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London's dance music culture is quite possibly unrivalled by any other city in the world - its artists, labels and clubs are always on the lookout for new musical influences, constantly creating new styles and scenes. London was the first European city that pinned its eyes on Detroit and Chicago, quickly adapting acid house and techno as the ideal soundtrack to the rave phenomenon. As the next global phenomenon, drum 'n' bass grew out of London's jungle/hardcore scene and became one of the biggest music innovations in the second half of the 1990s. The recent development of dubstep brought the city's common high-paced breaks once again closer to the more reduced electronic music style prevailing in Berlin and elsewhere on the continent - providing a fertile ground for experimentation and putting London once again at the center of musical innovation.
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London-based Edward Upton, better known as DMX Krew, Ed DMX, or simply Edmx, stepped into the limelight with his releases on the legendary Rephlex label, soon after starting his own imprint Breakin' Records. His fascination for electronic music started at...
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Accidental
Restless innovator, sampling wizard, classically trained pianist and superstar collaborator, Matthew Herbert is one of electronic music's most versatile and prolific figureheads. Recording under his own name as well as Doctor Rockit, Wishmountain, Radio...
Brighton boy but now Hackney (London) resident, Serge Santiago, is particularly known for his cheeky coloured vinyl re-edits of classic Italo/Disco tracks - including Kano 'It's a War' on green vinyl and Grace Jones 'Slave to The Rhythm' on red. One of his first ever done tracks called 'Push it' using a sample from the Salt n'Peppa...
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Record Makers
Chicken Lips are Andrew Meecham, Dean Meredith and Steve Kotey. Founder Members Andy and Dean have a long musical history together having recorded as a pair for over a decade. As well as working under the Chicken Lips moniker Andy also records as Sir Drew...
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Control Tower
Keith Tenniswood (a.k.a. Radioactive Man) is well known for his recordings with Andrew Weatherall under the Two Lone Swordsmen guise. He runs the Control Tower electro label together with Simon Brown (a.k.a. The Dexorcist), for which he also produces as a...
Si Begg is known as one of the hardest working men in electronic music, his enormous output ranging from electro over techno to abstract breaks and grime, and appearing on labels such as Tresor, Novamute and his own Noodles Recordings imprint. His best...
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Touchin' Bass
Andrea Parker started out producing for James Lavelle's legendary Mo' Wax label, helping shape its characteristic downtempo electronica sound along artists like DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, Urban Tribe and many others. Her 'DJ Kicks' compilation for !K7 made her...
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Miso
Now into his second decade as a true innovator in the electronic music scene, Charles Webster is one of the few real mould-breakers in an increasingly stale & predictable dance music world. He has sold over 100,000 albums without ever being considered...
Trevor Jackson is a London based creative, working in many different fields. His career began in the early 90's forming the design company 'BITE IT!' creating record covers for early dance and hip hop releases for the likes of Stereo MC's, Jungle Brothers and Todd Terry. After setting up his independent hip hop label Bite It!...
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Andy Jaggers, better known under his ADJ moniker, entered the electronic music world as a music buyer for a record store in central London before starting his DJing and production career. During the years he developed his style between Electro, Broken...
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Control Tower
The Dexorcist is a UK based free party promoter (most famous with his crew The Fear Teachers) and DJ. He released already on New Skin, Audio Illusion, Urban Disturbance and through his own imprint, Control Tower, a fast and furious dancefloor electro...
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Skam Records
Gescom is an electronic music project based in England with close ties to the band Autechre. The name is believed to have at some point meant Gestalt Communications, Global Enterprise Communication Systems, or Global Engineering Systems Components. Beg...
Jamie Odell a.k.a. Jimpster and Audiomaontage has been active as a producer, DJ and label owner of Freerange Records since the mid 90s. Initially pioneering the fusion of future jazz, broken beats and house music, his direction - and that of his amazingly...
