Bio

Shy Cookie Best known for his production work for MOBO Award Winners DJ Luck, MC Neat and Jay Jay, Shy Cookie has been producing hit UK Garage music since 1998 (debuting with a remix of ‘El Paraiso Rico’ - released as a DJ Luck and MC Neat track). After enjoying some success with his debut he was signed to Scott Garcia’s Kronik Records and released the UK Garage hits ‘Troublesome’, ‘Poison’ (produced with DJ Luck), and then ‘Burning’ before moving to Middlerow records in 1999, he was also DJ-ing at events across the UK and Europe including multiple trips to Ayia Napa and two tours of Poland with Middlerow records. After co-producing (programming) two of the four tracks that made up the ‘Warm Up E.P.’ a 4 track promo for an unreleased album featuring Ed Case, Sweetie Irie, Carl H and Spee as well as DJ Luck, MC Neat and Jay Jay, and the single ‘Boom Tune’ for Middlerow/EMI records he went on to co-produce DJ Luck and Neats album ‘It’s all good’, released on Island records in 2002 including the hit ‘Irie’. After working on the album Shy Cookie did some work for various youth organizations tutoring Logic Recording sessions for the young and disadvantaged and also worked occasionally as a technical advisor to said youth organizations, all in the London area between 2006 and 2009. He also continued engineering and producing music occasionally for other artists. In July 2015 Shy Cookie and new artist (but well established event promoter and old friend) Ormshi went into partnership to build a studio, label and get to work on building the House & Garage Orchestra project (www.audiointuition.co.uk). This was the catalyst for Shy Cookie to return music production and DJ’ing, but not only producing music but also music videos (which he also edits) and live music sets which he also hosts as an MC. The label (Audio Intuition) officially launched in October 2015 with strong support from DJ Spoony who ‘championed’ the first release (‘Levitation’, Shy Cookie feat MC Neat). Upcoming releases on the label feature both new artists as well as those that Shy Cookie is known for working with (ie. DJ Luck, Sweetie Irie etc). Since the labels official launch and the studio opening, the third part of the project, House & Garage Orchestra has been assembled and debuted on DJ Spoony’s Rinse FM show on 12 February 2016. Along with his business partner Ormshi, Shy Cookie is currently preparing for the bands debut live show which will feature new music from the Audio Intuition as well as new guest performers (the radio premier featured Kele Le Roc performing ‘My Love’ and Nay Nay performing ‘Bodygroove’). Looking forward and the current direction for Shy Cookie is clear, to focus on producing good House and Garage music (not limited to however), and to return to DJ'ing at events. Rather than focus on trying to please the masses, in an industry that has many good artists limiting themselves by trying and do exactly that the focus is to try and make the type of music that inspired him to pursue production as a career. Though you can expect the types of tracks that helped to make artists like DJ Luck and MC Neat the established artists they are, with the new direction of working with live musicians you can also expect music that has never really been explored before in the UK-live House and Garage music performed by world class musicians. Shy Cookie is also returning to DJ’ing with a similar approach. Rather than playing only ‘safe’ sets of old school UK Garage music which he loves, it is also to play tracks that may have been forgotten or underrated. He now also plays sets of old school house ( 1980s through to the late 1990s, with a few 1970s disco tracks thrown in to the mix) and sets of Soulful House (with a few Afro and Deep House tracks in the mix). His return to DJ’ing will be made officially at the House & Garage Orchestra’s debut live event in spring 2016 (date tbc).

London United Kingdom

Member since: 04 Sep 2013