Artists

Tyke

'Tyke' took his name back in 1997 at a time when London graffiti was on the rise and the freedom of speech or art for that matter became more and more frequent in London and throughout inner London teens that craved adventure. Trailing through underground train yards and dusty railway lines thwart with danger Simeon Vambe set upon government property expressing himself with his art and determination by tagging and piecing the word 'Tyke' which was thought up as another word for his character at this time, as he was branded a little rascal. This was where 'Tyke' first used his artistic talents as a teenager before turning to the Apple Mac equipped with 'Cubase' as a substitute for the spray can in 1999, aged fifteen. 

In 2005 he moved to South London for a fresh start and began to make positive progress where a demo sent via post to 'Formation Records' was replied to by a call off one of the workers there, explaining to him that the tunes were awesome but could do with a couple of minor changes, 'Tyke' took this onboard. It was only in 2007 that 'Tyke' became acquainted with the internet as a source of promotion and communication, setting up a MySpace and industry standard 'Aim' account. Immediately there was interest from up and coming record labels and other producers and dj's were more than willing to play his tracks. In 2008 'Tyke' released his first vinyl, a track called 'Inner City Hore' which was released on 'Source Recordings', the hype began and more and more attention was drawn to his sound. It was late in 2008 that he met up with 'Recipe' on music terms rather than friends and they decided to collaborate on some tracks. They made 'Drop' and 'Cocaine Gash' which was released on their very own label 'Dead Or Alive Music' followed by a massive 12" release on Birmingham based label 'Muzik Hertz'. The ball was definitely rolling and a few more releases came there way before out of the blue 'Tyke' was forced to take five months away from music in the summer of 2009. He came back to the industry in January 2010 and has been working hard to this present time.

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