Not all heroes wear capes. Some of them wear masks and obsess about music at a painfully nerdy level… 

Welcome to a brand new episode of the 1 More Thing Podcast, a place for deep and meaningful conversations with some of the interesting and inspiring souls in electronic music, hosted by Dave Columbo Jenkins.

This time we're chatting with Jaguar Skills. A man, a mystery, an absolute mixing machine. A dextrous detail-obssesed DJ  who's spent his entire adult life digging impossibly deep into beats, joining dots you didn't even know existed.

What began as a deep love for hip-hop and an even deeper fear of getting a standard 9-5 has taken our masked protagonist to some of the wildest places any DJ can possibly imagine.

Since launching one of the UK's earliest hip-hop magazines in his teens he's embraced every opportunity he's ever been presented... From being given the keys to  record label vaults and conjuring up new KRS-One bangers out of thin air to making Netflix theme tunes for renowned comedian TV shows or composing entire scores to films that only exist in his mind. As he explains himself; there are no limitations when you're driven by passion!

Yet for all his notoriety and profile, he remains pretty much anonymous. You may have heard him tell many musical tales on Radio 1 or any other high profile radio station. You may have seen him headline some of the biggest clubs and festivals around the world. Yet if he walked past you on the street, you wouldn't have a clue who he was.

His ninja-like facewear and his private nature have led to mammoth gaps on the global Jaguar Skills fact file... Until now.

This is by far the deepest and most revealing interview Jaguar Skills has ever done. Find out why he wears a mask, how he feels when he wears it and, for the first time ever, what happens behind it.

Recorded in February 2023 on Zoom. Trust us, this interview goes super deep!  

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No. More. Secrets! 

Multi-disciplinary artist, teacher, entrepreneur, human being... Amit Kamboj joins Dave Columbo Jenkins for the latest episode of the 1 More Thing podcast.

Hugely respected as a pioneer who's been consistently at the forefront of bass culture, Amit takes a rare moment of time to look back and reflect. 

Over the course of an hour and a half, we discuss his career, his roots and influences and his creative processes which have given him a unique reputation as an innovator and a community figurehead who wants to see and instigate positive change and progress for all. It's a repution that has led him to some inspiring places that most bass music producers could ever dream of; from working with orchestras to touring with Sonic Youth to remixing Herbie Hancock. 

Now immersed in the physical art world, and using this new discipline to inspire and inform his music in a whole new way, Amit remains as inspired, innovated and forward-thinking as he did when he first emerged in the late 90s. Here's how he does it...  

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1 More Thing returns with this deep and explorative interview with Halogenix. 

Join Dave Columbo Jenkins as he digs deep into Laurence Reading's career so far. From his earliest musical memories and his route into drum & bass to his time with Ivy Lab to his latest manoeuvres launching his new label Gemini Gemini. 

Tune in and turn on as Halogenix takes time to share his thoughts on his sense of ambition, his never-ending pursuit of realness and authenticity and the heavy impact of life on the road as a touring DJ and how it can affects your mental health.

Recorded in Tottenham, London, February 13: this is a very personal and meaningful interview for Halogenix. We all know and love big anthems like Indepedent, Blej, Wordless, Her Moves and, most recently, Lost Friends. Now get to know Halogenix on a whole other level. Understand where he's come from AND where he's heading. 

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For the latest 1 More Thing podcast we join the dots between dubstep, garage and drum & bass with an original UK article... J:Kenzo.

The son of a DJ, brought up amid a rich culture of vinyl and digging, Kenzo's musical inspirations go back as far as he can possibly remember but truly took root when he first heard jungle in the mid 90s... And consequently blossomed when he first became a DJ in the late 90s.

On a mission to "play music for the people", J traversed the worlds of garage and drum & bass playing up and down the UK before being bitten by the then-burgeoning dubstep movement the mid 2000s and becoming part of the genre's earliest generations of pioneers, pushers and protagonists.

Gradually honing his minimal signature, Kenzo became one of the most consistent artists in dubstep from the late 2000s onwards. With his weekly radio show on Rinse and releases on key labels such as Tempa and Dub Police, J:Kenzo became a key player in dubstep's international explosion and found himself at the forefront of the US exodus as the genre rocketed to unparalleled EDM levels.

Dubstep's underground credibility was compromised during this point, but Kenzo maintained his own rep and stayed dedicated to minimal heavyweight dub-wise music. 

