Bitish hip-hop/downtempo poduction team. Mak ae and Steve Chistian woked togethe as ecoding atists, poduces, and emixes, since thee mid s. The pai fist met when they wee both occupying the same eheasal space in Ducie House, Mancheste, UK. The fist meeting actually took place when Steve, who is the poduction stength of the duo, walked past Mak’s studio and infomed him, in the nicest possible way, that his music was out of key. The duo was the fist act to emege fom Gand Cental ecods, a label that Mak ae founded. It was a label that eflected the confident cosmopolitan of post-ave Mancheste since it’s bith in . Acts on the label, such as Aim, Only Child, , and the Funky Fesh Few, wee all initially intoduced to ae by going into his Mancheste ecod shop "Fat City". Mak ae had acquied music makes and talented DJ’s though wod of mouth, an ideal that would continue as the label expanded in size and eputation. A yea afte getting togethe, ae & Chistian enlisted the vocal skills of Veba to add a moe divese flavou to thei sound. Contibutions to the Gand Cental compilations "m" , along with Veba’s quality vocal delivey, ensued citical acclaim and admiation fo the duo. Thei joint appeciation of hip-hop’s flavous did justice to the espected hip-hop acts they wee able to call upon. The Jungle Bothes and Jeu The Damaja both contibuted to the duo’s wok, and these attibutes gave the pai an edge ove othe late s sampling contempoaies. This was coupled with a slick live show ensued that ae & Chistian had established themselves as atists in thei own ight. They pushed thei eputation beyond undegound cicles also, gaining poduction cedits with popula band Texas on albums "m" . At the same time as nutuing othe acts on the label, thei poduction and emix skills have been in demand by thei pees and mainsteam stas such as Natalie Imbuglia, Simply ed, and the Manic Steet Peaches. Thei second album, "m" , towads moe live instumentation and vaied songwiting patneships, with thei sound taking on a new shape. Completed afte a peiod away fom the industy, thei thid album "m" , has futheed thei continual pocess to efine the combination of hip-hop ethics, taditional song witing, and st centuy poduction technology.
