Artwork by Take Me Back Pirate Radio Archives. In 1993, at the age of 17, Shy FX made an impact as a Jungle producer releasing, “Jungle Love”, on the Permission To Dance label. It wasn’t until the year later when he gained underground and then commercial success of his classic hit track, “Original Nuttah” – Feat. UK Apache – on the SOUR (Sound Of The Underground Records) label. The year 1994 was a busy time for him which saw Shy release the infamous, “Gangsta Kid EP”, also on the SOUR label along with “Sounds Of The Beast EP”. By 1995, Shy FX was in full flow with another productive array of classic tracks: “This Style” “Funkindemup”, “Nasty”, “Gangsta Kid II: The Final Chapter”, along with many anthems.
It was in 1996 that Shy took the rave scene by storm with his legendary tracks “Wolf”, “The Chopper (Remix)", “The Message” and his highly respected album “The Formula” all released on Ebony Records, which was Shy FX’s label.
In 1997, the year of this recording Shy FX produced another string of hits “Bambaata” as well as “Pandora’s Box”, on the Ebony Records. Note that Shy FX in this recording drops the most exclusive dub plates as well as his and Ebony Records fourth coming releases of the 1997 year. Shy FX had featured as DJ on many of the Jungle rave nights like Telepathy and Kool FM's, Jungle Fever. At the turn of the millennium Shy FX formed the Ebony Dubsters (Shy FX, T Power and Agent BLK) releasing underground hit tracks like, Ra - Ebony Dubs Vol. 2 (2002).
The formidable duo DJ Brockie and MC Det were the most talked about on the FM dial. Their Super Sunday night shows attracted scores of listeners across London city. Brockie’s selection was usually the most exclusive unreleased tracks of the era.
In 1991, Brockie joined Kool FM from their early days of broadcasting and he made a name for himself on that station. MC Det came from the school of Hardcore. He could host shows, but with the changing tide of MCing he adapted his style to encompass more lyrics and a faster flow and would rinse out sets from start to finish. There were very few rave nights at this point that didn't' book Brockie and Det. They were the most sought after of that era alongside the likes of Nicky Blackmarket and Stevie Hyper D (Rest In Peace).
That year Det and Skibadee teamed up on many radio sets and at raves. They would go on to form 2XFreestyle (Two Times Freestyle), recording and releasing the duo’s debut UK Hip Hop album, “New Style Avengers” and “Slowmo”. Producers, DJs and MCs from across the scene were getting notices mainstream music companies (sharks) and A&R’s were capitalising on this musical shift from underground to commercial.
Note that Shy FX capitalised on this aspect the most and went on to storm the commercial charts with "Shake Ur Body", "Roll The Dice" feat Lily Allen and Stamina MC (Raggamuffin SoundTape), Yasmin ft Shy FX & Ms Dynamite - 'Light Up (The World)' and scores successful commercial hits.
Out to all the London FM pirates of the past. Although they aren’t about now their contribution to the British music industry and to the London music scene has been immense. Here's a list of some of our most loved pirate radio stations in frequency order from 1989-2005:
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 / Raw Blaze FM 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 / Format FM 92.3 / Weekend Rush FM 92.3 / Kik FM 92.3 / Deja Vu FM 92.3 / Weekend Rush 92.5 / Taste FM 92.5 / Mac FM 92.7 / Freeze FM 92.7 / Touchdown FM 94.1 / Stompin’ FM 94.2 / Kool FM 94.5 / Origin FM 95.2 / Entice FM 95.5 /
Heat FM 96.6 / Rinse FM 97.6 / Flashback FM 97.6 / Cyndicut FM 97.8 / Divine FM 97.9 /
Shake FM 98.0 / Fantasy FM 98.1 / 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 / Industry FM 101.3 / Freek FM 101.8 / Temptation FM 102.4 / Chillin’ FM 102.9 / Delight FM 103.0 / Flex FM 103.6 / Smoove FM 104.0 / Rude FM 104.3 / Ruud Awakening FM 104.3 / Don FM 105.7 / Shadow FM 106.5 / Force FM 106.5 / Girls FM 106.8 / Dream FM 107.0 / Freedom FM 107.3 / Dream FM 107.6 / Don FM 107.9.
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