Logan D - Drum n Bass Arena Gold - Aug 2008

Biography of Logan D

Logan D started to listen to jungle music in 1993 when he was just 10 years old. He was inspired by his dad, (Micky Finn) who was always playing the music when they were together.

By 1995, Logan D was up and running with his own set of technics 1210's. It took him 9 months and he was mixing in tracks together tight. He then started playing on pirate radio stations such as Freedom FM, Pressure FM and Conflict FM.

In 1997, Logan D started to work in his local record shop, (Boogie Times) every Saturday. Through working there he was able to get access to promo records, test presses and get to know people within the scene.

The owner of Boogie Times then introduced and recommended Logan D to the owner of Kool FM & Jungle Fever (Eastman). Eastman asked Logan D for a demo mix tape, which Logan completed within 3 days and sent it off. Six months later Logan D got a phone call asking him to do a guest spot show as a one off on Kool FM.

So 1998, Logan D made his debut on London's and world's greatest Drum and Bass Station Back 2 Back with DJ Crissy Criss alongside MC's IC3 and Riddla. The show went so well and got such a good response that Eastman invited them both back for a prime time weekly set.

Also in 1998, he experienced playing at clubs such as Atomics (Kent), Astoria 2 (London), The Stratford Rex (London), The Scala (London), and the Chunnell Club (London).

In 1999 - 2000 Logan D was still going strong on Kool FM every Sunday. People were really enjoying his shows. Skibadee, Shabba and MC Det would come down every other week and the phone line would go crazy. Promoters were now starting to hear him more, artists could hear him more, and most important the ravers could hear him more.

From then onwards Logan D has played at these clubs and many more:

ENGLAND:

Jungle Fever, Astoria 1, London
Innovation, Stratford Rex, London
Innovation, Bagleys, London
Best Of British, The Lighthouse, London
Aphrodite Launch Party, The Scala, London
Pyromaniacs, Club Properganda, London
Telepathy, Club ERQ, London
One Nation, Stratford Rex,. London
SAS MC Convention, Stratford Rex, London
Venom, Kartouche, Ipswich
Rumble, The Waterfront, Norwich
Big Night, Q Club, Herne Bay

OVERSEAS:

Royal Rumble, Mannheim, Germany
Hamburg, Germany
Lifeline, Bremen, Germany
Tenby, Wales
Aberystwyth, Wales
Berne, Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland
Dublin, Ireland
Athens, Greece
Innovation, Barcelona, Spain
Helta Skelta, Es Paradise, Ibiza

Now 2004, and Logan D is working on some material of his own, which he hopes to be releasing on a label in 2005.

You can catch Logan D on Kool FM 94.6 every Saturday from 7-9pm alongside Mc Decoy.

MC Evil B - Drum n Bass Arena Gold - Aug 2008

Biography of MC Evil B

In 2007 MC Evil B exploded back onto the Drum and Bass scene after 10 years away. During the 10 years of his absence MC Evil B was very buzy, but under a different name……B Live (Evil B spelt backwards).MC B Live became possibly the biggest UK Garage/grime mc in the industry. Recording tracks with dancehall reggae star Elephant Man and Craig David to name a few. He was also crowned best UK MC 4 years running and is still the most recent award winner voted for by the public and the industry. In 2007 Evil B decided he needed new grounds to conquer and what scene could be better than his original stomping ground. He is already regarded by most as the futures new number 1.Even close friend and colleague Eksman admits that they fire off one another to “keep the levels high”. Evil B is now already respected as one of the top mc's in the scene,breathing new life and energy in to raves .An aggressive style and stage presence that brings a hype not seen by drum and bass until now.Hated by few,loved by thousands Evil B is perhaps the new number 1?

MC Eksman - Drum n Bass Arena Gold - Aug 2008

Biography of MC Eksman

MC Eksman currently resides as the undisputed Number 1 MC in drum & bass. Over 8 thousand people worldwide voted at the Raveology National Drum & Bass Awards 2007 where he took both the available awards for MC’s: ‘BEST LYRICAL MC’ and ‘BEST CROWD HYPE.’ Hosted by BBC’s Fabio and Grooverider, established rave promoter Raveology are one of the most recognized awards in the scene.

Never before achieved by any other drum & bass MC, Eksman has taken place at the top of the pile and gained notoriety as well as swiping all the possible awards available to MCs. In addition to taking the double at Raveology, Eksman was also crowned ‘BEST INTERNATIONAL MC’ at the National German Drum and Bass Awards, adding yet another trophy to his fast growing collection.

Eksman starting his career back in 1996 and spent many years writing, polishing his performance and enhancing his lyrics until he felt ready to take what he had nurtured for so many years to the forefront of the scene. It was only really in 2003 when he got he first real bout of recognition when he was voted ‘Best Newcomer’ at both industry favourite Knowledge Magazine awards as well as the Accelerated culture awards. These two events saw him catapult onto the scene literally taking people and places by an absolute storm. His success story is one that is made from legend as by 2004 he had gone from Newcomer to King where he lifted the ‘Best Lyrical MC’ title from Skibadee for which eleven thousand people voted worldwide to put him in that place.

Since then Eksman has gone from strength to strength with the release in 2005 of Drive by Car, produced by Bingo head honcho DJ Zinc. Other releases included Bad Man on Frontline Recordings and They Don’t Know on D Style Recordings. This year also saw Eksman win ‘Best MC’ in the BBC Radio 1xtra Online awards and he featured as the first guest on the hugely successful radio station.

2006 saw the release of Na Blood featuring Herbzie and Shortston which was the first full length vocal drum & bass video produced by the now legendary Eksman. It had regular showing on Channel U, the digital music station. 2006 also saw three releases Bingo Beats, Roll Slow, produced by Zinc, Blap with Nicol and Majistrate and Energy produced by D Kay.

In an extremely short time, in terms of a music career, Eksman has exploded onto the scene in a way that isn’t comparable to any other talent. For someone still so young, the future can only be bright for this innovative and melodically gifted MC. A Bingo album, world tours to America and Asia as well as some super fast paced, deep and witty lyrics still to come, he is definitely something that has to be seen to be believed.