Saint Man

Drum n' Bass / Dubstep / Breakbeats

Chelyabinsk, Russia

PROFILE

[DRUM&BASS]

It`s all started in the year 2000 for me. It was the russian radio show "Storm" (by DJ Groove & DJ Dan) that introduced me to drum&bass.
Also some time later one good friend of mine gave me the CD "Conversions" by Kruder & Dorfmeister. Still listen to it much frequently, cause it represents the sound that i like most of all in d&b - deep, jazzy & atmospheric.
In the year 2003 i started buying records, and in january 2004 i played at a big d&b party for the first time.
Those days i played a lot of Metalheadz and some mainstream stuff, but my first record ever played in the club was Paradox - Play Twice Before Listening / Tighten Up Tighter (the last, 30th release of Droppin Science). I really liked that dark & funky atmosphere and was spinning this record A LOT.
But that was the thread "good drum&bass music" created by Vipah on Jungle.Ru message board that really intro-ed me to breakbeat d&b sound (or "choppage" & "drumfunk" as some say) in the summer 2004. I still remember that crazy 0=0 Technicality set, where he played lots of his own stuff, especially "Soulhunter Testifies", that i`m still waiting to be coming out somewhere.
Nowadays i play a wide selection of d&b: dub & raeggae influenced d&b (Amit, Digital, Visionary, Breakage & others), minimal d&b (Martsman, Sileni, Dissident & others), house & detroit techno influenced d&b (Deep Blue, Calibre, Marcus Intalex, Jonny L, D Bridge, some Mutt works, some Spirit works & others), drumfunk (so called, haha) (Paradox, Seba, Fanu, Macc & others), some technoid d&b, some atmospheric d&b plus, of course, lots of mid-nineties jazzy, atmospheric & dark stuff...
My all time favourite drum&bass artists: 4 Hero (Jacob`s Optical Stairway, Cold Mission, Dollis Hill, Tom And Jerry), Goldie (Rufige Kru), Danny Breaks, LTJ Bukem, Doc Scott (Nasty Habits), Photek (pre `99), J Majik (pre `97), Source Direct (and all other aliases), Paradox, Seba, DJ Trace, Majistrate (Big Tings!!!), Future Bound (pre `97), Hidden Agenda, Jamie Myerson (JLM Productions), Peshay (pre `97), Wax Doctor, Alex Reece, Deep Blue, Omni Trio, PFM, Nookie (Cloud 9, Private Productions), Justice, Subject 13 (pre `98), Aquasky (pre `97), Big Bud (pre `99), Carlito (pre `99), Sci-Clone, Luke Vibert (Plug), James Hardway, London Elektricity, EZ Rollers (pre `2002), Roni Size (pre `99), Krust (pre `99), DJ Die (pre `99), Adam F (pre `99), Dillinja & Lemon D (pre `97), Optical (pre `2000), Ed Rush (pre `2000), Matrix, Facs, Digital, Spirit, Klute, Alpha Omega, Loxy, Ink, Dylan, Keaton & Hive, Equinox, Breakage, Fracture & Neptune, Fanu, Macc, Pieter K, Sileni, Marcus Intalex & ST Files, Calibre, Total Science (aka Funky Technicians) (pre `2002).
And for the period 2005-2006 i would like to name: Martyn, Survival, L.I.S, Sabre, Break, Icicle, Insight, Alix Perez, Andy Skopes, Martsman, Sileni, Cloak & Dagger, Mutt, Amit, Logistics, Deep Inc, DJ Trax, Redeyes, Stranjah & Gremlinz, Electrosoul System...
2007: dgoHn, Aperture, Theory, SumOne, Nebula, Instra:mental, Lynx, Lomax, Commix, Breakage, Break, Sabre, Alix Perez, D Bridge, Survival, Kryptic Minds & Leon Switch...
2008: Naibu, Bop...

[HOUSE, TECHNO, BROKEN BEAT, NU JAZZ]

In the summer 2005 i started listening more & more house & broken beat, and various techno later... So i bought my first non-d&b records in NYC. And in april 2006 i played my first house/broken beat set.
My favourite producers so far: UR (all crew), Carl Craig, Dave Angel, Kenny Larkin, Aril Brikha, John Tejada, Andy Stott, Claro Intelecto, Morgan Packard, Ezekiel Honig, Rhythm & Sound, G-Man, Theo Parrish, Kerri Chandler, Ame, Soul Phiction, I:Cube, Domu, Nubian Minds, Volcov, AtJazz, 4 Hero, Bugz In The Attic, Seiji, DJ Spinna, Reel People, Landslide, Jazzanova, Mpho Skeef & others

[DUBSTEP/GRIME]

2006 was the year of dubstep/grime for me. In 2007 i started playing this music in the club.
Favourite artists so far: Digital Mystikz, The Bug, Kode 9, DJ Pinch, Loefah, Plastician (Plasticman), Vex'd, Boxcutter, Horsepower Productions, Groove Chronicles, Skream, Virgo, Macabre Unit, Burial, Shackleton, Appleblim, D1, Benga, Martyn, 2562, Jazzsteppa, Babylon System & others

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