Splinta
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Reg.: Mar 2002
Location: 1160
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 Bios
Once again, damit das informative nicht ganz verloren geht... 
COUNTERSTRIKE
Counterstrike has played an instrumental role in putting South Africa on the world Drum&Bass map. Justin Scholtemeyer a.k.a. Animal Chin and Eaton Crous a.k.a. 500 Mills, have been active Drum&Bass DJs on the club/rave circuit since the mid Nineties playing all over South Africa and recently England, Germany, Norway, Poland, Belgium, Holland, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia and many more countries.
Counterstrike has been producing Drum&Bass as a collective since 1998. "We work together because we are into the same type of sound... It does not matter if we did a track together or seperately... It still sounds like Counterstrike." Justin ads: "I did a 3 year diploma in sound engineering so I'm always responsible for the mixdown and mastering on any Counterstrike material."
Pressure/Questions on Canadian label Allied Recordings was their first 12" vinyl single to see the light. This lead to a string of successfull vinyl 12"s (over 25 to date) for various international labels. Watch out for the forthcoming Counterstrike releases. Big things on labels such as Future Sickness are coming soon!
SPOR
Spor got his name from one of the first set of samples he obtained, called "Spore Tactics", and a favorite piece of artwork by a friend, but he had to drop the "e" from the word to balance the arrangement of letters when displayed in a graffiti style. After a school friend introduced Jon to the world of Drum&Bass he began experimenting with software to create his own music.
Spor quickly attracted attention from the big names in Drum&Bass and finally secured a deal with one of the most revered labels in the industry - Renegade Hardware - where much of his work was released and he found himself playing a few DJ sets. He has also released work under the name "Final Reckoning" with Codex. Spor has since then been traversing the globe playing his music at clubs across the world. After a good run with Renegade Hardware and Barcode Recordings, and a release or two on Teebee's Subtitles Records, Spor and long-time friend Chris Renegade from Renegade Hardware launched Lifted Records with fellow dark Drum&Bass producers Unknown Error, Evol Intent and Ewun... Be prepared!
LIMEWAX
Limewax doesn't like to be thought of as a child prodigy, but he is, despite his protests, the young Einstein of the Anger / Tech Freak posse. At only 19, he is already producing tracks on par with the big guns, and holding his own in the sickness department!
Born in 1988 (!) he was weaned on hardcore vodka and babushka's in Russia and the Ukraine until the tender age of 11, where he then moved to the smoker's paradise that is Holland. A classically trained pianist, he began his decent into the griminess of Drum&Bass through listening to radio shows and breakbeat and ambient. Soon after his 11th birthday, he received some old equipment and began to mess about with atmospherics, and wrote a few symphonies (yes, symphonies - we're talking a young Mozart here) and soon moved from old beaten up Roland's to getting his head around reason at age 15. From 15 to now has been all hard work, perspiration and a helluva lot of inspiration!
Limewax's tunes are reminiscent of the dark sci fi landscapes of Technical Itch, the driving dark funk force of Dylan, like a hybrid love child - he is easily one of the most exciting artists to emerge from Europe this year, and without a doubt will remain so for the years ahead! From the the Cracking Core EP on Tech Itch Recordings, his Freak debut " The Lawra" , and more recently the "We Have Life" EP with SPL featuring the huge dancefloor shaker "Untitled 666" . This year see's Limewax burst to new levels with a arsonal of insanely filthy tunes such as MOTD, Bomb, Invasion, collaborations with SPL, The Panacea ("Pigeons and Marshmallows"), and Dylan ("Cleansed by a Nightmare"), as well as the much MUCH anticipated Tech Freak album, with holds such absolute killers as "Everything", "Scream War", "Face it Alone", "Raptor", "Fuck The Lables" and so much more (seriously its almost laughable how amazing this guy's tunes are - you can play a whole set of Limewax, cover all spectrums, from deep to dancefloor to tribally booty shaking, to terrorizing lol and have just DAMN GOOD MUSIC he is that good)! Limewax may be young in age, but will rock the dance floor like a long established pro! Mark my words, this is only the beginning... So watch this space!
CHRIS RENEGADE
With 4 solid years of A&R and label management experience for legendary labels Renegade Hardware and Barcode, Chris has more than proved himself as a recognised voice in the shaping of contemporary Drum&Bass using his knowlege, understanding and accentric, original ear for good production.
Chris has made a stern kark as a respected, hard working DJ, with annual US-tours and gigs across Europe and Russia he thrives on playing high-energy, cutting-edge sets. Now Chris moves on to bring together a collective of scene's most talented artist with the groundbreaking Lifted Music imprint. Watch out for that...
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