Looking back to the 1980s, Hip Hop came to the UK from NYC and filtered down to our school.  We developed ‘crews’ and held dance battles, every Saturday meeting at our local disco which became the popular choice for many an aspiring break-dancer. I made large-scale spray paintings – or graffiti – on walls. You can still see the faded artworks to this day. However, I was a young parent and had to rise to the challenge, so university would have to wait. 

At school, I was good at music and was encouraged by my teacher to pursue my bass playing and music writing, which eventually led to releasing a 12” white label record, “Catch 22”, under the name SYNCRO ART. This led me into the rave scene and acid house, going to free parties and all-night events in London and the South-East. This was all in the early 1990s, which changed how I looked at the world. In 1992 came the perfect storm of pursuing art, rave culture and my father passing away, led to an irreversible life change – for the next four years I painted incessantly, alone in my flat, completely immersed in my work and the life it gave me.