Everyone comes from somewhere, but some people wear the cities they’re from like badges of honour. Drop the Lime is Luca Venezia, one of those people whose identity is intrinsically connected to his hometown – New York City. And while many have only just heard of the magic of Drop The Lime, Luca has been honing his craft for years. From humble beginnings as a choirboy to a childhood obsession with 50s rock’n’roll...
Distance (born Greg Sanders) is a London born producer and DJ notable for being a major proponent of the dubstep genre, especially since the release of his debut album "My Demons" in January 2007. He also founded the record label Chestplate in that year to promote himself and other dubstep artists. Distance is also an alias of idm/demoscene musician Lackluster.
Mary Anne Hobbs (born May 15th, 1964 in Preston, England) is an English DJ and music journalist from Garstang, Lancashire. In the 1980s, at the age of 19, she worked as a journalist for Sounds Magazine. She later went to work for the NME, before going on to help found Loaded Magazine. She got her break in radio at BBC GLR, working alongside Mark Lamarr. She then worked at XFM before going to BBC Radio 1. She also presented the World Superbikes series 2005 for British Eurosport.
No other artists have had such an immediate impact on drum and bass in recent years as Instra:mental, the highly acclaimed duo of Al Bleek and kid drama. Since their early releases on Soul:R and darkestral, the pair have been steadily building momentum with a number of influential singles across labels such exit and Naked Lunch and developing a diverse and unique sound that crosses a range of styles and tempos.
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.
There are at least nine artists named Desolate. Here are five. 1. Desolate aka Sven Weisemann. "The Invisible Insurrection" was released in February 2011 2. Desolate is a messy chiptune artist from the United States. His music is also described as '8-Bit on Drugs'. He has been releasing tracks through MySpace since 2007. 3. Desolate was a death metal band from Athol, Massachusetts, formed in 1992 and now split up. 4. Desolate is a Progressive Doom Metal band from Sweden.
Knife Party is the side project of Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, members of Australian electronic band Pendulum. So far, they have done a remix of Swedish House Mafia's Save The World, Porter Robinson's Unison and Nero's Crush On You.
On 10th of October, Knife Party announced their plans of releasing a 4-track EP called "100% No Modern Talking", including their songs 'Internet Friends', 'Tourniquet', 'Fire Hive', and 'Destroy Them With Lazers'.
Maniac is known to be the name of six musical artists: Maniac, real name 'Brandon Jolie' is a grime producer from Bow, East London, and got his breakthrough in producing the track 'Bow E3', which was released on Wiley's third album 'Playtime Is Over'. He was brought to the attention of Wiley by God's Gift. He has made tracks for many MCs, including Wiley, Little Dee, Griminal, Riko, Tinchy Stryder, Asher D, Jammer, Kano, Chipmunk and JME.
There are at least four artists performing under the name Pangaea. 1) 25-year-old Kevin McAuley began making music with a two-track mixer, a keyboard and a tape deck as a schoolboy. Discovering dubstep via the sounds of Mala in the backroom of a Leeds club in 2005, Kevin was inspired to found the city’s first dubstep night, Ruffage, and launched himself into the studio. Pangaea enters 2009 as an established DJ/producer and co-owner of Hessle Audio with fellow stalwarts Ramadanman and Ben UFO.
His "Fram/Iddy" release on one of the finest labels going, Hessle Audio, caused quite a stir in the UK underground with gossip mongers sparking off false rumors that it was an alias for Hessle Audio co-founder, Ben UFO. his cold, percussive productions have grabbed the attention of not only Hessle Audio but legendary record label R&S Records, Who released his "Bohla EP" in March 2011. His song "Getting Me Down" was named Resident Advisor's best single of 2011.