Rave Archive Artists • Mic Controllers

The MCs

The voices on the tapes: hosts, lyricists, crowd conductors and musical MCs who turned a DJ set into a rave. Where an MC also sings, produces or DJs, they can appear across more than one artist route.

Current profiles

Voices in the archive

These profiles connect biographies, photographs and context back to the recordings where the voices can actually be heard.

MC • Jungle • D&B

Stevie Hyper D

A defining MC voice with an extensive trail of preserved recordings and event history.

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MC • Jungle • D&B

Skibadee

An unmistakable double-time style that became part of the language of drum & bass.

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MC • Jungle • D&B

MC GQ

The voice of AWOL tapes, World Dance and countless sessions — timing, restraint and control.

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MC • Vocalist

Chickaboo

A pioneering jungle MC whose career also crosses into vocals, crossover dance music and community work.

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MC • Vocalist

MC Conrad

A deeply musical MC voice whose partnership with LTJ Bukem helped define atmospheric drum & bass.

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MC • Vocalist

MC Fats

A soulful singer and soundsystem-trained MC whose voice moved between rave, radio and deeper D&B.

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MC does not mean one thing: some artists are hosts, some lyricists, some singers, and some move between all three. The directory is designed to reflect that rather than force one label onto them.

Growing the MC archive

More voices now visible

The newest image sets have opened up a much stronger run of MCs. These entries are live now while the full profiles are built around recordings, event history and source material.