Nanotek (aka Mark Christiansen) is one of the fastest rising talents of the drum & bass scene. His dark tech style drum and bass is packed with unrelenting breakbeats set to eerie soundscapes and pounding bass lines. Nanotek has released songs on some of the industry's top dark labels like Obscene, Freak and Intransigent Recordings with forthcoming releases slated with Technical Itch and Guerilla Recordings.
There are more artists under name Pyro: 1) Hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark, Pyro started making music at the age of 14. Although fascinated by all electronic genres, he quickly settled on drum and bass when it first appeared commercially in 1995. He then spent the next few years exploring this sonic domain, seeking the darker/techier forms of the sound. In 2000, Pyro and Paul Reset were signed to Trouble On Vinyl, under the Semantix moniker.
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.
Gremlinz is one of Canada's illest producers right about now. Deep, tight beats, and a keen ear for atmosphere. Dude has been making a serious amount of noise as of late, and an old mixtape of his has been unearthed recently.
Source Direct were a jungle / drum & bass production outfit from St. Albans in the United Kingdom, consisting of Phil Aslett and Jim Baker. Their music would best be described as a combination of intensely complex, compressed drum edits, often suffused with a synthesis of menacing soundscapes and jazz-funk samples. They were largely considered to possess a similar production sensibility to Photek, but with a more hostile edge.
Edd Holmes, better known in the Drum & Bass scene as Optiv, first started his music career in the early 90s working at Dance 2, his local record shop in Guildford. At about the same time he was learning his production skills at SAE in London and also found time to hold a weekend job of assistant engineer at Ministry of Sound nightclub. Having completed his studies, he became a main player for the Drum & Bass outfit Pressure Rise.
Ivan Sotirov, known as Thought - is a drum&bass producer and dj from Sofia, Bulgaria. Mainly flirting with the darker, harder sound of the genre. His inspiration stems from sounds in the 97-99 period with a combined background in drum complexity. His first debut vinyl release on Dylan's Obscene Recordings was just the beginning for this growing artist. Since his first step into the genre, he has went on to work with labels such as Tech Itch, Freak, Counterstrike, Soothsayer, Vampire, m-Atome, Backlash and is also currently involved with Bassline Agency and Therapy Sessions Bulgaria.
Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia the crew consists of Knick, Gigantor and The Enemy. Apart from being a production outfit, Evol Intent also owns and operates their own label, which functions as an outlet for their own work as well as like-minded artists. After building an underground following with their first 3 releases, Evol Intent signed a deal with Alpha Magic to handle their distribution for Evol Intent Recordings.
Torqux are a duo started off by Jimmy in 2009. After his first release of Relentless, joined by a 16bit remix, things got moving. His cousin, Dave, aka Twist also got the ball rolling and the two combined efforts as Torqux & Twist on a lot of productions aswell as seperate projects. In 2012 the two decided to both join as a full time duo under the Torqux name,
After success with number 1's on beatport, mixes for Jaguar Skills and Mista Jam, remixes for Tiesto & Mark Knight, Modestep, Jaguar Skills and 679 Records...