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The duo entitled “The Hybridz” was formed in early Jan 2011 and encompasses two simplistic minds from the furthermost corners of the earth – Australia & Brazil. Having only recently meet through, Jefferson’s (Integration Now) release on Jamie’s (Forge) label – Silk Recordings, the pair had very similar tastes in music and the direction they each wanted to take there own sound in. Before the name was even created they had already made their first batch of tunes. “Roots Of Resistance” (forth on Silk Rec) was finished in late December 2010 and would serve as the starting point for the duos first collab and set the standard for the influx of high quality tracks that were soon to follow.

Not sticking to one tempo and experimenting with all types of time signatures and beat patterns “The Hybridz” stands for deep experimentation and a simple but melancholic and bass driven sound with no boundaries. Building on this concept and keeping to their own musical tastes and roots, the duo are set to take this project in any direction they wish by both drawing on their musical and cultural influences, which at this point are as diverse as the music they make.

Their first official release is due out in the next few months on GBDA, which is a sub-label of the mighty “Peer Pressure Records” located in the USA. The release will be available on 12″ and a digital release date will be soon to follow. The next release is a digital single on Silk Recordings followed by a 12″ single due out in the 2nd half of the year. Following on from this a E.P of dubstep/garage tunes on 12″ and digital by brand new dubstep label – Solace Records. With many more releases to be confirmed keep an eye out in the record store for the duos signature sound.

Both artists still have heavy release schedules on there own, with labels ranging from the likes of Darkestral,Silk Rec, Something Deep & Extent VIP to name a few, this duo is set to busy over the next few months with literally some genre bending music to be released.

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Ultracode was born in Kiev, Ukraine April 2, 1986 and currently lives in Chernigov. Musical tastes and inspirations that   affect Ultracode range from the environment, family and of course his intellect and mind. Ultracode thakes these forces and  forms music preferences for himself about the outside world. Ultracode believes framework dulls and suffocates the creative impulses, not letting them develop and materialize in the physical world. Ultracode can be found experimenting with dubstep and drum&bass with hints of idm, although in the first place all this  interesting music is not tied to any one style. The time it takes Ultracode to complete his masterpieces range from a couple of hours to several months, factors such as intrinsic motivation and ideological saturation come into play.

My first experience of DnB came about at that moment when I got hold of the album by Aphrodite – Kings Of The Beats in 1999 together with a Panasonic CD player given to me for my birthday by my sister. For along time that was the only disc that I had, and I listened to it until I virtually destroyed it. Kings Of The Beats had an everlasting impression on me. I loved striding along the street with my CD player under the beat of Aphrodite! Now, when remembering that time, I am beginning to acknowledge that this was the time when I fell in love with DnB. I also remember how in primary school, walking to class in the morning, I used to tune my radio to a pirate radio station that played Breakbeat – those were some of the best moments of my childhood.

I’ve been seriously making music since 2007. I had tried doing something earlier on but this was playing around rather than anything worthwhile. In essence it meant that I would mix tracks and samples for the breakdancing shows. This was the way that I got my first experience. Finally, it was a very straight forward route to becoming a DnB producer. There wasn’t even a question of choosing it from a number of careers – it was simply a call of my heart and soul.

Within a  short period of time Ultacode has been supported by world-renowned producers, such as: Hospital Records, Subwave (Metalhedz), Electrosoul System (Kos-mos), Gvozd, John B, Lostlojic, Enei, Yoshiteru Himuro, Dissident, Vishnu, Jalex, Dominic Rigway, Eleven8, Loxy, Presha, Paul B and many others. In 2011, Ultracode organized his own label Ultracode Koloa Records. The prodcuer is showing no signs of slowing down with releases for his label sure to do damage and turn heads worldwide.

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Nuage is an emerging drum & bass producer from St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Up & coming bristol based producer going by the name of mr foul.  Mr Foul has vinyl releases lined up on new and old school imprints such as trace’s dsci4, skitty’s foundation x, phil source’s vampire records and eveson’s channel 82 he has a production prowess that is sure to be the envy of his peers, and he looks set to follow in the footsteps of the plethora of other bristolians that have left an indelible mark on drum & bass history.

“I’ve been producing under the name Mr Foul for the last 2 years. I’ve always been really into music ever since I was young. I was given my first cassette player when I was about 6, and used to listen to a lot of artists like Gregory Isaacs and Ini Kamoze back then. I’ve always been really into Hip Hop and I started to run Hip Hop nights when I was at school with a couple of mates where we had people like Foreign Beggars come and play for free back before they were famous.”

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For about a decade Johnny Kon has represented the Deep, Intelligent, and Atmospheric style of dance floor Drum & Bass. His dedication in the studio has lead him to appear on various nationwide and global online D&B radio shows, aired showcases, and gigs in the local Drum & Bass community and abroad. 10 years into the game and today, Johnny Kon still remains as passionate about Drum & Bass as ever.

Always refining new musical approaches, 2010 saw him signed and released across a range of respected and emerging Drum & Bass labels such as Digi Lab, Silk Recs, Intelligent Recs, Soul Deep Recs, Stepping Froward Recs to name a few, and receives support from the likes of Geoff Presha, Loxy and DJ Trax.

With upcoming album plans and collaborations with other global musical talent Johnny Kon pushes on with the one theme that has stuck to his persona all these years that is the Deep Dance Floor Drum & Bass sound. 2012, will hold nothing back for Johnny Kon, expect to see this artist firmly cemented in drum n bass playlists all over the world and as always watch this space!

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