Het heeft een hele poos geduurd, maar België heeft eindelijk een drum'n'bass producer die het ook in de bakermat van het genre waarmaakt: de jonge Netsky is getekend op het Britse Hospital Records, waar hij na enkele succesvolle singles dit jaar zijn debuutalbum uitbrengt. Op vrijdag 5 februari speelt Netsky in Petrol, samen met oa dj Die (van de Reprazent/Full Cycle crew) en Syndaesia: een jonge Belgische dubsteproducer die een track van Wu-Tang Clan mocht remixen, een producerscontest won bij Switch op Stubru en de verwachtingen bijgevolg hoog heeft gespannen.
Petrol drum'n'bass resident Murdock is natuurlijk ook van de partij, net als Goldorak & Solpher, The Nitwits en Grimelock.

NOISIA (who took their name from the word 'VISION' inverted on an upside down VHS tape) are Nik Roos, Thijs de Vlieger and Martijn van Sonderen, hailing from the Netherlands. Influenced by an eclectic range of artists, from The Prodigy to James Brown, Miles Davis to Konflict, Noisia make music for DJs and dance-floors that is interesting enough to cross over from the clubs to your MP3 player. 2005 saw Noisia establish their own label, Vision Recordings to put out their drum&bass productions and collaborations and retain creative control of their music. Nik designs almost all of the artwork for the releases on their labels, and the guys love the challenges and rewards that come with running a label. Vision Recording's biggest releases to date have been 'The Tide', 'Exodus' Feat. KRS One and 'Stigma'. In 2007 they established Division, a non-D&B label for electro, breaks and house. Over the past few years, accolades for Noisia have included 'Best Producers' at the Dutch D&B Awards in 2006 and 2007, Knowledge Mag Top 20 Tunes of the Decade 2000 - 2009: No 4 with 'The Tide', 'Best Tech DJ' in the UK National D&B Awards in 2009 and 'Best Drum&Bass Artist' on Beatport. The guys have worked with, and remixed a number of artists, with notable tracks including, 'Alice' by Moby, 'Omen' by The Prodigy and more recently, Foreign Beggars, Amon Tobin with whom they have collaborated on their forthcoming debut album and Hadouken whose entire new record 'For The Masses' is produced by

Friction are an electronic/ambient band from London, UK. In the year 2000 they started to release tracks on the well respected Undiscovered Ibiza label (volumes 2 to 5 plus "The Best of Undiscovered Ibiza").

Nymfo has been apart of Drum and Bass for well over a decade, a mastermind and organizer of one of the number one events in the Netherlands, Red Zone and ICON, which attracted some of the scenes biggest names. On top of these events he would also hold intimate events show casing the deeper vibes of Drum and Bass, keeping his hand on all aspects of the sound he loved.

Over the last 12 years, Nymfo has been immersed in deejaying, from his own events to headlining shows around Europe and the world, Nymfo was seen as one of the most talented up and coming deejays in the scene. This was then established in 2005 when he won the 'Best Dutch Drum and Bass DJ' then went on to win the same title again in 2007, cementing him as one of the scenes most talented and exciting deejays to date.

With a huge reputation to live up to as a Deejay, Nymfo has been working on production over the previous 3 years, and keeping in line with this high standard, Nymfo's production out put has been of the same high quality that not only have they been picked up by major labels like Andy C's RAM Records, Renegade Recordings, Critical Recordings, Frequency Recordings and the huge Shogun Limited imprint but his tunes are in demand by all the established artists and deejays world wide. With huge collaborations with Icicle and Proxima creating massive hype getting huge reviews, Nymfo is hot property and proves he is one of the greatest deejays and producers in the scene today.

