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Since 1997 Rush Hour has cultivated itself into a haven for music lovers worldwide. The reputation Rush Hour has built mainly comes from the fact that first and foremost Rush Hour focuses on music they totally believe in and have a love for. The Rush Hour family has a strong sense of pride in always working with and feeding off that impulse and faith, rather than working for the mighty dollar or bottom line. Rush Hour has always been this way.

gentleman's music

me and my alias BAARI

BE you. be YO!

contact on PM .

Booking : 
Tom Nettleton at Paramount Artists
Tom@paramountartists.com 
South America :
Joe Sigmund
Joe@surefireagency.com
Italy:
Giulio Montanaro
Booking@grvt.it





Keiren Lomax has had his fingers in many different musical pies for years now.  The Bristol born DJ and producer was first turned onto the dance thanks to the sounds of Easy Groove at Fantazia and immediately began collecting vinyl. As scenes changed and Keiren matured, Bristol’s famous jungle scene swept him up and took him under its wing and, before long, he was a resident at the city’s Apex party and soon went on to play further afield around the UK. 

Following a Sound Engineering and Recording Course, Keiren focussed on making his own sounds and was soon releasing on labels like Moving Shadow, Tech Itch and his own imprint Ice Minus Recordings. For the last seven or so years, though, he has been best known as Komonazmuk, a producer who operated in dubstep and post dubstep realms on leading labels like HENCH, Tempa and ApplePips as well as remixing the likes of Bonobo, Paul Woolford and Emika amongst others. 

“I think my earlier productions were pretty dark and reflected where I was at in my life. I was an angry kid so I did tend to listen to darker more aggressive stuff,” says the man who was asked to perform on Mary Ann Hobbs’ influential Bristol Rise Up show on Radio 1.  Since then he has gone on to perform across Europe and the States, as well as headlining Sziget Festival in front of thousands. 

Like all good artists, Keiren has continued to evolve, mature and explore ever more diverse sonic sources. As such, he has recently branched out as Komon, shifting slowly away from dubstep and more toward the constant punch of technoid kick drums, subtly delayed melodies and forceful low ends.  

It’s an approach that has pricked up the ears of all the right people, with Komon EPs coming on ApplePips alongside label boss Appleblim, as well as on HypeLTD with Bristol peer Arkist. As well as that there are several new remixes in the pipeline and a solo 12” on the esteemed Aus imprint in summer 2013. 

Leslie Lello, born and raised in Bassano del Grappa, comes out of that roster of DJs and producers that was the Trash-Dance crew, one of the most famous and long-lived underground parties in Northern Italy.  Over the past decade Leslie has worked on a niche sound that expertly cross through world music influenced disco, glimpsy boogie funk, heavyweight electro-house and classic UK breaks: his love for groove fuels his drive to make those around him having fun as much as he does while spinning tracks. Leslie's long list of achievements continues to grow with each release. On the solo tip his recent output includes EP, singles and edits published for labels such as Polyamore, Basement Discos, Samosa Records, Bad Panda, The Disco Express, Disco Mind, Stereo Ferment, Spa in Disco, and more with the plaudits and heavy support of artists such as Folamour, Nightmares On Wax, Purple Disco Machine, Mousse T, TSHA to name a few, in addition to several web radios and blogs.  Leslie has also established his own parties along with his mates Lamento (Caldera Republic) and Paul Older (Hiland Festival), pushed by the will and need of spreading his favourites grooves across the north of Italy and beyond.

It was in 2011 that Dutch pair Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets quickly broke through in the electronic music scene. Since then they have become known for their widescreen approach to making and playing club-ready grooves. From deep to disco, tech to soul, they join the dots between the past and the present with their own sense of storytelling and do so in clubs around the world, as well as in their studio. House might be the root of the Dam Swindle sound, but it takes nourishment from a much wider world of music. 

Still now, their breakthrough tunes such as ‘The Wrap Around’ and ‘The Break Up’ receive countless plays on dancefloors all over the world and the duo has made timeless music such as their 2023 disco-house bomb ‘ That’s right’ and 90’s throwback banger ‘Allright – just a tribute’ that became one of the hits of the 2024 festival summer. Dam Swindle has built a trademark sound, while still evolving and maturing their craft in various musical niches. Their landmark 2018 album High Life shows a broad musicality from the duo and this is even more so on their highly anticipated 2025 long player ‘Open’.  ‘Open’ features countless collaborations with high-profile artists such as Dutch pianist Joep Beving and New York-based Ethiopian vocalist Haile Supreme, and sees the duo flex their sound from ambient electronica to synthwave, hiphouse and more. 

Since 2013, the pair has also established their record label Heist Recordings as one of the key independent labels for underground dance music, while also releasing music on other underground mainstays such as Aus Music and Classic Music Company. Heist is more than just a label, though - it is a breeding ground for talents old and new; somewhere talent is nurtured and allowed to develop. Label showcases and special projects such as the yearly Roundup EP; where all artists from the past 12 months remix each other after a random selection process, furthers the family vibe and helps Heist stand out from crowd. Artists such as Cinthie, DJ Sneak, Crackazat, Tesfa Williams, Makèz, Pépé Bradock, Matthew Herbert, Ge-Ology, Byron the Aquarius and many more have all contributed, proving that it is a place for unrestrained creatives to be free with their own sonic visions. The label looks as good as it sounds, too, thanks to visual artist Bas Koopmans's standout artwork designs. 
 
Proof of Dam Swindle's widescreen approach to production is their long and talented list of collaborators, which includes the likes of acclaimed musician Tom Misch, US talent Seven Davis Jr., instrumental collective Jungle by Night, plus Marc de Clive-Lowe, Jitwam and Lorenz Rhode. Next to their own originals, a broad spectrum of artists have asked Dam Swindle for some of their special remix magic: on labels like Strut and Soundway they have reworked the legendary Pat Thomas, aka the ‘Golden voice of Africa,' and gave his single ‘Yamona’ a contemporary electronic edge, as well as The Mauskovic Dance Band’s track ‘Space Drum Machine’ and plenty more artists like Kerri Chandler, Mayer Hawthorne and Tom Misch. As their talent for bridging genres from all over the world continues to attract global attention, high-profile projects keep rolling in from all points on the musical globe. 

Dam Swindle are famously avid collectors of both old and new records, and it shows in their DJ sets, which keep you on your toes as they move freely through the broad world of house music with skillfully blended moods of soulful techno, acid, breaks, disco and more, all to create those special moments that crowds never forget. It is for that reason that their name has become a real stamp of authority and invention in the dance music world. Whatever they do, then, this pair do with irresistible charm.

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