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KIA, also known as Shinjuku Zulu, never takes a straightforward approach — not with his worldly music nor with the convoluted presentation of it The Canadian producer, born Kirby Andersen, began in Calgary, where he graduated in 1988 from the city’s university with a degree in English literature
Synth pop band Shiny Toy Guns first surfaced on a 7” single on the Positivenergy Music label Produced by synth and bass guitarist Jeremy Dawson, the group also includes Carah Faye on vocals, Gregori Chad Petree on bass, and Mikey Martin on drums
Shiva Chandra was the alias of trance composer Daniel Vernunft, a onetime aspiring jazz pianist who turned to electronic music in 1992 and released his debut album Spicy Moments four years later
A more rabid onstage showman than most of his Digital Hardcore colleagues (quite a feat of itself), David Hammer’s Shizuo project also reflects the machinations of a more diverse music-maker and a rather humorous personality
The former moniker of Good Looking Records artist Artemis during his stay on the Renegade label, this drum’n’bass producer followed a rather traditional path to his rather untraditional position as one of the more acclaimed artists involved in the innovative realm of downtempo drum’n’bass
Carl Craig contributed the track “Nitwit” to the Intergalactic Beats collection in 1992 as Shop, one of his many monikers, albeit a short-lived one ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
Simon Posford and Raja Ram are Shpongle, an ambient techno/trance project formed in 1996 after the pair viewed a solar eclipse in India The two went into the studio and attempted to duplicate the experience in sonic form, and the result was a 20-minute track, “…And the Day Turned to Night,” which was featured on a Twisted label compilation titled Eclipse
Ragga-techno hit-makers and sampling pirates without equal on Britain’s early hardcore breakbeat scene, Shut Up & Dance were an early influence on the development of jump-up breakbeats and b-bwoy attitude into the streamlined version of drum’n’bass which emerged later in the ’90s
Shy FX crashed the British pop charts in mid-1994 with “Original Nuttah,” one of the most infectious ragga/jungle anthems of all time Though the success proved a bit too much for him, he built his reputation back over the course of a few years and became one of jungle’s most respected producers
London-based experimentalist Si (Simon) Begg is a member of the notorious Cabbage Head artist collective, formed in 1990 in the Midlands town of Leamington Spa, and also including noted dance producers Cristian Vogel and Tim Wright (of Germ)