Greg Packer began DJing in 1989 at the age of 17 shortly after emigrating to Perth from Northampton, England. He had been a heavy collector of vinyl since 1982, and since he already had a collection of 1000+ he decided it was time to purchase some decks and get seriously into DJing. The music he was collecting was mainly hip hop, electro, soul, funk and a bit of reggae and dub. In late 1990 he was taken to a club in Perth called Limbo’s and heard a DJ, Dave Jackson, spin some early house, breaks and techno. It opened his mind to the dance music and by the end of 1990 he’d started playing in clubs. By ‘91 he had won the WA DMC Mixing Championships, which boosted him straight onto the rave and club scene. He continued to play the rave and club circuit until 1994, then took a year away from Perth and returned to the UK to play alongside DJs such as Carl Cox, Slipmatt and Seduction. By 1995, when he returned to Perth, he decided to drop the happy hardcore side of things and concentrate 100% on jungle and dnb, which was always his first love. In 1999, after 10 years of DJing and playing other people’s music, it was time to set up a studio and get into making his own. By 2001 he had his first official release on Hardleaders, and he’s continued to release music since then on labels such as Good Looking, Renegade, 31 Records, Defunked, Phuturistic Bluez, New Identity, Tangent, Fokuz and Interphase. In 2003 and 2004 he took another break from Perth and based himself in the UK, where he toured the UK & Europe playing at The End, Herbal, and all over Europe including Paris, Slovenia and Estonia.

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