Afghan Headspin was born in 2006, Wrisk & Mackie from Resonant Evil forged a new identity to take forward their musical visions, that will encompass everything that is going on from this day forward, be it Breaks, Drum & Bass, Dubstep, Electro…. Funky House, what ever floats our boat at the time.

The time has come to unleash the beast that is….. AFGHAN HEADSPIN! Always originate never pirate! Never to be pigeon holed again, its all about creating a vibe, what ever fucking step you want to call it!

APE Tracks and Remixes

Afghan Headspin ‘True’ [APEM020] by apemusic

Fred Vahrman, more widely recognised as Fred V, is one of the southwests leading up and coming drum’n’bass producers. At only 20 years old, Fred’s music has already gained regular support from some of the scene’s leading DJ’s including Grooverider (BBC radio 1), Danny Byrd (hospital records), Netsky, Mutated Forms, KG, Nerm and D:Code (BBC radio 1/asian network), and Crissy Criss (BBC 1xtra) and with track’s and remixes forthcoming on labels like talkin’ beatz, ape music, all street recordings and bassdrive tunes Fred shows no sign of slowing down. A series of hot gigs across the southwest also earned him a nomination as ‘best southwest DJ’ at last years southwest drum’n’bass awards. Fred V is definitely an artist to watch out for in 2010!

APE Tracks and Remixes

Afghan Headspin ‘True (Fred V Remix)’ by apemusic

Viro & Rob Analyze have been rockin’ the decks and productions since 2005. With over 60 vinyl releases, 200 mp3 releases, and 7 CDs, their unique style of music has evolved from Breaks, to Tech House, to Jacked House, and Baltimore Club. Combining all styles past and present and a wicked live show, these guys definitely rock the floors from east to west. To hear and see more of Viro & Rob Analyze, check out JamVana.com, iTunes, eMusic, and More!

APE Tracks and Remixes

Afghan Headspin ‘True (Viro and Rob Analyze Remix)’ by apemusic

Ben and Lex ‘Makaton (Viro and Rob Analyze Remix)’ 128k by apemusic

Pulsar has been making music in one form or another since being given Reason 2.5 in early 2004, having started off producing mainly drum n bass, he turned his hand to dubstep in ’07. After a year of experimenting around the 140bpm tempo, it wasn’t long before his tracks were gaining support from the likes of Headhunter, Fused Forces and a whole load of radio DJs on shows across the globe.

2009 saw Pulsar being picked up by NYC label Code Of Arms, as well as Bristol based Subdepth records. With several releases dropping in May (including a remix for UK hiphop legend Skitz) the same month has seen him win ‘Best South West Producer’ in the 247 Awards.

Resident DJ at Exeter based dubstep night The Deep End (founded by Nick Mystery in December ’06), you can also find him playing at various other nights around the Southwest including Subheavy, Cabaret Voltaire & more. Pulsar has played at some of the UK’s biggest festivals, including Beach Break Live and Glade, as well as up-and-coming Devon festie Aeon.

As well as performing as a headliner in his own right, he’s also played alongside some of the biggest names in the game, such as Breakage, Untold, Headhunter, Silkie, N-Type, TRG, Martyn, Ramadanman, Loefah, Hatcha, Caspa, Rossi B & Luca, Benny Page, Roni Size, Andy C, Cyantific, The Scratch Perverts and many more.

APE Tracks and Remixes

Ben and Lex ‘Schizometric (Pulsar Remix)’ 128k by apemusic

Anarchy Rice, aka Rob Jones, is a freelance music producer based in Berlin. Since making the move from West London to Berlin, his style has moved more into the tech funk and dirty house domain, but still with the odd smattering of heavy, groove-based breaks and dubstep.

Having spent the previous 10 years DJing, with producing being a lower priority, the tables have now turned. As a result, the last 4 years have been spent focusing on honing his production skills.

Most recently, Anarchy Rice tracks have been signed to the dirty underground label Erase records, whilst tunes are continuing to be released on the ever-growing Acidphonic records.

