Playing on the NYC Downlow Stage Friday.
DJ Zinc is a drum and bass disc jockey from the United Kingdom.
DJ Zinc
is renowned for both his skills as a DJ and for the quality of his productions
and remixes. He rose to prominence in the period of drum and bass production
dominated by the hip-hop-influenced Jump-Up style, although he has continually
positioned himself at the cutting edge of the music by embracing a variety of
styles in his versatile DJ sets.
He also
remains a relative rarity in the drum and bass scene in that his productions
outside drum and bass, most notably in the breaks genre under the pseudonym
Jammin, are highly popular. Several of his productions have been successful in
the 2 step or UK Garage genres, and Zinc’s work is also appreciated by Grime
artists. Towards the end of the decade, Zinc’s embrace of fidget house has seen
him gain further popularity as he released the ‘Crack House EP’ and can be found
playing non drum n bass sets on a fairly regular basis.
DJ Zinc produces
and DJs as part of the Ganja Kru and True Playaz collectives, often in
association with friend and mentor DJ Hype. He also runs the Bingo Beats record
label, which releases both drum and bass and breaks records.
