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Metrik

Tom Mundell aka Metrik has come a long way as one of the key names to look out for in drum & bass and for someone still relatively new to the scene, has already shown his versatility with the depth and range within his productions. In 2007 he released the anthemic soulful refrain of 'Your World' on Intrinsic Recordings which captured the attention of some of the scenes biggest names from Bad Company to Pendulum and Fresh to London Elektricity.

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Maztek

Matt aka Maztek began very soon his musical career playing as lead guitarist and percussionist, at the age of 18 years he is deeply passionate by electronic music in particular by techno and drum and bass so he begins to produce electronic music and playing in the Italian undergound scene. In 2005 Maztek develops and gives birth to "Subculture"project , first it was a free art movement based on art exhibitions and installations accompanied by music and live sets, then the project evolved into a union of several italian drum & bass crews.

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Overlook

There are numerous artists named Overlook...
1) An up and coming Drum & Bass producer named Jason Luxton:
With releases on Renegade Hardware, Samurai, 31 records, Horizons and architecture big things are going to come from this lad!
One third of Arma,Based in Bournemouth and head honcho of Mirrors Audio... 2) In 2005, brothers Billy and Timmy Roach formed the Philadelphia based alternative rock band Overlook. The band combines textured ambient guitars and synths with a driving rhythm section, providing the ultimate backdrop for singer Billy Roach

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Future Signal

Future Signal were formed in 2004 by Tom Parkin, James Gorely and Mike Quick. Tom and Mike began writing Drum and Bass together in 2002. 2 years later when James began producing with them, Future Signal were born. They were influenced by attending DnB events in the mid to late 90’s, artists such as Bad Company, Ed Rush and Optical, Konflict and the Ram Records camp. More recently, artists such as Noisia, Phace, Audio and Misanthrop have set the standard to which they aspire.

Pacific

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Pacific is drum'n'bass duo Matt Cox and Mark Soo from Vancouver, Canada. Matt also DJs a variety of genres under the name. 2) Pacific was an electronic indiepop band from the UK that released records and EPs on Creation Records as well as a split flexi with My Bloody Valentine on Catalogue.
1. Barnoon Hill (1988 UK Creation Records)
2. Sea Of Sand EP (1988 UK Creation Records)
3. Shrift (1989 UK Creation Records)

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Optiv & BTK

Taken from a "Knowledge Magazine" interview(1st June,2012) with Optiv,BTK and Optical: "Optical: [...]I think what has made this work for me is that BTK brings from his music the breakbeat production and rhythms that make you want to dance and Optiv is a master at sounds and bass, particularly his own take on the psychedelic filtered stab sounds once found in techno, they just talk to you and he has mastered the art. Together they form a really great combination of all the things that make a good track work."

Read more about Optiv & BTK on Last.fm.

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Enei

It all began in 2003. 2007 turned out to be especially successful - that's when Enei released his first record on the Dutch label Fokuz. That's when he also strated producing dubstep, which resulted in the second dubstep vinyl release in Russia, including one solo track and two co-produced tracks with Ka (aka Implex). More releases are coming on the biggest European labels, and more collaborations with producers from all over the world are taking place.

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