Personal artist profiles

3 most popular compositions

• Do You Know Where You're Coming From - M-Beat feat. Jamiroquai (Remix) [Sony / Renk]
• Jazztronic
• Made In Bahia [Movement]

3 famous people you have worked with

M-Beat feat. Jamiroquai – ‘Do you know where you’re coming from’ – Dextrous remix
Cleveland Watkiss – ‘Made in Bahia’ – DJ Patife, Dextrous feat. Cleveland Watkiss, Cortejo Afro, Mariene De Castro & MC Fats
Performed ‘It’s too late’ live with Dinah Carroll as a stand-in for the group ‘Quartz’.

Biggest personal musical achievements

Winning an Ivor Novello Award for the BAFTA winning documentary ‘Feltham Sings’, as well as a Royal Television Society Award nomination.

Who inspires you musically?

Herbie Hancock, Jeff Lorber, Patrice Rushen, Jerry Goldsmith, Augustus Pablo, Lalo Schifrin, Dave Grusin, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, The Meters, D’Angelo, too many others to mention!

Future plans

Nothing concrete at present.

Likes

Days out with the kids, Tottenham Hotspurs, snooker, cooking, traveling, good manners, live music, Blaxploitation movies, The Simpsons, Theme parks, 10 pin bowling, video games, playing football, fizzy cherry cola bottles, eating out, cycling, being pampered / massages, etc., photography and DIY.

Dislikes

Filling out questionnaires, Arsenal, ignorant people, WAGs, bullsh*tters, public transport (buses), liver, narcissism, “IT Girls”, American Football, road works, speed humps and George Bush.

Sins

Sins...me? OK, Wray & Nephew white rum (occasionally).

Ambitions

Build a house by the sea in Dominica, score a big movie.