Ruff Intelligence bio:
Born: 1974
Henry Hopson was born in Cobham, Surrey to a well-off family and enjoyed his sheltered life up until the age of 14. His parents were classical and jazz enthusiasts and Henry followed suit with regular saxophone and violin lessons at his private school until a messy divorce separated the family and Hopson had no other choice than to attend a public school close to his mother’s house in leatherhead. Hopson experienced a drastic change in his school life going from a ‘straight A’ student to bunking lessons and smoking cannabis. Hopson kept his love for classical instruments and proceeded to teach himself saxophone and violin. Hopson was with a new crowd of friends at his public school and was soon influenced into ‘mixing’ jungle and drum and bass, Hopson took to mixing like a duck in water and was admired by his friends for his skill. Hopson religiously bought and mixed new vinyl’s within the genres of reggae, drum and bass and jungle and his practice soon paid off with regular nights at local clubs in and around Surrey. It took Hopson until the age of 23 to turn to the production side of music but when he finally did he brought with him his classical roots, the contrast of the genres was loved by the small crowd that followed him and tunes such as ‘sax n ting’ brought him the notoriety he holds today.
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