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London, UK

1991

London-based producer 1991 joined MTA Records in 2016, won Best Newcomer at the 2017 Drum&BassArena Awards and released the debut album Odyssey in 2022.

StyleDancefloor Drum & Bass

UK

Actraiser

A UK producer whose liquid drum & bass pairs deep, hypnotic atmospheres with intricate rhythms; his catalogue also reaches into trip-hop and downtempo.

StyleDrum & Bass

Klagenfurt, Austria

Air.K & Cephei

Klagenfurt duo Johannes Erker and Uwe Kesselbacher, producing refined liquid and melodic drum & bass together since 2013.

StyleLiquid / Melodic Drum & Bass

London, UK

Airstrike

A London producer whose catalogue since the early 2010s has moved between deep, atmospheric and more technical drum & bass.

StyleDeep / Atmospheric Drum & Bass

Charleroi, Belgium

Alix Perez

Belgian-born producer and 1985 Music founder Alix Perez moves between soulful drum & bass, dubstep and stripped-back halftime, with a focus on space and low-end detail.

StyleDrum & Bass

United States

Alpha Rhythm

American producer and DJ Michael Gorman, active in liquid drum & bass and known for the long-running Alpha Rhythm podcast.

StyleDrum & Bass

Belgium

Andromedik

Belgian producer Andromedik built a melodic, festival-facing strain of drum & bass before releasing the debut album Ascension in 2025.

StyleDrum & Bass

UK

Andy C

An English DJ, producer and RAM Records co-founder whose fast, precise mixing and long career made him a central figure in drum & bass.

StyleDrum & Bass

Kent, UK

Anile

Kent producer Anile first appeared on Med School in 2009, spent a decade in the Hospital family and later brought his deep, spacious sound to The North Quarter.

StyleDrum & Bass

Leeds, UK

Aperio

Joe Aperio began producing as a child, discovered drum & bass at 16 and developed his soulful, vocal-led sound while studying at university in Leeds.

StyleDrum & Bass

North London, UK

Artificial Intelligence

North London duo Zula Warner and Glenn Herweijer, whose soulful, futuristic drum & bass led to the founding of Integral Records in 2007.

StyleSoulful / Deep Drum & Bass

Reading, UK

Astral Valley

Reading producer and engineer Nick Sagar-House brings melodic, emotionally focused drum & bass together with a background in mixing, mastering and psychedelic electronic music.

StyleAtmospheric / Melodic Drum & Bass

Netherlands

Avizura

A Dutch drum & bass producer, visual artist and indie game developer whose melodic work includes releases through Liquicity and Celsius.

StyleDrum & Bass

Czech Republic

Aze

Czech producer and DJ Aze has worked in drum & bass since 2010, evolving from liquid into a blend of melodic writing, jump-up rhythm and heavier bass.

StyleLiquid / Jump-Up Drum & Bass

Bratislava, Slovakia

B-Complex

Slovak producer and DJ Matia Lenicka, known for the liquid drum & bass landmark 'Beautiful Lies' and for melodic writing that carries real emotional weight.

StyleLiquid Drum & Bass

San Francisco, United States

Bachelors Of Science

A San Francisco-based drum & bass trio formed by Phil 'Rene' Collis, Chris Doe and Lukeino Argilla, known for soulful liquid writing and deeper dancefloor material.

StyleDrum & Bass / Liquid Funk

London, UK

Basher

London producer Darren Anderson spent years refining a dark, technical drum & bass sound before joining RAM's orbit in 2006 and releasing the debut album Transmission.

StyleTechnical / Dancefloor Drum & Bass

UK

BCee

A British drum & bass producer from Norfolk whose work balances deep basslines, rolling rhythms and soulful melodies.

StyleDrum & Bass

Toronto, Canada

Ben Sage

A Toronto-raised Canadian producer whose early releases for DSCI4 and Renegade Hardware paired intricate drums with a harder, technical edge.

