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Entry: in•er•tia
Pronunciation: in-'&r-sh&, -shE-&
Function: noun
A property of matter by which it remains at rest
or in uniform motion in the same straight line unless
acted upon by some external force.
• “Inertia” was born in Warrington,
Cheshire in 1982. He lived on Birchwood estate until
he was 8 years old when he moved to Silverdale,
a small village just north of Lancaster, Lancashire.
•
He attended local primary school and went on to
attend Lancaster Grammar until he was 15, at which
point he was expelled for being far too rebellious
for the schools strict, authoritarian style!
•
During this period he started frequenting local
events such as outdoor raves, Drum and Bass nights
and general “mash-up” kind of affairs.
With a growing interest in the Jungle/Drum and Bass
scene Inertia started “bedroom MC’ing”
over “Dreamscape” and “One Nation”
tape packs.
•
He enrolled on a Music Technology course in 1999.
This was the defining moment of Inertia’s
journey into sound. He spent a large part of the
two year course learning the basics of programmes
such as Cubase and Sound forge as well as the fundamentals
of music production and engineering. He finished
the course with a merited BTEC National Diploma
in Music Technology and a place at Leeds Metropolitan
University.
•
Towards the end of the course Inertia produced two
very raw drum and bass tracks featuring LT, a female
vocalist who would later join “The Beatphreaks”.
He took these tracks to a Lancaster label called
“Proper Records” where they took an
interest and encouraged him to pursue his musical
career.
•
It was through Proper Records that he was introduced
to “Koma and Bones”, a break beat outfit
from Lancaster. With plenty of help and encouragement
from the group Inertia slowed the bpm’s down
and started making break beat. He had his first
release with Proper Records in 2001 at the age of
19, a down-tempo break beat track of the “chilled”
sort. A contract offer was briefly suggested by
the label, but for various reasons this fell through.
During this period Inertia started performing as
a drum and bass/break beat, MC/DJ at various local
parties and raves.
•
In the summer of 2001 Inertia moved to Leeds and
started university. It was living here that introduced
him to British hip-hop. He had a brief attempt at
graffiti before realising he was crap at the visual
stuff. He lived in Leeds till he was 21, when he
moved back to Lancaster after dropping out of his
university course.
•
It was moving back home (and a break-up with a girl-friend)
that inspired Inertia to start making hip-hop and
writing serious, in-depth, lyrics that could express
his emotions more effectively than dance music.
This led to the formation of “I.T.S”
in 2003, with Lancaster MC - “Tiggerstyle”.
The idea behind the group was to produce intelligent,
real, hip-hop using influences from the local music
scene. In the years since its creation the group
has grown to include “Trotter”, “Gentle”,
“Fordham”, “Spiller” and
“Analyst”. Inertia went on to produce
tracks for the entire group as well as solo pieces.
•
For the next two years Inertia and I.T.S performed
regularly at local events, raves and on local radio.
The quality of Inertia’s instrumentals and
rapping improved to the point where he was asked
to join “The Band that Time Forgot”
in 2005. This led to performances across the North
West, regularly in front of large, open-air crowds.
In
the summer of 2005 Inertia attended a short Music/Business
course at the Liverpool Institute for Performing
Arts.
•
In the later part of 2005 Inertia finished his debut
album “Money ‘N’ Soul”.
The start of 2006 sees Inertia pushing the album
through gigs and local press with the view to building
local support/following. Alongside Morecambe based
group “Gang-Green” Inertia has organised
various local gigs to show-case the talents that
Lancaster and Morecambe has to offer.
•
At present Inertia has sold 150 CD albums through
local shops and regularly performs at local events/nights.
His production never stops and the pad is always
getting thicker.
Inertia
is now in the process of setting up his own label
“Cash Cow Records”, to act as an outlet
for local talent.
