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Universal project sound...bboy breaks, techno elements,
dubwise bass, all signalling to the future...Now just Ruxspin
and Scandal, UP was initially formed in 2000 as a foursome
including Keaton from Usual Suspects and Nitrox. There tunes
soon began to smash up dancefloor's including The Craft,
Strife and soundsystem banger Haunted Dreams; it wasn’t
long before big labels including Renegade Hardware and Virus
came calling, and soon after that, the seminal techno D&B
classic, Vessel, was delivered for virus. The Universal
Project Recordings imprint came soon after with an aim to
annihilate dancefloors and spread the sound, and an agenda
to bring through like-minded producers from across the globe,
big releases came in the shape of Glock, Haunted Dreams,
Warboyz, Bleach and Outrun. Ruxspin’s musical quest
began as a youth, listening to Hiphop, Ragga and R&B.
He later began Djing in 1993 playing hardcore, which evolved
into Jungle/Drum & Bass. After years of playing on pirate
radios such as Don FM, Scandal FM, etc., he met up with
Scandal to begin producing D&B. Scandal began as an
engineer in California, listening to a variety of music
from grunge to imported UK CDs. After starting a recording
course in his hometown of Sacramento, he attended an engineering
course at Kingston University, where he met Ruxspin and
Keaton. And thats when UP was formed. |
