RAMPAGE are recognized in the UK’s club land as one of the most consistent and successful urban music specialists to date.
Since their launch in 1990 London based Rampage have enjoyed phenomenal success, covering UK and International Clubs, Radio DJ’ing, Presenting and Promotions.
Rampage have been awarded such accolades as:
‘Best Newcomers of 1993’ – When their stage at Europe’s largest annual street festival, London’s Notting Hill Carnival attracts over two million revelers.
‘Best DJ’ – at the 1995 Black Music Awards.
‘Best Filmed Club’ – by ITV’s, BPM programme, who aired the Rampage recording three times.
‘Best Club DJ and Radio DJ’ – nomination at the 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008 MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards.
Rampage have co-promoted and organised live events, alongside London’s premier Independent Radio Stations, Kiss FM and Choice FM. They have also successfully brought over several top US R’n’B acts for sold out UK performances, including platinum selling artists, Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr Dre, Dru Hill, Run DMC and SWV.
Rampage continue to host shows up and down the country and have an established nation-wide following. Rampage’s most proven skill, is knowing what to deliver to their audience and when.
February 2002 also saw the launch of Mike Anthony’s TV career where he hosted a documentary for BBC2’s First Sight called Dangerous Dancing.
On Friday 16 August 2002 Radio one launched their National Digital station BBC 1Xtra. The first voices heard on the station were those of Rampage’s Mike Anthony and Treble T, as Rampage launched the station. Rampage then went on to host the Drive Time show, Monday to Friday, 3pm – 5pm. In 2003, Rampage completed six years on their hugely popular Friday night radio show on BBC London Live, capturing an average weekly audience of 800,000. This show was also syndicated to Radio Napa FM.
Rampage continue to build on the success of the 1993 Notting Hill Carnival to this very day. The Notting Hill Carnival takes place over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Rampage also host a regular Saturday club night at the Cyprus holiday resort of Aiya Napa.
RAMPAGE reached another milestone co-hosting Wyclef Jean’s birthday party in Miami and having it broadcast live on BBC 1Xtra.
August 2003, Rampage host BBC 1Xtra’s first Birthday party live from Newcastle with a simultaneous broadcast on both Radio One and BBC 1Xtra.
Having completed one whole year on Drive Time at 1Xtra, Rampage were asked to host the stations flagship Breakfast show due to their phenomenal success on Drive Time. The Breakfast show was broadcast between 9am – 12pm Monday – Friday. 2007 saw Rampage’s radio show on 1Xtra move again to its current time slot of 11am – 2pm Monday – Friday, with the highest listenership on the station.
2008 saw Rampage launch a new live music night called Soul-D-Out, which is the brainchild of D’Nyce.
Soul-D-Out (the live music series) is a bi-monthly evening of live uncut raw soul music designed specifically to showcase and promote the outstanding talents of independent homegrown UK & international neo-soul, R&B & jazz artists to the UK. Soul-D-Out aims to provide performing artists a platform where they can promote themselves and gain all the necessary exposure possible through this event, which will hopefully propel them onto bigger things. The night is a bi-product of an extremely popular three year, weekly radio show called Soul-D-Out, which is now broadcasts on Bang radio 103.6 or www.bangradio.fm, Monday and Wednesday, 7pm-9pm. The show is hosted by Rampage DJ and radio presenter D’Nyce.
When asked about the event D’Nyce said “It is so much more than acoustic a little less than a full band” and “The only way to truly appreciate a recording artist is to hear them live”.
Past performers at Soul-D-Out include:
Donaeo, Yolanda Brown, Don-e, Tashas World, Adelaide Mackenzie, Ann-marie, Lataille, Fola, Jonas, Gavin Holligan, Rachael Bell, Soul:ID, Matti Roots, Ramzi
Rampage have consolidated their position over the last few years by continuing there UK and international success.
About Dee
Dee has been very instrumental in the formation of Rampage with Mike Anthony and Richie P back in 1990. Dee is more commonly referred to as Rampage’s Manager and is responsible for the management and development of the business.
Dee was born and brought up in South London where he attended the same school as industry icons such as Jools Holland, Mickey D and Mistri. He attended The University of Hertfordshire (Hatfield Polytechnic), where he graduated with a BSc in Applied Chemistry.
Having graduated, Dee then joined a financial services company and was responsible for setting up branches in London and Northampton, before his career took an unexpected turn into club promotions.
Dee has always had a great love for music and has fond memories of raving at events hosted by the likes of Steve Walsh and Rapattack. This therefore gave him an opportunity to combine two things he enjoys.
Dee and Rampage’s blue print was to provide quality urban events, and to push the boundaries that an urban audience was use to. Rampage has achieved vast success being the first black urban promoters to hire the Equinox in Leicester Square, as well as the Ministry of Sound on a Saturday night and the original pioneers of the US R&B club PA format.
In 2001 Dee became Secretary of the British Association of Sound Systems (BASS) and a member of its executive. BASS is responsible for the management and governance of all the sound systems that appear at the Notting Hill Carnival.
