Dj/Producer working with Playaz/Innerground/Radius/Co-Lab/Sweet Tooth and many more

Dj Support from Hype,Crissy Criss,Sigma,Hazard,Noisia,Sub Zero,Taxman,Heist,Majistrate + Loads more 

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Established 1993
Demos: prototyperecs@gmail.com

Co-founder//Label-Ops - https://soundcloud.com/overviewuk https://soundcloud.com/domainmusicuk
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Owner of @muzikhertz-recordings

Escape has been actively involved in music since the early days of the British underground music scene and can trace his influences right back to the summer of love days around 1988. Inspired by his older brothers and early cassette tapes of Mickey Finn and Top Bizz. He began experimenting with the hip hop, techno and acid house tunes that defined the era. The explosion of hardcore and the early UK rave scene coincided with Escape starting secondary school and he took it upon himself to convert his group of friends at the time with highly sought-after tapes from early pirate stations and legendary live events. On one of his increasingly frequent visits to Pure records, he was dubbed ‘Younga Zone’ by MC Lenni as a nod to his big brother T-Zone who worked behind the counter. This name stuck with him throughout his early DJing days - although at this stage most of his mixing was restricted to after school sessions with his mates rather than major raves or club nights. Things began to change when, escape crossed paths with another artist who would go on to make huge waves in the Midlands scene, DJ Hazard. At this stage, both were young, broke DJs, hungry for success and doing everything they possibly could to make a name for themselves. Bookings were snapped up regardless of size or setup and they were soon playing to crowds of between 5 and 100 people every week – often for little more than the love of the tunes and a taxi fare home. Before long, Escape was to join Hazard on his weekly radio show on Unity FM. Although the show was well received and opened plenty of doors for the duo, it was difficult being the only drum & bass DJs on an otherwise ragga dominated station and this led to Escape looking for other pirates where his musical policy and jungle selection would be more readily accepted. 
With Kool FM Midlands rapidly establishing itself as the leading jungle pirate in the area and rivalling its London counterpart in terms of the exposure it could provide to up and coming DJs it was clear to Escape that this was where he needed to be. Dogged persistence and a refusal to take no for an answer led to a very large phone bill and no less than five separate demos being sent to Kool. Eventually his perseverance paid off with the reward of a Saturday morning slot that a lot of local DJs would have given their right arm for.  Although up to this point, he was still going by the name of Younga Zone, the decision to rebrand himself Dj Escape was made after careful consideration and some sound advice from Joker Records’ Pugwash. As he established himself on Kool FM through hard work, innovative selection and a rapidly expanding following he moved up through the rankings to the prime time 8-10 Sunday evening slot with MC Biggie. Unfortunately, as with so many pirate stations, things came to an abrupt end for Kool in 2002, causing Escape to make the move to Silk FM.

It wasn’t just behind the decks that Escape was making for a name for himself. Getting involved with event promotion in and around the Birmingham area led to more exposure and bookings began to come in thick and fast from around the UK and overseas. He has since supported the success of events stretching from all over the to America.

Escape initially dabbled in the field of label management when he set up 2nd Strike Records and, although the label only had one release (DJ Hazard You Ready/Metallic Blue) due to distribution problems, experience was gained, lessons were learned and Escape set up a brand-new label called Muzik Hertz. The label gave breaks to artists such as Complex, Dj Rusty and P.A. and this wealth of experience has been instrumental in Escape’s journey into production. Influences from this epic 25-year voyage into jungle drum and bass are echoed throughout of every track, with each one paying homage to the sound.

