Stompy engages in an in-depth interview with the Chicago house producer, covering everything from his Chicago roots to his production style and skateboarding.
"Most of the rough road was caused by other companies fighting over my work and the distribution of the label" says the US house producer in conversation with Chicago's 5 Magazine.
Aliases /
Tevo Howard, Tyrez, The Black Electro Orchestra, Flo Crew (For Lovers Only)
I started to DJ at roughly thirteen or fourteen years old, putting us back to about 1987. After a knee injury in a skateboard accident (I wiped out) in 1987, I found myself sitting at home, bored, and with little interests other than skateboarding and music. With skateboarding out of the picture, I could only gather to mess around with the turntables that sat in the room my brothers and I all shared. I remember thinking that being a DJ was a hobby that wasn’t either illegal, or dangerous, and that it would be fun to DJ my own music as opposed to my brother’s music. I walked down to Gramaphone..