It all started in the summer of '89 when Mark went on holiday to Tenerife and in the clubs they were spinning the by then legendary acid house that inspired him to become a DJ and a producer. A friend introduced him to Ed and Andy from The Black Dog and together they created Broom's first musical ideas. The studio used for these...
Mike Paradinas, born 1971 in Wimbledon, London is an acclaimed British producer who works primarily under the name µ-Ziq (pronounced "music") in addition to a large number of aliases.
Mr. C, real name Richard West started MC'ing at the young age of 16 for DJs such as Jasper the vinyl junkie, Jazzy M & Ron Tom all on LWR pirate radio in London. Soon after this he became MC for Evil Eddie Richards & Colin Faver working as an MC on Kiss FM. By 1987 he produced his first deep house track on Eddie Richards Baad...
Inspired by the sound of Detroit, Ian took up production and released his début EP as 'Memory Tree' in 1995. His first album 'Desert Scores' was released to great critical acclaim in 1997 on the legendary UK techno label Ferox Records. The album marked a...
Born in Germany and partly raised in the USA, Spain and England, Thomas Melchior has been resident in London for over 20 years. With the arrival of an Atari computer, he began to discover the world of reduced music, which lead him to work and hang out with weird beat master J. Saul Kane, from Depthcharge, who introduced him to the...
Britain's Oliver Ho is best known for the music he has produced for Blueprint and his own label Meta for over more than a decade. Making a name for himself by pioneering percussive techno in tune with the styles of Jeff Mills or Adam Beyer, Ho has always maintained a more experimental edge over many of his peers by delving deeper...
Swayzak - apparently in Polish this means 'union' - was founded 1996 London by James Taylor (a.k.a. Darkfarmer) and David Brown. They have been making music together since 1993 and run their own label Swayzak Recordings (besides 240 volts run by Taylor...
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Horace Andy made his first recordings in the late sixties and lent his distinctive falsetto vocal style to many classic reggae productions for Phil Pratt, King Tubby and Prince Jammy. In the 1970s he relocated to London, where he, many years later, got in touch with Massive Attack and which secured him a...
Audiomontage is one of the numerous side-projects of producer and Freerange founder Jamie Odell, a.k.a. Jimpster.
Discovered by Mr. Atjazz himself, Brooks was on the spearhead of a generation of new English house-producers. His deep, soulful productions, which were released on Mantis Records and later on Mr.Matthew Herbert's Soundslike label, were highly appreciated and assured his standing on the global scene.
Steve Barnes (aka Cosmic Sandwich) released his first 12", an abstract excursion into sound and space, on the English label Fat Cat under the name Process. This was soon followed by the album 'Shape Space' (featured by John Peel on his long running BBC Radio 1 show) and further releases on Chicago's Hefty and Berlin's Scape labels....
Kathy Diamond is a singer/songwriter originally from Sheffield, England but now lives in London. She listened to mainly soul and disco at home as that was the music her mum played. As she grew up she was inspired to write and sing herself and has been...
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!K7
After three sought-after singles for the Whatever We Want label-plus remixes for the likes of Gorillaz, François K, Cosmo Vitelli and, The Osmonds - Quiet Village step out of the shadows to present their first full-length album, 'Silent Movie'. Comprised...
One of the most idiosyncratic figures of the British underground, Mark Stewart has been delivering his politically charged message for over 30 years. Instigator of a scene that gave the world the likes of Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky he is as happy with the dub & reggae sound systems of Jamaica, as he is with the hard edged...
Ask any seasoned club-goer who their favourite male vocalist is and nine times out of ten Robert Owens' name will come up. Sure, there are other great house vocalists out there, but with almost twenty years as a DJ, producer and singer under his belt, Robert has not so much embellished house music as played a large part in defining...
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Warp Records
Where Richard James leads, others follow. It is almost impossible to overstate the importance of Aphex Twin on the electronic music landscape of today. From humble beginnings DJ'ing at Cornish beach parties as a teenager, and then moving inside to local...
