DJ EBK

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DJ EBK
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EBK performing in Denmark, 2008
Background information
Also known asEBK
OriginLondon, United Kingdom
Genres Drum and bass
Occupation(s)Producer, DJ, musician
Years active1999 – Present
Labels Renegade Hardware
Dispatch Recordings
DSCI4 Recordings
Revolution Recordings
Compostie Records
Sudden Def Recordings
Defcom Records
Industry Records
Website www.facebook.com/djebk

EBK is a drum and bass producer and DJ from London, England, with 10 years of releases on influential labels including Renegade Hardware and Dispatch Recordings. [1]

Contents

EBK is an abbreviation for E-Blok, which was EBK's DJ name in his early teens. It plays on the fact he is of Polish descent, hence Eastern Bloc.

Biography

EBK cut his teeth as a teenager in the 1990s DJing Jungle on pirate and internet radio stations including Flex FM and interFACE (www.Pirate-Radio.org) before becoming the co-founder of Composite Records [2] a label that at the turn of the millennium was an integral part of drum and bass's movement towards the rolling techno influenced subgenre now known as Neurofunk.

Following a number of releases on Renegade Hardware including 'Soma' [3] and 'Blackboard Jungle' [4] EBK came to prominence in 2007 with the release of '1000 Years' [5] on Renegade Hardware's album 'Above The Game' [6] along with his remix work for Sudden Def Records.

His tracks are played by DJs across the board and have got national radio support in the UK from broadcasters including Mary Anne Hobbs and the late John Peel.

Discography

Releases

DJ performances

EBK has performed all over the United Kingdom and Europe, Thailand and India among other countries. In London, EBK is resident at club night Renegade Hardware. [21]

His DJ sets cover a broad spectrum of styles often embracing elements including neurofunk, minimal, rolling and techno.

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