"Hill was an Essex-born, working-class DJ who loved Black music so much he made it his mission to bring it to the pubs, clubs, airwaves, pop charts and record shops of England by any means necessary. He started out in the 1960s trading blues records and landed a residency in 1967 playing jazz at The Orsett Cock in Essex; later came a soul residency at the Goldmine nightclub on Canvey Island, Essex,"
"Along the way, he formed the Funk Mafia, a group of DJs including Greg Edwards, DJ Froggy, Jeff Young and a young Pete Tong, appeared on the pirate Radio Invicta 92.4 FM, and co-founded the Ensign label with Nigel Grainge, where he signed O'Connor, the Boomtown Rats, Eddy Grant and many more. When I was a 15-year-old funkateer, Hill meant the world to me."
Chris Hill was an Essex-born, working-class DJ who championed Black music across English pubs, nightclubs, pirate radio and the pop charts. He began trading blues in the 1960s, held residencies at The Orsett Cock, the Goldmine and the Lacy Lady, and headlined the Caister Soul Weekender. He founded the Funk Mafia collective, broadcast on Radio Invicta, and co-founded Ensign Records, signing artists including Sinead O'Connor, the Boomtown Rats and Eddy Grant. He promoted inclusive, multiracial club spaces, broke genre boundaries, and influenced DJ culture, fashion and audience engagement, shaping generations of clubgoers and musical tastes.
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