Essentially Hype is to drum and bass as Afrika Bambaata was to the development of hip-hop. He first became involved in music through the legendary Shut Up and Dance sound system, like many before him his interest growing from physically building the speakers that made up the rig to DJ'ing, spinning reggae, house and hip hop throughout the eighties. As time passed, his skills behind the turntable grew to the extent of winning the London heat of the 1989 DMC's and going on to represent Britain in the European championships." While continuing to play at high capacity events Hype also made the move into radio, becoming involved with influential pirate station Fantasy FM before taking up a position at Kiss FM - his Sunday night sessions some of the most popular and securing him Best Male DJ and Best Radio DJ at subsequent Hardcore Awards." His time in the studio began at Kickin', co-producing The Scientist's seminal 'Exorcist' and 'The Bee' before laying down tracks for a number of other labels - the most notable of which, Suburban Base, saw him compiling the still highly sought after 'Drum and Bass Selection' series in addition to notching up his own underground smashes in the form of 'Trooper' and 'Shot In The Dark' while touching upon the charts with 'Isotonic' on FFRR." With substantial success, it was only a matter of time before Hype established his own label, "Ganja", in 1993, working closely with fellow ex-Suburban Base artist and friend Pascal. 'Cops' opened up the play for his Ganja imprint which was later to feature 'Ganja Man' and Zinc's legendary 'Super Sharp Shooter,' before peaking with the 'Still Smokin' album, a collaborative effort with Pascal's Frontline Records. Perhaps surprisingly considering the subsequent runaway success of the label, the intention was never specific, as Hype explains." 'Ganja Records was never meant to be anything, I was never planning on building anything from it, and it was just a knock up as I wanted a label to put some tunes on. As the label built itself without me really having to do anything I realised that if I did choose to put some effort into something I could build something really strong. I'd been encouraging Zinc to do his own thing for some time, though since he didn't really want to be out on his own - myself, Zinc and Pascal decided to set up a label as a collective.' Having flirted with major's in the form of a deal with RCA/Parousia as Ganja Crew in 1997, the threesome backed out of renewing their options choosing instead to retain their independence through establishing their own True Playaz. Hype explains his Philosophy. 'There are two things which keep me going. Firstly, I haven't got anything else - this is it for me so I've got to keep it going - I look at what I have and music has got me everything in my life as well as enabling me to help my family. Secondly I see the enthusiasm for this music from people all over the world. This year alone we've dj'd all over the world; Spain, Canada, Switzerland, Estonia and we know that the whole planet wants it. When you've evolved with something and become part of it on a level where you know that there is such a love for it - it becomes something very special to you. To think five years ago no one could have ever have contemplated that this music would be where it is now. The day I'm playing out and the audience doesn't like it anymore I'll probably move onto something else.'

Jon Stanley (formerly also with Matt Whitehead), but mostly known as Cyantific, hail from South West London. He joined Hospital Records in summer 2002, when High Contrast tipped off Colman and Goss about Cyantific's award winning tracks and performance. With a collection of 12"s, remixes and compilation appearances, Cyantific has gathered a substantial underground fanbase. Popular tracks that have helped Cyantific's breakthrough into the drum and bass scene feature the fast soul classic with Diane Charlemagne, Don't Follow, and the hard hitting Output. Notable Discography Hospital Mix 4 (Hospital Records, mixed by Cyantific, 2005) Ghetto Blaster (Hospital Records, Debut LP, 2006) Since 2007, Cyantific has started writing their new LP in a barn in Hampton Wick dubbed the "cyance lab" near Kingston upon Thames. Awards In 2007, Cyantific's Jon was awarded Best Breakthrough DJ from BBC 1Xtra.

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".

A group from Lyon, France, with a very original sound, made by mixing hip hop, d'n'b, rock, dub, jungle, jazz, trip hop. They are famous for their hypnotising live acts.
After 2 albums "triple 000 " and "P.H. Test Two" ( 100 000 copies together), Le Peuple de l'Herbe came back in early 2005 with their much awaited third album "Cube". This is their first work featuring British rapper JC001 as full band member, after prior collaborations as MC and with his former band UK Apache. A new evolution for a band created by 2 hip hop and jungle oriented DJ's, later joined by a trumpet player and a rock drummer for a more organic sound.
Using their live experience ( more than 300 gigs all over Europe in 5 years), it's in their own studio - The Supadope factory in Lyon (France) - that they recorded "Cube". Their latest album was released November 2006 and is called "Radio Blood Money". Combining their passion for hip-hop, electro, dub and rock, the music of " Le Peuple" reaches a new dimension mixing high energy, distinc grooves, unconventional melodies, elegance and thier legendary fun and party attitude.

