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.
Jakes is many things to many people, to some he is the voice of TC’s smash hits ‘Deep’, ‘Drink’ and ‘Mindkiller’, to others he is the Daddy of Bristolian Dubstep crew H.E.N.C.H and to musical historians he is one of the most interesting vocalists that underground British music can lay claim to. Never afraid to break from tradition and roll with his own flow, Jakes’ voice has become one of the most recognisable in the game and his energetic live performances see him travelling across the globe and smacking down raves from Bristol to Boston with his inimitable style.
Citing names as varied as Theo Parrish, Dorothy Ashby and Stravinsky as major influences on his work, it is not hard to see that he has musical knowledge way beyond his (22) years, and having been an accomplished pianist since the age of 16 - he is a true musician. The variety in influences is mirrored in the diversity of his productions - one week it’s broken, the next a string quartet and sometimes just straight up gritty beats.
16bit is DRT and Kidnappa. They’ve been working together as 16bit since 2008. Since then they have been putting on some temperature-checking sets around the world and getting their dubplates spun out by some of the scene’s names like Chef and Rusko. They have had releases on Boka, Destpub, Urban Essentials, Sequence, Southside Dubstars, Heavy Artillery, Veri Lo, Mindset and Dub & Run.
There are multiple artists with this name: 1) A death/<a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/thrash%20metal" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">thrash metal</a> band from Sydney, Australia formed in 2000. 2)<a href="http://www.last.fm/music/S+h+a+c+k+l+e+s" class="bbcode_artist">S h a c k l e s</a> is a Norwegian duo known from the 2009 edition of X-Factor (formerly a band with four members). 3) A <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/dubstep" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">dubstep</a> DJ from the UK. 4) Fast, heavy and pissed off hardcore from the beach, in the vein of Infest/Mind Eraser/Napalm Death. 1)
Shackles is a death/thrash metal band from Sydney, Australia formed in 2000.
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.
There are 17 artists with this name. 1) Seven is a Dubstep artist from the UK. Introduced by DJ Youngsta, Seven arrived on the Dubstep scene about a year and a half ago. With music already signed to Tempa, Aquatic Lab, Subway and Wheel & Deal, things are certainly shaping up for this new mysterious artist, that no one seems to know much about. He has already attracted the attention of most of Dubsteps A-list dj's, of which he is gaining massive support and airplay. Seven is already taking DJ bookings and playing sets worldwide, just from dubplate exposure.
With only a handful of releases on Hessle Audio, Hotflush and his own Hemlock Recordings, London based Jack Dunning has made serious waves already. An Untold tune is highly distinguishable; all compact bass lines that punish and clean percussion that clicks and drives instinctively; finding a balance between meticulous detail, deepness, and pure dance floor sensibility that is very rare indeed. Cited by BBC Radio One’s Mary Anne Hobbs as one to watch in 2009, Untold’s output includes both new material and remixes for the likes of Milanese...
Blunt Instrument are a live glitch hop duo based in Brisbane, Australia. Using a combination of beats, breaks, leads, samples and turntablism to
create a multi-layered live sound. Their production is influenced pretty heavily by guys like Tipper, Bassnectar and the more recent glitch hoppers,
as well as traditional samplers like anyone from Ninja Tune.... Punk band from London, UK. Active from 1977-1978. Released one single No Excuse / Interrogation on Diesel Records in 1978.