Ellis Dee is a name that instantly rings bells if you know your UK rave lineage. A key figure in the early-’90s explosion, he helped shape the sound of hardcore and breakbeat rave when the whole culture was being invented in real time — big piano stabs, hoover rush, chopped breaks and pure, unapologetic euphoria. Alongside his…
If you like your vibes warm but heavyweight, Josh Skints is one to catch. Best known as a core member of The Skints — one of the UK’s most vital modern reggae bands, celebrated for fusing reggae, dub, dancehall, punk and soul into a sound that’s unmistakably London — Josh has spent years immersed in bass culture the…
In September 2002 the 21-year-old UK garage star Ms Dynamite became the first solo black female artist to win the prestigious £20,000 Mercury Music Award with her debut album A Little Deeper, which beat an impressive shortlist of artists including David Bowie. Within months she had also notched up a record-breaking six nominations for the…
The UK Drum n Bass originals, bringing full-spectrum energy to Good Vibrations Society Fabio and Grooverider are true architects of UK dance music: two DJs who helped shape the sound and culture of the rave era, and then steered it into the rise of jungle and drum & bass. Long before D&B was a global force, they…
Bass, brass, and pure good-time pressure Good Vibrations Society is about moving together, and Gentleman’s Dub Club are basically the house band for that very thing. Born in Leeds in 2006 — famously starting out in the basement of 44 Headingley Lane — GDC grew from late-night roots into one of the UK’s most loved live dub outfits:…
UK garage royalty, bassweight pressure, and champagne vocals When people talk about the DNA of UK garage — the swing, the bass, the late-night shimmer — Zed Bias is one of the names that actually built it. Emerging from the North West and rising through the UKG explosion, he helped define the sound at its most forward-thinking: warm…