Home of DJ Thumpa 
I AM NOW PRETTY MUCH RETIRED FROM DJ'ING AS AT DEC 2025…I’LL DO THE ODD SET IF ASKED.
IF YOU ARE DESPERATE TO GET IN TOUCH PLEASE EMAIL DJTHUMPA@HOTMAIL.COM

2026 dates

25/04 Tomorrow's World, Doncaster
11/07 Fuse Festival, Lichfield
25/07 Back To The 90s Festival, Birmingham



2025 sets (taking limited dates)

01/02/25 Drum & Bass Classics, London
28/02/25 Drum Fusion, Coventry
01/03/25 Birmingham Children's Hospital Fundraiser. Birmingham
15/03/25 Pump, Burton On Trent
22/03/25 Tomorrow’s World, Doncaster
29/03/25 DNB Shellaz, Birmingham
12/04/25 Bassman & Friends, Birmingham 
20/04/25 Crooked House, Shrewsbury
25/04/25 Sumo Beatz, Colchester 
03/05/25 Drum & Bass Classics, London 
07/06/25 Unity (vinyl set), Coventry 
28/06/25 Industrial Drumz, Birmingham 
05/07/25 Formation Records Rooftop party, Leicester 
12/07/25 Bassman Birthday Bash, Birmingham  
12/07/25 Fuse Festival, Lichfield
09/08/25 Bassface, Birmingham 
05/10/25 Riverdance, London 
02/11/25 Bellyman Show, London 
15/11/25 Hardcore Technology, Newport
22/11/25 Tomorrow’s World, Doncaster 
06/12/25 Standard Procedure, Coventry 
12/12/25 Splitting Frequencies, Bristol
26/12/25 Drum Fusion, Coventry 
27/12/25 Splitting Frequencies, Malvern
31/12/25 Midnight Frequencies, Birmingham  

2024 sets:

26/01 Be Happy, Leicester 
27/01 Drum & Bass Classics, London 
27/01 Future Drum & Bass, Milton Keynes
27/01 Raveology Children’s Hospital Fundraiser, Birmingham 
10/02 Paragon, Leicester 
10/02 Darkside, Glasgow
17/02 Happedaze, Sunderland 
24/02 Bassface, Birmingham
02/03 OnlyBass, Birmingham
16/03 Reprobeats, Manchester
29/03 Random Concept, Birmingham
30/03 Bassface, Birmingham 
27/04 Drum & Bass Classics, London 
05/05 Onset Of Bass, Bristol
25/05 Random Concept, Northampton
28/06 Duck D&B, Birmingham
30/06 Basstrap live stream, Birmingham 
13/07 Fuse Festival, Lichfield 
27/07 Basstrap, Oswestry
03/08 Rave Hart, Cannock
23/08 NoughtyCulture, Leicester
24/08 Drum & Bass Classics, London
24/08 Drop The Knife Charity Event, Birmingham
25/08 Crooked House Festival, Lichfield 
31/08 Bassman & Friends, Birmingham
27/09 Dark In The Jungle, Birmingham
28/09 Drum & Bass Classics. Birmingham
18/10 Stimulation, Ripley
20/12 Complex, Burton On Trent


My name is Thumpa and I've been DJ'ing since 1996. I've played at Westfest (the biggest indoor rave in the UK), Pandemonium (Holland), Slammin Vinyl, Breakin Science's 'Drum & Bass Classics', Random Concept, DNB Collective, HTID & HTID In The Sun, Shadow Demon, Hardcore Heaven, Uproar, Hardcore Heaven Weekender, Raver Baby, Ravers Reunited, FINRG (Finland), Codex (Japan), Fantazia, Madness Industry (Holland), Mokum (Holland), Cenobite (Holland), Dimensions Of Darkness (Holland), Hardcore Underground, Freeformation, Vibealite, Uprising, Distruxshon and hundreds more including gigs in Japan, USA, Canada, Spain, Netherlands, Hungary, Finland, Germany and for every major rave promoter in every corner of the UK. I now play D&B, classic D&B / jungle and old skool with the occasional hardcore set.

Any mixes you can't find might be at https://hearthis.at/rebuildmusic/ or http://www.mixcloud.com/OllyThumpa

Drum and Bass DJ from Birmingham, United Kingdom.  1/4 Of Ten Club Radio.

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