DJ SS

DJ SS
DJ SS performs at a rave.
Background information
Birth name	Leroy Small
Born	August 27, 1970 (1970-08-27) (age 39) Leicester, England
Genre(s)	Electronica Drum'n'bass
Occupation(s)	Producer Disc Jockey
Label(s)	Benz-Street

DJ SS, born Leroy Small (on August 27 1970) , is a Drum and Bass DJ and producer from Leicester, United Kingdom. His artist name has nothing to do with the Nazi SS. His name actually stands for Scratchenstein which is a name he used when he was a Hip Hop scratch DJ and a part of the Hip Hop act The Formation Five whose name inspired the name of his label.

Originally a breakdancer, DJ Stratch Stein began playing electro music as a teenager in the early 1980s. He then played Hip Hop and Rare Groove before turning to producing in 1988 initially Acid House, Hardcore, Breakbeat and finally Jungle/Drum and Bass tracks.

SS got his big break DJ'ing at the big British raves of the early 1990s such as Telepathy. Since then he has gone on to DJ world wide.

SS is the co-founder and head of the Formation Records label and has released over 100 tracks using a number of aliases. These include the "Color Series" and the "Country Series", MA3 "Those DJs", the piano-theme-from-Love Story-sampling "Lighter" (the label's biggest hit) plus many more popular Drum and Bass / Jump-Up Jungle tunes, He has also remixed No Good (Start the Dance) by The Prodigy.

The Formation label has become a stable for new Drum and Bass producers such as John B and Twisted Individual.

As well as the record label, SS used to own a nightclub in Sheffield, off Division Street, which was home to weekly Drum and Bass nights (usually on a Wednesday), between 1998-1999.

External links

• DJ SS at Discogs
• DJ SS at rolldabeats

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