HEAT for sure
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