Spor - Lifted Music Show 015 - Jun 2009

Biography of Spor

Sounding from England and at just 22 years of age, Spor has quickly risen to the forefront edge of Drum and Bass production. After being introduced to Drum and 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 and 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 and 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.

Chris Renegade - Lifted Music Show 015 - Jun 2009

Biography of Chris Renegade

I'm 25 years old and I live in St.Albans, United Kingdom. I listen to loads of music. I'm used to five hours of sleep a night. I'm constantly reminded by my friends that if I had any more guts, I'd be dangerous. I play a mean air guitar. I need a haircut and a coffee. My musical influences are drum and bass, sleezy house, electro, hip hop, punk, back in the day hardcore, breakz, most dance music genres bar intense 4/4 stuff.