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LTJ Bukem in 2006

Daniel Andrew Williamson (born 20 September 1967), better known as LTJ Bukem (/ˈbʊkəm/),[4] is a British drum and bass musician, producer and DJ. He and his record label Good Looking are most associated with the jazzy, atmospheric side of drum and bass music.

Life and caree

LTJ (“Long Time Junglist”) Bukem was trained as a classical pianist and discovered jazz fusion in his teenage years, having a jazz funk band at one stage. By the late 1980s, he decided to become a DJ and gained fame in the rave scene of the early 1990s.[5] His stage name came from his nickname “Book ’em” which derived from the TV show Hawaii Five-O where the character Steve McGarrett would say “Book ’em Danno” when someone was arrested.[6] As a producer, he released a series of drum and bass tracks such as “Logical Progression” (1991), “Demon’s Theme” (1992), “Atlantis” and “Music” (1993).[5] His most notable release was the track “Horizons” (1995) which attained considerable popularity, using the main melody from Lemon Sol‘s song “Sunflash”.

He then dipped in visibility as a producer, with his work running the London night club Speed and his record label Good Looking Records, coming to the fore.[5] A series of compilations entitled Logical Progression highlighted a jazz and ambient influenced side of drum and bass; the style became widely known as intelligent drum and bass.[5] Bukem also explored the downtempo end of electronic lounge music, with sister label Cookin’ and the Earth series of compilations. Some of the artists who rose to fame under Good Looking in this period include Blame, Seba, Big Bud, Blu Mar Ten, DJ Dream (Aslan Davis), Future Engineers, Tayla, Aquarius (an alias of Photek), Peshay, Source Direct and Artemis.

On 16 July 1995, he did an Essential Mix alongside MC Conrad. In 1997, he remixed the James Bond theme for David Arnold‘s concept album of James Bond music Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project.[5] In 2000, he finally released a debut solo album, the double-CD Journey Inwards. The album heavily emphasised his jazz fusion influences. 2001 saw a remix of Herbie Hancock.

He ran the Speed clubnight in London with fellow drum and bass DJ Fabio.

He DJs extensively around the world, often under the ‘Progression Sessions’ or ‘Bukem in Session’ banners. However, his former companion and vocalist, MC Conrad left the label and ultimately their musical partnership in 2012.

Daniel Williamson was adopted from birth. In 2007, he revealed that he had found his biological birth mother, a Ugandan woman living in Paris. She told him that his father was Egyptian.[7]

Style and influences

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Viewed as an innovator in the drum and bass style, Bukem is known for developing an accessible alternative to that hardcore genre’s speedy, assaultive energies. His style pays homage to the Detroit-based sound of early techno, but Bukem also incorporates still earlier influences, particularly the mellow, melodic sonorities of 1970s era jazz fusion as exemplified by Lonnie Liston Smith and Roy Ayers.[8] Early in his career, Bukem was identified for his response to the “almost paranoid hyperkinesis” of breakbeat-based house music, and specifically for his reservations regarding the overbearing force of the hardcore mentality.[9]

Bukem’s music from the early 1990s onward represents his efforts to map out an alternative future for drum and bass by incorporating softer-edged influences culled from London’s 1980s rare groove and acid jazz scenes. Music on Logical Progression reveals these influences, as does his approach on 1993’s Music / Enchanted, which features string arrangements and sounds from nature. His use of keyboards, live vocals and slow-motion breaks on these and future releases earned Bukem’s music the tag intelligent drum and bass. While this designation caused controversy within the drum and bass community, it also influenced the popularisation of hardcore music in the UK during the mid-1990s.[9]

 

DJ Hype, Matrix, and Futurebound performing at the Egg nightclub in London on 30 November 2018.

Kevin Ford (born 1968), better known as DJ Hype, is a British jungle and drum and bass producer and DJ

Biography

Hype first became involved in music as a teenager in 1982, assisting PJ and Smiley with their sound system Heatwave in East London, which evolved into Shut Up and Dance.

Hype began producing in 1989, engineering and co-producing tracks (including “Exorcist” and “The Bee”) for Kickin’Records, Strictly Underground and Suburban Base.[4] UK garage producer Wookie remembers that Hype worked with The Scientist on “The Bee” to create one of the first jungle tunes to hit big, following “£10 to Get In” by Shut Up and Dance in 1989.[5] Around this time, Hype hosted a show on the London pirate radio station Fantasy FM, and he was famed for his mixing and scratching skills.[6]

Suburban Base released Hype’s track “Shot in the Dark” that made the UK Singles Chart in 1993.[7] By 1994, he had become a big name in the breakbeat hardcore and jungle raves – landing awards for Best Male DJ and Best Radio DJ (in 1994 and 1995 respectively) at the UK’s Hardcore Awards,[8] and hosting a show on the legal station Kiss 100.[9]

Hype’s Ganja Records label gained popularity primarily through dance floor fillers such as “You Must Think First”, “Tiger Style” and DJ Zinc‘s “Super Sharp Shooter”. Their popularity peaked in 1996 with the release of their first album, Still Smokin’ , a label compilation released jointly by Ganja and Pascal’s Frontline imprint. Re-released in 1997, its success also led to a major label deal with BMG’s Parousia sub-label and the establishment of True Playaz, an MC-led deejay and production unit also including DJ Zinc, Pascal and Rude Bwoy Monty.[8] Hype’s 1997 Parousia EP, New Frontiers, with Ganja Kru, reached No. 56 in the UK Albums Chart.[10]

Hype is known for his jump-up deejay sets, including appearances at the Playaz night at Fabric.[1]

On 30 March 2009, Hype released a new double album mix compilation on Rhino Records, entitled DJ Hype presents Drum and Bass Essentials.

 

DJ SS performs at a rave.

Leroy Small (born 27 August 1970 in Leicester, England), better known as DJ SS, is a British drum and bass DJ and record producer.

Biograph

SS started out as a hip hop and rare groove DJ in his home-town of Leicester, and was originally known as Scratchen Stein (later shortened to SS).[2]

When the hardcore scene exploded in the UK in the early 1990s, he and his partner Eidris started promoting their own parties called Total Kaos every Friday in Leicester. They also put on one of the first large indoor parties at Donington Park in the summer of 1991. It was an amazing success and 6,000 people danced till dawn. Since then he has gone on to DJ worldwide.

SS is the co-founder of the label Formation Records, which has spawned over 30 sub-labels. The label would play a pivotal role for artists and producers such as Tango, John B, and Twisted Individual. The label was particularly prolific from 1991-1994, releasing many breakbeat hardcore and jungle classics, such as The Psycho EP, the Colour Series, Rhythm for Reasons, Breakbeat Pressure and in 1995, his and the label’s biggest track, the Love Story theme-sampling “The Lighter”. It is a track that has remained incredibly popular and still continues to be played years on.[3]

SS has featured on radio shows such as BBC 1Xtra‘s D&B M1X, on which he put together an hour-long mix of Formation tracks and was interviewed about his career.[

 

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