Leroy Small (born 27 August 1970 in Leicester, England), better known as DJ SS, is a British

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DJ and record producer.

Biography

SS started out as a hip hop and

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DJ in his home-town of

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, and was originally known as ''Scratchen Stein'' (later shortened to SS). When the

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scene exploded in the UK in the early 1990s, he and his partner Eidris started promoting their own parties called ''Total Kaos'' every Friday in Leicester. They also put on one of the first large indoor parties at

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in the summer of 1991. It was an amazing success and 6,000 people danced till dawn. Since then he has gone on to DJ worldwide. SS is the co-founder of the ''Formation Records'' label, which has spawned over 30 sub-labels. The label would play a pivotal role for artists and producers such as Tango,

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, and Twisted Individual. The label was particularly prolific from 1991-1994 releasing many of

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s and

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s classics - such as ''The Psycho EP'', the ''Colour Series'', ''Rhythm For Reasons'', ''Breakbeat Pressure'' and in 1995, his and the labels biggest track - the piano-theme-from-''Love Story''-sampling "The Lighter". It is a track that has remained incredibly popular and still continues to be played years on. SS has featured on radio shows such as

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's ''D&B M1X'', on which he put together an hour-long mix of Formation tracks and was interviewed about his career.BBC 1Xtra D&B M1X with Crissy Criss
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