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| Denim Records was formed in January 1999 by Christopher Scott, Graeme Ripley and Martin Knotts. It was at those hazy, hedonistic house nights at the start of the nineties that all three first met. Having all been regulars at the legendary Club Havana in Middlesbrough, each one experiencing the pure delights of house music at it's most exciting and fresh time, the music inspired all three to participate in the house music scene. | ||
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Chris Scott |
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| Chris started to buy studio equipment and quickly established himself as a top notch writer and producer getting his material released on Slip & Slide, Tumblin, Bomba, Hubba Hubba, Work, and Bosting. Graeme decided his direction was in promoting and successfully organised nights throughout the early nineties inviting DJ's from London to the North East of the UK for the first time, opening up a record shop and label called 'Circuit' with the success of his club ventures. Martin took up DJing and played regularly at Graeme's nights and guested at club nights in Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool before starting a residency at the now defunct All Things Nice in Bishop Auckland where he played alongside Miles Holway and Elliot Eastwick from Paper and Craig Smith from Scotland. | ||
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Graeme Ripley |
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| Things really came together when they all linked up in Chris' studio and created the huge club crossover hit 'I Believe' by the Happy Clappers, which to quote Mixmag at the time, '...had been sending hands and hearts into orbit for months....'. The tune went top ten in the UK national charts and along with 'Hold On' made them one of the most successful dance acts of 1995. It was at this point that Graeme and Martin set up their own label 'Working Hard' and Chris started to produce material for the likes of Paper, Yoshitoshi, Jus Trax (JBO) and Shindig, also setting up his own label, 'Forensic', with the Shindig boys from Newcastle. | ||
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Martin Knotts |
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| After a couple of years concentrating on their own projects, Chris, Graeme and Martin decided it was time to start making music together again, and as an outlet for their own underground dance material, Denim Records was created. The only brief for the label was that it should release good quality 'real' house music, with the same feeling, attitude and freshness as those early house records that Chris, Graeme and Martin used to listen to in those hazy, hedonistic house nights of the early nineties. | ||
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