ESSENTIAL BASS : A Road to SEASON 5 : RAY KEITH & JFB

Essential Bass, Essential Freaks, Cadence & Flash present a "Road to Season 5 Festival" event featuring premier UK Drum & Bass and Bass Music artists.

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RAY KEITH Ray Keith is one of the UK’s most respected names in jungle and drum and bass, regarded as the Godfather of D&B. Renowned for his bass-heavy yet soulful productions and seamless skills, this iconic DJ, producer and record label head has remained at the pinnacle of the scene since helping to pioneer the genre nearly two decades ago.

With eight studio albums, a catalogue of hugely important remixes, a successful radio show and countless worldwide tours under his belt, Ray shows no signs of slowing down. His label Dread Recordings celebrates 23 years in the game this year and will see the release of ‘20 years of Dread Recordings’. His highly anticipated Dub Dread 5 Sampler and bonus CD with over 20 artists, has just hit the streets to much acclaim. Ray burst onto the scene in the early 90s as a DJ on the UK rave circuit. When his remix of Orbital’s ‘Chime’ dropped in 1992 he was immediately propelled into the limelight as one of the UK’s most celebrated producers.

With an abundance of remixes hitting the streets throughout jungle's mid-90s golden era, Ray soon became known as the don of the rerub, with well over 100 jungle and drum and bass remixes released - including reworkings of Moby's 'Yes Yes', Congo Natty's 'Police in Helicopter’ and Baby D's 'Let Me Be Your Fantasy' to name but a few.

Ray's weekly radio show on Radar Radio, Blueprint, currently reaches audiences of around 25k – 30k a week, with guests having included the likes of Roni Size, Heartless Crew and Dizzee Rascal.

https://soundcloud.com/ray-keith

JFB JFB is a world-renowned DJ and turntablist, best known for pushing the boundaries of technical performance and live improvisation. A 3x DMC World Champion, and 4x UK DMC Champion, he remains one of the globe’s most decorated battle DJs.

He’s also a Red Bull Thre3style European Wildcard Champion and IDA UK Champion, with high-profile brand affiliations including Pioneer DJ, Serato, Rane, and Denon.

Alongside his turntable dominance, JFB has built an expansive production career, with millions of streams across Spotify, Soundcloud and YouTube. He’s remixed Fatboy Slim, released on Hospital Records, Never Say Die, UKF, Ministry of Sound, Skint, Jungle Cakes, Hot Cakes, and Freshly Squeezed, and regularly hits No.1 on digital. His live sets fuse precision turntablism with bass-heavy genre-hopping, spanning drum & bass, hip-hop, breaks, funk, glitch hop and beyond often with his own remixes, routines, and edits. He’s performed everywhere from Glastonbury’s Hell Stage and Boomtown’s Banghai Palace, to international events like Shambhala (Canada), Rainbow Serpent (Australia) and the BMX arena at the 2012 London Olympics.

A truly innovative artist and live performer, JFB continues to redefine what’s possible behind the decks. https://soundcloud.com/jfbdj https://hotcakes.info/artists/?profile=jfb

ALPHA RHYTHM Alpha Rhythm burst onto the international Drum & Bass scene in 2021 with releases on the legendary Fokuz Recordings and Hospital Records imprints. Since then, his unique blend of symphonic influences and breathtaking atmospherics have captured the hearts of his listeners. His music has seen support from some of the scene’s biggest names such as Degs, London Elektricity, Keeno, and Etherwood, along with multiple uploads to UKF’s Drum & Bass channel. 2024 has proven to be Alpha Rhythm’s biggest year yet with his debut album “The Planets” dropping on beautiful two-piece colored vinyl, followed by two massive remixes of his tunes by Hospital Records’ very own Bop and Subwave. With several more releases on the horizon on some of the scene’s biggest labels, you certainly don’t want to miss what comes next for this rising star!

https://soundcloud.com/alpharhythmdnb alpharhythm.com

ESSENTIAL FREAKS https://soundcloud.com/20kfreaks

THRODOWN https://soundcloud.com/djthrodowndc https://www.facebook.com/DJThrodownDC

RUBBLE & RANKS https://soundcloud.com/cadence-dc www.facebook.com/cadencedc

SUBVERSIONS https://soundcloud.com/subversions https://www.facebook.com/subversionsdnb/

PROXXY https://soundcloud.com/essentialbass https://proxxyandlantern.com

MC KINETIKS https://soundcloud.com/kinetiksmc https://www.kinetiksmc.com/

MC TWISTY https://soundcloud.com/mc-twisty-1 https://www.americangrime.com/artists/twisty-2/

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