Shy FX is the pseudonym of Andre Williams (born 1977), an English drum and bass musician from London. He is best known for one of his earliest singles, 1994's "Original Nuttah", with UK Apache. Throughout his career he has worked closely with T-Power, both as "Ebony Dubsters" and "Shy-FX and T-Power"; their 2002 track "Shake Your Body" with vocalist Di was a crossover success, appearing in the Top 40 UK Singles Chart. "Shake your Body" had great success through out Europe. In 2005 he founded Digital Soundboy Recordings.

Original production alias of Goldie used for his first releases on Reinforced Records, more recently used as the moniker when producing with Heist. With the duo releasing two albums under the name Rufige Kru; Malice In Wonderland (2007) and Memoirs Of An Afterlife (2009), both on Goldie's Metalheadz label, along with a slew of 12''s.

Paul Smith (Spinback) and Jason Greenhalgh (Q Project) are two of the most prolific producers within the drum & bass movement, recording for a plethora of different labels under a range of monikers. The pair first met in 1987, both living on Blackbird Leys estate in Oxford, England and brought together through a mutual love of hip-hop. Distracted by the arrival of hardcore in the early nineties, record collecting was quickly followed by DJ'ing and eventually production. Greenhalgh was the first into the studio, with "Freestyle Fanatic" launching his career in 1991. However it was the establishment of the Legend imprint and specifically Greenhalgh's "Champion Sound", which really took their profile above and beyond the slew of anonymous white labels that were dominating the music at the time. In 1994, the pair started recording together, with "Got to Believe" the first in a series of records which pushed the label away from the fizzling darkside movement and more towards the epic string sections and rolling beats which started to appear on labels like Lucky Spin, Basement and Good Looking. After six years of recording singles for others, the pair established the CIA label in the closing months of 1997 with the help of Brillo from Timeless. The release of their Silent Reign EP for Goldie's Metalheadz breathed a new lease of life into the project, and the pair achieved a further boost with a well-timed Bad Company remix of "Champion Sound" which conjured further interest in what they were doing at their own label. Their debut album Advance exposed a further field of interest, with downtempo experiments logged as a series of "Breaks" on the majority of their early EP's extended to some superb deep house, this breadth taken a step further with their Skin Deep imprint which has forged broken beat to considerable acclaim. Their pioneering of a revival in old-school sounds and arrangements, together with Digital and Reinforced, dominated drum & bass throughout 2001. and a darn good lookin couple o' chaps n' all.

Born in 1976, Dan Gresham aka Nu:Tone, started piano aged 8 and joined Jesus College choir in Cambridge a year later. He studied music at Durham University, and having secured a college radio show met a young John B. They shared broadcasts, established local clubnight 'Substance', and Dan went on to engineering studio sessions for John. All these good vibes led to a debut vinyl release with John's Beta imprint in 2001: ('Grand Central' / 'The Boss'). Since signing to Hospital in 2003 Nu:Tone has come through the ranks to become one of the most highly respected producers in the scene, with everyone from LTJ Bukem to Dillinja busting his tunes. Nu:Tone's remix's are always guaranteed to please - whether it's the retro soul of his Spreadlove anthem or the junglist wobble of his Strictly Social Re-rub. His debut album "BRAVE NU WORLD" dropped in 2005 with all of the Drum & Bass' hierarchy supporting it. DJs Norman Jay M.B.E and Tom Middleton also made Nu:Tone a favorite of their eclectic sets. Off the back of this success Nu:Tone has taken his DJing all over the world spreading hospital love from the USA to Asia to Australia. Somehow he has also found the time to remix Alice Russell, Quantic and produce a track for Jenna G. On June 18th 2007 his LP "BACK OF BEYOND" was released.

