Growing up in London in the late 70's and early 80's Tee was surrounded by the amazing musical influences of the 60's sounds of Stax and Motown to the Jamaican influences of Bob Marley and Prince Buster plus the British rock of the Beatles, The Stones and Led Zeppelin.
The punks, mods, soulboys and football casual street culture were a constant backdrop to his childhood.
As soon as Tee was tall enough to see over the counter at the local record shop he invested in The Street Sounds Electro collection and started following acts such as Newcleus and Afrika Bambaataa.
This was like opening a door into the birth of modern dance music.
Before hip hop, techno and house had made their mark on the wider stage the young Tee was living and breathing this musical culture. Collecting vinyl and breakdancing (badly) on the streets of London.
By the early 90's house and hip hop had become the underground culture in the UK with massive illegal parties in London and Manchester. He was a regular at these events listening to the deejays on pirate radio stations and taping their mixes religiously.
Back then deejays did not stick to one genre, house deejays played hip hop and electro and hip hop deejays played funk, soul and electro. It was a time of total musical freedom and Tee was in in love with the diversity.
Around the mid 90's the British government cracked down on the illegal party scene with mass arrests and heavy sentencing forcing the illegal raves to go legit. The corporate clubs replaced the warehouses and fields and superstar deejays were born, with their birth the musical freedom Tee loved so much died.
Tee struggled for years to find clubs that were prepared to challenge his intelligence and rock the party with a rich blend of music but by then the differing musical genres had been marketed and pigeonholed. House clubs played only house and only house that would appeal to the masses, nothing too underground.
So Tee decided to do it for himself.
Tee formed the Audio Alliance with his best mate Arlo and recruited acts like The Planet of The Breaks, The Bada Boom crew and Matt Cantor from the Freestylers creating a musical journey that spanned the years and cultures, from Jamaican ska, to hip hop and breaks with a heavy dose of old skool house.
His promotions were a success, frequented by the likes of the Plump DJs and Easy B and the Rugged Vinyl crew.
It was only a matter of time before he took to the decks himself.
After spinning only a couple of times he was offered gigs with his deejay partner in crime Sam F at some of London's more exclusive venues eventually ending up with his first residency in a funky West London bar called Astons.
Astons was on the edge of Ladbroke Grove a famous Jamaican area that annually hosts one of the biggest street carnivals in the world. Pulling in anything from two to three million revelers over three days.
It wasn't long before Greedy Tee was part of the famous Notting Hill Carnival.
In 2005 he had his first visit to Asia, since then he has had a residency for Bed Supper Clubs little sister Sound Phuket where the likes of Martin Solvieg, Benny Benassi, Calvin Harris, LTJ Bukem, and many more have played. Tee has also warmed up for the mighty Krafty Kuts & Dynamite MC and played on the same bill as Roni Size. Currently he is making a name for himself alongside DJ Kensho and the Siam Syndicate Crew.
Tee has recently started producing his own music with jazz musician Jimmy Dejavu and he has an upcoming project with Kensho his brother in arms @ The Siam Syndicate.
To be continued.
