Baz Za’s music was conceived on one fateful night in a sweaty underground cavern, the now legendary Turnmills in London. Dave Seaman delivered a progressive house set that blew him away. Baz had no idea that music could sound like that, it changed what he thought music could be. In that moment he was hooked.

While the inclusive vibe of progressive house club nights is what has drawn him to this emotive & intense style of music, the constant realisation that the music wasn’t going in the direction  Baz wanted it to lit the fire. He had to make music himself.

Fast forward 7 years, and what started out as a hidden obsession has turned into a reality. Years of making music on old obsolete laptops and dirt cheap speakers, hundreds of tunes which just didn’t get near his musical vision, and the sheer force of will has now lead to him carving out his signature sound. Emotive & melodic without losing it’s energetic edge, Baz’s music would fit in any set alongside Edu Imbernon, 16 Bit Lolitas, Solomun and Henry Saiz, deftly blurring the lines between progressive and deep house.

I capture sounds to share the feelings of the soul in a language we all understand.
My love affair with electronic music grew from the spectrum of deep progressive house, the obsession continues. 

Support for international artists includes Hernan Cattaneo, Eelke Kleijn, Mark Knight, D Ramirez, Stacey Pullen, Redshape, Dubfire, and the Sankey’s 20th Anniversary Australian tour with Darius Syrossian and Yousef.

Complicit Recordings is a Brighton based House & Electronica label. 
Launched in 2000 and originally only releasing vinyl, we enjoyed niche success in our first few years catering to the progressive / tech scene, with singles such as James Black's "Dark Light," Platonic's "Origin of the Species," and the seminal techno offerings of Parke & Rhyde.

Trips to Miami, Ibiza and Acton brought in a new collection of artists and influences, such as Biasfilth and File 69, further bolstering the reputation of the label.

2005 saw Parke & Rhyde's, "Omega Alpha," appear on Gayle San's U60311 Compilation Techno Division Vol. 5, Platonic's, "Genesis," feature on the respected Trancemaster (4004) series of compilations, and Arque, Ocean Blue and James Black all make appearances on DJ Keri's "Can you Feel It?" album.

The back catalogue is now becoming available for the first time online, with many of the tracks available to download for free. 

We are embarking on a major digital release schedule, with some of the new material available to listen to and one or two gems free to download as well. If you'd like to be a part of Complicit, please contact us on hello@complicit.co.uk afterall, "we're in this house together!"

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