HOSPITAL RECORDS co-founder and CEO TONY COLMAN reveals exclusively to ROAR about his decision to step down after a difficult last year, in part 2 of our exclusive mega-interview. Some 12 months after the label was caught in a storm of allegations of racism, Tony – AKA DJ and producer LONDON ELEKTRICITY explains he wants to focus on performing and producing as he moves into his sixties.

Beginning with a discussion about how his label’s rise coincided with New Labour’s landslide 1997 General Election win – which was set to the sound-track of D:Ream’s Things Can Only Get Better – and ‘Cool Britannia’, he admits the sometimes moody jungle scene came close to being toppled by garage.

But instead of that happening, Tony states his belief that garage actually saved drum and bass by removing some of what he saw as the troublesome and violent elements. He also recalls his highs and lows of his DJing career – including one set where he was too drunk to play, which saw him stop drinking before performing – and talks about the thrill he gets from giving opportunities to new acts.

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In the final part, coming FRIDAY, Tony will exclusively address for the first time in an interview those allegations of racism from last Summer. So please stay right to the end of the interview, because it’s not one to miss!

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