Stakka

:(This page includes Stakka's Drum And Bass group called Militia. For the techno act of the same name, see Militia(2)).
Stakka (real name: Shaun Morris) is a Brighton UK drum & bass DJ, producer, composer, owner of Underfire, currently based in Brooklyn, NY.
He started making music in 1988. Around 1992 he started working on music together with some friends, Rob Lennon and K-Tee, on an Amiga computer. Some years later, Stakka and K-Tee had their first professional release, Ruffneck Ragga, in 1994. 
Around 1996 Stakka met Skynet (real name: Nathan Vinall), and helped him in his studio between sessions with K-Tee. By 1997, they had made Underfire Recordings and Audio Blueprint, two labels as an outlet for their work, with K-Tee, Skinny, and Friction joining them. From 1997 to 2002, Stakka and Skynet worked together and ran the labels, releasing 41 Extended Plays and 3 Albums, Voyager, Blazin, and Clockwork. In 2001 they moved to Seattle, in the States. A year later the two friends separated as they decided to part ways. Skynet returned to Brighton, while Stakka went to New York.
Stakka created Cargo Industries in 2003, with his friends K. Tee, Friction, and Skinny, who are working under the collective name The Militia. 
He also worked with DB under the collective name Ror-Shak.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played many records from Stakka, especially his solo material, as well as his collaboration with Skynet under various pseudonym names. Both Skynet and Stakka did a session working together for Peel's show in 2001. 
==Festive Fifty Entries==
;Kraken (Ali Ash, Nathan Vinall, Shaun Morris)
*1999 Festive Fifty: Side Effects #26
==Sessions==
;thumb|220x220pxStakka & Skynet
1. Recorded live from Maida Vale: 2001-05-23. First Broadcast: 23 May 2001
*Drum 'n' Bass DJ set
==Other Shows Played==
;Stakka & K.Tee (Keir Tyrer, Shaun Morris)
*24 July 1997: Andromeda (12" - Mainline / Andromeda) Liftin' Spirits
*15 February 2000: Synthesis (remix) (double 12” – The Blazin Remix EP) Underfire
*28 November 2000: Rubber Bullet (split 12" with Kemal & Paul Reset - Kontempt / Rubber Bullet) Underfire 
*30 November 2000 (Radio Eins): Rubber Bullet (split 12" with Kemal & Paul Reset - Kontempt / Rubber Bullet) Underfire 
*04 February 2003: 'Echo Chamber (Split-12" with Militia)' (Cargo Industries)
;Spy (Nathan Vinall, Shaun Morris)
*20 January 1998: System Error (12" - The Way) Underfire 
*03 March 1998: The Way (12 inch - The Way ) Underfire
*16 December 1999 (Radio Eins): 'Z-Plane (Compilation 12"-The Infantry E.P.)' (Underfire)
*25 January 2000: 'Z-Plane (Compilation 12"-The Infantry E.P.)' (Underfire)
*21 December 2000 (Radio Eins): 'Z-Plane (Compilation 12"-The Infantry E.P.)' (Underfire)
;thumb|220x220pxKraken (Ali Ash, Nathan Vinall, Shaun Morris)
*01 June 1999: (Son Tom has given JP the first 'Tom's Tip' for a couple of years - and the record follows) 'Side Effects (12 inch - Blazin Sampler )’ Underfire
*June 1999 (FSK): Side Effects (v/a CD - Blazin (Dangerous Drum & Bass)) Underfire
*10 June 1999: Analogue Spikes (LP - Blazin) Underfire
*17 June 1999 (Radio Eins): Analogue Spikes (LP - Blazin) Underfire
*09 December 1999: 'Meatball (Compilation 12"-The Infantry E.P.)' (Underfire)
*13 December 1999 (BFBS): 'Meatball (2x Compilation 12"-The Infantry E.P.)' (Underfire)
*28 December 1999: 'Side Effects (Compilation LP-Blazin')' (Underfire) FF #26
*13 January 2000: 'Meatball (2x7 inch EP-The Infantry)' (Underfire)
*27 January 2000 (Radio Eins): 'Meatball (2x7 inch EP-The Infantry)' (Underfire)
*17 February 2000: Spinal Chord (Underfire)