APE Tracks and Remixes

Ben and Lex ‘Makaton (VIP Remix)’ 128k by apemusic

Lee Potter, aka Cut La Roc, made his name in the hurly-burly big beat days of the late 90s. Signed to Skint Records, the same label as Norman ‘Fatboy’ Cook, he was responsible for pioneering the big beat sound worldwide alongside Midfield General, Bentley Rhythm Ace and Fatboy Slim himself.

Cut La Roc held a four-year residency at the Big Beat Boutique in his hometown of Brighton. He’s DJ’d all around the world several times, appeared on Top Of The Pops, set a new Guinness world record for DJing with the most decks at once (nine!), and has recorded with vocalists such as Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody.

Now he’s about to release his third artist album – ‘Larger Than Life’. Bookending another chapter in the La Roc story, it’s a magical blend of soul, funk, hip-hop, deep house, lilting electronica and breakbeat. Drawing on all his influences, it’s a masterful piece of work: assured, confident, and pushing at boundaries like somebody at the top of his game should still continue to do.

It all started for Cut La Roc when he got into hip-hop in his mid-teens. He practised scratch techniques for hours, becoming an expert battle champ, and when acid house hit in the late 80s he was exhilarated by its energy. He began to DJ in clubs, using his scratch skills to stand out from other DJs, and by the mid-90s had fallen in with the Skint Records crew.

Big beat, the sound that coalesced around Fatboy Slim and the Skint brigade, was a perfect genre for Lee. Mashing together block-rockin’ beats, amyl house, sample culture, breakbeat and drum & bass, this was an exciting time for electronic music. Big beat is credited with converting a slew of indie-rock fans to the wonders of dance music, and its mix ‘n’ match ethos suited Lee down to the ground.

As well as being resident at the Big Beach Boutique for four years, Lee DJ’d all over America, Australia, Europe and the Far East. He put out first the ‘Mad Skills EP’ on Skint, swiftly followed by the ‘Freeze’, ‘Making It Hot’ and ‘Fallen’ singles. He was invited to mix an ‘FSUK’ comp for Ministry Of Sound before releasing his debut album on Skint – ‘La Roc Rocs’ – in the year 2000.

Assorted tracks and remixes of his were signed to tons of compilations, and after he moved to Colchester and saw that the music industry was rapidly changing he set up his own label – Rocstar Recordings.

Rocstar released Lee’s ‘Many Styles EP’ and music by beatfreak luminaries such as Chad Jackson and DJ Whack before putting out Lee’s second artist album in 2007 – ‘Nemesis’.

Now, as the release of ‘Larger Than Life’ looms, he’s accumulated a tidy roster of artists on Rocstar – Parker, Funkanomics, Pixel Fist, 601, Ben & Lex etc – and also started the Rocstar DJ agency to service the dance scene with DJ bookings.

‘Larger Than Life’ sees Lee collaborating with a wide variety of vocalists. Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol appears on ‘Mishka’, a soaring love song that really shows off the tenderness of the singer-songwriter’s voice.
‘What Love Is’ kicks off the album’s proceedings with a great blaxploitation funk bassline before it unfolds into a tasty slice of hip-hop love. ‘Ride On’ is an futurist electro paean, while ‘Come Get Some’ – featuring Donald D – is a grimey vocal breakbeat number.

‘Hey Girl’ featuring Lion D is a heavy technoid ragga track that could fit into UK funky/bashment scenes as much as detonate breaks steppa floors. ‘Jump Up & Down’ is an electroid jump-up hip-hop joint, then ‘Don’t Stop’ could almost be the Stones.

‘Deathstar’ and ‘Glitter’, both featuring a vampish Fangs, are slices of punky electroclash filth, while ‘Waited Far Too Long’ almost borrows the riff from ‘Dear Prudence’ by The Beatles before unfolding into a lo-slung funky trip-hop jam, Alex Larke’s indie vocal lifting it into MTV territory.

It’s Cut La Roc’s best album yet, the one he’s most proud of, and ably demonstrates that he’s a veritable master in the studio, as well as on the decks.

