J Majik - J Majik J Majik (real name Jamie Spratling) hails from Northwood, England and has been a drum and bass DJ since his early teens in the early 1990s, releasing his first track as early as 1992(as DJ Dextrous)on the Planet Earth record label. By 1994 he had changed his stage name to the current moniker and was releasing tracks on the Metalheadz label. He has also released tracks on the Mo wax label and runs his own label, Infrared. He also makes music under the name Innervisions. To date he has produced such classics as: Six million ways to die(as DJ Dextrous)(1992) Your sound(1995) Jim kutta(1995) Arabian knights(1996) Love is not a game(2000) The Lizard(2000) Solarise(2001) Metrosound with Adam F(2002) 24 Hours(2003).
Drum and bass - winning the UK's Mercury Prize. On the other end of the spectrum, a new dark, technical sound in drum and bass was gaining popularity, championed by the labels Emotif and No U-Turn, and artists like Trace, Ed Rush and Optical, and commonly referred to as techstep. Techstep took new sounds and technololgies and applied them to jungle. It is characterized by sinister or science-fiction atmospherics and themes, cold and complex percussion, and dark basslines. As the 1990s drew to a close, techstep came to dominate the drum and bass genre, becoming more minimal, and increasingly dark in tone, and the funky, commercial appeal represented by Roni Size back in 1997 was waning. By 2000, there was an increasing movement to "bring the fun back into drum and bass". There was a.
DJ Dextrous - the former stage name of the Drum and bass artist, J Majik. He used this name until 1992/1993 when he discovered it was already in use by another artist in a different musical field. Has collaborated with: H Pee Rude boy Keith T-Bone.
Adam F - with his ground breaking collaborative musical effort KAOS - The anti-acoustic warfare. Colours Has collaborated with: Drum and bass David Bowie MC Conrad J Majik Slipmaster J Hip hop Beenie Man Capone Carl Thomas CNN Kaos - Anti-acoustic warfare De la Soul G. Forbes Guru Lil Mo LL Cool J MOP Noreaga Pharaohe Monch Redman Siamese.
