DMX Krew
	Homelabel Breakin' Records	London-based Edward Upton, better known as DMX Krew or Ed DMX, 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 the early age...

	Matthew Herbert
	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 Boy and others, Herbert has also produced and remixed artists as diverse as...

	Serge Santiago
	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...

	Chicken Lips
	Homelabel 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...

	Radioactive Man
	Homelabel 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
	Homelabel Noodles Recordings	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...

	Andrea Parker
	Homelabel 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...

	Charles Webster
	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 'mainstream' or having a major hit single - he has toured the world with a full...

	Playgroup
	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!...

	ADJ
	Homelabel Pyramid Transmissions	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...

	The Dexorcist
	Homelabel 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...

	Gescom
	Homelabel 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...

	Jimpster
	Homelabel Freerange Records	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...

	Mark Broom
	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
	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
	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...

	Ian O'Brien
	Homelabel Peacefrog Records	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...

	Melchior Productions
	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...

	Raudive
	Homelabel Klang Elektronik	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...

	Swayzak
	Homelabel Swayzak Recordings	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...

	Horace Andy
	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
	Homelabel Freerange Records	Audiomontage is one of the numerous side-projects of producer and Freerange founder Jamie Odell, a.k.a. Jimpster.

	Brooks
	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.

	Cosmic Sandwich
	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
	Homelabel Permanent Vacation	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...

	Florian Meindl
	Homelabel Flash	In the beginning of his career the Austrian born Florian Meindl started producing music in the minimal/techno/house, nu-jazz, hip-hop, experimental and drum & bass genres. Besides positive aspects like the experiences out of the diversity of these...

	Quiet Village
	Homelabel !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...

	Mark Stewart
	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...

	Robert Owens
	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...

	Aphex Twin
	Homelabel Warp	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...

	4 Hero
	Homelabel Reinforced Records	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...

	Bomb The Bass
	Homelabel !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...

	The Bug
	Homelabel 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...

	Jay Shepheard
	Homelabel 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...

	Ramadanman
	Homelabel Hessle Audio	With releases on 2nd Drop, Soul Jazz and Apple Pips, David Kennedy a.k.a. Ramadanman 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...

	DJ Vadim
	Homelabel 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...

	Benga
	Homelabel 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...

	Skream
	Homelabel 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...

	Untold
	Homelabel Hemlock Recordings	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...

	Paul White
	Homelabel One-handed Music	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...

	Roots Manuva
	Homelabel 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...

	Damian Lazarus
	Homelabel Crosstown Rebels	A native of Whitechapel, London, Damian Lazurus broke into the music industry with a pen not a turntable. As onetime 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...

	Pangaea
	Homelabel Hessle Audio	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...

	Planetary Assault Systems
	Homelabel Ostgut	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 duo's latest offering, Temporary Suspension,...

	Capitol K
	Homelabel Faith & Industry	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...

	DJ Food
	Homelabel 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,...

	Toby Tobias
	Homelabel 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...

	Luke Slater
	Renowned as one of techno's British pioneers, Luke Slater has been at the forefront of electronic music for 20 years now. From his early days as a DJ to his first release 'Freebase' in 1989, to his latest Planetary Assault Systems album Temporary Suspension to his album Head Converter on his Mote-Evolver label, Slater has kept...

	Zomby
	Homelabel 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...

	James Ruskin
	Homelabel Blueprint Records	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...

	Herbalizer
	Homelabel 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...

	Four Tet
	Homelabel	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...

	Red Snapper
	Homelabel 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...

	Hecker
	Homelabel 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...

	The Orb
	Homelabel 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...

	Instra:mental
	Homelabel Nonplus Records	Alex Green and Damon Kirkham are the London-based duo behind Instra:mental, one of the freshest and most unique drum and bass acts to come out of the city in recent history. Handling dubstep as well as two step & grime production duties, Instra:mental's...

	Tom Ellis
	Homelabel Telegraph	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...

	Blue Daisy
	Homelabel Black Acre Records	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...

	Kirk Degiorgio
	Homelabel Applied Rhythmic Technology (ART)	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...

	Sigha
	Homelabel Hotflush Recordings	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,...

	Burial
	Homelabel Hyperdub	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...

	Actress
	Homelabel 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'.

	Débruit
	Homelabel 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...

	L-Vis 1990
	Homelabel Mad Decent	Currently one of the hottest properties in the field of ravey B-more bass, 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.

	dBridge
	Homelabel Exit Records	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...

	Distance
	Homelabel 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...

	Groove Armada
	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,...