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Rory started making films in 2002 when he was just 15. having always been ‘into’ computers and filming and he took some footage at a family wedding, put it onto computer, reversed the film, added music, sounds graphics etc, and produced a short 2 minute comedy film. he’s now made over 30 short films, the last of which longer (’autism & me’ about what it’s like being autistic on a day to day basis), is now being published worldwide on dvd together with a booklet he’s written. winning several national awards for this (including one from film director guy ritchie) a royal television society nomination and a unicef special mention. the music was a natural progression. his parents were in the music industry for many years, his dad as a professional musician and songwriter in the 1970s . he started making his own stuff in 2005 and found he had a real ‘feel’ for creating tracks, especially electronica, chillout and ambient stuff, although he’s doing some more funky breaks now as well. “i put some tracks on a myspace page last year and within a couple of weeks i had some great e mails from other djs complimenting my work, saying how atmospheric it was and well mixed. one dj who was interested was freddy fresh who asked me to send him a demo, and the rest"…….. “i have very eclectic taste in music! of course, my main influences for my type of music would be: freddy fresh, fatboy slim, dj cam, moodymann, mr scruff, a tribe called quest and all the native tongues rappers, j dilla, dj shadow and dj spinna. however, i also love acts like the beatles, jimi hendrix, 90s brit pop and i also love funk music, james brown, george clinton etc. i also listen to a lot of jazz music and feel my music is jazz inspired; i love people like miles davis, herbie hancock etc. labels would probably be howlin’, skint, jalapeno, wall of sound etc. i feel i can find something i like in so many genres of music!”
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