Formed 1989 in Dollis Hill, London, 4hero have left there mark on virtually any electronic music style involving broken beats: From hardcore jungle to drum'n'bass, from breaks to nujazz. With seven studio albums and countless singles to their name, Dennis...
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!K7
One of the original sample based acts from the heady days when rave crossed into the big time, Bomb The Bass are responsible for one of the era's defining tunes - 'Beat Dis', but their legacy goes way beyond one track. Tim Simenon arguably kick started DJ...
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Ninja Tune
Kevin Martin gained notoriety during the 1990s as part of Techno Animal, a group he founded together with ex-Napalm Death and Godflesh member Justin Broadrick. Exploring the stylistic boundaries of hip hop, industrial and electronica for almost a decade...
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Compost Records
His deep, drifting and melodic techno-house productions have gained the young Londoner increasing popularity in recent months - his 12"s continue to appear on Munich's Compost label, and one of his tracks has recently graced on Diynamic's excellent...
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David Kennedy, a.k.a. Ramadanman and Pearson Sound, has lately become one of the leading figures in a new movement within the dubstep world: artists like Martyn or Appleblim who are eager to pick up house and Detroit techno influences in their sound,...
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Ninja Tune
Born in Russia, Vadim Peare came to England when he was three years old. Since his first releases for Ninja Tune in the mid-90s he has established himself as one of the most prominent and prolific figures in British underground hip-hop. Vadim is an avid...
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Tempa
Croydon's Beni Uthman, better known as Benga, is an unusual talent, having released his first tracks on the influential Big Apple label at the age of 15. Now in his early 20s, Benga has already become one of the strongest voices within the UK dubstep...
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Tempa
It might be dangerous to mark a musical era with a single track, but in the case of dubstep, this track would be Skream's 'Midnight Request Line': the 2005 single by the then hardly known 20-year old became the genre's first cross-over hit, ending up in...
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London's Jack Dunning has been crafting his own distinct take on the dubstep style over the past two years. His productions for Hessle Audio, Hotflush and his own Hemlock label draw on diverse influences, from jungle's stumbling breaks to acid house's...
One of the most promising new hip-hop producers, Paul White had the distinction of recording his debut release for the hip London-based One-handed Music label, which was recently followed by his heavily-lauded debut album 'The Strange Dreams Of Paul...
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Big Dada
Growing up the son of a Jamaican preacher, Rodney Smith, also known as Roots Manuva, began rapping as a wee lad on the dusty streets of Stockwell, South London. Known for his Jamaican infused and lyrically insightful hip hop productions, tracks like...
A native of Whitechapel, London, Damian Lazarus broke into the music industry with a pen not a turntable. As one-time journalist and editor for Dazed and Confused magazine as well as A&R man for the UK based label City Rockers, Damian honed his music...
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Kevin McAuley, better known as Pangaea, has come a long way since first discovering the intricacies of a two-track mixer a keyboard and a tape deck as a schoolboy. Immersing himself in the growing dubstep scene in Leeds, it wasn't long before Pangaea...
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Ostgut Ton
Planetary Assault Systems have been releasing spacious, outer galactic techno for more than fifteen 'earth' years now and show no signs of letting up. From the expansive tracks on 'Atomic Funkster' to the project joining the Ostgut Ton stable with...
From his well received, and largely electronic debut, Sounds of the Empire, to Nomad Junk, and his latest release Notes From Life On The Wire With A Wrecking Ball, Capitol K has grown into a charismatic live performer, recreating the productions of his...
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Ninja Tune
Originally conceived and produced by English dance music duo Coldcut and released by Ninja Tune, the DJ Food project came to fruition in 1990 and was developed as a means to 'feed' DJs inspiration in the form of usable samples. DJ Food's first release,...
