in 1987 he recalled how he started remixing, "i got tired of the way some 12-inchers present themselves... i wanted to make them more exciting... so i bought myself a reel-to-reel recorder, sat down and started to edit". one of his first remixes was of nona hendryx' "i want you" from "the art of defense" (1984), which was played on 2 jjj radio by tim ritchie.