As a winner of the Essential Mix of the Year 2007 on BBC's Radio 1, the name High Contrast needs no introduction, although when a young Lincoln Barrett signed on the dotted line back in 2000 he was a complete unknown. Signed on the strength of his mini-disc demos, the Welsh wonder has smashed his way through the Drum & Bass scene in no time at all. His debut longplayer "True Colours" was released on Hospital to massive critical acclaim in June 2002, paving the way for a move onto the outernational DJ circuit and remixer of choice for many labels inside and outside of the Drum & Bass community. It was the club sessions and mixing skills that dominated the year following the release of "True Colours" - with Lincoln making a name for himself as one of the hottest Drum & Bass DJs around. In autumn 2004 he dropped the massive "High Society" LP, featuring the anthemic singles "Twilights Last Gleaming" and "Racing Green". The album has already become the stuff of legend, with Knowledge Magazine voting it into their top 3 jungle albums of the last 10 years. More recently after reaching Drum & Bass superstardom he has released mix albums for Fabric and Mixmag and seen his White Stripes remix all over Radio 1. Missy Elliot and Blaze have also come knocking for a Contrast remix and the world's dance floors have been blown apart by that Gold Digger booty. 2007 saw the High Contrast success story continue, with the single "If We Ever" getting play on Radio One, followed by arguably his finest album yet - "Tough Guys Don't Dance". Rounding the year off with yet another huge remix - this time for Axwell's Ibizan anthem "I Found You". As we speak, he's back on the road taking his brand of widescreen jungle soul to the people. "All killer no filler" says IDJ Magazine. Go catch some Contrast and see that they are spot on! High Contrast released a new album in 2007. The album "Tough Guys Don't Dance" was released on October 1, 2007 in the US. The single "Pink Flamingos" has gotten multiple plays on Sirius' Boombox (a.k.a. Channel 34). The album also has a mixed/mashed up version of Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".

DJ SS, born Leroy Small (on August 27 1970) , is a Drum and Bass DJ and producer from Leicester, United Kingdom. Originally a breakdancer, DJ Stratch Stein began playing electro music as a teenager in the early 1980's. He then played Hip Hop and Rare Groove before turning to producing in 1988 initially Acid House, Hardcore, Breakbeat and finally Jungle/Drum and Bass tracks.

Saul Milton and Will Kennard really do start as they mean to go on. Since the birth of their drum and bass career in 2004, things have been moving extremely rapidly for this duo. Their first release on Renegade Hardware (a remix of Future Cut's 20/20) was followed with big tracks such as Love's Theme, Iron Fist and Hoodrat on prominent labels such as Bingo, BC Presents and Habit. DJ's: Andy C, Mampi Swift, Friction, Zinc, Pendulum, Fabio and Bad Company have shown huge support for their releases which has only been further affirmed by regular radio airplay. Beginning their DJ career in London just over 9 years ago, Chase&Status have witnessed the constant stylistic changes the industry has been through. Their sets reflect on a wide spectrum of DnB.

Grooverider (born Raymond Bingham) is the stage name of a drum'n'bass DJ from London. Grooverider began his DJing career at illegal raves and warehouse parties in Britain in the late eighties, and rose to prominence with partner Fabio through his innovative sets at influential club nights such as Rage and Speed. At these nights, Grooverider championed the emerging UK breakbeat culture that would eventually split from house and techno to produce Hardcore, and then after another split it became jungle, which would in turn become known as drum and bass. Grooverider remains an influential figure in the worldwide drum and bass scene, in part due to his successful radio show on BBC Radio 1 (presented in conjunction with Fabio) which has attained a devoted audience outside the United Kingdom. Consequently, he is in great demand as a DJ and works extensively abroad as well as in the UK. Although Grooverider is known primarily as a DJ and presenter, he is also a recording artist and runs one of the most prestigious drum and bass imprints; Prototype Recordings. Prototype is known for its sporadic, yet highly-anticipated, releases showcasing productions from many of the biggest names in drum and bass, including Dillinja, Ed Rush, Photek and Optical. As a recording artist, Grooverider has released one album, Mysteries of Funk (Sony 1998), produced in conjunction with Optical, and a number of acclaimed remixes. As of 2005, he is currently working on a new album. Grooverider was arrested 24 November 2007 in Dubai after flying in for a nightclub gig with 2.16g of cannabis and a pornographic DVD in his luggage. Grooverider had been employed on a freelance basis and has not been paid by BBC Radio 1 since November. Four years is the minimum sentence for drug trafficking in the United Arab Emirates. "I must have forgotten the spliff," he said in an interview. "It was a small amount. Back home I would not even get prosecuted." On February 19, 2008, Grooverider was sentenced to four years imprisonment. He was pardoned and released on Wednesday 3 September 2008, during the holy month of Ramadan that traditionally sees the pardoning of select prisoners in UAE. In an interview with BBC, Grooverider described his experience as "appalling" and described the conditions in which he was placed.

