DJ Smiley's influence in Rave music comes from venues like Raindance Fantazia Eurodance Rezerection The Warehouse an Hanger 13. He also had influence following the likes of SL2 the Prodigy and Ellis Dee. His biggest influence was a DJ called Slipmatt who inspired him to get a set of Decks back in 1992. DJ Smiley has been in the game for over 2 decades practising and perfecting his style he has never stopped . His attention to detail the fluency of his mixes his wizardry using 4 decks his scratching skills are second to none. He is thee original old skool DJ... Slipmatt says his style an movement on the decks are simply amazing.