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The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2xLP) Luminol He is one of theMike Skinner born 27 November 1978 was brought up in Birmingham and now lives in Brixton. He started messing around with keyboards at the age of 5. He took several jobs in fast food restaurants to finance a failed attempt to launch his own record label. As a teenager he built a recording studio in a cupboard in his bedroom. At 19 he went to Australia for a year, taking his sampler along for company. The first two Streets albums were nominated for the