TC - Live at Maida Vale 2007

TC, (also known as Tommy Boy), is a Drum and Bass producer and DJ from Bristol. He left school and started making music inspired by the sounds of the Bristol scene and the music and atmosphere of St. Paul's, the area of Bristol where he grew up. His tracks 'Deep' (featuring MC Jakes) and 'Jump' have achieved critical acclaim in the rave scene. He has an album, 'Evolution', forthcoming on D-Style Recordings.

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Drumattic Twins - Finger Lickin' beat

Nick Slater and Lanx's (aka Kevin Lancaster) stage name was the consequence of having amplified attacks of drum-machine seizures in their loft. Even the strongest prescriptions could not calm the frenzy of 12 years of multi-faceted producing and DJing that would ensue before they landed at Finger Lickin'.
As children of the dance revolution would remember, many moons ago, Nick and Lanx were known as the chart topping Shades of Rhythm. Two of the three, the reprehensible Nick and Lanx along with vocalist Rayan Gee, were then responsible for tunes like 'Sweet Sensation', 'Homicide', 'Ecstasy' and 'Sound of Eden' - tracks so seminal, they're likely to induce misty-eyed rumblings about “the good old days”.
More salt water may well in thy eyes if footage of Nick and Lanx's appearance on Top Of The Pops is ever - hesitantly- unearthed. But some ten years later from their big bang, Nick and Lanx put the snapshots of the rave days into an album and re-invented themselves as the Drumattic Twins. Having discovered the downside of being tied down to the majors, they set up their own label in the late 90s and released a handful of Drumattic tracks and started working with Lee Coombs.
Their mutual passion for electro soon led to setting their imprint with their label Freakazoid, which has huge underground support worldwide. Together with Coombs, the Drumattics went on to remix Arthur Baker's early house classic Criminal Element Orchestra's 'Put The Needle On The Record', as well as Dreadzone, Deejay Punk Roc, Mike Monday and old rave classic 'Psychotropic' by Hypnosis. Through their long-time friendship with Sir Coombs, Nick and Lanx met the loco lads at Finger Lickin' where the Twins parked their spaceship.
Nick and Lanx already carried with them the wealth of the pre-emptive jewels that would ensure their success - solid sparkles of funk, house, hip hop, and of course, breakbeat - before the twosome joined the Finger Lickin' ranks. So, it was no surprise that their debut album entitled “Drumattical” on the label in July 2001 was rich in communal messages and positive press. Their first single release on Finger Lickin' 'Thinkin About You' led to licensing deals and scooped sales worldwide.
As the year progressed, the “Drumattical” album samplers occupied the DJ Beats chart and saw massive club support from the underground breaks DJs right up to Boy George, Judge Jules and Pete Tong. And wedged into the latter end of 2002 is Drumattic Twins' 'Feelin Kinda Strange', currently being plastered on Australia's Triple J airwaves as well as becoming a hit in Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany and the Netherlands. Spain, Holland and France's Transmusicales festival have undergone a dose of Drumattic Decks'n'Effects with the show being an exhibition of Nick on vinyl control and Lanx on keyboards with sampler navigation.
The Drumattic's studio is based in Peterborough where Nick has run his successful weekly club night Bungalow (not quite house!), while partner in drum-criminology Lanx is based in the north of the country. Geographical constitutions need not be a problem for these two for they have defied physical laws by making a modem another essential production tool: Nick and Lanx record over the Internet! “We use an active text window alongside our sequencers…” Nick explains, “…and samplers to engage in file and sample transfers while continuously online. It's really just like being in a studio with someone but you can't see them.”
The pair are part of only a handful of artists who use technology in this way. If bitten by inspiration or a phonecall by Lee Coombs in the middle of the night, feedback on the latest drum-sequence is merely an emoticon away. Add 12 years of working together, and you have yourself dance music that will compress time and space around you with its explosive, dramatic package of smokin' sound. Into the bass and blackhole you go. It's no wonder the standard is out of this world.
2004 was a whirlwind for the Twins. They reformed as Shades Of Rhythm and are performing live sets with MC Rayan at some of the biggest clubs in the UK as well as wowing crowds with their amazing decks 'n' fx sets. The release of their single “Le Funky” / “Rock Steady” received rave reviews from anyone with a shred of musical taste and they played to sell out crowds in every city on their massive Australian tour.

