Lee Grainge started his journey into music in the early 80′s – listening to soul and funk and the emerging electro scene he became fascinated with the electronic sounds that were being used to produce these types of genre. Following a near tragic car accident Lee found inspiration in this and chose to become a DJ, at first it was for fun, DJ-ing in pubs and bars in his local area of Walthamstow he soon became to realise he had the skills to further this. Around the acid house era Lee decided to ‘live’ his passion for music and sound and got a job as Import buyer/seller for a distribution company. Lee, with John Kennedy and Paul Coleman decided to try their hands at making some music. With much interest from labels DJ’s and radio Eagles Prey became a classic with some established artists. Eagles Prey first collaboration was with Underworld (who remixed Tonto’s Drum which was the main track on the original 12″) The last release of this trio was on R&S sub-label Global Cuts where they remixed Piano Power.
A year after this with much success selling prime dance music to all the independents in the UK he left and went to work for Fat Cat records. Shortly after joining this elite record shop Lee met Steve O’sullivan. The pair went on to release many 12″ singles under many pseudonyms for Pure Plastic, Ferox, Blue Spirit, Blue Train and Green. Lee also became a prominent DJ in the UK and on the international stage. After the unexpected closure of Fat Cat record shop Lee continued to DJ on a regular basis, where he met Hazel Bligh. After a short period of Dj-ing together in Berlin the pair started the infamous label Human records, although short lived as a label of only two releases the music is highly regarded as timeless and inspirational to many who know about the label.
In 2000 Lee was approached by the owner of Smallfish records to help start up the shop. With Dave Cawley and a few others they opened the shop in Shoreditch to great acclaim. Lee released one track for Smallfish’s label under the guise of soundtree. Lee left after two years to concentrate on another obsession, sound in films. He studied Sound Design and Music Technology for two years at the London Institute, after which he went on to freelance as a sound person in all types of media. After eight years of learning Lee is now working on some larger scale features as a Sound FX Recordist and Editor. He is currently working in collaboration with Unit 303, a mixture of international artists set up to promote forward thinking in music and sound design. Lee is also currently working with a like-miinded musician Neel D’Wala… Watch this space.