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Rekids
After several of releases on labels such Bearfunk, Odori, Hi-phen, Hector Works, etc, Toby Tobias joined Rekids and released Space Shuffle which was not only well received, but made many top 20 album lists of 2008. His start in music, however, (and most...
Renowned as one of techno's British pioneers, Luke Slater has been at the forefront of electronic music for 20 years now. During the early 1990s he became known as an innovator in both ambient and techno music, his releases under the Planetary Assault Systems moniker for Peacefrog being widely regarded as classics. In recent years...
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Ramp Recordings
Gone are the days when a producer/musician had to cater to one genre in order to put out music and build a fan base. Call it a wonderful and, perhaps, unforeseen side effect of the internet's ubiquitous DNA. Nowhere is this ode to genre omnipresence more...
London born and based DJ, techno producer and co-founder of Blueprint Records (along with former studio partner Richard Polson), James Ruskin is known for his forward thinking approach to all things having to do with electronic music. His sleek...
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Ninja Tune
Formed by Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba in London during the early 1990s, The Herbaliser is a unique jazz/hip hop band that makes some of today's most groove laden tracks and is currently one of Ninja Tunes most well known acts. Their latest album 'The...
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Born in 1977 in London, Kieran Hebden, also know as Four Tet, has been carrying the torch for abstract pop electronica for some time now and his productions have continued to challenge some of the more traditional structures/genres within electronic...
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Lo Recordings
From humble beginnings in a sweaty rehearsal room in Hammersmith, England banging out their unique and gritty synthesis of hip hop/jazz/rockabilly all with a drum and bass feel (yes, really, drum and bass), to sharing stages with the likes of Massive...
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Mego
Born in Augsburg, Germany in 1975, Florian Hecker began composing experimental electronic music with computers in 1996. Hecker's work seeks to establish and highlight the connection that computer hardware and software has had on music composition and...
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Kompakt Digital
Founded in 1988 by Alex Paterson and KLF member Jimmy Cauty, The Orb started their musical journey as ambient and dub DJs in in the deep recesses of London's clubs. The duo's early performances were inspired by ambient and electronic artists of the 1970s...
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Alex Green and Damon Kirkham are the London-based duo behind Instra:mental, one of the freshest and most unique electronic music acts to come out of the city in recent history. Handling dubstep as well as two step & grime production duties,...
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Tom Ellis is a producer's producer, wearing many different musical hats whilst being able, because of his training in audio engineering, to reproduce what he hears in his head...and that is a very good thing for us. Ellis' colorful influences shine...
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Up and coming London-based producer Blue Daisy has shocked us this year with his stunningly diligent productions for Black Acre Records. Abstract hip-hop meets dubstep meets effect heavy sound collages on his slow, meandering tracks, of which there are...
One of the UK's true electronic music pioneers, Ipswich native Kirk Degiorgio looks back on an recording career spanning close to two decades and well over 50 releases, ranging from deep techno to futuristic jazz. Degiorgio began his recording career on...
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Sigha is the alias of James Shaw, a bass music producer based in London. His first three 12" releases on Hotflush have shown the development of a sound that circulates on the fringes of Techno and Dubstep, taking the listener on a journey into deep,...
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It has been said that Burial doesn't make rave music, but rather music about raving, and perhaps this has been the most fitting description to date of Burial's unmistakable style. Waves of washed-out echoes carry fragments of melancholic songs over...
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Werk Discs
Darren J. Cunningham, better known as London-based producer Actress, managed to create quite a stir lately, both with his admirably freestyle Werk Discs label, as well as with his own productions, most notably his stunning debut album 'Hazyville'. In 2010...
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Musique Large
In a Congolese basement bar down a Paris side-street is where you'd normally find Xavier Thomas a.k.a. Débruit dropping beats, but after recent releases for hipster labels Musique Large and Civil Music he's been on the body poppin' all over Europe and the...
