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About
Known to many as ‘CK’ and for his vinyl scratching skills, Chris King got involved with spinning records from the age of 13 in his home town of Bedford. He started mixing House, Garage and Hardcore which led to playing a variety of venues/illegal warehouse/forest raves as well as intimate house parties. His reputation grew within the hardcore scene, often playing on the same bill as SY, Breeze & Styles and Hixxy back in the day.
“My fave set ever was the STS free party at Chicksands woods. That was huge! There was hundreds of people who followed the convoy waiting for music to start. Had police helicopters flying around lighting up the place and I dropped Praga Khan – Injected with a Poison Digital Orgasm remix as the first tune. It was wild. I did an hour of old skool and techno. By then there were 7 different sound systems set up around the forest. Best set ever.”
During the hardcore days he began to flirt with drum and bass and incorporated it into his sets, commanding a crowd of 1800+ people to go nuts. Hardcore promoters began to frown upon this and CK stuck two fingers up in retaliation.
He was addicted to drum and bass.
In 2005 he got involved with Breakneck, Portsmouth’s number one drum and bass event. Playing alongside Adam F, Pendulum and TC to name a few, he became a well known fixture alongside the resident DJ’S SDM, Triple M and Charge.
After a quiet period, he got acquainted with various styles, and concentrated on the production side of music, delivering heartfelt dubstep tunes and remixes on the down low and a few drum and bass. He decided to start afresh under the name of Sekklow. After an over whelming response to his tracks, he was persuaded to step out and start DJing again.
In the year of 2010, Sekklow had his first dubstep release under the watchful eye of High Rankin’s label Suicide Dub with the tune ‘Be Alright’ and on 10Ton Recordings with ‘Transmit’. He continued to support Portsmouth’s premier Dubstep night 10Ton supporting the likes of Rusko, Breakage and Emalkay. In 2011 he teamed up with DJ SDM to form Area Zero. Now both well established DJ’s in the South, they continue to build upon their partnership producing a mixture of underground music styles with House, Dubstep and Drum & Bass to name a few.
Keep up to date with all Area Zero releases and info HERE
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