I've always tried to use the press as cleverly as possible and I always totally benifited from it (until this last episode). Why do you think I've been writing underground articles for the last ten years?!!! It's a way to get your point across to thousands of people who wouldn't normally come to see your DJ set or buy your records.

The key is control. I'm totally convinced of this. I've had control in the past mainly because I've been writing the very same magazine, but this time it could have gone alot better. We all didn't talk about what we were going to say beforehand. Hardstyle is so new and young that they got hold of it before anyone had a chance to discuss it and agree the goalposts.

To be honest, I'll give some advice to anyone else who ever gets approached by press. Do the interview if you want to - there's nothing wrong with getting your point across - PROVIDING you get to see it before it goes to print and both sides agreee that if you're not happy you can change it. Jounalists change things and if they have a free reign they WILL change the story into something that sells if they are that way inclined. In this instance NOBODY said anything about seeing the finished article to Mixmag. As far as I'm aware, it was only once I got cold feet that it was even an issue that we should see the finished article. But then, by the time we saw it - it was too late. See my point????

Hey Tobe and Ginge, you're not to blame for this misconception of the truth. Neither is anyone who got involved... We should all be allowed to say what we want to say to the General Public about our scene. The fact is, the UK national press CAN be devious - you didn't know this and I had so little time to talk to you about it that it just rolled along and happened. At the moment, Mixmag needs to be to sell mags. Thus it created a story that wasn't there. Therefore we were slightly ****ed up the ass. Big deal - take it like a bitch, learn your lesson and continue knowing that there might be an even bigger, harder meat sandwich waiting for you around the corner.

Shame, but if anything, we're all gonna be very careful for the future, we've learnt our lessons, and shouldn't be afraid to all get in touch and talk about it if anything else develops.