From sneaking downstairs as a kid to listen to the latest banging tunes being played at his sister’s 21st birthday party to taking the risk to use his brother’s 1210s: Maintain is all about the music. An initial taste of classics from from luminares like; Shalamar, Steve Arrington, SOS Band, Loose Ends, The Jones Girls- was the spark that ignited a passion. Once that passion was lit Maintain’s love affair with that most dynamic of genres we call hip-hop followed and he was assimilated into this dynamic genre. Taking in the greats of hip-hop like; the late great seminal Gangstarr, the loquacious verbals of Big Daddy Kane, the rousing anti-establishment words of Public Enemy and the cool laid back playfulness of Dela Soul was the foundation for this wizard of turntabalism. Maintain has subsequently built a huge name for his ability to cut, scratch and blast out the sounds of a genre that remains at the helm of music, fashion and culture in the mainstream and underground.
