MC Magika

MC Magika, sometimes credited as M•A•G•I•K•A, is a British MC, music producer and rave promoter.^[1] He has been regularly featured on the UK breakbeat compilation Dreamscape series, and on the mega-hit dance music compilation Dancemania's Speed sub-series. He is also well known for being the former MC for DJ Carl Cox.^[2]

Career

Born in Birmingham, England,^[2] he started MCing in around 1989 at a club located in Birmingham.^[3] He later met with Carl Cox and performed with the DJ for 5 years during the early 1990s.^[4][5]

His first appearance on the Dreamscape series was on the 1993 issue, Dreamscape 6, where the crews included Slipmatt, Dougal, Dave Angel, LTJ Bukem, Carl Cox and MC Conrad.^[6] He appeared on a total of 7 issues of the series, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 22, 24, in the 20th century.^[2]

In 1999 he made his first Dancemania appearance on the third issue of the Speed series with his track "Flashdance (What A Feeling)".^[7] He made a number of appearances on the Speed series and its sub-series albums including Classical Speed in the early 2000s. Many of his tracks on the series were co-recorded with fellow British DJ Kambel.^[2]

Discography

Singles

• Flashdance (What a Feeling) (1996)
• Hardhouse Raver (2002) - with Mutant DJ

Albums

• The Old Skool Masters Round 2: Ratpack V Magika Presenting Blackmagic (1998) - with Ratpack
• Candy Raveparty Vol. 1 (2001) - with DJ Horn
• Candy Raveparty Vol. 2 (2002) - with KengKeng

Appearances

Dreamscape

• 6 (1993)
• 7 (1993)
• 8 (1994)
• 10(1994)
• 11 (1994)

  12   (1994)

• 14 (1994)
• 22 (1996)
• 24 (1997)

	"Dream State (Spaceman)" "Dream State (Spaceman)" by DJ Kambel vs. MC Magika, the closing track on Dancemania Speed 7
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Dancemania

• Speed : 3 (1999), 6 (2001), 7 (2001), 8 (2002), 9 (2002), 10 (2002)

Classical Speed : 1 (2002)

Speed G : 1 (2003)

Best of Hardcore (2003)

Others

• Happy Daze (1996)
• Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX Original Soundtrack (2000)
• Hardcore Underground (2006)
• X Years of Hellhouse (2009)
• In Full Effect - The Mix Tapes (1995)
• The Payback (1996)
• Capital Punishment (1997)
• Helter Skelter Imagination NYE 1996/1997 (1997)
• Black Magik (1998)
• Helter Skelter 10 Legendary Years Hardcore (2001)
• Banginglobe Anthem (2002)
• Dance Valley 2002 - Hard Dance Edition (2002)
• The Sound of Don Diablo (2002)
• Torture Garden vs. Fallen Angel (2002)
• Hard Kandy - International Series Vol 1 (2004)
• The Legend of Hellhouse #02 (2004)
• X Bass (2004)
• Black Magic - Hard Trance Anthems (2005)
• Blutonium Presents Hardstyle Vol. 5 (2005)
• Hardbass Generation (2005)
• Hardcore Underground (2006)
• Pharmacy Volume 3: Down with the Sickness (2006)
• X Years of Hellhouse (2009)

References

1. Back To The Oldskool, MC Magika Interview
2. Discogs, MC Magika,
3. Obsession, MC Magika Profile
4. Fantazia, MC Magika - Fantazia Exclusive Interview 2005
5. MC Magika, Official MySpace
6. Discogs, Dreamscape VI
7. Discogs, Dancemania Speed 3