Drum And Bass

Diligent Fingers is a multi-talented Drum & Bass and Hip Hop artist and event/radio host hailing from Manchester.

With over 15 years within the underground music scene under his belt, Dili ( as his friends call him ) has gone from djing at free raves to hosting and performing at countless events across the UK and Europe, working with many big names within Drum & Bass and Hip Hop such as Trigga, Genesis Elijah, Hazard, Audio, Prolix, Current Value, Liz E, Indika, DJ Hybrid, Saxxon, Kenny Ken and many more.

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Too many names to list but resulting in releases with labels such as Millennium Jazz Music, Abnoxshuz Entertainment, G13 Records, Audio Addict, Nuusic Music, Juicy Fruit Recordings, Subwoofah Records, Run Tingz Recordings and forthcoming releases on Liquid Lab ( Brand new sister label to Colab recordings ), Short Circuit Records, Grid Recordings, Deep In The Jungle and many more to come in the future.

With support from Ray Keith, Heist, Benny Colab, Rene LaVice, Aphrodite, Nicky Blackmarket, Rowney, Propz, Gold Dubs, Aries, Saxxon, London Electricity, Section, Valiant Emcee, Shadre & Salvage, K Jah, S Man and more, it looks like Dili is starting to get recognition for his talent.

Shadre & Salvage are two Drum & Bass Producers hailing from the North West United Kingdom. No strangers with in the Drum & Bass Community the two have been homing their craftsmanship for several years as a duo but their stories and background reach further afield. 

From a young age, Shadre has been influenced to shape a career in the Drum & Bass scene. From being exposed to various styles of Electronic Dance Music dating back to the early 90s including Trance, Garage and Hardcore Jungle, his music certainly highlights the new age of Drum and Bass, whilst staying true to the roots that inspired him as much as possible. From his home town of Wigan, he has remained consistent with his Music Production studies and practice over the years, by taking part in highly regarded Diploma and Degree courses. Once his signature sound started to develop, Shadre began to seek feedback from the various artists and label owners. It was at this point when Shadre and Salvage were first introduced to each other which sparked a very close net friendship. 

Salvage well known for his label 'Short Circuit Records' started his career over a decade a go. During his Music Studies he was known for putting on some of Manchester's biggest Drum & Bass Parties under Oh My God! & Energy back in 2010 with a Friendly team of local Drum & Bass Enthusiasts. This lasted for many Years and during that time strong connections with other Artists started to flourish. Salvage was a resident on Unity Radio 92.8fm and ran a frequent Drum and Bass show every Thursday from 21:00 / 23:00 featuring many guest DJs and MCs. In 2013 Salvage decided to leave the Event Organizing behind him and to pursue his original love in Music Production. It was around this time when he decided to launch his own label Short Circuit Records and has featured artists such as Recon / Rowney / Konichi / Supreme Being / Saxxon / Subview / Skore / Klay plus many more over the years and has gained much support from some of the industries heavier hitters. 

With forthcoming material in the works on Grid Recordings, Zombie Recordings, G13 Records, Calypso Musak through out 2020 they have already received and continue to receive great support from acts such as Hype, Hazard, Rowney & Propz, Saxxon, Rene La Vice BBC Radio 1 Xtra, Fabio & Grooverider, Twisted Individual, Nicky Black Market, Subzero to name a few. 

Firing on all fours. 2020 is shaping up to be an highly anticipated year for the duo as they continue to grow from strength to strength as a partnership. An act you don't want to miss.

Mblaze is a DnB DJ who has started to make moves amongst the scene the past few years.

His love of DJ'ing and putting on a show has helped him get on to some massive nights and festivals across the uk and also abroad supporting all the top name DJ's and MC’s in the scene. He's been lucky enough to get on Mc Eksmans NextHype events practically from the beginning playing in the newcomers rooms and working his way up to mainstage sets. Has also featured on the BBC 1xtra DnB show twice with CrissyCriss where he played a guest mix on a newcomers special which featured Tyke and Annix and then again on the Fresh Talent show which helped him get involved in the CrissyCriss&friends nights which has boosted his profile a lot more since then and been added onto some very big line ups across the country and overseas.
If you've ever seen an Mblaze set you would of seen how much energy goes into his playing, non stop jumping around for an hour or more as he just enjoys the music too much. 

When Emgee was at school he used to buy jungle records with pocket money and play them on his mum's single deck hifi.  Emgee had no idea about DJing at all, he just used to love the music. He remembers being the only one in his class listening to Harcore Jungle. Emgee's Dad started running a pub in Brixton and he had decks in there... That's when the love affair started 1994.  Emgee self taught himself on those dusty belt drive all in one disco turntables in the mornings before the pub opened, he wasn't allowed to play in the day because it would scare the punters lol - RIP DAD. 

Emgee's inspiration comes from his friends that he has had for years telling him that he is a good DJ but he never really believed it..... so now he is trying to do them proud finally.....

 Dynamik, hailing from East Sussex, UK; has plenty of experience in the game. Dynamik spent the first 8-9 years of his DJ career, teaching young under privileged youth in his local area how to DJ and produce music. He worked in tandem with respond academy and spent years building it from a youth group in to a fully working school/academy for kids that cannot participate in a main stream school environment 

Ever evolving, and improving his talents Dynamik has been making waves in his area in the DnB community for years, with an array of new opportunities on his horizon. he is also a full time Cre8DnB resident.

BlindSided is a highly talented up and coming Drum & Bass artist who is truly an inspiration to us all. Back in 2014 BlindSided was having extensive laser treatment on his eyes, unfortunately in 2016 he had a retinal detachment in his right eye which he had to have major surgery to correct - this surgery failed. After a few months and due to the nature of diabetic retinopathy, his eye sight continued to deteriorate. BlindSided at the moment has approximately 20% remaining vision in his left eye and no vision at all in his right eye. 

After this happened, BlindSided almost gave up but what really turned his life around was his young son, Harry. BlindSided knew that his son was taking his father's sight loss all in his stride and that if his young son Harry could do it - then so could he! 

BlindSided prior to his site loss played on vinyl decks but struggled with these after the loss with vinyl decks as he knocked the tone arm and scratched the needles across the decks. Forever determined, BlindSided took the plunge and bought himself a set of CDJ's in 2019 and hasn't looked back since. BlindSided's site has now deteriorated even further and the news of losing his site totally has been devastating for him. Music keeps him sane and with or without site this DJ is one to be watched. He is an up and coming star and amazes me with every set he does. Blindsided was worried if people new about his site they may feel sorry for him and not judge him for his music. This couldn't be further from the truth. This man has the best tune selection ever and every set he does you can feel the love behind it. BlindSided is one in a million and a shining star - if you comment on his sets and he misses the shout out to you - just make an allowance for the loss of site ;) 

Blindsided always had a passion for music and grew to love drum and bass from a young age, He tried DJ'ing when he was in his teen years but never took it seriously. Three years ago after he lost the majority of his sight, he felt like his life was over. Music has helped and shown him a way to carry on and was so thankful to be able to still achieve something in his life - not only for him but also to show his  son Harry, nothing should ever hold you back. Blindsides quote.......

 'Music is my key to happiness'