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‘Someone compared it to Bohemian Rhapsody’: Wookie on making UK garage classic Battle

‘We added a level of sophistication to garage. When we were trying to get it on the radio, one station said it was too intelligent and they wouldn’t play it’

At the time, some people believed that I had copied a dubplate by [UK garage figure] DJ EZ. Jason Chue, AKA Wookie, was knocking about in jungle, drum’n’bass, trying to siphon off that whole energy and then putting songs to it.I remember him saying about Battle: “I’ve done something strange with the intro.” I was like: “No, just play it.” He was almost apologising for it – but it was like a godsend. One guy had a Maserati and blew out his speakers playing it People call Battle a gospel song.

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