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https://www.facebook.com/Ghost-Dog-106354272020/ https://hearthis.at/casmoviesandmusic/ http://www.reverbnation.com/ghostdogakadjcas http://www.soundcloud.com/ghost-dog http://www.youtube.com/casmoviesandmusic https://www.mixcloud.com/casmoviesandmusic/ https://www.play.fm/ghost-dog-uk Ghost Dog was born and raised in Sunderland, north east England. He made his first tentative forays into the music world in the punk era of the late 70s. After singing with a few anarcho punk bands, during which he gigged around the UK and appeared on vinyl a few times in the early-mid 80s with Hex, he acquired a cheap synth/keyboard just in time for the acid-house Summer of Love, and began making underground electronic music. His tunes were inspired by the techno end of the early house scene (Model 500 etc.), the trippy psychedelia he’d grown to love (Gong, Hillage, Hawkwind, Hendrix, Zappa, Led Zep etc.) and the harder edge of his old political punk favourites (Crass, Conflict, Subhumans, Flux of Pink Indians etc.), and he went on to DJ at a few parties in the early 90s when he was heavily into the rave/old-skool-hardcore scene (before it lost the dark breaks vibe and became all ‘happy’), but was unable to pursue mixing/production very far back then due to ‘adverse’ circumstances. In the mid 90s he took a change of direction and got into writing. He moved to Crewe for 2 years of a Humanities degree at a faculty of Manchester Met Uni, majoring in Creative Writing, with an elective in Film Studies (which influenced his next change of direction), where he enjoyed a spell of performing poetry (as he had done in Hex as well as singing) before he was kicked out for partying too much. In the late 90s, after a couple of lean years back in Sunderland, he moved to Leeds where he graduated from the Northern Film School and was involved in the making of numerous films, including his own feature-lengthed documentary “No Blood for Oil”, which documented the protests leading up to, and during the 2nd Gulf War with Iraq: Crass donated 2 tracks free of charge to a film that he lovingly crafted the soundtrack for with electronic music from his old Sunderland friend in Leeds, Steve Brown. It headlined the Leeds International Film Festival underground film event in 2001(?). In the mid-late ‘noughties’, he returned to the music scene to make live gig videos for local acts/venues/promoters to use on-line. Then he began making underground electronic music again, using his cinematic skills to make his own no-budget ‘promo’ vids. Close friends with local punk/ska/dub/hip-hop/d&b outfit China Shop Bull (then Fulibulbus), he went on tour with them to make a feature-lengthed tour documentary, and followed it up with several others. In 2010, he signed up with Putz Records of Rio de Janeiro for the electronic release of his “Quantum Quandary” minimal techno EP, and signed a contract for a feature film script he can’t say anything more about until it goes into production. As well as producing, DJing, filmmaking, and writing, he promotes gigs for local music-related community causes (Unity Day, RPCC, Oblong, Cloth Cat), and helps run the weekly Fenton Boogie open-mic/jam at The Fenton, Leeds. His recent musical output encapsulates numerous genres/sub-genres: hard, minimal and acid techno, tech-house, old/nu skool and ambient breaks, d&b/jungle, dubstep, dark and dirty electro, etc. The 2 tracks from the EP can be bought via Juno downloads, whilst up to now, and a couple are on compilation Lps, the rest of his 160+ tracks and mixes are all available on-line as free downloads.
