Drum and Bass Producer, DJ. Influx UK was born in 1970 in Canning Town, East London, and has been creating music since the age of 9,
when he first got his hands on his parent's music system and began making edits of records onto
cassette tapes using the tape pause button. At 11, he used to watch his dad playing guitar
in a band, and learnt the bass and guitar by watching. Around 1985, when he was 15, the
early wave of hip-hop came to the UK from the USA, and young Influx found himself scratching
and mixing on a pair of school-disco turntables set up in his bedroom. This love of vinyl lead
to him amassing a huge record collection, encompassing 70's funk, jazz + soul, and many of
the original presses of Chicago House and Detroit Techno. As the rave scene in London and
the UK exploded between 1987-89, Influx was right there, going to many of the illegal warehouse
parties such as Biology and Energy. He remembers Prodigy's first live 'big' performance at
Raindance in Jenkins Lane.
Gavin's first music production was played on the now-defunked Radio London in 1987 by none other
than Dave Pearce, who held the weekly hip-hop show. A few years later and Gavin joined
hip-hop group 'Stickya', who were supported by Tim Westwood with plays on the BBC Radio 1 Rap Show.
Fast forward to 1998, and Gavin had not been making music for a few years. He moved to Miami
and there struck up a partnership with the co-founder of Beatcamp, Marco Fabian. There the Beatcamp
crew ran the weekly Drum and Bass night for over 6 years, bringing in DnB talent from all over the
world to the beaches of Miami. It was here that he met DJ SS of Formation Records, who took an interest in Gavin and
Marco's early productions, and took them onboard.
DJ SS proved to have good vision, as in 2002 Influx Datum (Gavin + Marco) produced one of the
years' biggest Drum and Bass tracks, 'Back For More', which hit the national UK charts and found
itself onto many 'best of' compilations of the year. As well as a string of singles, Influx Datum
produced remixes for Hospital Records, Universal Records (for MJ Cole) and Warners (for J-Walk).
During the time of the Influx Datum partnership, Gavin was also producing solo material, so when he moved back to London in 2003, he began releasing this material
under the solo name of 'Influx UK'. These tracks formed the seeds of his debut LP entitled '2 Million
And Rising', which was highly acclaimed by the media and noted by Time Out magazine as 'one of the best DnB
albums ever'. In support of the album, Influx UK and DJ SS took the World of Drum and Bass tour around
the globe, taking in Russia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, USA, Canada, Poland, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, etc.
Influx is now co-owner of New Identity Recordings with DJ SS..
DISCOGRAPHY
http://www.rolldabeats.com/artist/influx_uk
http://www.rolldabeats.com/artist/influx_datum
Many thanks to rolldabeats.com
*** NEW RELEASES ***
NIRCD006 - DEEPSOUND VOLUME 1 - New Identity Recordings
1) BAD 2) GOODMORNING 3) ROMAN PIRATES 4) STOP 5) WHEN I GO
Recorded in his own studio based in Rome, after 3 years of hard work and changes, Crazy Glue contains different musical experiences that the artist experimented reaching an original sound after the past releases on labels such Subculture and Urban pressure.
The E.P. is a set of tunes that ranging from jumpup to neurofunk. Much attention is given in the sound and rhythmic arrangements and it is into melodic tracks such as “bad”, “when I go” and “stop” that this collage get maximum pressure into dance floors.
You can for sure find some inspiration from this funny, yet serious, sticky, tricky album, Where we blending past and future into carzy present.
Respect Records presents: GRINDA + ZIGZAG 'Share Dreams' LP
With each track of the new album by Grinda + ZigZag we plunge into the world of bright imaginations, the space romanticism and the dreams impregnated with warm sensation of today. The abundance of improbable melodic passages, bass groove and expressive drums is a new view of a duo on the creativity. Having achieved own sounding in the previous album, musicians perfect it, opening sides of the talent in an interlacing soulful and cinematic sounds, mainstream and space melodies...
After the Italian bassline 4 venture Dbox records releases its new project with 3 forthcoming Dubstep Ep. New and fresh sound from the massive Italian basement is coming soon…
THE DUB BOX VOL.1
1)NOIZA - GET MAD 2)EZRA (DE NIRO rmx ) – COMIN’ FROM FAR 3)MAURS – ITALIAN FISHERMAN 4)djDANN – BLIP THIS
Influx UK.. What up.. how's everything? All good hopefully.. spoke 2 u a couple times during WMC '09 in Miami.. i like your style.. keep rippin it.. Always!
Hey, hope all is well! Stop by the page and check out the newest Mindstorm tunes "Midnight Rush" and "Gamer's Delight" recently added to the player when you get a chance.
"Midnight Rush" has a more Brookes Brothers/Futurebound vibe while "Gamer's Delight" is just full-blown dirty analog bliss. Leave some love if you like what you hear, it's always appreciated. Big up!
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