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Hailing from the Windy City, STUNNA has been deeply immersed in the Chicago music scene for many years. Schooled in piano study from an early age, his love of jazz music turned him on to the sounds of HERBIE HANCOCK, especially his early-70's work with synthesizers and electronics. At the age of 12, STUNNA acquired a drum machine and an 8-bit sampling keyboard and began to experiment with the jazzier sounds he'd listened to and also with the current sounds of Chicago House that was at the time, in its formative years. A number of years were spent performing in bands on the keyboards and alongside DJs at parties. His discovery of Rap music and the walls of layered samples by groups such as PUBLIC ENEMY fascinated him and he made it his personal mission to dig and find the sources of these diverse sounds he was hearing. STUNNA realized that many of the current sounds within these layers were actually pieces from the jazz and funk he'd heard only a few years before. He was now hooked on the science of connecting his own sounds with various parts of music's funky past. He joined local Chicago funk bands and began working with House producers such as ROY DAVIS JR. in the mid-to-late 90's, playing keys and collaborating on original tracks and remixes. Around this time he began hearing more and more of the sped-up breakbeats of many of his favorite jazz-funk drummers that were now being used by Jungle and Drum+Bass producers. After accumulating many vintage synths and new studio gear, STUNNA delved into creating his own brand of D+B and locked himself in the studio. When he emerged, he'd written over 50 tracks and began DJing out to fine-tune his tracks. Currently, STUNNA continues to work on D+B and DJ's around the United States as well as Europe. He has signed tracks to STRICTLY-DIGITAL, PHUZION, DEFUNKED, FOKUZ, VIBEZ, PHUNKFICTION, BIOS, BS1, SANTORIN, OUTSIDER, NEW IDENTITY, VAMPIRE, HAVE-A-BREAK, POINT 9 AUDIO, SIDECHAIN, INFLUENZA, LUCKY DEVIL, GOLDEN ORB, LEVITATED, FUTURE RETRO, BASSWERK, FORESTRY SERVICE, RED MIST, PEER PRESSURE, URBAN CHEMISTRY, TELLURIC, performed on THE FAREED HAQUE GROUP's first release for MAGNA CARTA RECORDS, and has also co-produced/performed on tracks and remixes for NEW ORDER, ESTHERO, BEYONCE, AC/DC, ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, KYLIE MINOGUE, ERIC MORILLO, PATTI LABELLE, THE KILLERS, TERRY CALLIER, MISSY ELLIOT, RON CARROLL, BARBARA TUCKER, BOMBAY RECORDS, NITELIFE COLLECTIVE, SONY, WARNER BROTHERS, STRICTLY RHYTHM, DEFECTED RECORDS and TALKIN' LOUD. Currently, he's working on his own original Drum+Bass productions as well as collaborations with artists worldwide such as AMANING, BACHELORS OF SCIENCE, BIONIC1, CONTOUR, CYBASS, DECADE, DONNIE DUBSON, FX909, GRINDA + ZIGZAG, HENREE, J-CUT, JAY ROME, KHARM, KUBATKO, LENZMAN, MAD VIBES, MARTYN, MATIZZ, MECHANIC, METHOD ONE, MIXMASTER DOC, NAIBU, PEYO, REDEYES, SABURUKO, SMOTE, SOL.ID, SUBMORPHICS, SUBZ, SWITCH, TYLER STRAUB, WILL MILES, and Chicagoans PIPELINE, RELEASE, RADIATA, GRANDMARQUEE and LAMEBRANE.
Letting all the bass-heads know we've just dropped a MASSIVE DnB album. With tunes from NOAH D, GREMLINZ, THE RIOT, CASTOR & ILL-ESHA, VECTOR BURN, AFLAME, GLITCH, PATTERN RECOGITION and more... it's ALL FIRE!
You can grab the 14 track download format at beatport, junodownload & beatsdigital - OR you can get the SPECIAL EDITION 2xCD hardcopy version from the FORCE Recordings website that includes the original 14 album tunes PLUS GLITCH's Worth Going To Hell VIP bonus track, AND a copy of the album promo mix by CLRH2O in a beautiful double CD jewel case package delivered right to your door.
This album has been 3 years in the making - we hope you enjoy!
Info, album art & links >> http://forcerecordings.com/adverts/civ2
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...
released on: http://www.junodownload.com/products/1490433-02.htm http://www.chemical-records.co.uk/sc/downloadstore/release/8900 http://www.digital-tunes.net/releases/share_dreams http://www.trackitdown.net/genre/drum_and_bass/track/1686226.html
Respect Records 001 Bes & Receptor - Shiva / Abstract Elements - Erpeh 12'' promo is out now at Juno Records: http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/370776-01.htm Extra limited edition!
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