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The Upbeats

Jeremy Glenn & Dylan Jones are Drum & Bass producers from Wellington, New Zealand. They broke onto the international scene with Slit/Fill Me In, released on BC Presents, but had a following in New Zealand before that, having released some 12" singles on local labels and a full album (on CD) released in that same year. Since, they've had a string of releases on established DnB labels, including Virus, Project 51 & Human.

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London Elektricity

London Elektricity (aka Tony Colman) has become a byword for groundbreaking 'fast soul music', ramming venues, destroying drum & bass crowds, leaving huge smiles from the Big Chill to Glastonbury and beyond, London Elektricity Live has always been 'out of this world'. The LE saga began way back in '96, and up until 2002 LE was a double-act. Tony Colman and Chris Goss made their mark in 98 with the epic Song In The Key Of Knife, and subsequent critically acclaimed debut album Pull The Plug. In 2002 Tony took on the project solo, as Chris concentrated on taking the NHS empire to the next level.

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Break

Acquiring a love for the breakbeat through jazz and funk records, Break took to the drums at a young age, learning piano along the way and taking to the turntables at the age of fourteen. A talented musician with a wide range of influences, Break looks to push the barriers in whatever he’s doing. Crisp breaks, heavy bass and strong melody are stable marks of his productions making him a firm favourite with a variety of the scenes top DJs.

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Chris SU

Chris.SU is one of the commanding producers and DJs of the Hungarian scene, among others he has put his country on the map of drum and bass. Since his breaktrough track "Astro-Sine", released on Trace's label DSCI4 in 2002, his tunes have been in rotation from drum and bass' finest djs, including Klute, Teebee, Ed Rush & Optical, Matrix, Digital, Spirit, Concord Dawn, Ill.Skillz, BSE, Pendulum, Bailey, Flight, D-Bridge and Andy C.

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Mark Wilkinson

There are two Dj's blessed with the name Mark Wilkinson. One is a house DJ/Producer and on is a Drum & Bass/Dubstep DJ/Producer. There is also an Australian singer/songwriter with the name Mark Wilkinson.

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Nero

There is more than one artist with this name: 1. Dubstep and Drum and Bass producers from UK.
2. Rap artist from New York, USA.
3. Hardcore Techno alias of Alec Empire
4. Alternative Rock band From Ireland.
5. A Japanese singer who posts his covers on Nico Nico Douga. 1. Nero are drum and bass and dubstep producers from the United Kingdom. Also known as NERO UK, they first joined formation Records in the summer of 2004.

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Shy FX

Shy FX is the pseudonym of Andre Williams (born 1977), an English drum and bass musician from London. He is best known for one of his earliest singles, 1994's "Original Nuttah", with UK Apache. Throughout his career he has worked closely with T-Power, both as "Ebony Dubsters" and "Shy-FX and T-Power"; their 2002 track "Shake Your Body" with vocalist Di was a crossover success, appearing in the Top 40 UK Singles Chart. "Shake your Body" had great success through out Europe. In 2005 he founded Digital Soundboy Recordings.

Instra:mental

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.

Dynamite MC

Born in Germany on 7 October 1973, Dynamite (real name Dominic Smith) started his MCing career on pirate radio station, Crush FM, broadcast in south west area during the early 90s. He met Roni Size in 1994 and began MCing for the Full Cycle crew. When the Bristol collective formed live band Reprazent, Dynamite shared vocal duties with singer Onallee. Their debut album New Forms won the Mercury Music Prize in 1997. Dynamite's role was greatly enhanced for Reprazent's second album, the strongly hip-hop influenced In The Mode (2000).

Renegade

Artists go by the name of Renegade:
1) A hardcore band from Western Sydney, Australia.
2) A 90s jungle/drum & bass artist.
3) An early NWOBHM band from Kent, UK.
4) A thrash metal band from Melbourne, Australia.
5) A Bulgarian rock group.
6) A Swedish Hair Metal/AOR Band
7) Lithuanian garage rock band from Ukmergė.
8) A glam rock band from the 1970s.
9) An electronic/techno duo from Sweden 1)Coming straight out of Sydney, Australia
Renegade formed early 2009. We tell it how it is.
We play shows for the good times!

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