breakstep

Bassnectar on his history, posted via bassnectar.net A quick run down of my musical life:
When I was in junior high I began discovering music that struck me, as opposed to music that felt familiar (like my parent’s music). This was mostly Metallica (the first song I heard of theirs was “Enter Sandman”, so this was after they had already become “mainstream” and blown up), NWA (which I memorized completely verbatim)...

Search & Destroy aka Prior & Lohan hooked up about 6 years ago, both met working in a music shop in the West End. Although both artists were heavily into different styles of music, it was when they started producing together that the S&D sound was born, taking influences from across the board, Jungle, Funk, Garage, Dub, Electro and more. After releasing material on Fragile Beats, Hotflush, Texture, Soulja, Halo, Virgin and Storming Productions, the lads decided to take the next step and start their own labels in the form of Destructive Recordings and Pitch Black...

Coming out of the jungle scene Sheffield's Oris Jay a.k.a Darqwan carved a name for himself way before he revolutionized Uk Garage by bringing true darkness to the sound, paving the way for dubstep alongside producers like El-B, Steve Gurley and Zed Bias. Darqwan also produces as DQ1 and RS4 and runs the label Texture.

Geeneus is the brains behind pirate/internet radio station that broadcasts Dubstep, Grime and Funky from somewhere in the heart of London RINSE 100.3 (www.rinse.fm) his latest work is Funky but with a grime tinge, but he started out with the infamous grime/garage crew Pay As U Go, which had Wiley and Gods Gift as members.
Not to forget the legendary DJ Slimzee who back in 1999 was at the fore front behind the sound now known today as Grime. As back then this sound was un-established the underground mainstream was strictly UK Garage.