AS REDUCER, THE BAND, THERE WHERE INFLUENCES, SUCH AS A SHARED LOVE OF DANCEHALL REGGAE, WHICH ALTHOUGH PART OF THE BANDS SOUND, WE WANTED TO EXPRESS IN A MORE DEDICATED WAY. OUTSIDE OF LONDON WE WERE THE ONLY BAND TO HAVE A SYMBIOTIC REGGAE SOUND SYSTEM - LET ALONE FEATURING THE VOCALISTS FROM THE BAND & GUESTS - WE ALSO HAPPENED TO BE WHITE WITH SHAVEN HEADS, TATTOOS & BIG BOOTS - WHICH OF COURSE CAUSED SOME FRICTION AT TIMES - THIS WAS THE 1980's AFTER ALL! WE DREW SOME RATHER INCREDULOUS LOOKS & DEEPLY SUSPICIOUS STARES WHEN WE ROLLED UP IN THE VAN - ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING, HOWEVER, ONCE WE WERE UP & RUNNING, OUR 1ST PLATE WOULD BE "BLACK & WHITE UNITE" & WE'D PLAY IT REPEATEDLY UNTIL WE FELT WE'D MADE OUR POINT, THEN WE'D GET THE PLATES OUT & SHOW THEM WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING! I WAS SELECTOR, SO EVERY SOUND WAS A PARTY - I DIDN'T HAVE TO WEAR A GUITAR & ORGANISE LOADS OF OTHER EQUIPMENT & LOGISTICS - JUST FLING DOWN MEAN PLATES - NICE JOB! SNAKE GOT THE PLATES FROM A CONNECT NEAR HEATHROW, SO THEY WERE AS FRESH AS COULD BE FOR ENGLAND AT THE TIME - WE PICKED WHICH ONES WE'D USE THAT NIGHT & THAT WAS IT - TURN UP, STRING UP, FLING DOWN, RICH & SNAKE WOULD LYRICALLY ASSASSINATE THE OTHER SOUND, WE'D FLATTEN WHOEVER WAS IN FRONT OF US & ON WITH THE NEXT - REDUCER IS AN ATTITUDE & A WAY OF LIFE - THAT SHOWED IN BOTH MANIFESTATIONS. THE BAND WAS AN INTENSE SENSORY OVERLOAD - THE SOUNDS WAS A SOUNDS! A WAY OF LETTING OF STEAM & PARTYING IN A REDUCER STYLE. WE WERE BLESSED, AS WITH THE BAND, IN THAT IT CAME NATURALLY & EASILY - WHICH OF COURSE MADE THE MUSIC FLOW & THE PEOPLE DANCE + WE HAD A WICKED TIME. JOB DONE