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Night Slugs
Currently one of the hottest properties in the field of ravey B-more bass and UK funky house, London's L-Vis 1990 was recently signed on Diplo's Mad Decent label, where his 'United Groove' became one of the biggest hits of the genre in 2009. Together with...
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London's dBridge started out as part of famous drum 'n bass crew Bad Company, but has recently made a name for himself as a solo artist with a minimalistic and dubby take on high-speed breaks. Together with fellow d'n'b deviants Instra:mental, dBridge has...
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Chestplate
Part of the small nucleus of South London based dubstep innovators, Distance has been a name on everyone's lips since day one, and is widely recognized as having helped to lay the foundations of what dubstep is and develop what it has become. Fostering a...
One of the UK's most successful dance music projects, Groove Armada has been founded by Tom Findlay and Andy Cato in the mid-1990s. Findlay and Cato have made Groove Armada one of the most versatile acts in their field, incorporating elements of diverse musical styles into their music, from indie rock to reggae, house, and hip-hop,...
Only in rare instances does a young artist manage to set the world on fire with his very first release. Joy Orbison's 'Hyph Mngo' was such a stand-out track, claiming the top spot in many 'Best of 2009' charts, including those of zero". London's Peter O'Grady has since proven that he is by no means a one hit wonder, for example with...
Wayne Goodlitt a.k.a. Roska started out as a UK garage MC during the late 1990s. Making the move to become a producer and DJ, Roska is one of the indisputable rising stars in the UK funky underground, merging old-school and R&B vibes with funked-up house...
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Ikonika started drumming in various hardcore bands at the tender age of 11 before getting into hip-hop production and eventually into to dubstep after hearing Skream's 'Midnight Request Line'. The bleepy, computer-game influenced style of her track...
A PhD geneticist during daytime, Max Cooper transforms into a lauded DJ and producer at night, whose unique take on advanced melodic techno has been making waves via Cologne's Traum Schallplatten and has earned him remix commissions from Peaches, Au...
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Eglo Records
Samual Shepherd a.k.a. Floating Points has emerged as one of the UK's most impressive new talents over the past year, combining elements taken from Detroit house, dubstep, hip-hop and electronica in his broad-minded, yet highly distinct productions. His...
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Kompakt
Walls are a band from London made up of members Sam Willis (of Allez Allez) and Alessio Natalizia (of Banjo Or Freakout). Originally from Manchester, but based in London since '96, Willis has long been an admirer of the Cologne sound, instilling his...
James Holden first stepped into the limelight with 1999's surprise hit 'Horizons' when he was just 19. While a rather commercial trance track, 'Horizons' did point in the direction Holden was eventually going to evolve his sound in, an intriguing...
London-based producer Chris Spero has been maintaining a spotless record over the past few years with his releases for labels like Crosstown Rebels, Planet E and Hypercolour. His excellent debut album 'Runner' has been released in Spring 2010, mixing classic deep house vibes with a variety of noteworthy influences, from Calypso...
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R&S Records
James Blake has established himself as one of the rising stars of the UK's leftfield dubstep scene with releases on Hemlock, Hessle Audio and R&S. A talented vocalist as well as as gifted producer, Blake's music occupies a unique niche between abstract...
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Dubstep pioneer, label owner, sound theorist - Steve Goodman, better known as Kode9, has become one of the most prominent figures in electronic music since starting his Hyperdub label in 2004. His own productions as Kode9, alongside those of fellow...
Martina Topley-Bird's otherworldly vocal talents first featured on Tricky's debut single 'Aftermath' in 1993, and arguably contributed much to the breakthrough success of Tricky's first three albums. Topley-Bird continued to lend lent her distinct voice to numerous high-profile projects, including Diplo's 'Florida' album, Leila's...
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Hervé's brand of fidgety house and rave-ready Baltimore breaks have gained the London-based producer and DJ tremendous popularity in recent years. Recording with partner Graeme Sinden as The Count & Sinden, as well as under a legion of project names, like...
