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BLOKHE4D

Blokhe4d is the collaborative project between Michael "Vegas" (formerly of Bad Company UK) alongside Swiss-born Jonas "Uman". The project merges drum and bass, dubstep and electro with their own brand of techno, disco and house in an explosive manner. They have already secured several releases on Hospital Records (home of High Contrast, London Elektricity and Netsky), as well as singles on their own Bad Taste imprint and remix work.

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B Key

B-Key started listening to Electro and Hip Hop back in the mid 80s, getting into the Breakdance scene and competing in the competitions alongside Dylan. He was heavily into the music, and by 89-90, B-Key was going out to Raves like Biology, Energy, Raindance, Telepathy and weekly clubs like Camden Palace and Orange soon became a regular thing. In 1992 a pirate radio station called Raw FM started (which eventually became Rude FM 88.2) and B-Key got a regular set each week, which he still plays today every Sunday from 6-8pm.

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SPL

Hailing from the high deserts of Oregon, SPL has been creating an upheaval in drum and bass. Known for his face melting sonic terrorism and post apocalyptic vibe, he has recently been rocking the world with a relentless barrage of music. Over the last 2 years, SPL has joined forces with Limewax and the Tech Freak family to focus on taking drum and bass to new levels both in the studio and behind the decks. Launching in the final quarter of 2006 is SPL's very own label "Lost Soul Recordings" featuring the freshest sounds in deep, dirty and technologically forward thinking break-beat music.

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Current Value

Berlin's Tim Eliot represents the top percentile of European drum & bass producers. With substantial training in classical piano, he began dabbling in electronic music in 1992. Several years later he began receiving recognition on local Berlin radio stations and a series of irrefutably classic 12"s ensued. Seminal works on Don Q and Position Chrome catapulted Current Value into a literal phase of underground superstardom.

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Cern

A widespread name around the globe already; their production has seem them with released and forthcoming tracks on many of the scenes leading European record labels including UK's Renegade Hardware, Critical Records, Cylon Records, Deep Soul Music, Horizons Music & Revolution Recordings and releasing on the Netherlands amazing Citrus Records, Smptm Records & Syndrome Records; Germany's Basswerk imprint, as well as New Zealand's own Samurai Music, Empathy Records and brand new Aesthetics imprint based in America.

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Phace & Misanthrop

Phace is the alias used by Florian Harres, a drum and bass producer and label owner from Germany. With long time friend Michael Braeuninger, more widely known as Misanthrop, they both teamed up to create the record label, Neosignal, in 2008. This establishment was followed by the release of a worldly acclaimed album, From Deep Space, in 2010, accompanied with several singles. Phace & Misanthop's music trends within the neurofunk sub-genre of drum and bass, and are well known for their atmospheric and powerful tracks.

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