I started DJ'ing in 1997. For the first few years I cared for nothing but Drum'n'Bass, however as my tastes broadened I wanting to do something different from my peers. I started playing all the good music I was finding - from any genre. My love for film soundtracks and samples grew at the same time. Fusing it together proved a hit - many gigs, radio shows & parties later I decided to solidify these eclectic sets. I hope you enjoy them. Im still learning new techniques and finding new music to share.

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Ambient music over at
www.soundcloud.com/younitiambient

Old School Hip-Hop and soul/funk mixes at 
https://www.mixcloud.com/Listening4Pleasure

Drum & Bass: Technique Recordings / Rebel Music / 4Corners / Detached Audio / DnB Vibes / Warm Ears Music / Celsius / Atmomatix / Addictive Behaviour / Soul Deep / Tesseract Recordings / Soul Bros / RSTLSSNSS / Ten Ton Beats / Ten Tons Deeper / Influenza Media / Ganja Records / Easy Records / Bassment

Breaks: Pure Filth / Funkatech / Downbeat

There are very few artists that can say that they were there at the birth of the Drum & Bass era. Even fewer can claim to have helped shape the genre and played their part in influencing and evolving the sound - Shodan is one of those few.

In the mid-noughties, a revolution was happening in Drum & Bass that was inspired by a shift from analogue to digital equipment. It was at this time in 2004 that Shodan's ability to construct basslines with the first wave of DAWs caught the attention of DJ Phantasy - a producer with whom a strong and creative partnership would be formed. 

Later that year saw Shodan's first release for Easy Records alongside DJ Phantasy and Fatman D, "No Liars". This along with "Atomic Age" propelled Shodan into the limelight, and but a few releases later came the epic rework of Top Buzz's "Living In Darkness". But it was a release on DJ Hype's Ganja Records that cemented Shodan's place in DnB history.

"Gimme Da Gal" was arguably one of the seminal tracks of the decade and launched Shodan into the hearts and minds of fans and peers alike. Before long, the remixes were coming thick and fast for the likes of Aphrodite as well as releases for Trouble On Vinyl and a collab with UK Apache entitled "I Say, You Say" - all of which showcased a versatility that was rare for the genre. But after a few more releases and a foray into other forms of music yielded a killer combo with Offkey called "Boogie Down" on Pure Filth Records, Shodan took a sabbatical.

Fast forward to 2018 and the fire burns bright once more, and a host of releases are already lined up for one of the most welcome comebacks of the modern era.

Heavyweights such as Celsius Recordings have already shown support for Shodan’s return, along with Ten Tons Deeper, Influenza Media and DJ Marky’s new label project RSTLSSNSS all planning releases in Q2 2018. 

With a focus on the deeper, more soulful side of the Drum & Bass spectrum, Shodan is an artist reborn.

With a career in drum and bass spanning over a decade, Temper D is known best for his technical DJing ability and multiple deck mixing.  His DJ career kicked off when he won the massive Dogs on Acid DJ competition to play at Fabric back in 2003, and has since seen him smash parties in over 30 countries around the world, including the Czech Republic, Holland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Belgium, France, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Ukraine, Switzerland, USA, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Estonia, Romania, Macedonia, and Finland.  


Temper D has also showed himself to be an accomplished producer over the years.  Releasing on various drum and bass labels since 2002, including the massive Viper Recordings, Concord Dawn’s Uprising, 'techno-dnb' pioneering label Offkey, Renegade Hardware, and more recently his own label Temper D Productions, his output has encompassed various styles from techy drum and bass to all out party electro.  As well as solo material he has collaborated  with the likes of Prolix, High Rankin,  Raiden and Cooh as well as doing remixes for Techno giants such as Glen Wilson and Mike Humphries and Breakbeat big hitters like Cut La Roc. Over the years his music has been played by DJ’s as diverse as DJ Hype, Adam F, Laurent Garnier, DJ Friction, John Peel, Klute, High Rankin, Marcus Intalex, Cut La Roc, Nicky Blackmarket, and Logistics and Nu:Tone.

When DJing, the approach is always the same, taking influences from all genres into account and using a raver’s ear for the dancefloor to decide where to go next.    Please use the booking form at www.temperd.co.uk/booking
  
Drum and Bass  releases on: Viper, Ganja-Tek, Offkey, Uprising, Renegade Hardware, and many more.

Dubstep and other bass releases on Suicide Dub, Wicky Lindows, Rocstar.


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