MC Magika
MC Magika, sometimes credited as M•A•G•I•K•A, is a British MC, music producer and rave promoter.[1] He has been regularly featured on the UK breakbeat compilation Dreamscape series, and on the mega-hit dance music compilation Dancemania's Speed sub-series. He is also well known for being the former MC for DJ Carl Cox.[2]
Career
Born in Birmingham, England,[2] he started MCing in around 1989 at a club located in Birmingham.[3] He later met with Carl Cox and performed with the DJ for 5 years during the early 1990s.[4][5]
His first appearance on the Dreamscape series was on the 1993 issue, Dreamscape 6, where the crews included Slipmatt, Dougal, Dave Angel, LTJ Bukem, Carl Cox and MC Conrad.[6] Credited for ruining many sets over the years, he appeared on a total of 7 issues of the series, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 22, 24, in the 20th century.[2]
In 1999 he made his first Dancemania appearance on the third issue of the Speed series with his track "Flashdance (What A Feeling)".[7] He made a number of appearances on the Speed series and its sub-series albums including Classical Speed in the early 2000s. Many of his tracks on the series were co-recorded with fellow British DJ Kambel.[2]
Discography
Singles
- Flashdance (What a Feeling) (1996)
- Hardhouse Raver (2002) - with Mutant DJ
Albums
- The Old Skool Masters Round 2: Ratpack V Magika Presenting Blackmagic (1998) - with Ratpack
- Candy Raveparty Vol. 1 (2001) - with DJ Horn
- Candy Raveparty Vol. 2 (2002) - with KengKeng
Appearances
Dreamscape
- 6 (1993)
- 7 (1993)
- 8 (1994)
- 10(1994)
- 11 (1994)
- 12 (1994)
- 14 (1994)
- 22 (1996)
- 24 (1997)
Dancemania
- Speed : 3 (1999), 6 (2001), 7 (2001), 8 (2002), 9 (2002), 10 (2002)
- Classical Speed : 1 (2002)
- Speed G : 1 (2003)
- Best of Hardcore (2003)
Others
- Happy Daze (1996)
- Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX Original Soundtrack (2000)
- Hardcore Underground (2006)
- X Years of Hellhouse (2009)
- In Full Effect - The Mix Tapes (1995)
- The Payback (1996)
- Capital Punishment (1997)
- Helter Skelter Imagination NYE 1996/1997 (1997)
- Black Magik (1998)
- Helter Skelter 10 Legendary Years Hardcore (2001)
- Banginglobe Anthem (2002)
- Dance Valley 2002 - Hard Dance Edition (2002)
- The Sound of Don Diablo (2002)
- Torture Garden vs. Fallen Angel (2002)
- Hard Kandy - International Series Vol 1 (2004)
- The Legend of Hellhouse #02 (2004)
- X Bass (2004)
- Black Magic - Hard Trance Anthems (2005)
- Blutonium Presents Hardstyle Vol. 5 (2005)
- Hardbass Generation (2005)
- Hardcore Underground (2006)
- Pharmacy Volume 3: Down with the Sickness (2006)
- X Years of Hellhouse (2009)
References
- ^ Back To The Oldskool, MC Magika Interview
- ^ a b c d Discogs, MC Magika,
- ^ Obsession, MC Magika Profile Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Fantazia, MC Magika - Fantazia Exclusive Interview 2005
- ^ MC Magika, Official MySpace
- ^ Discogs, Dreamscape VI
- ^ Discogs, Dancemania Speed 3