@neighbourhood-music 
@rinsefm 3rd Monday of the month 22:00 - 23:00

Bookings: chloe@annexagency.co.uk

Info / Bookings muzikhertz@gmail.com
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.

ProgRam, Ram Records, Subtitles UK, Renegade Hardware, SGN LTD, Commercial Suicide, Human Imprint, Citrus, Revolution, Samurai Music, Uprising, SOM Music, Non-Vogue, EatBrain, RedLight Recordings, SYMPTM, PrescriptionZ  + many more!

Since 2006 Dose has been releasing drum and bass internationally and with over 100 releases on both vinyl and digital, and including an LP, has cemented his name as one of NZ's finest solo dnb artists.

Being one of the few artist around the world who occasionally plays sets of all original music - Dose continues to forge his name across the dnb circuit as a unique original artist standing by his own sound.

With studio sessions a plenty and a bombardment of singles due for release you'll be hearing a lot more from the kiwi and his collab counterparts this year.

DJ bookings: mike@fortetouring.co.nz

Lao Chi (aka Lix Method) is first and foremost a bedroom turntablist, and a vinyl enthusiast and collector.  He is secondly an intimate-venue/crowd DJ.

Most proficient with 3-turntable setups and particularly fond of Digital Vinyl Systems (DVS) such as Traktor Scratch and Serato; he does not underestimate the prevalence of the CDJ and has learned to adapt.  

Lao Chi's ultimate goal is to keep perfecting his own personal take on the art of audio montage; by juxtaposing and mixing elements of several diverse records together, weaving them into intricate and extended sonic tapestries driven by dynamism and flow, and characterized by strong elements of structure which allow for the listener/dancer to experience a unique/unforgettable journey, ideally without having to sacrifice the subversive joys of transitioning between different genres and alternating energies and moods. 

He sees this creative (and recreative) process of consistent propulsion towards unattainable perfection as ongoing, evolutionary and never-ending, and as an end in itself.  

Lao Chi is also in love with hip-hop and has been, through the years, influenced by a variety of artists ranging from Nine Inch Nails to Aphex Twin, via Meat Beat Manifesto.

Medellin Techno Podcast.
 
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Deraout is Techno DJ, Producer and promoter from Medellín, Colombia.

co founder of Intelligent Division, a huge arm on the Techno scene in Colombia.

Releases on labels like: Sleaze Records, Blank Code, Driving Forces, Ilegal Alien, Unrilis, Refluxed and more.

Co owner of Octave recordings...
Releases on Octave/Bio beats/Gradient & many more

Support From Andy C/Amplify/Sub zero/Brockie  + Many more

For Bookings Please Contact:-
bookings@growthmusicagency.co.uk

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