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Koan Sound

It's strange how the death of one musical group can be exactly the sort of catalyst needed to spawn another. KOAN Sound are certainly a highly gifted example of this phenomenon. It was in 2008 that KOAN Sound emerged from the ashes of several other musical endeavours, fusing passion for electronic music with sheer musical intuition. Since then KOAN Sound have continued to develop, synthesising ever more complex and inspirational patterns.

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Mensah

Mensah (full name Mensah Anderson), is a producer from Bristol, UK. Bringing to bass music what he likes to call "Future Funk" (though he is not a fan of labeling music), he's been combining his influences from Rave, Grime and Dubstep to produce anything from an upbeat purple sound to a darker, heavier bass. With one release on LoDubs Records so far, he has a release with No Hats No Hoods coming in January 2010 and multiple releases with H.E.N.C.H. expected to drop in March 2010.

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Slugabed

Now signed to Ninja Tune Records (Feb 2011), Slugabed is Kingston based producer and DJ working predominantly in dubstep and hip-hop. He has previously released records on Ramp Recordings, MYOR, Planet Mu and stuffrecords labels.

Tempa

Tom Fisher aka Tempa has been quietly building himself a reputation as the one of the most exciting new producers in the east of England. He broke onto the UK Hip-Hop scene in 2004 as a guest producer on the debut LP by Suffolk hopefuls Vinyl Dialect (Bad Magic). Also Tempa is a grime MC from Birmingham, working with artist such as Dapz, Trilla and the Stay Fresh camp, features frequently on Donttourthat.

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Bassnectar

What started back in the mid-nineties as an experiment fusing youth culture and social action has turned into a multi-faceted, multi-faced creature called Bassnectar. It is the brainchild of Lorin Ashton, and it exists as an open-sourced musical project that is as diverse as it is heavy, as raw as it is meticulous, and as fierce as it is imaginative. Bassnectar combines sound and force with weight while spanning the spectrum of sonic style, covering every genre imaginable, and smashing it all into a collision of intense...

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Dirtyphonics

Dirtyphonics’ s new release, “French Fuck”, with “Bonus Level” is about to be unleashed on Shimon’s AudioPorn Records. “French Fuck” and “Bonus Level” have been on dance floors around the globe. Meanwhile, the Dirtyphonics crew have been locked in the studio making a string of hard hitting drum and bass tracks, teaming up with Mc Tali for "The Secret” and working on a remix of Shimon’s, “The Shadow Knows”. Another huge Dirtyphonics’ track, “Get Dirty”’, appeared on “Roots & Future” Dope Ammo Camp’s album, earlier in 2008.

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Headhunter

There are several artists with the name Headhunter: 1. Dubstep producer / DJ from Bristol, England
2. German power / thrash metal band Headhunter
3. Hardcore / punk band from Bandung, Indonesia
4. A traditional heavy metal band from Switzerland 1. Headhunter is a dubstep producer / DJ from Bristol, England, currently signed to Tempa. Starting off with twitchy minimal half-step rhythms on the label Ascension he set up with flat-mate Tech Itch (aka Technical Itch), his sound now occupies a niche section of the dubstep scene...

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Magnetic Man

Magnetic Man is a collaboration between Benga, Artwork and Skream. They signed to Columbia Records in February 2010, and released I Need Air as their first single on the label.

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Emalkay

With initial support in the form of grime veteran Plastician, “Birmingham’s finest” Emalkay gained the attention of South London based label Boka Records with the warped, future bass drones and epic strings of Gut Feeling. Continuing the success, Testing The Waters EP was released in October 2006 followed by Monsters in June 2007. The revolutionary sound of Mecha, released in the fall of 2007, gained Emalkay support from the likes of Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs and breakbeat pioneer FreQ Nasty, as well as many of the leading figures of the current dubstep scene.

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