StyleTechnical Drum & Bass

Ben Summer

Ben Summer's documented catalogue runs from the 2015 Liquid Brilliants single Foreign Traveler / One Wish through later liquid drum & bass releases for Liquid Brilliants and Algo-Ritmo.

StyleLiquid Drum & Bass

Toronto, Canada

Bensley

A Canadian drum & bass producer from Toronto known for combining dancefloor weight with jazz, ambient and classical influences.

StyleDrum & Bass

Utrecht, Netherlands

Black Sun Empire

The Utrecht trio of Rene Verdult and brothers Milan and Micha Heyboer, central to modern neurofunk through Blackout Music NL and a dark, precision-built sound.

StyleNeurofunk / Drum & Bass

UK / United States

Blokhe4d

A cross-genre project centred on Bad Company UK member Mick 'Vegas' Wojcicki and US-born producer Jonas 'Uman' Ullmann, with Maldini involved in its early work.

StyleDrum & Bass / Dubstep / Electro

New Zealand

Bloodtypes

A New Zealand duo formed in 2009, known for liquid drum & bass shaped by jazz, soul and melodic breakbeat writing.

StyleLiquid Drum & Bass

Germany

BLOOOM

German producer Michael Schlechtinger's BLOOOM project centres on melodic drum & bass, with polished hooks and a wider bass-music edge.

StyleMelodic Drum & Bass

London, UK

Blu Mar Ten

London duo Chris Marigold and Michael Tognarelli make atmospheric drum & bass and ambient electronic music; the project began in 1995 and earlier included Leo Wyndham.

StyleAtmospheric Drum & Bass / Ambient

Russia

Bop x Subwave

A Russian partnership between Bop and Subwave, who met through Hospital's Future Sounds of Russia in 2009 and later fused microfunk, liquid drum & bass, UK garage and 1980s pop on joint releases.

StyleMicrofunk / Liquid Drum & Bass

Boston, United States

BoxPlot

A Boston producer whose emotive liquid drum & bass draws on indie and punk-rock melody, from 'Escape with the Clouds' to the Tramontane EP.

StyleLiquid / Melodic Drum & Bass

UK

Brookes Brothers

London brothers Dan and Phil Brookes, known for melodic, funk- and soul-informed drum & bass with strong vocal hooks.

StyleDrum & Bass

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Bungle

A Sao Paulo producer whose catalogue ranges from warm, jazz-informed liquid funk to tougher drum & bass, with early links to Brazil's scene around DJ Marky.

StyleDrum & Bass / Liquid Funk

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Buunshin

Rotterdam producer Ferry Mellegers began making music at 20, approaching drum & bass through detailed technical study before expanding into more composition-led electronic work.

StyleDrum & Bass

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cahb

Cambridge producer Alex Jacobs, recording as Cahb, has made drum & bass since the early 2010s, from the Seismix & Cahb project to solo tracks such as 'Shut Down' and 'Obstacles'.

StyleAtmospheric Drum & Bass

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Calibre

Belfast-born producer Dominick Martin, a prolific writer whose Signature label and deep, restrained sound have shaped liquid drum & bass for decades.

StyleLiquid / Deep Drum & Bass

Vienna, Austria

Camo & Krooked

Vienna duo Reinhard Rietsch and Markus Wagner, known for pushing drum & bass towards detailed, cinematic and genre-crossing electronic production.

StyleDrum & Bass / Electronic

CARLO EQ

A liquid drum & bass producer whose catalogue runs from the 2010 single Thinkin Of U through the 2015 album Clear Skies and later Soul Deep releases.

StyleLiquid Drum & Bass

Tallinn, Estonia

Cartoon

An Estonian electronic project formed as a trio in 2015; Hugo Martin Maasikas and Joosep Jarvesaar have continued it as a duo since Ago Teppand left in 2024.

StyleDrum & Bass / Electronic