The Qemists are a drum and bass band from Brighton, United Kingdom signed to Ninja Tune indie record label based in London. The band consists of Dan Arnold, Leon Harris and Liam Black. The Qemists were originally the drummer, bassist and guitarist in a rock band where they spent a lot of time touring UK and Europe as well as spending a lot of time in the studio. During this time in the rock band in the late 1990s, they acquired an interest in drum and bass and some of the group's early efforts started to get airplay. For many years they were performing in the rock band as their day job whilst producing and DJing drum and bass at night, and this conflict of interests lead to the fusion of the two styles to form The Qemists sound that is known today. They had previously worked as live sound engineers for Basement Jaxx, Kano and Lady Sovereign. Their debut release on Ninja Tune was a remix of Coldcut's "Everything Is Under Control" which was supported by Zane Lowe, Coldcut and Pendulum. Their first single "Stompbox" appeared on the movie soundtrack, and in the movie "Jumper". Some singles of the band appeared in many video games. Stompbox appeared in MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, Need for Speed: Undercover and Midnight Club: Los Angeles. Lost Weekend appeared in Colin McRae: Dirt 2, Forza Motorsport 3, MotorStorm: Arctic Edge and Need for Speed: Shift. The year 2009 also saw the release of their debut album "Join The Q" on the Ninja Tune label. In 2009, they supported Enter Shikari on their World Tour, and underwent their own headlining UK Tour. With the bands origins in heavy rock music and their fusion of rock and drum and bass they are often compared to mainstream drum and bass act Pendulum with both artists having similar musical history and styles.

Andy C, real name Andrew Clarke, is a British DJ and producer and co-founder of record label RAM Records. A pioneering Drum and Bass DJ since the genre's emergence in the early '90s, he has consistently been voted World's Greatest Drum and Bass DJ. He specialises in fast mixing, often employing three turntables, and is known for mixing established classics with cutting edge releases. Andy C's record label RAM Records was started with Ant Miles in 1992 and is based in Hornchurch, Essex. RAM Records consists of DJs and producers: Shimon, Red One, Moving Fusion and DJ Fresh (formerly of Bad Company (drum and bass artist)). Some of RAM Records' most popular releases of recent times are Night Breed's "Pack Of Wolves", Fresh's "Hooded", Fresh's "Capture the Flag", and Shimons "Grudge Match".

UK producer Simon Shreeve, best known for their fierce drum'n'bass-anthems (often as a duo with Leon Switch) but recently converted to dubstep.

Sukh Knight is an asian grime, dubstep & Drum n Bass producer from East London. After being introduced to grime music by Scratcha/DVA, he tried his hand at making grime music flavoured with asian influences. He's a member of the MDK Cartel and has recently linked up with Ges-e, who is giving him a helping hand after hearing some of his dubstep/drum and bass music.

Antwerpenaren die al een hele tijd flink aan de dubstepkar trekken. Met succes, want ze kregen (en houden) er beweging en vaart in!

Matrix is een van die levende drum'n'bass legendes. Al jàààren in da game en nog steeds on top of it. In oktober en november verschijnen de 4 Acts Of Mad Men, aangekondigd als een van dé drum'n'bass releases van het jaar. Ook Futurebound draait al jaren mee, hij runt het Viper Recordings label. In 2005 begonnen Matrix en Futurebound samen te werken. Het resultaat was het Universal Truth album: een van de succesvolste drum'n'bass albums aller tijden. Matrix en Futurebound staan in Petrol samen achter de decks... Zet je schrap!

Wat begon als een rockband die na de uren drum'n'bass maakte en draaide, werd The Qemists. In februari verscheen hun album Join The Q, een mengeling van drum'n'bass en rock waar zowel drum'n'bass goeroe Andy C als metalgod Bruce Dickinson van Iron Maiden fan van zijn. Yep, The Qemists zijn een klasse apart!

