Record collector / DJ / Broadcaster / Producer / Brownswood Recordings boss / occasional remixer

“Understanding the order of time is important to anyone hoping to manifest a dream,” says Valerie June. “There is a time to push, and a time to gently tend the garden.”

Since the release of her 2013 breakout Pushin’ Against A Stone, June has been patiently at work in the garden of song, nurturing seedlings with love and care into the lush bloom that is her stunning new album, The Order Of Time. Some songs grew from seeds planted more than a decade ago, others blossomed overnight when she least expected them to, but every track bears the influence of time. See, time has been on June’s mind a lot lately. It’s the only constant in life, even though it’s constantly changing. It’s the healer of all wounds, the killer of all men. It’s at once infinite and finite, ever flowing with twists and turns and brutal, churning rapids that give way to serene stretches of placid tranquility. Fight against the current and it will knock you flat on your ass. Learn to read it, to speak its language, and it will carry you exactly where you’re meant to be.

NerveJammer aka Roddy Graham started making music in 1986 on an Atari 520 and a little known application called Midi Studio. Later after being caught up in the rave scene sweeping the UK and Scotland, and being mesmerized by the weird and wonderful noises of the time 'upgraded' his studio with an Atari 1040 equipped with E-Magic's Notator coupled with the trusty Akai S950.

 
From 1994 through to 1997 he saw a string of releases on various Scottish and UK 'hardcore' labels such as Clubscene Records, Corrosion, Twisted Vinyl, Annihilator Records and Outcast Clan. Then, having a little extra spare cash he expanded his studio with more sought after analogue synths.
After the rave period died its death Roddy started to look to the likes of 'Regis, Jeff Mills and Joey Beltram for inspiration and the way forward. Throughout the noughties Roddy moved away from the heavy Techno sound to concentrate more on producing different musical styles and paying more attention to the audio engineering and mixing side of things.
 
Finally at the turn of the decade Roddy returned to Techno with an improved studio at his disposal and greater production knowledge than before and is looking forward to his first releases in 14 years on Dark & Sonorous, Aztech, Bunk3r R3cords & Anecdote Records.
The future is looking good!


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