Brandon Block and Alex P are legends in clubland. Notorious for their substance intake, famed for their antics and even occasionally enjoyed for their DJing, it's no surprise that they jointly won last year's Muzik magazine award for Caner Of The Year. Of the two, Brandon Block seems most willing to push his luck - he'd already won the Muzik award twice - but Alex P can certainly hold his own in the hedonism stakes.

They first met in the late eighties at Haven Stables in Ealing, where Block had a residency. They didn't see each other again until 1991 when, the story goes, Alex stole a bus from outside Pacha in Ibiza and, off his face, drove it to San Antonio where he turn up at the door of Block's apartment. Soon after, the two set up an impromptu party on the terrace - then used as the cloakroom - of the Space club. The terrace at Space has since become part of the fabric of Ibiza , much like Block and P themselves.

Since then they've always been something of a double act, although they DJ individually just as much as they do together. They released a record as Pee Zee & Blocko called Release Yourself on the shortlived Two's Company label and together have amassed a bizarre catalogue of remixes, including Mandy Smith's Just Can't Wait and rap group Black Sheep's North, South, East, West. Then there's the Friday night show on Kiss 100 FM, Peeze and Blocko's House, and the joint Ibiza residencies at pretty much every venue on the island over the years.

As DJs, they're no purists and will play anything that works on the dancefloor, which usually means full-on party anthems from the word go.

Brandon Block

Now 33, Brandon Block left school to become, amongst other things, a window dresser in Top Man and Burton . His first gig was in a pub in Harrow , working for a mobile outfit called - appropriately enough - Ecstasy Disco, but his DJ career proper began at a night called ZigZag in Ealing during the acid house explosion of the late eighties. From there he moved to Haven Stables where he ran his own Sunday nighter until 1991.

BRANDON BLOCK.

He first made his name when as part of the Flying Records gang he played at a Tuesday night session at Queens in Colnbrook. Like the other Flying DJs, Block soon began guesting nationwide on the embryonic club circuit. He made his first trip to Ibiza in 1990, beginning what would become an annual pilgrimage to the White Island .

He cemented his reputation as a party animal with FUBAR, the messiest club in London in its day, which Block co-promoted with Lisa Loud. The name is lifted from a Lethal Weapon film and translates as Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition, the perfect name for a full-on Sunday night session.

Since then Block's held residencies at Up Yer Ronson in Leeds, Seb Fontaine's Malibu Stacey night and Club For Life at the Gardening Club, London , and most recently at the newish Area venue, also in the capital.

In 1996 his lifestyle began to catch up with him and he was diagnosed with tuberculosis after visiting India the year before. He was also addicted to cocaine and was forced to withdraw from DJing for six months. There were even rumours of his death after hoax postings on the Internet.

As well as a few releases with Alex, Brandon has had success in his own right. Blockster's You Should Be went top twenty, while the follow-up Grooveline was a successful club hit with it's Matt Darey remix. Yet it was his impromptu appearance at this year's Brit awards, during which he famously scuffled with Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones on stage, that really sealed Brandon Block's reputation with the public.

Brandon Block & Alex P at a glance

Age: 33
Real name: Brandon Block
AKA: Blocko, Blockster
Appearance: Mediterranean footballer &
Other jobs: club owner, producer/remixer
DJing style: let's 'ave it!
Best known for: 'avin' it! ALEX P.
Recording pseudonyms: Blocko
Where to see/hear him: Kiss 100 FM Friday evenings
Mix albums: most anything with Ibiza on the front, including Clockwork Orange Ibiza; Club Ibiza Vols 1&2; Up Yer Ronson The Summer Of 96; Club Classics Vols 1-3; A Decade Of Ibiza 1987-1997; and several for Ministry Of Sound.
Do say: 'Fancy a line?'
Don't say: 'Time for bed, eh, chaps?'

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