DJ Dextrous or just plain Dextrous is the stage name of composer, producer and DJ Errol Francis. Born and bred in North London's Stoke Newington area, at Brooke House Boy's Schoolhe associated with DJ Hype as well as Smiley and PJ from the group Shut Up and Dance, DJed at school discos, played trumpet in the brass band, and sang in the school choir. The beginning Dextrous took his DJing up a gear when he started to play at parties and small clubs way back in 1987. At around the same time he began putting his studio together, based around an Atari 520STFM, Casio HT3000 keyboard, Casio CZ-101 Synth and Yamaha TX7 Sound Module. Dex had always been into computers and other "techie" stuff, so the marriage of music and technology was always going to be a huge attraction. He released his first record in 1992, on Ruff Quality Recordings (the sister label of Shut Up and Dance Records) ent

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