There are at least three artists using the name Tiki: 1) Tiki is the solo recording name of New Zealander Tiki Taane, formerly of Salmonella Dub. Tiki (Ngati Maniapoto) has spent the last eleven years playing to the world primarily as the captivating frontman for successful NZ band Salmonella Dub. Doubling as an audio engineer for some of the country
Ben XO's radio podcast is available at http://xo.am/dnb/bd/rss . Growing up on a diet of pirate radio in north London, UK, Ben XO (Ben Isaacs) began actively DJing in 1998 and is well known for his series of DJ demos that are regularly released onto the internet. XO has been holding down a weekly radio show on Bassdrive, the largest drum’n'bass shoutcast station on the internet, for over 7 years.
iso9 is the dj name of Paul Moore. His productions are hard to find, but he can often be found playing left field recordings at underground parties in Ireland and the UK. He is partly responsible for creating the electrotoxic and acroplane netlabels, and was part of the Diston events promotion crew. http://www.acroplane.co.uk/
Emade is a hip-hop producer and drummer from Warsaw, Poland. He made his name producing beats for Fisz's (his brother) albums and their mutual music project called Tworzywo Sztuczne. Whats more, Emade is involved in POE (Projekt Ostry Emade), a collaboration with rapper and producer O.S.T.R., and an all-star group Bassisters Orchiestra. Emade's beats are rooted in the sound of samplers and modern jazz.
There are two bands with the name Linear. 1. Pop trio from Miami, Florida: Charlie Pennachio (vocals), Wyatt Pauley (guitar) and Joey Restivo (percussion). Their début album was produced by Tolga Katas. 2. A four-piece Indie band from Coventry, UK. Their single "Think Cynic" was released in 2006 by Grace Records.
Ugandan born Jenifa Mayanja has been part of the underground deep house music scene for many years. She solidified her reputation first as a music buyer at the now defunct legendary record store "Dancetracks" and then as one of the most sought after djs in New York crowing her achievements playing at the "Body and Soul party many times over.
She created and nurtured her own parties that featured her eclectic style of djing one of those parties "Bu-mako" was the start of other creative avenues for Jenifa.
Anton Zap was born in Moscow in 1979. He studied Chinese for 7 years and then embarked on a 2 year sound engineering course. He started collecting wax from a very young age and in the mid 90’s he joined Moscow’s underground lounge group, Tetris, led by Vlad Lozinsky. He was resident DJ at one of Moscow’s leading clubs, Propaganda from 1997-2005. He later started his own band, Papaztrio alongside Pavel Hotin and Yuriy Shulgin.
