Started out attending acid house/warehouse party's in 1989 in England, where his music tastes drifted away from Hip Hop into acid house --> techno --> Belgium & European techno/rave then into early Dutch gabber. Got his first set of decks in 1992 and in 1993 Smurf had his first gig in New Years Eve 1992 in Walkers, Newcastle but got his major break in 1994 playing at Judgment Day 4 in Whitley Bay (near Newcastle), Djing alongside his hero, Lenny Dee.