Si Begg (born 1972) is an English electronic dance music DJ, musician and record producer. His recording career began in 1993 and he has used a number of different pseudonyms and band names, and released music in different styles on several record labels.
Begg initially gained experience working as a sound engineer in the early 1990s, helping to produce live music and studio albums for other artists, and began DJing in 1991. He began creating his own music in 1993, and a year later, released 3 EPs with techno artist and fellow Cabbage Head alumni Cristian Vogel, under the band name "Inevitable Technology".
He moved to London in the 1990s, where he met Jonathan More and Matt Black of Coldcut through the local music scene. Begg's works as Cabbage Boy were subsequently released on their Ninja Tune sub-label, Ntone. Begg released his solo debut album ‘Commuter World’ on Caipirinha Productions in 1998. He continued to release 12" singles on a variety of small independent record labels (including his own).
In 2001, he released ‘The Mission Statement’ on the Mute Records subsidiary Novamute, going by the name of as S. I. Futures. This was followed by another Si Begg album, ‘Director's Cut’ (2003).
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Links to Peel[]
Si Begg’s official online biographies place John Peel high on the list of leading figures who have supported the musician and producer in his career.[1] [2] Begg himself has also cited Peel’s “amazing radio show” as an invaluable source of music during his formative years:
”Growing up in a small town in the middle of England there were not many places you could hear electronic music so his show was a godsend for getting to hear all types of alternative music.”[3]
In late 2004, the cover of the official release of Begg's third and final Peel session, after two live DJ sets from Maida Vale, included the following message:
"We received the test pressings for this EP the day before John Peel died. He will be sorely missed by music lovers everywhere."[4]
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- None
Sessions[]
SI BEGG John Peel 20th August 2003
Three sessions. #3 released as John Peel Session 003 12", 2004 (Noodles Recordings NOODRAD1)
1. (billed as Buckfunk 3000) Live from Maida Vale 29 September 1998.
- Untitled / Untitled 2
2. (as SI Futures) Live at Maida Vale 14 November 2001.
- Intro / This Is The Way / I Like That (Brand New) / We Are Not A Rock Band / Eurostar / Freestyle Disco / I'm The Bomb
3. Recorded 2003-08-03 - 2003-09-12 (own studio). First broadcast 16 September 2003.
- U R D Best / Gerbil Trouble / Tigon And Ligers / Entertainment
Other Shows Played[]
- Si Begg
- 01 December 1996: Not Of Your World (12" - Opus EP) Tresor
- 19 December 1996 (BBC World Service): Four Or Not (12" - Opus EP) Tresor
- 28 December 1996: Four Or Not (12 inch EP-Opus) Tresor
- 24 September 1998 (& Stereolab): Chinese Whispers (CD - Chinese Whispers) Sprawl Imprint
- 31 May 2001: New & Different Experiment (LP - The Complete Death Of Cool) Leaf
- 14 June 2001: I Can't Take It (LP: Botchit Breaks 4) Botchit & Scarper Records
- 24 October 2002: You Ain't Got This Shit In Yo Crate (7") Howlin' (Wrong Speed Moment)
- 01 May 2003: Move Up (EP - Move Up) Novamute
- 08 May 2003 (Radio Eins): Move Up (12")
- 14 May 2003: Move Up - Club Mix- (12") NovaMute
- 20 May 2003: England (LP- Director's Cut) Novamute
- Buckfunk 3000
- 15 January 1998: March Of The Cybermen (CD - First Class Ticket To Telos) Language
- 20 January 1998: Panic Button (album - First Class Ticket To Telos) Language
- 29 January 1998: Funkbwithu (LP - First Class Ticket To Telos) Language / Crammed Discs
- 29 January 1998 (BFBS): Panic Button (2xLP-First Class Ticket To Telos) Language
- 30 September 2001 (BBC World Service): Disrupt (12" - Jump & Disrupt) Fuel
- Cabbage Boy
- 11 August 1999: Hey Hey We're The Monks (12"-Molecular Millionaires) Ntone
- 19 August 1999 (Radio Eins): Hey Hey We're The Monks (12" EP-Molecular Millionaires) Ntone
- 10 October 1999 (BFBS): Hey Hey We're The Monks (12" EP-Molecular Millionaires) Ntone
- 04 November 1999 (Radio Eins): Dub Salsa
- 11 November 1999 (Radio Eins): Dub Salsa
- S.I. Futures
- 15 August 2001: The News (LP - The Mission Statement) NovaMute
- 21 August 2001: Assault On Precinct 14 (LP - The Mission Statement) NovaMute
- 30 August 2001: Freestyle Disco (LP - The Mission Statement) NovaMute
- 27 September 2001 (Radio Eins): The Assault On Precinct 14 (album - The Mission Statement) NovaMute
- 04 October 2001 (Radio Eins): Freestyle Disco (album - The Mission Statement)
- 13 November 2001 Freestyle Disco (12” single) NovaMute
- 29 November 2001 (Radio Eins): Freestyle Disco (12")
- 15 January 2002: Freestyle Disco (unknown) Mute Records (JP chat in Groningen with Si Begg (aka S.I. Futures), who played last night.)
See Also[]
- Record Collection: C: 'Genetically Modified' by Cabbageboy
- Maida Vale: Live Sessions