MC Magika
{{Short description|British record producer}}
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| genre = house, hardcore, techno, jungle, drum and bass
| occupation = MC, music producer, promoter
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| associated_acts = Carl Cox
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Aimran Majid (born 1974 or 1975), more commonly known as MC Magika, is a British MC, music producer and rave promoter.Back To The Oldskool, [http://backtotheoldskool.co.uk/index.php/scene/interviews/16-mc-magika-interview?fontstyle=f-smaller MC Magika Interview] He was regularly featured at many of the big UK raves in the mid to late 1990s including Dreamscape, Helter Skelter, Fantazia,[http://www.fantazia.org.uk/DJs/magika.htm MC Magika - Fantazia Exclusive Interview 2005] and on the dance music compilation Dancemania Speed sub-series. He is also known for being the MC for DJ Carl Cox, over several years from the early 1990s.Obsession, [http://www.obsession.org.uk/dj/magika.htm MC Magika Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717022147/http://www.obsession.org.uk/dj/magika.htm |date=2011-07-17 }}{{cite news |last1=Eede |first1=Christian |title='90s UK rave MC Magika shares history of the scene in new book, Make Some Noize |url=https://djmag.com/news/90s-uk-rave-mc-magika-shares-history-scene-new-book-make-some-noize |access-date=15 April 2024 |work=DJ Mag |date=28 April 2021}} Magika has presented on MTV Dance, hosted radio shows, and in 2022 started a martial arts academy in Stirchley, Birmingham.{{cite news |last1=Whitehurst |first1=Andrew |title=CARL COX TAKES IT OLD SKOOL - DJ Mag |url=https://djmag.com/content/carl-cox-takes-it-old-skool |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=DJ Mag |date=21 January 2015}}
Discography
=Singles=
- "Flashdance (What a Feeling)" (1996)
- "Hardhouse Raver" (2002) - with Mutant DJ
=Albums=
- The Old Skool Masters Round 2: Ratpack V Magika Presenting Blackmagic (1998) - with Ratpack{{cite web |title=THE OLD SKOOL MASTERS - RATPACK V MAGIKA – VARIOUS ARTISTS - Official Charts |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/various-artists-the-old-skool-masters-ratpack-v-magika/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=15 April 2024}}
- Candy Raveparty Vol. 1 (2001) - with DJ Horn
- Candy Raveparty Vol. 2 (2002) - with KengKeng
=Appearances=
==''Dreamscape''==
- 6 (1993)
- 7 (1993)
- 8 (1994)
- 10(1994)
- 11 (1994)
- 12 (1994)
- 14 (1994)
- 22 (1996)
- 24 (1997)
==''Dancemania''==
- Speed : 3 (1999), 6 (2001), 7 (2001), 8 (2002), 9 (2002), 10 (2002)
:Classical Speed : 1 (2002)
:Speed G : 1 (2003)
:Best of Hardcore (2003)
==Others==
- Happy Daze (1996)
- Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX Original Soundtrack (2000)
- Hardcore Underground (2006)
- X Years of Hellhouse (2009)
- In Full Effect - The Mix Tapes (1995)
- The Payback (1996)
- Capital Punishment (1997)
- Helter Skelter Imagination NYE 1996/1997 (1997)
- Black Magik (1998)
- Helter Skelter 10 Legendary Years Hardcore (2001)
- Banginglobe Anthem (2002)
- Dance Valley 2002 - Hard Dance Edition (2002)
- The Sound of Don Diablo (2002)
- Torture Garden vs. Fallen Angel (2002)
- Hard Kandy - International Series Vol 1 (2004)
- The Legend of Hellhouse #02 (2004)
- X Bass (2004)
- Black Magic - Hard Trance Anthems (2005)
- Blutonium Presents Hardstyle Vol. 5 (2005)
- Hardbass Generation (2005)
- Hardcore Underground (2006)
- Pharmacy Volume 3: Down with the Sickness (2006)
- X Years of Hellhouse (2009)
References
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External links
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- {{AllMusic}}
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Category:English record producers