ARTIST:
Hue Jah Fink?
At the age of 15, I began to teach myself various aspects of music technology using an Amiga with the OctaMED software. I also began to DJ and later became a resident at nationally renowned dance club ‘The Brunel Rooms’ in Swindon.
In 1999, I started working with London sound-systems ‘Headfuk’ and ‘Unsound’. My flexibility and eclectic taste as a DJ made me a firm resident at their events, but also a regular contributor to their various record labels as a composer and engineer.
Between 2003-2006 I performed many times on London’s community arts radio station,’ Resonance FM’ assuming various guises, playing my own material with improvised turntablism.
I also have worked as a composer, sound designer and mixer for various short film and video projects. Most notably for film director and artist Dan Moss. Between 2005 to date I have worked on four of Dan’s films, responsible for music composition, foley, dialogue editing, sound design, field recording restoration and final mix.
Following a plethora of releases on various labels under various guises and groups, I started my own music label ‘Binary Feedback’ in 2009, primarily as a vehicle for the work I had been developing over the previous year with Kirsty Hawkshaw.
‘Out Of Reach’ showcased an ambitious range of electronic production styles, including electro, dubstep, jungle, liquid DNB, and atmospheric breaks. Our joint release was a definite success. Not just garnering respect from various international DJs such as Freq Nasty, Starkey, Acid Jacks and Jerome Hill, but also reaching high places on various genre charts at Juno-Download, most notably holding the number one spot on the electro charts for a whole month. My subsequent release ‘We Are The Prophets’ received even more noteworthy attention from international taste makers, including support and praise from Kissy Sell Out, Laurent Garnier, Danny Breaks and The Crystal Method.
Since 2008, I have also been regularly employed for various mastering, mixing and audio restoration services, attracting repeat work from electronic music labels such as Boka, Yellow Machines, Frijsfo Beats, Lab Beat, Combat Recordings, Section8 and Plush Recordings, as well directly for individual artists such as Kirsty Hawkshaw, The Sunkings, and Subeena.
ARTIST:
Kirsty Hawkshaw
After meeting with the trio OPUS 3 at the dawn of the early 1990′s, the track ‘It’s A Fine Day’ from the band’s first album ‘Mind Fruit’ became an international Billboard #1 hit.
After being sampled by Orbital for their original 1992 track ‘Halcyon’, Kirsty would contribute to the tracks ‘Halcyon & On & On’ and ‘Lush’.
From there, Kirsty would contribute to the work of some of the pioneering talent that emerged throughout the 90s electronic scene, working with Steve Hillage and Rachid Taha, and Global Communication’s Mark Pritchard (aka Harmonic 313, Troubleman) who produced her excellent solo album O>U>T which is now available on her store www.kirstyhawkshaw.co.uk.
Kirsty also contributed four tracks to Tiesto’s first two albums, with ‘Urban Train’ and ‘Battleship Grey’ gracing his debut album ‘In My Memory’, plus ‘Walking On Clouds’ and the title track ‘Just Be’ on the follow up second album. She has also worked with such names as BT, Swayzak, Way Out West and Hybrid.
Kirsty continues to surround herself and work with some of the best creative talents from all walks of life, but particularly in the DNB field, working with artists like Blu Mar Ten, Seba, Paradox, Outrage and not forgetting Binary Feedback’s very own Hue Jah Fink!
ARTIST:
Maztek
Matteo Cavo aka. Maztek, embraced upon his music career at the young age of 13 as a lead guitarist and percussionist.
Born and raised in the heart of Italy, Rome, at 18 years of age he became fascinated with electronic music, specifically Techno and Drum and Bass. He decided to take heed and began to compose not only Drum and Bass but also Electro, Grime and Dubstep tracks and played out in the Italian underground scene.
In 2005 Maztek formed the label ‘Subculture Records’, which captivated a wide audience internationally as a vinyl and digital label and has had releases from artists such as, N.phect, Future Signal, Proktah, Malsum & Sleeper Cell.
You can hear Maztek’s releases on ‘Subculture Records’ as well as many other labels such as, ‘Contaminated’, ‘Close2death’ Germany’s ‘Basswerk’ and Italian labels ‘Modulate’ and ‘Transistor Technology’.
