After London, Birmingham is the second largest UK city as well as the commercial and cultural heart of the British Midlands. As a former centre of steel production it seems fitting that Birmingham was the focal point for entire generations of the British heavy-metal scene, with bands like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest or Napalm Death all coming the city.
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Having shaped the development of modern metal as drummer of the influential Napalm Death, Mick Harris has certainly lived up the innovative power of his former band during his solo career. His recordings as Scorn appropriate elements from drum'n'bass, dub or hip-hop to extreme, individualistic ends, always eager to explore previously...
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John Twells a.k.a. Xela runs the Birmingham based record label Type and has further recorded his unique brand of cinematic electronica for labels like Neo Ouija and City Centre Offices.
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Funki Porcini is musician and DJ, James Braddell, one of Ninja Tune's longest-standing artists, whose unique recordings of surreal jazz, found noise and synthetic strangeness have appeared on Coldcut's label since 1995. His 1996 album 'Love Pussycats &...
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Hailing from the UK's industrial 'Black County' of the West Midlands, Stephen James Wilkinson a.k.a. Bibio first joined the Warp Records stable in 2009 for the release of his album 'Ambivalence Avenue'. Equally intrigued by 1960s British folk as by Aphex...
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Hailing from Wolverhampton in the British Midlands, Mark E became known internationally for a series of disco edits released from 2005 on. His unique style of combining slow, organic house and disco grooves with drawn-out, hypnotic arrangements have...
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A prolific DJ and producer Birmingham's Ashique 'Subb-an' Subhan quickly rose to prominence in 2011 with releases on labels such as Spectral Sound, Crosstown Rebels and 2020Vision. His admirable run of AAA releases had him named 'Best Breakthrough DJ' of...
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