Country Gents is the moniker of Lee Jones, DJ and producer.
A DJ since 1996, Lee was initially inspired by DiY Soundsystem and ethos in 1990 and ended up DJ’ing all over the UK, Europe and America before starting his own events in Reading and Oxford UK under the name Valley Moods Productions.

He started producing in 1999 and released his debut 12” that same year on Cross Section Records’ sub label Black No Sugar. He has releases on Transfusion, Soiree International, Pear Music, Manuscript Ukraine, 124 Recordings and countless releases on Deep Cartel Recordings. In the early 2000’s he worked tirelessly with Dan Cartel putting on illegal parties all over Devon and South Wales and a multitude of other areas, with festival gigs including Glastonbury, The Glade and Secret Garden Party.
  
Over the years, a number of other producers have worked with Lee as fellow Gents, but currently he is working solo from his Bristol Bus Studio in the wilds of South Oxfordshire. Lee'sbackground is firmly in the Free Party/Rave/Festival scene that dates back to 1989. as mentioned earlier, in 1990, Nottingham sound system DiY erupted into the new culture of spontaneous guerrilla raves that began for that group of travellers and townsfolk alike, which was where it all really began for him.

These are exciting times - he launched a new label called Buslife at the end of 2015. 
In April 2020 the Country Gents Radio Show moved on from 3.5 fantastic years at Release FM and then 2 years on The Underground Sessions Radio. In 2023 with the support of a team of friends Buslife Collective Radio was launched and Lee still plays every Saturday night from 6pm to 8pm GMT
The picture you see in the logo of the label also happens to be his home, hence the name!

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Dj Dan Cartel (Deep Cartel soundsystem/Country Gents/Deep Cartel Recordings) has 20 years experience behind the turntables. Involved in the party scene since 1990 Dan first used a set of Technics Dj`ing at a friends house party in Weston-Super-Mare in 1992.
Dan started playing at illegal raves and free parties in `94 when in his opinion "the music on the south-west scene had become too hard so something had to be done".
Dan quickly picked up a tight and original mixing style and in `97 he was invited to join the highly respected Powwow and Sunnyside sound systems. With Powwow he started a long running back-2-back dj partnership with like minded mate Robbie and under the guise of "Desperate Dan and Gobbie Robbie" they rocked many of the free parties in the south-west of England.
Dan and Robbie soon gained popularity and respect for their unique blend of solid quality house music and oldskool breaks.
They quickly earned residencies at Mr C`s in Taunton, Uzer Friendly at Club Loco (Bristol) and Off The Edge in Bournemouth.
They also played festivals, including: The Rizla Bar at Glastonbury `98 (alongside Leftfield, Digs and Woosh (DIY) and David Holmes),the Lizard festivals `97, `98, `99 and the main dance stage at the Free the Weed festivals in Brockwell park, London `99 and 2000.
In 2000 Dan moved to Exeter and helped form the now legendary Deep Cartel Soundsystem. Putting on "free parties by the people for the people", the parties were usually set in the beautiful Devon countryside with a music policy of bass-heavy, deep underground house music.
In November 2000 Deep Cartel started their own club night at Casbar in Exeter where Deep Cartel dj`s played alongside quality guest dj`s/producers like:
Simon DK (DIY), DIY Jack, Smokescreen Soundsystem, Andy Caldwell (Naked Music), Marques Wyatt (om records), Andy Compton (Peng), Ben Wijay (just muzik), Inland Knights (Drop), Mr Mulatto and Ben Vacara (BRS/Flat and Round) and Andy Kinky (Tango).
Since then Deep Cartel have continued to forward the underground house scene with their own club nights, festival appearances, guest slots and of course the free parties have gone from strength to strength. Quality House DJ's travel the length and breadth of the country to have a spin and the vibe has been electric.
Dan has guested at many of the UK's best underground house nights including...D.I.Y (Nottingham), Babble(Leicester), Kinky Movement (Nottingham), Dizzy Funk (Peterborough), Fruity Antics (Bristol), Shrewd (Lincoln), Duvet-Vous? (Bristol), Chocolate Jam (Bath), Turquoise (Totnes) and Guarana (Ibiza).
A dedicated festival goer, Dan can often be found playing on stage or in back stage bars or anonymous festival DJ tents. Recently Dan has played at the Glade Festival `04 in "The Whore's Legs" backstage bar, Air Fusion festival, Shambala festival and on the Avalon stage and Lulu`s bar at Glastonbury `03 and `04.
Since then Dan has played at numerous festivals including Bestival, Shambala main dance dome, Ugfest, BGG, Waveform and sunrise. In 2007 Dan organised the House Marquee at the 7th sun festival.
In early 2010 as Deep Cartel celebrate their 10th anniversary Dan set up a new label "Deep Cartel Recordings" with fellow DC dj Lee Jones. This dj/production duo are known as "Country Gents" and have numerous releases on DCR, Manuscript, Jonny Loves House, Black No Sugar, Soiree, Pear Music and have a forthcoming release on Mobiletrax. 2011 has been a busy year on the festival scene with gigs at Love4Life (DiY/Black Box), Glastonbury's fantastic "Slumbarave" (Oldskool Houses set) and Quality Tom's Shangri-La crew bar, Magic Weekend, Spaceport Terminal, Aeon Festival and Headstock (DiY/Smokescreen tent).... On the club-scene in 2011 Dan has played at Duvet-Vous?, the re-opening of the legendary Verbeer Manor and Lakota. Look out for a new Deep Cartel club night coming soon!
Hot New release coming soon on Deep Cartel Recordings!!!!
In tribute to the great late Loleatta Holloway (R.I.P).....
Country Gents feat Maggie Reeday.
Love Sensation.
Lead Vocals by Maggie Reeday
Bass by Dan Reeday
Backing vocals by Eleanor Spencer and Imogen Rose Tappin
Remixes by:
Dan Cartel, Moshun and Jonny Loves House
Deep Cartel Recordings 14