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It has taken Mount Kimbie only two EPs on Scuba's Hotflush label to set the electronic music world on fire with their distinct take on dubstep sounds. 'Maybes' and 'Sketch on Glass' incorporate influences from electronica and pop music, and have become...
Renowned as one of techno's British pioneers, Luke Slater has been at the forefront of electronic music for 20 years now. During the early 1990s he became known as an innovator in both ambient and techno music, his releases under the Planetary Assault Systems moniker for Peacefrog being widely regarded as classics. In recent years...
From his beginnings as a member of 80s synth-pop group Torch Song, William Orbit has established himself as one of the world's busiest producers and remixers, whose client list includes the likes of Madonna, U2, the Sugababes, Depeche Mode, Pink, Prince, Blur, and Robbie Williams. With his solo recordings he is further known as a...
Brackles is London-based DJ and producer Rob Kemp, older brother of fellow dubstep artist Martin Kemp and owner of the Blunted Robots label alongside his partner-in-crime Stortstuff. Brackles' recent productions on Apple Pips and Planet Mu have come to represent a fresh, free-styling brand of dubstep, incorporating influences from UK...
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R&S Records
Recording under the name of Pariah, London's Arthur Cayzer is one of the UK's finest talents in the field of dubstep inspired electronic music, taking inspirations from the sounds of Detroit techno, hip-hop and Burial's deep and melancholic dubstep style....
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Warp Records
Started in 1992 by Mark Clifford, Mark Van Hoen (replaced by Daren Seymour the same year), Justin Fletcher and Sarah Peacock, Seefeel became one of the first groups pioneering the fusion of avantgarde rock and electronica. Following highly regarded albums...
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King Midas Sound is the team-up of vocalist Roger Robinson with producer Kevin Martin, better known as The Bug, and singer Hitomi as an additional vocalist. The group's 2009 debut album, 'Waiting For You', combined Robinson's fragile singing style with a...
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James Young, Aiden Whalley, and vocalist James Buttery are Darkstar, the London-based production unit whose track 'Aidy's Girl Is A Computer' attracted a huge amount of attention in 2009 with its fusion of synth-pop and dubstep elements. Signed to...
Producer, DJ, label-owner, Luke Solomon is a jack of all trades, when it comes to modern, minimalistic house music with an edge. Recording for labels such as Rekids and Crosstown Rebels, Solomon has further founded the group Freaks alongside Justin Harris, and has recently devised a new alias, Lukatron for his more classical house...
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Werk Discs
His albums for Actress' Werk Discs label have established Luke Blair a.k.a. Lukid as a master of subtle broken beat productions that encompass hip-hop, dubstep, and finely grained electronica.
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Ramp Recordings
SBTRKT might be hiding his face behind a mask, but this hasn't stopped his meteoric rise in 2010, backed by releases on Ramp Recordings, its Brain Math subsidiary, most recently Glasgow's Numbers imprint, as well as remixes for Modeselektor, Little Dragon...
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Warp Records
One of the most prolific electronic music artists of the 20th century, Brian Eno's body of work encompasses everything from abstract minimalism to pop music production. A member of Roxy music early in his career, Eno achieved widespread recognition with...
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Uncharted Audio
In the late 1990s Cursor Miner's first computer based creations came to the attention of esteemed techno funk pioneer Si Begg, who released a number of tracks on his Noodles imprint. At around this time Rob's long time friend Kone-R kicked off his label...
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Tempa
Horsepower Productions are commonly credited for inventing the dubstep genre, and there's certainly a some truth to it: the group's seminal 2003 album 'In Fine Style' presented a stripped down version of UK garage, added influences from reggae, dub, and...
Young London-based producer Wbeeza has been causing a stir in the house music scene since signing to influential imprint Third Ear in 2008. His raw and soulful productions echo influences ranging from Chicago house to Detroit techno and UK hip-hop, and...
