Submitted By: |Sup|pa|

Genre: Jungle / Drum and Bass

Date of Set: May 10th, 2007

Filesize: 65.48 MB

Total Downloads: 24

London-based jungle/drum 'n' bass production team Calyx begun as guitarist Larry Cons, who previously led a jazz-funk band called Octane, and former drummer Chris Rush. The two met at Oxford Brookes University before starting work together and launching their own recording studio in Streaham, South London.

Calyx debuted in early-1998 with 'Cubic.' - Which was also the first release on Moving Shadow's sister label Audio Couture. They then followed it up with the massive 'Techtonic' which made it into the Top 20 in the CIN Dance Single charts.

They then went on to release further successes such as 'Double Zero/The Root', 'Megalomania/Whole Tone', 'Morphology/Schitzoid' (on Doc Scott's legendary 31 Records) and 'Distopia/Octane' - which even gained airplay on MTV.

Fast forward to 2000, and after the 'Catapult EP' Chris Rush decided to leave the duo to pursue a career not in music, and as such Larry Cons has been carrying the Calyx moniker forward solo since Chris left.

Since that time, Larry has enjoyed even larger success, dropping his first solo release as the 'Downpour EP' - following it up with a massive debut for Goldie's legendary Metalheadz imprint, the huge 'Leviathan/Mindfold' - soon followed by another EP for Moving Shadow, the 'Wasteground EP' - the title track being chosen by Grooverider to close out his much-appraised Fabriclive CD.

Larry's profile kept rising as he joined forces with fellow Moving Shadow artist Dom & Roland for a set of devastating collaborations ('Pneumatix'/'See The Light') - following it up with the 'Killa EP' - meanwhile, Metalheadz picked up even more of his tunes, firstly a collaboration with Kontrol on the MDZ.03 album and then a 2x12' release for 'headz in the shape of the 'Dark Nights' EP - featuring collaborations with Kontrol + OB-1.

Calyx is now set to increase his profile even further in coming years, firstly in the shape of his amazing debut album 'No Turning Back', a string of high profile productions and remixes - and setting up 2 brand new record labels, one with Norwegian prodigy Teebee and one with frequent-collaborator Kontrol.

Submitted By: |Sup|pa|

Genre: Jungle / Drum and Bass

Date of Set: May 10th, 2007

Filesize: 65.48 MB

Total Downloads: 24

DJ/producer Teebee spent ten years making his mark on the Norwegian drum 'n' bass scene, but it only took one album and a handful of singles (on labels like Rugged Vinyl and Moving Shadow) to establish him as a major player in the elitist UK drum 'n' bass scene. The 2000 release of his debut album, Black Science Labs, showed the world that Teebee could both play by jungle's rules and #### with them. The record was an unpredictable mix of sounds that twisted traditional drum 'n' bass formulas but retained a sleek, noirish sound. It was a departure from the UK's traditional pantheon of hip-hop and reggae influence, and it took lots of scenesters by surprise.

His follow-up album, Through the Eyes of a Scorpion, was a dark dancefloor rager that retained the painstaking beat structures of his debut while fine-tuning his hard edge. Teebee has become known for a style that doesn't so much straight-out pummel you but sneaks up quietly from behind and ####s with you. He has often credited this approach as an outcropping of his devotion to martial arts. (He practices Hung Gar kung fu.)

Fast forward to the present, and Teebee now needs no introduction. He's become one of the major successes of the UK's forward-thinking Certificate 18 label, as well as winning the 'Best International Producer' award from Knowledge Magazine in 2001. He's gotten raves from all the major players in D&B, including Grooverider and Fabio, Andy C, Ed Rush and Optical and Bad Company. He's had releases on numerous labels, including Prototype, Juice, Creative Source, Moving Shadow, and many more, as well as releasing several mysteriously haunting R&B-flavored drum 'n' bass bootlegs.

Additionally, he plays DJ gigs around the world, creating a stir with head-banging sets that run the gamut between dark and melodic sounds. More so than most DJs, he really gets involved in his sets, transmitting an intense energy to the crowd.