Editing Krust (section)

===Early career===
Inspired by Bristol's [[The Wild Bunch (sound system)|Wild Bunch]] collective <ref>THE WILD BUNCH – New Book Tells The Story Of Massive Attack, Trip Hop And The Influential 'Bristol Scene', by Matt Catchpole | Posted on 09/02/2018 https://essentiallypop.com/epop/2018/02/the-wild-bunch-new-book-tells-the-story-of-massive-attack-trip-hop-and-the-influential-bristol-scene/</ref>  (which comprised members of [[Massive Attack]]) Krust's brother Flynn approached Bristol [[roots reggae]] and sound system [[dub music]] influenced producer [[Rob Smith (British musician)|Rob Smith]] with an idea for song which later became "Wishing on a Star";<ref>{{Citation|last=FF 4|title=Rob Smith. The making of Wishing on a Star|date=21 January 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VXk88DSi-4&t=14s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/6VXk88DSi-4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=30 August 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> a cover of the song by Billie Calvin, that sampled Faze O's "Riding High" and [[James Brown]]'s "[[Funky Drummer]]" break.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/Fresh-4/Wishing-on-a-Star/|title=Wishing on a Star by Fresh 4 feat. Lizz E on WhoSampled|website=WhoSampled|access-date=30 August 2018}}</ref> The song featured Lizz E on vocals and charted at number 10 in the UK official charts on 7 October 1989.<ref name="officialcharts.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26319/fresh-4-featuring-lizz-e/|title=FRESH 4 FEAT. LIZZ E {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|access-date=30 August 2018}}</ref> It was the highest-charting release to come from the musical movement often referred to as the Bristol scene until Portishead charted at number eight with "All Mine" in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30605/portishead/|title=PORTISHEAD {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|access-date=30 August 2018}}</ref>

Fresh 4 released a follow-up single "Release Yourself" in July 1990. It charted at 81.<ref name="officialcharts.com"/> The band signed an album deal with [[Virgin Records]] and worked regularly in London for two years to work on an album but left the label due to artistic differences.<ref name=":4" /> The album was eventually released in 2015 as ''The Lost Tapes'' on Bristol Archive Records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bristolarchiverecords.com/blog/tag/fresh-4/|title=Bristol Archive Records » fresh 4|website=bristolarchiverecords.com|access-date=30 August 2018}}</ref>

In 1992 Fresh 4 disbanded as a group and returned to Bristol. Krust continued to work on music while attending [[rave]]s in the UK southwest region. He released two studio productions during this time with Flynn and Suv under the name Hocus Pocus. These early hardcore tracks were released on Twisted Records, a label financed by roots reggae and dub music influenced [[Smith & Mighty]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/29243-Twisted-Records-2|title=Twisted Records (2)|publisher=discogs|access-date=30 August 2018}}</ref> During this time Krust also ran a citywide bicycle courier company called Catch 22 and, alongside Suv and DJ Die, would also host events in the Bedminster area of Bristol in the same squat that the video for Fresh 4's "Wishing on a Star" was filmed in. These squat raves would often hire the Diditek soundsystem run by Carl Williams whose brother, [[Roni Size]], was the engineer.<ref name=":1" />