DJ Patife - Samba DnB

DJ Patife is a prominent Brazilian drum and bass DJ. He had contact with the drum and bass scene through friend DJ Marky while working in a record store. DJ Patife's first gig was at São Paulo's Arena Music Hall. In 1997, he travelled to Europe with Marky. There, he accompanied Roni Size in the delivery of the Mercury Prize. With crescent popularity, Patife released his first album in 2000, Sounds of Drum'n'bass. The album was praised by England magazines Muzik and MixMag, resulting in an invitation to release the album in that country. In 2000, Patife, Marky, and the Drumagick duo played for 5,000 people in São Paulo. Patife's remix for Max de Castro's "Pra Você Lembrar" was a hit in the Londoner dance tracks and was included in the main England dance magazines' playlists. Three of Patife's songs were included in the compilation Brazil EP, released in England by V Recordings. In 2000, he participated in Otto's double-CD Changez Tout - "Samba Pra Burro Dissecado" and in Fernanda Porto's album. Patife played in the 2001 version of the Rock in Rio festival. Also in 2001, he performed in the U.S., Scotland, London, and Amsterdam.

1xtra Bass tour 2006

Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to DnB or drum n bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. Emerging in the early 1990s, the genre is characterised by fast tempo broken beat drums (generally between 160 & 180 beats per minute) with heavy, often intricate basslines. Today, drum and bass is still considered an underground musical style, but its currents of influence run throughout popular music and culture.

Drum and bass began as an offshoot of the United Kingdom breakbeat hardcore and rave scene of the late 1980s; and over the first decade of its existence there have been many permutations in its style, incorporating elements from dancehall, electro, funk, hiphop, house, jazz, metal, pop, reggae, rock, techno and trance.

1Xtra Bass is 1Xtra's annual drum and bass tour. Six cities in six days, featuring la creme de la creme of the best UK DnB DJs and MCs. The fourth annual Xtra Xtra Bass Week in 2006 saw 1Xtra's entire Drum & Bass DJ roster: L Double, Flight, Bailey and Sappo each host their own broadcast from a UK city with the best talent from the D&B scene such as Fabio, Grooverider, Roni Size, Goldie, Pendulum, Clipz, Marcus Intalex, Craggz & Parallel Forces, Jungle Drummer and MC Trip, Heist, Kenny Ken, Radio 1's Crissy Criss, Dynamite MC and MCs Rage, Stamina, Tonn Piper, Verse and more.The finale on Saturday 18 March was live from Ashton Court Mansion in Bristol - it was a massive celebration to close Xtra Bass Week with some superstar talent such as the Mercury award-winning Roni Size, Dynamite MC and more.

1Xtra Bass 2006 #1 - L Double - Live in Exeter

1Xtra Bass 2006 #2 - Dj Bailey Dj Ice Mc Rage - Live in Nottingham's Rescue Rooms LINK FIXED

1Xtra Bass 2006 #3 - Marcus Intalex - Live at Lava & Ignite night club in Norwich

1Xtra Bass 2006 #4 - Sappo Kenny Ken Krissy Kriss - Live in Manchester

1Xtra Bass 2006 #5 - Fabio Grooverider Sappo Bailey - Live in Edinburgh

1Xtra Bass 2006 #6 - Roni Size L double Bailey - Live in Bristol

EZ Rollers - Rolled Into One

EZ Rollers are Alex Banks and Jay Hurren - two longtime friends from the small East Anglian town of Beccles. This may seem unusual to those outside of drum & bass circles, but Beccles is actually a hotbed of drum & bass talent. Besides EZ Rollers, acts associated with the town include PFM, Flytronix, JMJ & Richie and Hyper-on Experience. JMJ is actually Jay from EZ Rollers and Hyper-on is Alex's former project with Danny Flytronix. EZ Rollers have been signed exclusively to Moving Shadow since their first single "Rolled Into One / Believe" in 1994, but their association with the label goes right back to the early 90s when Hyper-On Experience released classic darkcore tracks like "Lord Of The Null Lines." Ironically, this sound couldn't be further removed from what Alex and EZ Rollers are about. As Alex already knew Jay and liked what he was doing with Richie, they got together to do some tunes. Things clicked immediately with the aforementioned "Rolled Into One" EP. Rob Playford liked it so much in fact, he told them to do an album. "Dimensions Of Sound" was released in 1996 and, with a few singles in between, here they are with the follow-up, "Weekend World".

Live at Positiva, Porto 18/10/03

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