Intense Records (Meadows)

I was always into music as a kid, following my older brother’s footsteps listening to bands like The Cure, New Order and especially Prince. As we grew up in the early 90s, my bro and my mates started to embrace the new up and coming dance music scene storm and most memorable ‘The Prodigy’.When I was around 15, my brother gave me an Old Skool Micky Finn rave tape, and that was it, I was hooked. That Christmas I persuaded my parents I needed a DJ set. After a few months I persuaded the school to allow me to DK the end of year disco, then that summer of 2004 me and my mic controller ‘MC Indica’ put on our first event 'Midsummer’s Night Rave' at the YMCA in Chelmsford.After leaving school I went to University in Birmingham to study Business Management where I continued to DK, set up a Drum & Bass Society and started promoting parties. I came up with the name Intense, at the time it was purely the name of the event, but it looked so good on the flyers and I liked the sound of it so much, that when it came to naming the shop, it was an easy decision. The rest, they say is history.