The DJ, Crossfire started producing music at age of 17. And after a couple of years of complete focus, he finally got some recognition from the infamous Dj Trace. Trace signed his track Hydra (on Spy Technologies LP) for his label. The track Hydra crawled into the playlists of Ed Rush & Optical, Dkay, Black Sun Empire, Paul B, and many others Quickly a release on Ryme Tyme's label followed, with the tunes Hideout & Swordfight. Soon thereafter Trace decided to give Crossfire his own Dsci4, Counterforce & Firebolt, the tune Counterforce also got played out a lot by the ones like: Dj Bailey, Loxy, Ink, Klute, Paul B etc% Bookings came in and the name Crossfire started to ring a bell in the mind of a lot of the tech step lovers. He got booked in Swizz, Austria, Germany (Kings Of The Jungle), Holland, France, Italy, UK, Estonia Although his records were doing well, Crossfire wanted to push the limits a little further, so, he decided to start his own imprint: Crossfire Recording. The Australian fusion band Crossfire was formed by guitarist Jim Kelly, keyboard player keyboardist Michael Kenny, and percussionist Ian Bloxsom. Additional band members included Tony Buchanan (flutes), Don Reid (sax/flutes), Phil Crorgie (bass), Greg Lyon (bass), Doug Gallacher (drums), and Steve Hopes (drums/syncussion). Crossfire toured extensively, including a performance at The Montreaux Jazz Festival in 1982, and recorded seven albums including a live album with U.S. vocalist Michael Franks. Crossfire also performed on collaborative tours with Lee Ritenour, Don Grusin, and Randy Brecker. Crossfire, the Blues band [Northern Ireland] was formed in 2005 by chance meetings. The band collectively have several years experience and include members from BAD ASS BLUES BAND, BLACK CAT BONE, JOHN PLAYER BLUES BAND and the 80's Ska band, THE SELECTER ." Members have also performed (over the years) with James Hunter, Little George Suref, Big Joe Louis, Phil Guy (Buddy's brother),John Mayall, Rico Rodriguez (reggae legend now featured with the Jools Holland band) They have played the Monaghan blues festival , Cork Jazz, Templebar, and Castlebar music festivals as well as the International Rory Gallagher festival, Ballyshannon to name but a few. Crossfire [Ireland] are Des Campbell [Drums&Percussion], Cris Gill [Guitar & Keyboard]& Gary Fleming [Bass&Vocals]. Exist another band called CROSSFIRE formed in Ecuador, their music style is a romatic heavy metal is a perfect mix between great lyrics and excelent heavy metal sound Another Crossfire is Israeli hard rock/glam metal band CROSSFIRE, playing 80s influenced glam metal music, and features guitar virtuoso Gilad Pasternak (Dr. Kasper's Rabbit Show).

Both Ed Rush and Optical are the co-heads of a drum and bass record label called Virus Recordings. Both have earned acclaim separately, with Optical engineering tracks on Goldie and Grooverider's albums and releasing some excellent solo tunes on the likes of Prototype, 31, and Metro. Ed Rush also has countless releases, notably on No U-Turn, where he and Nico first emphasized the dark era of drum and bass with the masterpiece album Torque, and Metalheadz, where he produced such classics as "The Raven" and "Locust". Their 1998 debut album Wormhole is considered a widely respected genre classic. Their second album The Creeps (2000) became reknowned as well. Their third album The Original Doctor Shade (2003) still garners massive applause on dancefloors. In 2004 they released a mix CD release Out of The Box, which captured the insides of their vinyl bags in those days and included a DVD with interviews and videos. In 2005 they released Virus Vaults, a compilation of unreleased tracks, capturing years 1996-2005. In year 2006 they finally released a new album, Chameleon. It used a new concept; they wanted to play the new tracks live. Live performance was something completely new to the whole virus crew. They still headline festivals and events playing solitary or together as DJs. It is commonly said that their best work is done together, although there is a vocal minority of fans who will loudly state that their career took a creative nosedive after Wormhole.

Midlands based Drumsound ( Andy Wright & Ben Wigget ) and Simon "Bassline" Smith, are without doubt one of the leading heavyweight dj / production duo's in the world of drum n bass Its sometimes overlooked, but over the last ten years this dynamic duo are one of the only artists ever in drum & bass history to have had releases on nearly all of the world's leading labels

De kruising van techno, house en ragga bewees een voltreffer te zijn met bangers 'Way In My Brain' , 'DJs Take Control' en 'On A Ragga Tip'. 3 decks, CDJs en skills waar geen eind aan komt. Slipmatt & Lime zijn de twee mannen achter deze ravecrew, de eerste is vandaag nog altijd een gevierd dj in het Britse drum&bass circuit.