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Different
Combing traditional Basque music with heavy dance rhythms, Crystal Fighters are one of the hottest new bands to emerge from East London. The roots of this five piece lie in Navarre, Spain, a region with a unique musical culture of dances and songs handed...
Moving effortlessly through styles from drum and bass to dubstep, London's James Boyle a.k.a. Breakage has proven himself to be one of the most versatile operators in either scene to date. Boyle burst onto the drum and bass scene back in 2000, announcing...
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!K7
One of the shooting stars of 2010 London-based DJ and producer Maya Jane Coles had a breakthrough release with her EP 'What They Say' on Franck Roger's Real Tone label, which skilfully combined classic 1990's house vibes with a feel for contemporary...
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Seijimusic
Paul 'Seiji' Dolby started in music as a classically trained cellist, but as a teenager in the early 1990s he discovered hardcore, jungle and later US house music. His early experiments in electronic music were released on the seminal jungle/d'n'b label,...
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Rekids
No newcomer to the scene of techno and house, Colin McBean a.k.a. Mr. G was part of The Advent alongside Cisco Ferreira for many years, ran his own Phoenix G label, and recorded dozens of records under a myriad of aliases. It was however his debut on Matt...
As with many people during the late eighties Neville was bitten hard by the Acid House bug and dived head first into the burgeoning scene. After the obligatory few years partying in clubs, warehouses and fields he took up DJ'ing and opened the Mighty Atom record shop and label in Windsor. This path would ultimately lead to infamous...
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Ticking all the boxes as a singer, rapper, producer and DJ, Merrisa Campbell a.k.a. Cooly G is one of the most influential female figures in UK dubstep. Her releases on Hyperdub and DVA Music take cues from styles like r'n'b, early jungle and dub, and the...
Phil Klein a.k.a. Bass Junkie got hooked on the sound of Miami Bass and started DJing and producing tracks as early as 1987. He has recorded for many of the most respected electro labels out there, including Breakin' Records, Satamile, Control Tower and...
Gatto Fritto is the project of London-based producer Ben Williams, whose blend of synth-heavy cosmic disco funk has appeared on labels such as Electric Minds, International Feel and the sadly discontinued Dissident imprint. Together with partner Sam...
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Civil Music
Drums Of Death is the alter-ego the Scottish musician Colin Bailey. Drums Of Death emerged from London's club scene in early 2008 and after Joe Goddard from Hot Chip and Alex Waldron heard a tape of his music they signed him to their record label and...
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Borrowing their name from the 1980s video director, London-based duo Hype Williams has been one of the most noted underground acts in 2010, recording a decidedly lo-fi brand of experimental downbeat pop for labels like De Stijl and most recently Hyperdub....
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Warp Records
Since the early 1990s Andy Turner and Ed Handley's production work has markedly influenced the development of electronica, ambient and 'intelligent techno' in the UK. The two have recorded solo under guises such as Atypic, Balil and Tura, further as...
From a first outing on Hessle Audio in 2010 Blawan has quickly risen to become one of the UK's most interesting artists treading the fine line that separates techno from bass music. No matter if he is employing crunchy house beats and acidic distortion or...
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Until only a short while ago Damon Kirkham has been best known as one half of influential drum'n bass duo Instra:mental, a group he founded together with Al Green aka Boddika in 2000. At the same time as Instra:mental have started to shed their d'n'b...
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Warp Records
Leila Arab moved to London after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran. She started recording for Rephlex Records in the mid-1990s, developing her own style of IDM-influenced electronica. In 2008 Leila signed to Warp Records for her album 'Blood, Looms &...
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Aus Music
George Fitzgerald belongs to a new generation of British producers that effortlessly and intuitively bridge the realms of house and dubstep, whether with his UK-garage-influenced releases for Hotflush, his more jacking output for Aus Music, or his own...
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