U:Move

By Steve Thorell

Who has the biggest Bass?  In 1988 Michael Hampton aka DJ Magic Mike started dropping some of the biggest bass music releases the planet has ever felt.  Throughout the 90’s if you had a 15” subwoofer in your car, chances are you owned one of his tapes or CDs.

Collectively, his releases have sold over 5 million copies world-wide. His first album, released in 1989 DJ Magic Mike and Royal Posse sold over a million copies reaching platinum status. “We didn’t find out the first album went platinum until after the second album was certified gold in 1993. We had no idea the record sold that many copies, up until then our mission was to just make records and enjoy life”

Throughout the 90’s Mike and his crew continued to push the sound of Miami Bass even further. In 2000, James Lavelle’s highly respected Mo’Wax records put out a series of three EPs called The Journey (Era of Bass Vol.1).  This eventually led to a european tour consisting of Mike and Dj Assault, another lover and producer of bass tinged electro madness.

“We were supposed to release Era of Bass Volume 2, but they lost distribution with Polygram and that was it, it was never released. It’s still sitting at my house.”

Continuing to evolve as a producer, Mike began to collaborate with long time Florida breaks pioneers like DJ Fixx, Infinity and Dynamix.  His original work still persevered the test of time though, as displayed by Miami native Dj Craze dropping the classic “Magic Mike cuts the Record” on Fabric Live 38.

Mike currently travels the country rockin’ clubs and parties alike on Saturdays. He also holds a seven year long Friday night residency in his hometown at the downtown Orlando nightclub, Antiqua.  “I incorporate of a lot of my older tracks in my sets”.  “My sound is techy with an old-school flare”.  Mike sites Axwell & Ingrosso as his favorite producers right now and is really feeling the house tracks coming out of Sweden.

With over two decades of experience, Mike knows how to rock the spot.  Whether it’s banging out some gritty electro or shaking some walls with his signature bass, Mike definitely still has the Magic.