One of the few first-wave artists who didn't leave the genre at the time, J:Kenzo was part of a movement of ardent dubstep craftsmen who helped to maintain the genre's deep roots and powerful cultural values.  Staying true to the deeper side of the genre, he found space to encourage and champion like-minded leftfield dubstep artists on his label Artikal Music and bring in other elements and influences in his own productions... Including his original passion for jungle and drum & bass.  

As dubstep has found its original foundation spirit once more, and started to develop a flourishing new generation of artists and fans, J:Kenzo remains on the forefront as relevant and inspired as he was back in the mid 2000s. Only now he has a whole other depth and duality to his output as he also runs a fine line in jungle records. 

Chatting to 1 More Thing's Dave Columbo Jenkins on the eve of his release on Goldie's Metalheadz (a label he's coveted since his teens and never thought he'd release on) J:Kenzo takes the time to tell his story with more depth and detail than any other interview he's done before.   

Enjoy!



 

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The first 1 More Thing podcast episode of 2023 sees Dave Columbo Jenkins heading west to join the dots and explore the relationship between two of the most important cultural movements to happen in the US and UK in the last 50 years... Hip-hop and jungle drum & bass.

No other MC has traversed and fused these two worlds in the way T.R.A.C. has.  Entrenched in both movements his entire adult life, his journey spans from his internship at the mighty Def Jam and his role at NYC institution Konkrete Jungle to his current position  on the seminal V Recordings imprint as one a prominent voice both live and on recordings.

Along the way he's worked with an array of kindred spiris, pioneers and talents including Lewis Parker, Marc Mac and even a young 50 Cent. 

As he celebrates five years of his album Life In Motion - an LP that features artists from across the globe and still sounds beautiful to this day - T.R.A.C. takes the time to look back over some of these moments, reflect on his dual role in both musical worlds and consider the parallels, crossroads and shared artistic disciplines between the two.

With drum & bass jungle enjoying a new exciting wave of energy and innovation in North America, T.R.A.C is now at the forefront of yet another new and exciting chapter. Not just for himself but the whole movement. Both nationally and internationally.

With plenty of plans for 2023 and beyond, 1 More Thing catches him at a perfect calm-before-the-storm moment in his career and the next chapter in drum & bass jungle. 

Like all episodes of 1 More Thing, this session is a seriously inspiring, thoughtful and revealing conversation that will appeal to anyone who has a passion and interest in modern music history, soundsystem culture and breakbeats. This time with a serious dose of MC craft thrown in. 

Huge respect to T.R.A.C. for giving us the time and insight. Four letters, four dots, let's join some dots... 

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This month's episode of the 1 More Thing podcast sees Dave Columbo Jenkins linking up with another certified pioneer of the jungle drum & bass movement for a deep and meaningful conversation. It's the one and only DJ Storm!  

Currently in the midst of celebrating 30 years at the forefront of the culture, Jayne Storm takes the time to reflect over her career,  explore her strong sense of community and relish in her love for the nerdiest, most intricate details of the DJ craft. 

From her time on the pirates and her longstanding partnership with the late great Kemistry (RIP) to the ever-changing landscape of the genre via her role and influence on drum & bass institution Metalheadz, Storm goes super deep on this one. 

Complete with quotes and contributions from other longstanding drum & bass jungle pioneers Marc Mac, Fabio & Grooverider, Loxy and J Majik, this is an interview unlike any other DJ Storm has ever done before. 

If you're catching this fresh, you can witness Storm's on-going 30 year celebrations at Alchemy on December 23, E1, London as she's joined by some of her nearest, dearest and most influential peers. 

If you're catching it after that date, don't worry. This is a timeless piece of history that reinforces DJ Storm's role in the thick of that crucial first generation of artists who dug the foundations for everything that has followed. Get to know!

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For our latest podcast 1 More Thing heads to Bristol to meet one of the most influential and prominent voices in drum & bass; singer, songwriter, DJ and performer Charli Brix. 

Ahead of her debut album The Art Of Change on Flexout Audio, Charli navigates us through her life and career so far; her roots into music, the challenges she's overcome as a care leaver, her many roles beyond the mic and how she's found her unique style and energy in underground electronic music. 

Interviewed by Dave Columbo Jenkins. Huge thanks to Sam Binga for letting us use his studio!  

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Introducing a brand new audio podcast series from 1 More Thing, we kick off with none other Doc Scott. One of the most respected and uncompromising pioneers of breakbeat culture who remains true to the craft to this day, Scott goes in deep on the influence of Detroit techno, the art of DJIng, the exciting state of drum & bass, mental health, politics and why he will forever be obssessed with the future. 

Hosted by Dave Columbo Jenkins, it's a beautiful conversation and one not to be missed by any fan of contemporary electronic music.   

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