Loftgroover aka Tony Loft was born in Stamford Brook, London on the 5th July 1965. He went to Kennington Boys School, in Camberwell. After leaving school he did various jobs ranging from making cane furniture to working as a warehouseman and shop floor attendant at a Tesco's Supermarket. In DJ Loftgroover's spare time he would buy lots of records to listen to, a friend bought a pair of decks and they jointly decided to "try out this mixing thing", and that is how he learnt to DJ.