Black Sun Empire is the stage name of a team of Dutch disc jockeys, Drum & Bass (mostly Neurofunk) and Dubstep producers Rene Verdult and brothers Milan Heyboer and Micha Heyboer. Based out of Utrecht, Netherlands, they started making drum and bass in 1995 when they got turned on to the likes of artist such as Photek, LTJ Bukem, and Ed Rush. Before that they were into techno and breaks. After having a few releases on smaller record labels, they managed to get the attention of bigger producers like Trace, currently known for his DSCI4 label. At the moment they have three labels of their own; Black Sun Empire Recordings,Obsessions (BSE) and the newly found Shadows of the Empire (BSE). http://www.blacksunempire.com/

Brachten de afgelopen tijd een shitload aan remixes uit en werken nu aan een album met eigen werk. Nero is Dan Stephens en Joe Ray. Beide heerschappen mixen drum'n'bass en dubstep door- en aan elkaar.

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KREWZADER Armed with youthful vigour and a huge amount of love for the music, DJ Krewzader and (MC Mush) made it to international success in no time. In doing so, they have become one of the driving forces behind the Benelux scene, and have steered it boldly where no one had gone before. Krewzader had been mixing for five years when he fell in love with Drum and Bass. Bagging a residency at a club in Ghent when he was seventeen, he then set up two of his own concepts: Boom Biscuits and mentalLAB, with the intention of promoting local and largely forgotten talents. By teaming up with skilled producers such as Crossfire (DSCI4 / Crossfire Recordings), Motion Theory (Signal Recordings), Hydra (Nu Electro) and Saphir (Complex Beatz), he focused the Belgian massives attention on the homegrown whiz kids, as well as turning heads with his own artistry behind the decks. His trademark: dark technoïd sounds together with powerfull and energetic mixes. He is also known for his unique style of selection, but will still make any crowd go wild! Early 2005 he joined forces with Mush, a 21-year-old MC who delivers his lyrics in an entrancingly relaxed flow, crisply contrasting Krewzader's own brand of darker sounds. They connected. So the boys went global and spread the sound to the U.K., the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany. With more Uk and Poland on the maps in the future%u2026. Besides spinning, Tom is also involved as a promotor, booking agent and producer. Early 2006, he graduated from the Electric Music Producing course at SAE institute in Rotterdam, Holland, where he is residing for the moment. Later that year, he will start his Audio Engineer diploma at the same institute. Krewzader is currently working in the studio with some well respected Dutch producers. He will also be teaming up with several interantional producers, one of which the mighty Infiltrata (Barcode/Photek) from the US. So we can expect some new developments on the production side of things soon. A lot has happened for this guy in a short amount of time, and he ain't stopping yet... Shouts to Mush, Steamteam, Flex, L Double, Boxedlab, Beatkingz kru, Snakebite and all the rest we forgot! Krewzader plays most of the time together with MC Mush, and has already shared line ups in different countries with: Q-Project (UK), Danny C(UK), Future Bound(UK), DJ Storm (UK), DJ Lee (UK), Concord Dawn (NZ), Chase&Status (UK), Fierce (UK),Keaton (UK), D Bridge (UK), Loxy (UK), Bailey (UK), L Double(UK), Phobia (UK), Audio (UK), Masheen (UK), Infiltrata(USA), Noisia (NL), Phace(DE), The Panacea (DE), Define (UK), Poi&Affray(UK), Hoppa(UK), MC Stirlin (UK),MC Suddz (UK), Danjah (UK), Martyn(NL), Nymfo(NL), Radic(LUX) , Bazooka(LUX), Le Lutin(FR), Alix Perez(NL/UK), Shapeshifter(NL),Junglefever (NL), Millenium Kru (BE), Dj System D (BE), Crossfire (BE) , Motion Theory (BE), Wasp (BE), Hydra Breaks (BE), Axi (BE), D Convict (Be) and many many more... website: www.myspace.com/krewzader www.mentallab.com www.beatkingz.org

MARTYN maakt muziek voor warme, regenachtige dagen en beschouwt musiceren als een spel tussen geluk en depressie. Zelf omschrijft hij zijn muziek als die van een xylofoonspeler die helemaal achteraan in een fanfare loopt. De voorbije maanden werkte Martyn keihard aan zijn debuutalbum dat hij in Petrol komt voorstellen.

