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DJ Randall
Randall McNeil (2 April 1970 – 31 July 2024), better known as DJ Randall, was a British Jungle_music, jungle and drum and bass DJ and record producer. Biography Randall was introduced to DJ scratching and mixing in the late 1980s. He first encountered acid house music at the 1987 Notting Hill Carnival which led to him buying records and listening to other DJs. His first playing out was at the 'Delirium' warehouse parties in Stratford, London, Stratford, East London. This also led to his first appearance on UK pirate radio, pirate radio on Centreforce in 1989. His big break would come when appearing at the rave 'Living Dream' held in Leyton. Although he was already booked to play, the non-appearance of Colin Faver meant that Randall played a 2 and a half hour set. He quickly rose to become one of the most prominent DJs of the breakbeat hardcore scene. He was a co-owner of the De Underground Records, De Underground record shop and label based in Forest Gate (instrumental in rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East London
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: ''east'' comes from Middle English ''est'', from Old English ''ēast'', which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic *''aus-to-'' or *''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European *aus- "to shine," or "dawn", cognate with Old High German ''*ōstar'' "to the east", Latin ''aurora'' 'dawn', and Greek ''ēōs'' 'dawn, east'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek ανατολή anatolé 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'. ''Ēostre'', a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personificatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