The owner of the upcoming GoodVibeTribe Soundsystem (Bass Culture Nights, Pa and Lighting hire) I also Dj at and co-run a Dubstep/DnB night at the University of Glamorgan's Su where i currenty study.

Will hopefully have my own remixes and productions up soon.

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Please welcome one of the most prominent Russian drum'n'bass producers who makes big waves in the contemporary scene - Diagram.

It all began for him in 1999 when Alexander got bass addicted after listening to "Future is coming" mixtape series recorded by well-known Spb dj's like Boomer, Took, Steve, Quest within techstep, neurofunk and technoid scope.

At that very moment the music stroke him as something really new and curious, gave him further inspiration and actually became the basic motivation for starting his musical way as a producer a bit later. Prior to that he got hooked on vinyl, following the releases with more interesting stuff not just to listen to but to play out as a dj. And even now he always got early releases from Kemal, Ed Rush, Bad Company, and others in his record-box.

One can consider his sound an echo from the old days but with the effort of “transforming it into new shapes and forms” as Diagram says being heavily influenced by the artists and showing all-time respect to them.

While listening to his works you realize that he sticks indeed to a darker melancholic atmosphere, sharp-edged neurotic bass lines, minimalist percussion, glitchy elements and drum patterns of the beaten track which all in all give us a reflection of his own inner state.

Back in 2008, on co-operating with childhood friend Bop (microfunk crew) there was a new start for a new project entitled Abstract Elements. The duo got serious musical weight in world circuits within a very short period of time. That year the first 12'' saw the light on dBridge Exit Records and after that guys got numerous offerings from other labels of no less importance.

At the moment the project keeps silence in activity in the meantime Diagram is focusing on his solo not to kick down the pace and to stay at the top. Gaining big support from the mighty names of Optiv, Noisia, Loxy, D-Bridge, Doc Scott, Kano, Data, Instra:mental, Alix Perez Diagram is highly demanded Russian artist by most of the serious record labels. "It's just the beginning" - says Alexander.

Search for their stunning releases around, worthy production to be proud of the Russian guys again!

Up by now both Diagram and Abstract elements project got 5 12’’s, 1 digital release, plus to that free is also available and a few on CD including collab with Sunchase on his debut album. 

More co-works to be expected in the nearest future with really big producers!

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