 A quick neuro mix-down for the BHK NFG Production Contest,
creating a track from a limited set of samples and unlimited processing.

High Function is a collaboration between Dan Stopani and London club DJ Tequila Slammer.

High Function: Redline (BHK NFG Contest Track)

FRESH MUSIC ON ITS WAY


We are a group of individual artists, come together from different environments with the same vision on life. We make music that speaks about what we see in our present and in the future....

Return of the teachers we're bringing back the art of edutainment, making this all relevant again.  Our views may not reflect what you want ot hear but they reflect our truths....'you don't have to bump this but please respect it'.  

Get out the belly of the beast or be digested slowly and become part of it.  Bring back the youth clubs, take back the streets, bring back the community....'The family broke down in the hustle, so now younguns dont respect for nothing but hustle'. Positive or negative life is 50% chance, break the cycle. 

Peace

Bio
 
Doc78 aka.Dougi D
A decorated and experienced MC /Composer/producer making music since the early 80's, this dude used to make beats on a tape deck using tape to tape recording and any sound sampled on headphones, theres nothing he cant do thats why he's the doctor.  Music is in this guys bones, form Rap to DnB to House to Dubstep to Soul to Indie he's in it, on it and changing it. He grew up in both south east and south west London in the darkest corners of the ghetto and so his music reflects that. His vocal freestyles define London, speak about the disease in the city of concrete and the place we live, knowledge is power spread on the burnt toast.
He began playing the drums in little school always creating sounds from a home made drums kits from sauce pans to metal pencil cases.compossing all the music to his school play at the age of 9 years old. Along the way he was learning about the fundamentals of instruments.
he could make drum rifts and sound from anything. He would write and improvise song to his home made beats. then started to record his material whilst filling in the gaps with beat box and vocal sounds.  In early 90s He formed a hip hop group Complex of Fear. Finding ways to express him self through music, rapping and mc’ing developed his spontaneous flare as well as his production creativity.
While rapping, he always had taken great interest in all genres of music. Especially House, Jungle, drum n bass Garage and Ragga.
During this time he loved to dj and create new mixes to play. This got him a lot of attention as a dj so he played at private parties and raves. This then gave him the opportunity to mc over pirate radio stations such as Magic fm.
An intense hunger to make music he moved away from rapping and focused more the production. He researched into production and audio engineering. He discovered and learnt a range of music software.
He is currently working his labels and live music with the band Them kgb who has already caut the attention of film producers and is set to feature in a major movie realese in 2012.

BaiN.....

A heavy weight beatmaker and Rapper, making DnB, Hip/Hop & RnB, Bain is also an Artist and Designer.  This guys beats are infectious like class A drugs, they've all got their own persolaity much like the producer himself.  Growing up on the red brick Estates of Brixton to living in the dirty south london area has inspired not only his beats but his flow and lyrics too. Sometimes hard like rock sometimes soft like water , this guys a huge fan of computer games, martial arts films and anime series and you can hear war peace and love in any one of his tracks and your head will bump till it falls off your shoulders.

UnKnown......
 
Producer/Rapper/Poet. First made music with his cousin on an amiga and has had melodies in his head ever since.  Primarily a lyricist, poet, rapper he spits verses like a classic rapper with the intricacy thats long been lost in the Rap game. UnKnown now resides int he South-west but grew up in Croydon and lived anywhere from the suburbs to coucil estates,  running with a major mix of other artist from all backgrounds all over london has developed his style into something very individual. Outside of music UnKnown is an athlete who trains in strength and martial arts (currently Muay Thai) and believes fitness and discipline are imperative to success and positivity.
Together these 3 artists are developing a sound thats been missing from UK hip-hop for a long time...all are influenced by the original east and west coast rap sounds and run witht the belief that Music is Powerful, it shapes our idea's and beliefs and this tool is what they're using to edutain the youth...Enough of the bullshit..somethings gotta change......its time.

Custard is a DJ who mixes across the broad spectrum of house, trance & techno. From prog house, trance & techno, to house party bangers, through to alternative & uplifting trance, and up to the banging side hard trance/house and acid techno.

Past DJ residencies include Planet Angel, Boundless and Chilled in a Field Festival.

As a producer he is 1/3 of the Nexus 3 collaboration with the uplifting big room trance releases 'State of Wonder and 'Last Flight' on Discover Records, plus remix duty on Activa's 'Temper' on the To the Point remixed album. 

He's also 1/2 of the Payoff Brothers collaboration; making whatever bootlegs they fancy in any genre. Whether it's fixing a broken remix to make something that makes sense, remaking really old tracks to bring the production up-to-date to make them playable next to modern tracks, or making bootleg remixes that are begging to exist.