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Sounding from England and at just 22 years of age, Spor has quickly risen to the forefront edge of Drum & Bass production.
After being introduced to Drum & Bass through a friend around four years ago, Jon began experimenting with software to create his own music. His friend Codex took interest and before long they were producing as 'Final Reckoning', skipping off school to work on tracks, with early influence coming from artists such as Hive, Ram Trilogy and Bad Company.
This alias saw a lot of early progress and development take place, and soon differencing Universities meant that distance & time was an issue and Final Reckoning found it to hard to collaborate. Jon took on his solo moniker 'Spor', a tag name derived from a combination of one of the first folders of samples he obtained, entitled 'Spore Tactics', and a favourite piece of artwork by a friend (see www.monaux.com). Graffiti outlining eventually meant
he would drop the 'e' to leave a more balanced arrangement.
Spor saw a debut release on the 'Damaged Minds' imprint, after friend and early mentor Murphy introduced him to Damage.
This was a huge incentive to pursue harder, and soon Spor had attracted further attention. After being headhunted by Chris Renegade, he landing himself an exclusive deal with one of Drum & Bass' most prestigious labels Renegade Hardware, and leading-edge label Barcode.
This opened up DJ opportunities, and after playing his first ever set at London's 'The End Club’, Spor has continued to play across the globe.
2005 saw Spor's remix of Konflict's 'Messiah' and his debut EP for Renegade Hardware.
2006 has seen Spor depart from the TOV Music Group to form part of the newly emerging and exciting Lifted Music collective,as well as tracks on Subtitles, a project for Evol Intent Recordings and Planet Mu.
Minerva
Male
25 years old
Location:
Seattle, USA / St.Albans,
United Kingdom
i listen to loads of music. i'm used to 5 hours of sleep a night. i'm constantly reminded by my friends that if had anymore guts, i'd be dangerous. i play a mean air guitar. i need a haircut, and a coffee.
Music Influences:
drum and bass, sleezy house, electro, hip hop, punk, back in the day hardcore, breakz, most dance music genres bar intense 4/4 stuff.

1. Spor -
2. The Quemists - Stompbox (Spor remix)
3. Evol Intent & Vicious Circle - Odd Nubmer
4. Evol Intent - Flipside VIP
5. Atom & Cell - Pressures (Noisia Remix)
6. Apex - Same Old Blues
7. Spor - Molehill
8. Spor - Stop It
9. Noisia - Cannonball
10. Hive - Neo (Remix)
11. Pendulum - Vault
12. Noisia & the Upbeats - Mudslide
13. Spor - Resolute
14. Lifted Crew - Levitate <> Bad Company - The Pulse
15. Spor - The Resistance
16. Ewun - Phonetap
17. Gridlok - Wake Up
18. Noisia - Block Control VIP
19. Spor - Knock You Down VIP
>>> Break - Submerged (Calyx &Tebee Remix)
20. Lifted Crew - Dirge
21. Spor - 1up
22. Apex - Nowhere To Run
23. Pendulum - Trail of Sevens
24. Spor & Ewun - We Dominate
25. Spor - Dreadnought VIP
26. Evol Intent & Ewun - 8 Bit Bitch (Spor Remix)
27. Limewax - Agent Orange
28. Vicious Circle and Nocturnal - Welcome To Shanktown (VIP Mix)
29. Noisia - Concussion
30. Pendulum - Toxic Shock (Spor remix)
31. Kryptic Minds & Leon Switch - More Like You (Unknown Error VIP)
32. Spor - Breathe in, Scream Out
33. Spor - Valentine
34. Spor -
35. Apex - Hench
36. Spor - Dust Falls
37. Bad Company - Bullet Time (Spor Remix)
38. Spor - Supernova
39. Evol Intent - Dead On Arrival

wilbarrett
Rating:



(8)
Sep 07, 2008
Pretty heavy, techy drum n bass, really fat synthy basslines.
However, recording quality isn't great, and the MC's recording line is too loud in comparison to the music levels.
Otherwise, if you're into your nu-skool drum n bass, this is great and check out some of his other mixes too.