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Roni Size (b. Ryan Williams, Bristol, England), is a drum n'bass DJ and producer. He came to national prominence in 1997 as the founder and leader of "Reprazent" a drum'n'bass collective. That year they won the Mercury Prize. Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated dnb) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ...
Reprazent is a British drum and bass act formed by Roni Size. ...
Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated dnb) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ...
The Mercury Music Prize is a music award given annually for the best British album of the previous 12 months. ...
Size, grew up in the Bristol suburb of St. Andrew's and cites Reggae as one of his early influences. Size was expelled from school at the age of 16 and started attending house parties run by Bristol mavericks the Wild Bunch (later Massive Attack). He learnt the basics about music production down at his local youth club before setting up his own home studio. St Andrews is a suburb of Bristol, England situated about 3 km (1. ...
Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica. ...
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His future partner, Krust, enjoyed an early dalliance with fame as part of the Fresh 4, whose "Wishing On A Star" reached the UK Top 10 in late 1989. After meeting up with Krust, Suv and Die they founded Full Cycle Records as an outlet for their innovative sounds. Krust (or DJ Krust) is part of the Bristol based Reprazent collective. ...
DJ Die, real name Daniel Cawsman, was born and spent his formative years in Devon, UK, before moving to Bristol as a teenager. ...
Size was keen to describe the mélange of influences as intuitive: "If Krust walks into the studio and his head is nodding, that's enough. I know I've got a result there. He doesn't need to touch a button or tell us what he thinks, 'cos we already know what he's thinking."
Much of the acclaim centred around Size's melding of the new with the old - the propulsive jungle beats accompanied by live drums and double bass. The band - Size (compositions/programming), DJ Krust, Onallee (vocals), MC Dynamite and rapper Bahamadia (a former protégé of Gang Starr) - came together on Bristol's highly fertile and disparate club scene. As a result, Reprazent's sleek, highly musical take on drum'n'bass is equally informed by hip-hop, funk, soul and house. Oldschool jungle is the name given to a style of electronic music that incorporates influences from genres including breakbeat hardcore, techno, rare groove and reggae/dub/dancehall. ...
Krust (or DJ Krust) is part of the Bristol based Reprazent collective. ...
MC Dynamite, or more properly, Dynamite MC, is an MC from Bristol, England. ...
Bahamadia; Philly born Antonia Reed a DJ turned MC released her critically claimed debut in 96 Kollage with production by Guru. ...
Gang Starr is composed of MC Guru and DJ Premier based in Brooklyn, New York. ...
Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music. ...
Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ...
Soul music is a combination of rhythm and blues and gospel which began in the late 1950s in the United States. ...
House music is a style of electronic dance music, the earliest forms of which originated in the United States in the early- to mid-1980s. ...
In consolidation of their mainstream breakthrough (the most significant for jungle since Goldie's debut), Reprazent set out to become the summer sound of 1997 with a series of festival appearances (including Tribal Gathering).
Size subsequently teamed up with DJ Die and Leonie Laws in Breakbeat Era, before returning to Reprazent's to record the second album, October 2000's uncompromising "In The Mode". Breakbeat Era was a short-lived project that combined the breakbeat talents of Drum and Bass producers Roni Size and DJ Die with the vocals of singer Leonie Laws. ...
Discography
- Music Box (1995)
- New Forms (1997)
- Ultra-Obscene (1999) with DJ Die under the alias "Breakbeat Era"
- Through the Eyes (2000)
- In the Møde (2000)
- Touching Down (2002)
- Touching Down, Vol. 2 (2005)
- Return to V (2005)
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