As well as heaps of releases from the man himself he has also collaborated with a number of well known producers such as Aeph, Optiv, Sleeper Cell, Dabs, Billian, N.phect and Malsum, to name a few.
Maztek has done remixes for artists like Intiman, Foreign Beggars and is in the process of doing a remix for N.phect.
His biggest releases yet, Intiman ft. Foreign Beggars, ‘Hit That’ (Maztek remix) and ‘Straight to bad’, have caught attention to many world wide, supported by all major Dj’s, Ed Rush, The Upbeats and State of Mind, amongst many others.
ARTIST:
2 Kilo Mockingbird
Formed in 2008, 2 Kilo Mockingbird is duo featuring the vocals of Ella Sopp and drummer/DJ Billy Pleasant. Using influences from rock, dubstep, punk and drum & bass make up the unique foundation of their music. They perform live regularly in their hometown of London and in 2010 headlined the Wageningen Festival in Holland. Most recently they’ve had their music in a episode of the Sky TV series ‘What Did I Do Last Night’.
Billy started in Los Angeles as a session drummer for the Dust Brothers‘ label Nickelback Records. He has also been DJ-ing DNB and other bass-heavy beats around the London party scene for many years, as ‘Billy The Kid’. More recently he has been pounding the skins for the band Gold Future Joy Machine.
Since working on the 2 Kilo Mockingbird project, Ella has also been attracting the attention of various music producers. Maztek was so impressed when he made the Pair A Dice dubstep mix, that he immediately snapped her up to perform on his album. Savage Rehab have also been working with her, and also many top notch collaborations with internationally renowned house music producer Tom Eales.
ARTIST:
Savage Rehab
Hailing from Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, Savage Rehab are a back to back production outfit covering the full spectrum of Drum and Bass and Jungle music.
They are building a steady reputation for not only their versatile productions but also performing together with their MC ‘Gigante’ on five turntables and two mixers. They often mix at blistering pace, sometimes getting through as many as 55 tunes into an hours set! They have taken a residency with Jungle Jam at The Mint Club, Leeds, where they can be caught every first Friday of the month showcasing their dexterity and latest dubs.
Following the release of their Tech Treatment EP on one of the US’s premier DNB/ dubstep labels – Section 8, Savage Rehab signed to Bryan Gee’s V Recordings in the summer of 2010. Because of their versatility they’ve had releases on various labels inside the V camp, as well as getting snapped up for remix work by a plethora of high-profile and underground labels throughout the world.
“I first got to hear their stuff from Roni Size who passed on a CD and told me to keep a eye out… A year later they’ve had releases on V , Liquid V and Chronic… reason being is they’ve got it in them to produce music from tech d&b to liquid, jump-up, jungle style and minimal also.. What I love about these guys is their music always sounds like they’re having fun and seeing them perform definitely confirms it with their energy…”
BRYAN GEE, V Recordings
ARTIST:
Cosmology
From the first warm and evocative tinkle of the ivories on his 2009 début “There’s a Saying”, I knew that Oxfordshire based Cosmology was onto big things. Following a couple of single-track signings to Plush Recordings, he was commissioned to return with his first four track EP “If Love Would Bring” which displayed a wealth emotional colours and musical possibilities.
His production and composition style reminds me very much of mid-nineties DnB. Not through mawkish nostalgia, but by developing great musical ideas and courageously defying ‘me-too’ genre stereotypes. Cosmology reminds me of an excellent cook, from seemingly basic sample and synth ingredients he has the knack for boiling a musical idea down to its pure essence, and delivers a beautifully presented and nutritional dish with a refreshingly unique taste that lingers gracefully on the palette.
No surprise then, that he has tracks being snapped up by various other taste-making labels including Fokuz and Soul Deep Recordings.
Cosmology is certainly one to bookmark and keep your ear on – else you may be missing something pretty special.
ARTIST:
Dave Stitch
I am uncomfortable with self promotion and talking about ‘Dave Stitch’ in the third person. I have no desire to present myself as an electro ninja assassin or be photographed against a backdrop of industrial decay. I have no intention of declaring my music important, groundbreaking or any other buzzwords plucked from the current lexicon.
I write music electronically. I have done since 1997. Interweb search engines point at some of my music, more is available on request.
I am also one half of the live act ‘Treen’, a sampler/synth-based squadron of electro ninja assassins.