“The sound is rooted in dark experiments with the 2-Step Garage template devised by pioneers El-B and Zed Bias..”
Zed Bias gained him a serious underground following around the time of UK Garage’s first emergence with his remixes of DJ Zinc’s ‘138 Trek’ and ‘Super Sharp Shooter’, his widely appreciated ‘Sound of the Pirates’ mix CD was an education for many outside the London underground. The single ‘Neighborhood’ featuring MC Rumpus addressed the day to day reality of living in an urban community and tipped into the overground going on to become a top 30 chart hit the UK.
After these successes Zed went on to pioneer the sound that came to known as Breakstep. His huge remix of DJ Zinc’s ‘Heavyweight’ was the first release on his label Sidestepper and ‘Jigga Up’ (Ring The Alarm) featuring MC Juiceman also released on Sidestepper also achieved anthem status, this cemented his reputation as an originator in a sea of imitators. Zed went on to maintain his profile at the forefront of the UK underground holding a residency alongside fellow pioneers Hatcha, Youngsta, Kode9 and Oris Jay at Ammunition’s seminal club Forward>> a name synonymous with Dubstep, it was then in its carnation as ‘The Sunday Sessions’ at London’s Velvet Rooms before the term Dubstep had even been coined.
Forthcoming from Zed Bias there are Dubstep-focused releases on original Dubstep label Big Apple, the Australian based Aquatic Lab as well as Zed’s own Sidestepper Recordings. Zed’s unreleased Dubstep productions are currently getting big support from scene heavyweights N-Type, Benga, Skream, Hatcha and Kode9.
Zed Bias Links:Zed Bias wrote:“Gonna be a very exciting year for me and the peak of the excitement will be around the time I’m on tour… with the Aquatic Lab release, and the Big Apple EP also dropping..”
Zed Bias Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Zed+Bias
Aquatic Lab Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/aquaticlab
Sidestepper Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/sidestepperrecordings
Zedcast Podcast: http://zedbias.podomatic.com/
Auckland - Saturday 20th September - Rising Sun
Support from OoGuN, DJ Dubhead, Manaia Toa, Seeka, Shutta and host MC Dapht One
Heavily boosted low end !!
Auckland presales $20+b/f from Beat Merchants
Thanks to Jagermeister, Red Bull and Beck’s.
We tried to have the plane shot down, but as everyone knows, splash is indestructible.
whoop!whoop! ewww...i just did a sticky white luv piss.... 
