DNB Host & MC - North West 

For bookings contact rivaltechnique@gmail.com 

RivalTechnique - Having developed a unique, innovative approach to lyric-writing and delivery, RivalTechnique is fast become one of the most exciting MC's in the Northwest. Having developed his style over 10 years, he is adaptable to genres from Grime to Dubstep and Drum and Bass. He was in a Preston-based rock band called Radio Rivals, whose single 'Tuned In' featured on BBC Introducing in May 2016. RivalTechnique has performed at various Drum and Bass events in the Northwest and the Midlands, including Decibel, Shotta TV, Badwax, Bass Klinic, Hysteria, Relapse, Masters of DnB, Metropolis and Warehouse Project. This has earned him support slots under some of the biggest names in the scene, including Andy C, Nicky Blackmarket and Original Sin just to name a few.

"Unique, insane and like nothing you’ll have ever seen before… we cannot recommend highly enough. This eponymous multi-instrumentalist from Dublin packs a punch in his music like no other.. " – Kat Jackman, Huffington Post

Born in Dublin and now based in London, Fjokra and his eponymous band have gained a reputation for exhibiting a uniquely bizarre and energetic live show that ‘combines near-minimalistic, lo-fi electro-pop with retro swing, metal and occasional epic Muse-like explosions’ (Time Out). Gracing the stages at Isle Of Wight Festival, Beach Break Festival, Shambala, Boomtown and Liverpool Sound City, Fjokra was also hand picked by Adam Ant as support for his London show in November 2014.

“I want to recommend something new to iTunes this week, a very exciting new band..Fjokra” – John Taylor, Duran Duran.

“Im going to have to go and lie down in a darkened room after playing that”. – Gary Crowley, BBC Radio London on playing Infinite Loops

“Sex music for metallers” – Peanut Baines, Kaiser Chiefs

“The ever impossible to pigeon-hole Fjokra with the musical masterpiece that is Slyrex.” – Peter Donaldson, Absolute Radio

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