On being asked about my JSteveKane alias, I explain that its a throwback to the time I created my hotmail account and the DJ personna I was thinking of using at the time. Other DJ "aliases" I have used included; "The Refresher", "The Spirit Guides ", "Deckhard", "Replicant
23" , "Steve P Tribe" , "
The Smurf" , "
Zero B5", "
Blue Five" , "
Steve Skywalker" , "Steve J. K. " , "J Steve Kane" , "J.S.K." and "Jay Ess Kay."
"JSteveKane" was a homage to the pioneering British breakbeat techno producer "JSAULKANE" who was at the forefront of early UK Hip Hop Breakbeat alongside the likes of DJ Hype and Shut up and Dance. JSAULKANE/
Depth Charge like the
Wu Tang Clan was renowned for his love of ,and overt use of samples from Kung Fu films.
Another Kane in Hip Hop was the legendary "
Big Daddy Kane" . Who was sampled in numerous Jungle/Drum and Bass tunes.
Other
Kane references within Jungle/Drum and Bass include the jungle producer "Marvellous Kane" and DJ Kane (
Essence of Chi) and my own resonances with Steve Kane at the
lazerdrome.
Kane also reminded me of the character "
Caine" from the seventies T.V. series "Kung Fu" which I loved as a kid and played by David Carradine who later stared in "Kill Bill" , which I love.
When I joined a Tai Chi/
Kung Fu school a few years later The Master called me "White Steve" to differentiate me from my
double "Black Steve" (and from Chinese Steve) , this alias is used to this day. Soon after my teacher opened his Temple in Old Street,I got a job in a nearby call centre.There I was nicknamed "Kung Fu Vicar" due to the second hand grey suit I wore and my interest in Kung Fu.
Since I began playing Capoeira I've had a few nicknames "
Judas" for betraying my Master (East London Capoeira/Senzala), "Alfinette" (Vitoria de Conquista ), "Garibu" (
Marrom Capoeira), "Estive" / "Steve Austin" / "Courigitto" / "
Korujito" / "Courigitto-Sonhador" / "Monitor Steve" (Capoeira Angola Palmares)
Since moving back to Bristol I've been "Estive Palmares" / "
Stevie Palmares / "Stevie P ".
Estive/Stevie P resonates Stevie Pamares,
ESP , Steve P Tribe and
Steve Parker .
Recently I had a dream in which I declared my name as "Steve Ingles".
Other "J"s evoked are ,
Jaguar, Jesus, Jupiter, Jezedi , Judoka, Jigoro
Kano and Jedi Knights.
On the
Jedi tip as well as "Steve Skywalker" I was "Blue 5" and "Zero B5".
Steve
Grey resonates; Grey
Wolf , Gandalf the Grey , Grey aliens, and 50 shades of corporate success & anonymity.
Stephen G resonates Stephen Grant (Moonknight) and Stephen Gerrard the footballer. In different moments I have thought about buying replica England shirts with Stevie
G and Kane on the back.
At school my nicknames were not cool and kind of cruel the earliest being "Joe 90", I've always been a slim character and I remember the ridicule of being called an "Ethiopian" ,a "Bean Pole" and a "
Leper"
My skater friends in Bristol called me "Fiddler" along with my two brothers because my mum played the violin so collectively we were the "fiddlers three".
At Uni I was called "Bad Luck Steve" for a while after I passed out behind a sofa at the student union bar after too many drinks on my birthday. They didn't see me at closing time so I was locked in. I came round at about 3am and set off the fire alarm. I had to be released by the night guard.
I was called "
maggot" while at university by a friend who paid her tuition fees with money earned as a dominatrix.
After University I worked as a counsellor on a American summer camp in the early nineties where I was nicknamed "Waldo" after the character in the "Where's Waldo/Wally" books.
So who is the real me? maybe they all are different parts of me ? And when I first started this post I had just gained another ;-)
DAD