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Troll aka Brian Arnberg, began DJ’ing in 1989 after being exposed to 80’s alternative, synth-pop, industrial, new beat, and acid-house music. Troll is the first Drum and Bass (DnB, Jungle, Breakbeat, Darkcore) DJ in Cincinnati and a pioneer in the United States DnB movement. As an underground staple to the Midwest rave movement, Troll has played all over the U.S. and has held residencies in clubs such as DV8, Elevation, The Warehouse, Clique, and The Drinkery. Known for his quick and precise mixing skills, his sets typically incorporate an eclectic mix of the many styles of DnB to get a dance floor pumping and the bass bins pounding. In the beginning, Troll explored the early rave sounds at various nightclubs and Culture 7 Records. Soon after, he began incorporating a lot more of the faster tempo, break beats and sped up vocals into his sets—a style that was later termed as UK breakbeat and hardcore until DnB became a genre in it’s own right. In 1990, Troll got his first taste of turn-tablism from Mike Bollinger and his Uncle Phil, whose uncle owned the 80’s underground dance club “The Clubhous/The Metro.” Veteran DJ’s Mindcandy, Daisy and Will-B-There who were rockin’ the early club and rave circuit, gave Troll lots of support and the inspiration to push his sound further. In 1992, Jason Brooks (DJ Nauti-Groove) offered the moniker “Troll” to Brian (known then as Kid Tekno) because of the unique dark-side DnB he was playing. In 1992 – 1994, Brian with a few friends hosted a series of events in the Cincinnati area such as “Optic Fusion,” the “Phase” series, and the “Positive Vibes” series. It was at one of these parties where Troll met In late 1994, Brian met Ria Matlib (DJ Mowgli). Ria at the time was highly motivated by the Jungle sound and in 1995, the two of them agreed on an arrangement; Mowgli would MC for Troll, and in return, Troll would teach Mowgli how to spin. A year later their were collectively known as Troll and Mowgli. Soon after, Troll taught DJ Braidey how to mix records and Cincinnati now had a crew of DnB DJ’s to play the many rave parties across the country. Troll was a founding member of the legendary CBS (Cincinnati Bomb Squad) along with other founding members Damon (San Diego), Mowgli, and Xian. Other great talent joined CBS later including Melloman, Perry Ellis, J-Cru, and Sunmiazaki. Troll worked at Clubhead Records (Cincinnati) as the DnB specialist and was in constant rotation for many events the store owner and legendary rave promoter, DJ Bob A Dob, threw around the city. In 1997, Troll and Mowgli teamed up with Bob-A-Dob to form the first DnB weekly event called “Rinse Cycle.” Rinse Cycle hosted many out of town artists such as A-Sides, Dieselboy, Danny the Wildchild, Sine, and Titonton. A year later, Troll and Mowgli set up another weekly DnB night titled “Sweat” after Troll had been a resident DJ at Club DV8. Afterwards, Sweat was a name they continued to use at various club whenever they played DnB. Year 2000 sparked a great collaborative effort with many other DnB artists for a new weekly event titled “Gravitybass” where Troll was one of the residents. Other regular performers were K-Frey, Jeremiah, Spahn, Twilightsleep (a 5 piece live DnB band) along with MC’s Firecat, TNT, and Batre’. For many years, “Gravitybass” has hosted many distinguished artists such as Total Science, DJ Lee, Embee, Facs, and MK2. In 2005, Troll became a resident at Clique Lounge, continuing the “Sweat” DnB night series. He also deejayed a retro new-wave/synth-pop night with Jay Downs and Will Benson (Will-B-There) titled “BackBeat,” a name associated with a former nightclub “Cooters.” For the last 20 years, Troll spends his daytime hours as a creative in the design and advertising industry. He has created cover art for Fuze Recordings out of London, which is ran by the highly respected DJ, Producer and label owner “A-Sides.” He has also produced some original DnB with MK2 (Nashville) and Terry D (Cincinnati). Troll has put out many mix tapes/cd’s over the years. Some of his early recordings reflect his early synth-pop, house and hardcore/breakbeat roots. His more recent mix compilations reflect the different flavors of DnB. Some of his sets can be found online at Soundcloud.com under his real name “Brian Arnberg.” You can catch him the last Saturday of every month for “Beat Faction” in Cincinnati where he plays the music that inspired him to dj and at special events playing the underground sounds of DnB.
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DJ Quantize a.k.a. James Barr, born and bred in Sussex, started out in 2004 performing locally at many house parties, pubs and clubs. As he progressed he was able to secure regular slots around the Somerset, Western Super-mare, Bristol, Southampton and Swindon regions, playing at numerous internet based radio stations, and is now the co-founder at Drum& Bass Network Radio. He was also involved with other various radio stations such as; Emergency FM, Bassport FM, Headrush Radio, DNB Radio, London’s Upfront Radio, BNB London Radio, Glastonbury FM and Ujima 98. His early musical influences include DJ Premier, The Fugees, Cypress Hill, DJ Zinc and DJ Craze. James’ strong interest for music and his passion to succeed led him down the production route, taking on work experience at a professional recording studio in Chichester, where he acquired a taste to start writing his own tracks. Whilst still working voluntary for Airtight Studio's and enrolling with Chichester College for Performing Arts, this course included DJing lessons and practice, gaining experience including career development courses called ‘Gateway to Music’ with an open learning plan. During this time DJ Quantizes musical style progressed to incorporate such genres such as Drum & Bass, Hip Hop and Reggae. James also performed at NASS Festival, Bruton Reggae Fest, Somerset Reggae festival and has made a number of appearances at ‘The Godney Gathering’ where he received a supporting response from the crowd. He has already had the pleasure of playing alongside many major artists like; DJ Brockie, Nicky Blackmarket, Logan D, Turno and Serial Killaz to name a few. With James’ determination, skill and passion to succeed, I am sure this DJ is going to go the distance....Amen...
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