Dee believes that Rampage’s success has been due to giving the people what is vital and retaining a professional attitude in what they do and most importantly because they enjoy their work!
About Legz
I have been playing music since 1991 mainly at friend’s parties and the odd venue now and again. I bought my first pair of decks at 15 and practiced on them whenever I had the time making tapes for da man dem or just blazin out noise in my mum’s house.
I am fortunate enough that my parents are very supportive and when it came time for me to move up in the music industry I decided to make a real go of it and go all out to play in the clubs that I raved in at the time. I quit the daytime job that I did not like in order to concentrate on music. I made myself known by hitting the west end clubs every week. Through doing this I joined the Mistri crew and learned a great deal from them for just over a year, playing all over London and meeting people.
I met the members of Rampage at the beginning of 2002 as we played at the same club every Friday (Cameos). I joined them in May of that year and have played music all over the world as a member of Rampage. Before now you would have never seen me touch a mike. Since joining Rampage man has had to step up quite a few gears, MC and DJ at the same time, host beach parties in Ayia Napa and so on. So to any up and coming Djs who are reading this my advice is to stick at what you are doing and make sure you keep meeting people when you rave!
About D’Nyce
Not since Spinderella put the flavour in Salt ‘n’ Pepa during rap’s reign in the 80′s has there been such frenzy over women taking charge of the turntables.
Why is it when people think DJ they see a guy? There is absolutely no reason physical or mental why either guys or women should be better at it! Unfortunately, there are still those that think a female DJ is a novelty. It’s more important to be good at what you do, and not to rely on recognition because you are woman.
When D’Nyce hit the scene she became a prime mover on the urban music scene that has influenced her life so heavily and the lives of so many others on the same scene.
Her early musical experiences were ‘The Jackson Five, Slave, Cameo, Aswad, Jean Adebambo (rip), Carol Thompson, Errol Dunkley, Burning Spear alongside Duran Duran, Haircut 100 and Imagination. You may say this is extremely diverse but being one of the youngest in a family of five (D’Nyce being the only girl) opened up many musical doors. The first record that she bought as a youngster while still at school was ‘Walking the line by Central Line’ way back in the 1980′s and she has been collecting/ buying music ever since.
By 2000 D’Nyce had played major nights at: Café de Paris, Cobden club, Jus Dancin’, Raw, SoundShaft, The London Metropol Hotel (International Women’s Month), The MOBO awards (2000, 2001) and the Met Bar (London Fashion Week 1999), supporting Phoebe One on tour with Redman & Method Man on their UK tour 2005 (7,000 people) to name a few.
Things got interesting after a chance meeting where D’Nyce was given her first show on Street FM, a small NW London community radio station. Considering she had never attempted radio before she impressed them so much that within a month she gained her second show and her name grew within her own local community.
A holiday to Cyprus, Ayia Napa brought a surprise twist of fate which opened a few doors for this female DJ, “it was in this year that I met Mike Anthony and Treble T from Rampage. It so happens that Rampage were looking for a female DJ to bring into the family and I was that DJ.
Since joining Rampage, D’Nyce has DJ’d all over the UK and internationally including the London Nottinghill Carnival. D’Nyce has DJ’d for and with the likes of Ms Dynamite, Sean Paul, Buju Banton, Baby Cham, Nathan, Fish Go Deep, Stone Love sound system, Masterstepz, Robbo Ranks, Mos Def, Dizzee Rascal, K2 family, Crazy Titch, Wayne Wonder, Rayvon, Mims, Alison Hinds, Collie Budz, Swizz Beats, Yummy Bingham, Gentleman, Crazy Cousins, Paleface, Jazmine Sullivan, Lloyd, Busy Signal, Shaggy, Mims, Estelle, to name a few.
Currently D’Nyce has two radio shows on Bang radio 103.6 fm or www.bangradio.fm: Soul-D-Out Mondays 7pm-9pm and The Wednesday Jump-off 7pm-9pm specialising in signed and unsigned soul artists from around the world. D’Nyce has a passion for radio and is something that she is actively pursuing.
Other activities:
Rampage promote a live music night called Soul-D-Out, which is the brainchild of D’Nyce. Soul-D-Out (the live music series) is a bi-monthly evening of live uncut raw soul music designed specifically to showcase and promote the outstanding talents of independent homegrown UK & international neo-soul, R&B & jazz artists to the UK. Soul-D-Out aims to provide performing artists a platform where they can promote themselves and gain all the necessary exposure possible through this event, which will hopefully propel them onto bigger things. The night is a bi-product of an extremely popular three year, weekly radio show called Soul-D-Out, which is now broadcasts on Bang radio 103.6 or www.bangradio.fm, Monday and Wednesday, 7pm-9pm. The show is hosted by Rampage DJ and radio presenter D’Nyce.
When asked about the event D’Nyce said “It is so much more than acoustic a little less than a full band” and “The only way to truly appreciate a recording artist is to hear them live”.