*09 March 2000: 'Spinal Cord (12"-The Blazin' Remix E.P.)' (Underfire)
*29 November 2000: Dominion (shared 12" with Arkane) Zero G
*30 November 2000 (Radio Eins): Dominion (12 inch) Zero Gravity
*20 December 2000: Dominion (12 inch) Zero Gravity
*December 2000 (FSK): Dominion (12 inch) Zero Gravity
*23 January 2001: Side Effects (shared 2x12" with Stakka & Skynet - Clockwork) Underfire
*31 January 2001: Dominion (shared 12" with Arkane - Dominion / Neuro) Zero G
;Hard Evidence (Jim Sullivan, Nathan Vinall, Rich Scott, Shaun Morris)
*09 June 1999: Mindfield (LP – Blazing) Underfire
;Profound Noize (Nathan Vinall, Shaun Morris)
*22 June 1999: Luminous (v/a LP: Blazin (Dangerous Drum & Bass)) Underfire
*24 June 1999 (Radio Eins): Nu Level (v/a LP - Blazin (Dangerous Drum & Bass)) Underfire
;Stakka & Skynet (Nathan Vinall, Shaun Morris)
*22 February 2000: 'Nu-Level (Remix)' (EP 'Blazing Remix') Underfire
*February 2000 (FSK): Nu-Level (Remix) (v/a 2x12" - The Blazin Remix E.P.) Underfire
*01 November 2000: Knight Lore (12") Underfire
*30 November 2000: Molecular (12" - Pathogen) Audio Blueprint 
*18 January 2001: Decoy (12 inch) Underfire 
*24 January 2001: Knight Lore (12" - Knight Lore / Global Report) Underfire
*January 2001 (FSK): Knight Lore (12" - Knight Lore / Global Report) Underfire
*02 May 2001: 'Decoy (LP-Clockwork)' (Underfire)
*09 May 2001: Bios Fear (v/a album - Skynet & Stakka Mix) Knowledge Magazine
*15 May 2001: Isolation (LP – Clockwork) Underfire
*17 May 2001: Clockwork (LP - Clockwork) Underfire Records
*22 May 2001: Straight Jacket () Underfire Records
*24 May 2001 (Radio Eins): Isolation (LP – Clockwork) Underfire
*30 May 2001: Altitude (LP - Clockwork) Underfire
*31 May 2001: Timelines (CD - Clockwork) Underfire 
*31 May 2001 (Radio Eins): Straight Jacket (CD - Clockwork) Underfire
*07 June 2001 (Radio Eins): Altitude (LP - Clockwork) Underfire
*20 June 2001: Altitude (LP - Clockwork) Underfire
*21 June 2001: Night Lore (John Peel's Live Set)
*26 June 2001: Decoy (CD - Clockwork) Underfire
*28 June 2001 (Radio Eins): Decoy (CD - Clockwork) Underfire
*03 July 2002: Faultline (12") Zero Gravity
*07 May 2003: Metalaw (Various Artists 12" - Clockwork EP) Underfire
*15 May 2003: Black Monday (3x12" - The Remix EP) Underfire
;Militia (Ali Ash, Ed Keeley, Keir Tyrer, Shaun Morris)
*26 February 2003: 'Music For The Masses' (EP: Music For The Masses E.P.) Charge
*05 March 2003: 'You And I Know (EP- Music For The Masses)' (Charge)
*05 March 2003 (Radio Mafia): You And I Know (2x12" - Music For The Masses) Charge
*06 March 2003 (BBC World Service): Music For The Masses (2x12" - Music For The Masses EP) Charge
*06 March 2003 (Radio Eins): Music For The Masses (2x12" - Music For The Masses EP) Charge
*13 March 2003 (Radio Eins): You & I know (12" - Music For The Masses EP) Charge
*18 March 2003: You And I Know (EP: Music For The Masses) Charge
;Stakka
*29 May 2002: Strange Daze (12” single) Zero Gravity
*06 June 2002 (Radio Eins): Strange Daze (12” single) Zero Gravity
*13 June 2002 (Radio Eins): Strange Daze (12” single) Zero Gravity
*03 June 2003: 'In-Transit (12")' (Cargo Industries)
*13 June 2003 (BBC World Service): 'In-Transit (12")' (Cargo Industries)
*June 2003 (FSK): In-Transit (12" - In-Transit / Junkyard) Cargo Industries
*20 August 2003: 'In-Transit (12")' (Cargo Industries)
==See Also==
*November 2000 (Peel's Record Box) (Stakka & K-Tee, Skynet & Stakka, Kraken)
*December 2000 (Peel's Record Box) (Kraken)
*May 2001 (Peel's Record Box) (Stakka & Skynet)
*July 2002 (Peel's Record Box) (Stakka & Skynet)
*March 2003 (Peel's Record Box) (Militia)
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