50 Words Dr Khan
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KILLER
INSTINCT
With a list of remixing credits that reads like a who’s who of the jungle scene, Serial Killaz could be forgiven for kicking back and
having themselves a little rest from it all. Not so these boys, who are just as hungry as the day they undertook their first project
together, a relick of the Congo Natty classic ‘Junglist’. With a number of hotly anticipated releases currently in the pipeline,
Knowledge got the lowdown on the phone line direct from Killaz HQ.
Bursting onto the scene back in 2005, Serial Killaz up on it and absolutely caned it on Kiss. It got put reggae scene a lot more than in the UK and it’s
emerged as a perfectly formed production unit, on a couple of big compilations and because it blew very popular over there. We can play pure ragga sets
banging out remixes of classic jungle hits seemingly up so much, it seemed after that everyone wanted in Europe but in the UK we tend to play a bit more
by numbers. Those in the know, however, were us to do jungle remixes.” jump-up.”
already aware of the duo’s talents in their original
guises. Recording under the Vital Elements They caught the crest of a wave with a fresh interest As for the coming year, the boys have a bag load
moniker since 2001, Graham Warnock has honed blossoming in the original ragga jungle sound and of bangers ready to unleash onto the unsuspecting
his considerable production skills to become one a move away from the tech influenced flavours d&b public at large. “We’ve just been signed to
of the hottest names on the jump-up circuit. of the early noughties. “Shy FX was doing a lot Ganja Recordings,” enthuses Tobie. “Our debut
of ragga influenced stuff at that time,” continues release for them is a track called ‘Mash You Down’
With a string of heavyweight releases on Formation, Tobie, “and bringing through people like Benny which features Cornell Campbell, a veteran reggae
Zombie, Grid and his own V2E label, he has Page and Marcus Visionary and the Knowledge & hero of ours.”
maintained a level of consistency all too rare in Wisdom crew were always doing it, so I think there
d&b circles. Tobie Scopes, aka DJ Tera, has spent was definitely a resurgence in the ragga sound. I “We’ve done a tune for NAM Muzik called ‘Get
the best part of the last decade as Head of A&R think it’s always there no matter what. Whether it’s Back’,” continues Graham, “a real jump-up thing
for Nu Urban Distribution, which places him in a trendy at that moment to do it or not, the ragga which is really different to what we’ve put out so far.
better position than most to judge whether a tune is influence is always there and always popular because We’ve also done a track called ‘Lonely Dub’ which
set to blow up or simply flop. Prior to his career in reggae is such a popular sound all over the world.” is a kind of Breakage style liquid tune.”
distribution, he spent the mid-90s knocking out
tunes for Back 2 Basics alongside JB and holding As official Congo Natty representatives, Serial “We’re also sticking with Congo Natty,” says
down a residency at One Nation. So, put quite Killaz are spreading the jungle message far and Tobie, “and of course our own label Serial Killaz
simply, Serial Killaz know the score. wide. “We’ve done some parties with Rebel MC,” Recordings. We’ve also been asked to do a couple
reveals Graham. “We just did Nottingham and of remixes of big d&b anthems which are currently
“We met through a mutual friend,” begins Tobie. Birmingham and also Canada with Top Cat. We’ve in the pipeline...”
“I’d already done productions but wasn’t really just signed with Urban Agency so the DJing side of
planning on doing any more but then I met things as Serial Killaz is really picking up. We’ve Watch this space...
Graham and really got on with him and liked his started to do a lot of gigs abroad, all over Europe
sound so we hooked up. We did ‘Junglist’ but didn’t with hopefully more to come this year. I find a
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