Past performers at Soul-D-Out include:
Donaeo, Yolanda Brown, Don-e, Tashas World, Adelaide Mackenzie, Ann-marie Lataille, Fola, Jonas, Gavin Holligan, Rachael Bell, Soul:ID, Matti Roots, Ramzi
About Treble T
Born in St George’s hospital Tooting, Treble T had an early start in the music business. Starting a sound system whilst still at school that is still going today (Strictly bizznizz).
First cutting his teeth as a DJ in house parties and pirate radio then being introduced to the making of music by well renowned pop producer Grant Cunliffe (Billy Bragg, The Smiths, Morrissey). Early remix and production credits include Chaka Demus and Pliers, Alton Ellis and contributing to Japanese movie soundtracks.
After several years on the circuit he then bumped into old friend Mike Anthony and partner Dee who were already successfully running fledgling DJ outfit Rampage.
This coming together resulted in T being asked to contribute production to the Rampage Drum and Bass album, Priority One (A+M Records) Which spawned a top forty hit “The Monkeys” After such a positive start it was inevitable that the relationship would grow, already being a “hot dj” Treble T fully joined Rampage shortly afterwards.
With many production credits and remix’s to his name T is also an integral part of the DJ team who along with D Nyce, Legz and Mike Anthony form the DJing force of Rampage.
As well as being a trained studio engineer and record producer Treble Tee is an experienced radio presenter and co-presented Rampage on your Radio, the weekly urban music slot on BBC London 94.9 alongside Mike Anthony and D’Nyce.
A long list of the guests interviewed on the show include Beenie man, Sisqo, Wyclef, Faith Evans, Sean Paul and a one in a million interview with Aaliyah.
The BBC London show was syndicated to Radio Napa 90.9 in Cyprus and during the summer season Rampage Broadcast two shows a week to Cyprus.
Treble T launched the BBC’s new national black music station 1xtra with Mike Anthony and K.C. A milestone in black music. Catch T and Mike every weekday on their radio show from 11am till 2pm.
Now a well seasoned club DJ, Tee has played to audiences in excess of ten thousand people as far a field as Dubai, Miami, Martinique, Atlanta and Amsterdam. And of course all over the U.K. Djing in live gigs such as Usher, Black Rob, Foxy Brown, S.W.V., Dru Hill, Beenie man and K.Ci and Jo Jo plus club dates such as the Blues and soul (Ms Dynamite) Twice as nice and Shake it up national tours.
Well used to the rigours of life on the road after helping to maintain a pivotal residency at the then S.W.1 club (Pasha) for Four years and helping to make two new club brands successful (Two rooms of Funk and Heart n Soul).
Of note Mike and T still argue over which of them was responsible for the introduction of Reggae music to the raving resort of Ayia Napa such was the influence of the twice weekly Rampage residency they had on the Mediterranean island.
Further musical milestones for T include co-producing the seminal underground garage classic “Melody” with Masterstepz, MC Charlie Brown’s only record “They call me” remixing Dru Hill and producing an L.P’s worth of material with Liford of Artful Dodger fame.
Quoted for saying that “he feels he’s only just come of age in the music business” Treble T will certainly be pushing himself and Rampage ever further into the spotlight with the odd Television appearance in documentaries and as a music business pundit.
And we wonder about his final ambition which is to put a record in the top ten of the national charts, it looks like it’s nearly time.
About Mike Anthony
Mike Anthony was born in London of Grenadian and Guyanese parents. His hobbies include movies, going to the gym, football and video games. His favourite meals are Chinese and Indian, and has a dislike of liver.
Mike Anthony started DJ’ing at the age of 16 doing house parties. At 17 he toured Europe for 3 years turning professional at 18. When he returned to London and joined local pirate radio station LWR. Two years later Rampage was formed in 1990, returning once again to the house party scene. When the houses became too small we took to the clubs from Equinox to Ministry of Sound, Roseberry to SW1, bringing the biggest urban artists to the UK, such as Snoop, Dr Dre, SWV, Dru Hill and Run DMC to name a few. We have also hosted events for Usher, KC and JoJo, Nas, and JayZ. Rampage has now grown into a global brand, and Mike has DJ’ed all over the world.
Mike then went on to co-host a Rampage radio show with Treble T on BBC London. Due to the success of this show Rampage moved to 1Xtra BBC on its launch in 2002, and was the first voice the national audience heard from the station. Rampage (Mike Anthony and Treble T) are still on the station to this very day, hosting a weekly show between 11:00 – 14:00 Monday to Friday.
In 2002 Mike also hosted a TV documentary for BBC2, and since then has done other TV work for the likes of MTV. We also host the largest sound stage at the Notting Hill Carnival where our guests have included the like of Shaggy, Sway, Ms Dynamite, and Sean Paul.
In 2003 Rampage (Mike and Treble T) hosted Wyclef Jean’s birthday party in Miami. Mike is also championing the anti-violence movement in London and works voluntarily on many community projects.
In his spare time what little Mike has, he coaches two Sunday league football teams having gained his coaching badge.
The future for Mike and Rampage looks bright with more television projects, world tour and the success of 1XTRA