APE Releases/Remixes

Cut La Roc ‘Looking For The Deep Bass’ [APEM018] by apemusic

APE Releases/Remixes

Cut La Roc ‘Looking For The Deep Bass (Dutty Dan Remix)’ [APEM018] by apemusic

What you fink you need to know bout these trailblazing chimp mother f@%$*&s?! Well they got together for the first ever gig in 2001 at the now renowned Liverpool night @ Chibuku, Shake Shake and rocked it! Since then they have rocked every other motherhumping gig they have ever played!! From Creamfields to Glastonbury, Space to Fabric, they been there done it an busted serious booty!

You can’t sit on the subway without the sound of their productions and mixes popping out of some 15yr olds mobile phone speaker as they proclaim “Listen to this! Its sick” But don’t listen to me listen to the kid in the sock hat standing on the street corner smoking Lambert & Butler and drinking White Lightning. He knows his sh!t!

APE Releases/Remixes

Cut La Roc ‘Looking For The Deep Bass (Beat Monkeys Remix)’ [APEM018] by apemusic

Schema consist of Mark Smith, Lee Davis, Sean Lamy and Lee Dorrington. The foursome are based in Jersey, Channel Islands. Since their formation, based on a burning desire to produce and play their own take of a Breakbeat, Dubstep and Drum & Bass infusion, they have recieved support from some of the biggest names in the scene.

2009 saw the guys introduced with a live appearance and guest mix on Jay Cunning’s Breakbeat Sessions show on Kiss FM. This was followed later in the summer with a monstrous D.J slot on the Breaksday stage at Glade Festival, which went down as one of the highlights of the Nu Breed hosted Sunday. Schema’s first single, a double A side dubstep project entitled ‘Chutney Grip’ was released in autumn on 720 Bass’s Wicky Lindows label, found airtime on Radio 1 and has earned itself a re-release as a vocal version and remix package.

As well as remixing Cut La Roc’s ‘Looking For The Deep Bass’ for Ben & Lex’s APE records, 2010 has already seen the lads join forces in the studio with two of the scene’s heavyweight names for collaboration projects, in the form of Pyramid and Afghan Headspin.

Jay Cunning himself has signed Schema to Sub Slayers, and their first outing on the label is a remix of Gella’s ‘Twinkle’ featuring $pyda, on the B side of the original, which has been hailed single of the month in DJ Mag, International DJ, and Titillate’s March editions. In addition to this fantastic opening chapter in the Schema story, Sub Slayers will be releasing Schema’s much anticipated four track E.P – ‘A Day Of Small Victories’, due out in late Spring.

They hold residency at the huge ‘Theology’ club night and with the D.J bookings at highly regarded U.K events such as Beats & Bob’s, Fracture Clinic, and BREAK!, starting to fill an ever increasing workload in the diary, coupled with running their own nights and events at home these lads constantly have their finger on the pulse of the scene and without doubt are only on their way up through the ranks.

APE Releases/Remixes

Cut La Roc ‘Looking For The Deep Bass (Schema Remix)’ [APEM018] by apemusic

Jinx was formed in 1999. Having cut his teeth DJing around the massive Northern free party scene, and influenced by the upcoming Breakstep garage sound of the time, two friends from Lancaster, UK got together to form a new production duo. Basing their sound on a shared love of Dub, Jungle, Techno and Breaks, they released first single Kutt Free to a warm reception from critics and DJs alike, and capitalised on this success with second release Kreamy Belta -a tune that featured in the sets of some of the scenes biggest DJs for over a year. Shortly after this release, however, the partnership disbanded when one member went on to form acclaimed Tech House duo Spincycle. This wasn’t the end, though. An unquenchable thirst for breakbeat and a small change of personnel meant that Jinx reformed in early 2005 with sights clearly set on making floor shaking records that would rock the foundations of the UK breaks scene.

After an extended period in production limbo, the Jinx boys new, techier, funked-up sound led to their first two tunes being snapped up by Koma & Bones for their Burrito imprint. Following that, smashing dancefloors around the UK and abroad at the end of 2006 was massive track ‘The Raid’, and still forthcoming in 2008 is Some class people & Twilight 2000 on U.S label Hi-Grade and Dreadrock & Acid Shuffle on Bassrock Records.

APE Releases/Remixes

The Freerange DJS ‘Back To The Old Jack (Jinx Remix)’ [APEM017] by apemusic