Via debuutalbum Hold Your Colour - nog steeds èèn van de best verkochte drum&bass-platen aller tijden - veroverde PENDULUM faam, horden fans en een podiumplaats. Vanavond stellen ze opvolger In Silico voor. Verwacht u aan een groovy geluid, doorkruist met elementen van hiphop, ragga, funk en 'loodzware riffs' die het altijd doen.

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Murdock has been dj'ing in the Belgian drum&bass scene for more than 10 years, alongside artists like Goldie, Roni Size, Marky, Grooverider, Ed Rush & Optical, Dillinja, Pendulum, Digital, Spirit, Total Science, High Contrast, LTJ Bukem - the list goes on and on. He runs the only weekly national d&b radio show on the continent, Mondays, from 22h till 24h, on Studio Brussel. Listen on line at www.stubru.be or check the weppage http://www.stubru.be/stubru_master/programmas/jungle_fever/home/index.html. Murdock is the driving force behind the Breakdown concept, together with longtime affiliates Ed&Kim. In the past, Murdock has toured South-Africa and played at Hospital's clubnight Hospitality @ Herbal, London. He regularly appeares in the Netherlands and has performed at festivals such as Dour, 10 Days Off and Pukkelpop. In addition he's a monthly resident at Petrol, the largest alternative club in the country, holding up to 2000 ppl. He steadily plays at the Happy and Boa events as well, and has furthermore touched down at about every major event in the country, as well as every club, venue and youthcenter. His style varies between liquid rollers, deep dubby sounds and heavy breaks, with records coming in at rapid succession. Check www.myspace.com/bdbreakdown and www.dozer.be for info and agenda.

Hailing from a small town in Belgium, Netsky is one of the most promising upcoming producers of the moment. In the last 4 years involved in music production, he realised that he likes his drum & bass deep and soulful. He is trying to balance the deepness and musicality of his sound with heavy beats and bass to keep the dancefloor alive. With a number of 12's on Hype's Liqweed Ganja and Twisted Individual's Allsorts in the pipeline, he's on the way to be a big name.

THE NITWITS (The Nitrous & I-Witness) are two drum&bass DJs from Leuven (Belgium). They have been DJ'ing since 2003 and as a back2back team, they've been playing regurarly together for 3 years now. I-Witness has won contests like Young Talent Corner and Pioneer Pro DJ Contest and Nitrous was the winner of the 45 toeren contest (Provincie Vlaams-Brabant). Known for their versatile selection (drum&bass, dubstep, breaks, ...) and fast mixing, they manage to fire up the dancefloor any time!

DJ Die, real name Daniel Kausman, was born in north Devon (1972). Throughout the 70's and 80's he attended many U.K festivals with his mother. As a result Die grew up surrounded by music. With early influences such as his father playing guitar, he began a journey into music. From Rock n Roll to Ska, Two Tone to Punk, he ultimately finding a passion for Hip hop. It was around this time he moved to Bristol and took up skateboarding. Here he discovered that Krust and the Fresh Four crew were mixing house, hip hop, rare groove and funk at warehouse parties just down the road from his house.There was a movement starting around the time - there was the Wild Bunch thing, the graffiti thing, the carnival and sound system thing happening up in Bristol.Die got his first taste of musical production around 1988, when he hooked up with Jody Wisternoff, now of Way out West. Together they formed Tru-Funk and produced 4AM, a house tune released on Smith and Mighty's imprint Three Stripe Records. They followed with two hardcore EP's under the name Sub-Love and made numerous DJ appearances at early Universe raves. As Jody's and Dies musical paths split Die started playing at the many free party's happening in the southwest, continuing to make a name for himself as a DJ. In the early 90s a chance meeting with Roni Size on the Gloucester Road in Bristol, led to what would be a long musical relationship. Beginning with their first collaboration, AGILITY on Bryan G and Jumpin Jack Frost's label V Recordings.