MC Magika

MC Magika, sometimes credited as M•A•G•I•K•A, is a British MC, music producer and rave promoter.[1] He has been regularly featured on the UK breakbeat compilation Dreamscape series, and on the mega-hit dance music compilation Dancemania's Speed sub-series. He is also well known for being the former MC for DJ Carl Cox.[2]

Career

Born in Birmingham, England,[2] he started MCing in around 1989 at a club located in Birmingham.[3] He later met with Carl Cox and performed with the DJ for 5 years during the early 1990s.[4][5]

His first appearance on the Dreamscape series was on the 1993 issue, Dreamscape 6, where the crews included Slipmatt, Dougal, Dave Angel, LTJ Bukem, Carl Cox and MC Conrad.[6] He appeared on a total of 7 issues of the series, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 22, 24, in the 20th century.[2]

In 1999 he made his first Dancemania appearance on the third issue of the Speed series with his track "Flashdance (What A Feeling)".[7] He made a number of appearances on the Speed series and its sub-series albums including Classical Speed in the early 2000s. Many of his tracks on the series were co-recorded with fellow British DJ Kambel.[2]

Discography

Singles
  • Flashdance (What a Feeling) (1996)
  • Hardhouse Raver (2002) - with Mutant DJ

Albums
  • The Old Skool Masters Round 2: Ratpack V Magika Presenting Blackmagic (1998) - with Ratpack
  • Candy Raveparty Vol. 1 (2001) - with DJ Horn
  • Candy Raveparty Vol. 2 (2002) - with KengKeng

Appearances

Dreamscape
  • 6 (1993)
  • 7 (1993)
  • 8 (1994)
  • 10(1994)
  • 11 (1994)
  • 12 (1994)
  • 14 (1994)
  • 22 (1996)
  • 24 (1997)

Dancemania
  • Speed : 3 (1999), 6 (2001), 7 (2001), 8 (2002), 9 (2002), 10 (2002)
Classical Speed : 1 (2002)
Speed G : 1 (2003)
Best of Hardcore (2003)

Others
  • Happy Daze (1996)
  • Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX Original Soundtrack (2000)
  • Hardcore Underground (2006)
  • X Years of Hellhouse (2009)
  • In Full Effect - The Mix Tapes (1995)
  • The Payback (1996)
  • Capital Punishment (1997)
  • Helter Skelter Imagination NYE 1996/1997 (1997)
  • Black Magik (1998)
  • Helter Skelter 10 Legendary Years Hardcore (2001)
  • Banginglobe Anthem (2002)
  • Dance Valley 2002 - Hard Dance Edition (2002)
  • The Sound of Don Diablo (2002)
  • Torture Garden vs. Fallen Angel (2002)
  • Hard Kandy - International Series Vol 1 (2004)
  • The Legend of Hellhouse #02 (2004)
  • X Bass (2004)
  • Black Magic - Hard Trance Anthems (2005)
  • Blutonium Presents Hardstyle Vol. 5 (2005)
  • Hardbass Generation (2005)
  • Hardcore Underground (2006)
  • Pharmacy Volume 3: Down with the Sickness (2006)
  • X Years of Hellhouse (2009)
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References
  1. Back To The Oldskool, MC Magika Interview
  2. Discogs, MC Magika,
  3. Obsession, MC Magika Profile Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Fantazia, MC Magika - Fantazia Exclusive Interview 2005
  5. MC Magika, Official MySpace
  6. Discogs, Dreamscape VI
  7. Discogs, Dancemania Speed 3
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