For those "in the know" Harry Bizzle is fast becoming the new star in the UK Jump Up Drum and Bass scene. 

Originally influenced by the UK Hip Hop scene, everything changed after hearing a DJ Zinc and MC Shabba tape from Slammin Vinyl NYE Y2K. From that moment, he became a disciple of Drum and Bass with a devotion to the genre that has pushed him into becoming one of the UK's top young up and coming DJs. 

Having started his own collection of tape packs and listening to DnB night and day, he made the leap to mixing his own sets on a simple pair of Gemini XL500II decks in his bedroom, shaking the house and generally upsetting the neighbours around him. Weekly trips to the local record shop (WS Records in Bedford) were made where Harry built up both an impressive vinyl collection and an encyclopaedic knowledge of Drum and Bass. 

Having moved back to London it wasn't long before he was a regular customer at the racks of Blackmarket Records in London's Soho, hanging out with DJs and learning from them. The next progression was hitting the raving circuit week in week out, meeting new faces and handing out mix c.d.'s which brought important recognition from Eternal Muzic's Lloydy, Flyin Squad’s Nutcracka & Team Overload CEO Eksman.

In the last six years Harry Bizzle has gone from giving out free CDs at raves and playing at local nights to joining Eksman's "Team Overload" and Nutcracka's "Flyin Squad", having his own fortnightly show on the flagship radio station Kool London and regularly playing main room sets at events such as Breakin Science, Raveology, Overload, Eternal Muzic, Sticky, Low Down Deep, Nu Era & Highgrade. 

Acknowledged as a connoisseur of DnB, he may dive into a little "deep liquid" from time to time but at heart he's jump-up through and through. He has the ability to flip the script to cater for a crowd but always remains true to his personal taste rather than bending to fashions and connects with his growing tribe of followers who recognise him as a fan like them. 

Despite his meteoric rise, Harry believes his DnB journey has only just begun. With both a studio set up and production base in the pipe line together with his co-owned label (Semtex Audio) to promote the music he loves, the future is exciting for Harry Bizzle.

Damian Robert Nesta Marley, also known around the world as “Junior Gong” and more recently as “Gongzilla” was born in 1978 to parents Bob Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976.  As a young adult, he developed a passion and a gift to speak for those who cannot always speak for themselves. A self-proclaimed ‘Spiritual Revolutionary’, Damian has worked assiduously to carve his own niche in music history and to add a new perspective to the Marley legacy for the 21st century. 

At the age of 13, Damian began performing in a group called “The Shepherds” which comprised of Shiah Coore (son of Third World guitarist Cat Coore) and currently a member of his band, and Yashema Beth McGreggor, daughter of reggae singers Freddie Mcgreggor and Judy Mowatt and then began touring with his brothers, Stephen, Ky-mani, Julian and Ziggy. 

By 1996, Damian had already made his stamp as a different kind of Marley when he released his first solo album “Mr. Marley”, a heavily dancehall-influenced album produced by his brother Stephen Marley.  His second album “Halfway Tree” was released in 2001 by a major record label and showcased Damian’s unique gift for blending dancehall, reggae and hip-hop styles.  This album won Damian much recognition and remained on the Billboard Top Reggae Album Charts for 158 weeks and earned him his first Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 2002. 
While honored by this recognition by the global music fraternity, Damian continued to work in the studio, laying the groundwork for the tracks that would become his highly anticipated album, “Welcome To Jamrock”. The lyrics in this album presented Marley as a true spiritual revolutionary, as he used his talent to evoke a spiritual change while trying to enforce a better way of thinking.  He is described as “rhyming with the conviction of a street preacher with the intellect of a university economist”.  

Damian’s hit single “Welcome to Jamrock” was listed as one of the Top 100 Songs of the Decade by Rolling Stone, and at the 2006 Grammy Awards, he won Best Reggae Album and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for Welcome to Jamrock. Damian is the only Jamaican reggae artist in history to win two Grammy Awards on the same night. He is also the only reggae artist to win in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category at the Grammy Awards. The New York Times called Welcome to Jamrock the “best reggae song of the decade.” 
Welcome to Jamrock led the pathway to Damian’s critically acclaimed collaboration with Nas for 2010’s much lauded album “Distant Relatives” – a project which explored the relationships between reggae, hip-hop and Africa. The album title refers not only to the bond between the artists, but the connection to their African ancestry, which inspired the album both musically and lyrically. USA Today referred to the album as a “potent and often provocative collaboration” and by Rolling Stone as “an Afrocentric winner.” The album debuted at Number 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and Number 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums and Reggae Albums charts, with Billboard heralding the album as “a dynamic hybrid.”    

The Distant Relatives Tour kicked off in 2011 and saw Damian traveling and performing for thousands of fans all over the world, including South America, Europe, The United Kingdom, The Caribbean and North America.  

Damian continued to cross musical boundaries in 2012, as he went on to partner with Skrillex for their groundbreaking track “Make It Bun Dem”, which Rolling Stone called “a monster mash up of dubstep and dancehall” and has led to several remixes of the original version.  Damian recently released two other singles; “Set Up Shop” and  “Affairs of the Heart” which both received widespread airplay. 

Damian continues to tour with his band all over the world as a way of entertaining and healing as he continues to spread the message for those whose voices cannot be heard. He is working with his brothers Stephen and Julian under their Ghetto Youths International Label, to discover, develop and sign gifted artistes by applying their musical talent and vast experience to create new and different styles of music.  

Damian is currently in the studio working on his upcoming solo album.

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