Artwork by Take Me Back Pirate Radio Archive. Recorded in 1999, DJ 'S' from Pure Silk with B-Live, also known as Evil B on Drum & Bass scene from the Rude FM days in the mid 90s. B-Live is actually Evil B back to front, pretty genius.
B-Live was signed to Passion For Music Records and was resident MC at Masquerades @The Opera House, Tottenham, in London, during the 90s. He later became the top of bill for practically every big UK Garage event, Pure Silk, Sun City, La Cosa Nostra, Exposure, Garage Nation, Club Sidewinder, Garage Fever, License 2 Rave, Juicy, Delirious, Frisky and many other big name events from that era. They were exciting times for the young rising star. MC B-Live would become one of the scenes top MCs, collecting all the awards and accolades he continued to make a name for himself nationwide and aboard in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. He also featured on UK Garage Mix CDs from that era. Many years later in the late 2000s with evolution of UK Garage to Grime/Dubstep MC B-Live fronted one of Grime's biggest clashes with his onslaught against Lethal B (Lethal Bizzle) for appropriation of the phrase "POW" on his UK Chart topping single, Forward Riddim (2004) which also sparked a bitter feud with other Grime Originals like MC God's Gift, Trim and Wiley against Lethal B, releasing their venomous send off "Pow Back" . Shortly after that MC B-Live decided to go back to his DNB roots switching his name back round to Evil B. In recent years has gained a lot of success with the formation of Problem Central, with the legendary MC Eksman, along with DJ Logan D and DJ Majistrate (Low Down Deep Recordings). In 2019, he was featured on a track with Skepta 'Love Me Not' ft. Cheb Rabi & B Live.
DJ 'S' had featured on Y2K FM 90.6 as well in the early 2000s holding down a regular prime time slot on that station. He was the resident DJ at Pure Silk and was involved in its promotion.
Note that Pure Silk is one the biggest Garage raves of that era. They also had the Pure Silk Records label, boasting UK chart topping success on several occasions, releasing tracks like: Richie Dan - Call It Fate, Antonio & Lee - I Believe I Can Fly, Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy, Dionne Rakeem - Sweeter Than Wine, and many more. Also releasing garage mix CDs:
- Pure Silk Garage - Mixed by DJ 'S' Featuring MC Ranking Live - 2000
- Pure Silk: The Third Dimension - Includes Clubbers Mix By DJ 'S' & MC Creed - 2000
- Pure Silk In Ayia Napa - Mixed By Mikee B of The Dreem Team & DJ 'S' & MC CKP - 2000
- Pure Silk In Ayia Napa 2 - Mixed By Karl Tuff Enuff Brown & DJ 'S' Featuring Ms Dynamite & MC CKP - 2001. Check out DJ S' instagram: @DJ_S__ @HOUSEOFSILKPR
The year 1999 was a successful year for UK Garage releases in the UK Commercial Charts with tracks like: The 10th Night - Y-Tribe, All 'n' All - 187 Lockdown ft. D'Empress, Buddy X 99 - Dreem Teem vs. Neneh Cherry, Do U Dream - Serious Danger ft. Carlton, Enough Is Enough - Y-Tribe ft. Elisabeth Troy, Everybody Come On (Can U Feel It) - Mr Reds vs. DJ Skribble, Funk on Ah Roll" (Bump & Flex Mix) - James Brown, Get on Down - JKL ft. MC Neat, Girlfriend - Caramel, Got Myself Together - Bump & Flex ft. Kallaghan, Happy Day - SJC ft. Wayne Allen, Joyrider - Colour Girl, A Little Bit of Luck - DJ Luck & MC Neat, Moving Too Fast - Artful Dodger ft. Romina Johnson, My Love (10º Below mixes) - Kele Le Roc, Over Here - M-Dubs ft. Richie Dan, Reminisce - Corrupted Cru ft. MC Neat, Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) - Artful Dodger featuring Craig David, Something - Artful Dodger, See Line Woman '99 - Songstress, sets 2 Me - Grant Nelson featuring Jean McClain, Straight from the Heart - Doolally, Sweet Like Chocolate - Shanks & Bigfoot, Things Are Never - Operator & Baffled ft. Colour Girl, Try Me Out - Sunship featuring Anita Kelsey, We Are Da Click - Da Click, What U Do - Colours ft. Stephen Emmanuel & Eska, Who's the Bad Man? - Dee Pattern, and, You're Mine - Suburban Lick.
Out to all the London FM pirates of the past. Here's a list of some of our most loved pirate radio stations in frequency order from 1989-2006: Flava FM 87.6 / Shine FM 87.9 / Rude FM 88.2 / Impact FM 88.2 / Centreforce FM 88.3 / Unity FM 88.4 / Conflict FM 88.4 / Ice FM 88.4 / London Underground FM 89.4 / Defection FM 89.4 / Raw FM 90.0 / Raw Mission 90.0 / Pure Magic FM 90.2 / Pulse FM 90.6 / Chicago FM 90.6 / Mission FM 90.6 / Y2K FM 90.6 / Rinse FM 91.8 / Passion FM 91.8 / Weekend Rush FM 92.3 / Kik FM 92.3 / Deja Vu FM 92.3 / Weekend Rush FM 92.5 / Taste FM 92.5 / Mac FM 92.7 / Format FM 93.2 / Stompin’ FM 94.2 / Kool FM 94.5 / Rinse FM 97.6 / Flashback FM 97.6 / Cyndicut FM 97.8 / Fantasy FM 98.6 / Future FM 99.1 / Upfront FM 99.3 / Rinse FM 100.3 / Pressure FM 100.4 / Don FM 100.5 / Eruption FM 101.3 / Erotic FM 101.3 / Freek FM 101.8 / Chillin’ FM 102.9 / Delight FM 103.0 / Flex FM 103.6 / Rude FM 104.3 / Ruud Awakening FM 104.3 / Girls FM 106.8 / Dream FM 107.6.
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