From the backrooms of the Bristol Club scene in the mid nineties, General Midi was born as a darker and more electronic style of breaks rose like a phoenix from the ashes of big beat. Already an old hand at promoting and co responsible for one of the greatest underground club nights in the UK (Shimmy), his skill as a Dj was honed at Lakota, a club that was to Bristol what the Hacienda was to Manchester. Teaming up with production partner Eelz General Midi had been responsible for some of the most genre defining tunes in breakbeatland.
‘General Midi is the breaks producers ‘producer’

Years of dedication in the studio has led to a string of pioneering tracks and hit club singles including, The Westerner (99), Daft Funk (01) Further (03), You will Be Under (03).
General Midi’s ’99 production of The Westener was described as way ahead of its time by the Plump DJ’s and many of his early productions are still in top Breaks DJS boxes today.
This year has seen General Midi nominated for best breaks tune for ‘Furthur’ on TCR at the annual Breaks Poll Award.


Major international attention has fallen onto the ‘Midiman’ in 2004.
This is a result of a steady ascension through the production and DJing ranks of the Break beat scene.
As well as regular appearances at established UK nights like BlowPop (Bristol), Tangled (Manchester), and international appearances right across the globe, he has recently completed a monstrously successful tour of Australia. This included the renowned Two Tribes festival in Sydney & Melbourne, plus ending the tour with a blow out party at Sound On Sunday in Sydney.

‘Saluting the General From the floor’
General Midi says ‘its quite an odd experience being saluted to from the dance floor, its becoming a bit of a thing at gigs amongst the hardcore!’

With that kind of a reaction and feedback from the crowd expected to see Midiman down under again soon!

Although not widely known in the ‘pop’ular music markets, General Midi is an established and respected member of the ‘under’ground and certainly has a seat reserved at the high table of breaks!
This year and beyond will see General Midi releasing original material on TCR and Kilowatt, and the word on the wire is an album will be ready to drop before the kids open their Christmas calendars this year!

Aliases:

Starecase

Base:

Bristol