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| Background information | |
| Origin | San Francisco, USA |
| Genre(s) | Drum and bass Neurofunk |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Label(s) | Gain Project 51 Audio Blueprint Violence Recordings Technorganic Recordings Virus Recordings |
Ryan Powell, also known as Gridlok, is an American drum and bass producer and DJ. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Neurofunk is a subgenre of Drum and bass pioneered by producers Ed Rush, Optical and Matrix, between 1997 and 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Violence Recordings is a Drum and bass Record label based out of San Francisco, USA. Virus Recordings is an influential UK -based Drum and bass Record label, specialising in the Techstep and Neurofunk sub-genres A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience
Music career
Gridlok was raised in the Tampa Bay area of Florida and trained as a classical violinist. Tampa Bay is a large natural Harbor and Estuary along the Gulf of Mexico on the western coast of Florida, comprising Old Tampa Bay Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the He soon found himself edging away from the constraints of a traditional musical education. He began picking up other instruments, familiarizing himself with methods and techniques outside of the cloistered world of classical music. In his early teens, he began his first experiments with primitive recording gear, using a four track tape recorder, a drum machine and a Radio Shack microphone. RadioShack Corporation (formerly Tandy Corporation) ( is a chain of electronics retail stores in the United States, as well as parts of North America Taken in by the possibility of being able to theoretically translate any musical idea into a recording, he found himself drifting further away from traditional music and further into the seemingly limitless possibilities of electronic music production.
Influenced by electronic rock, Gridlok was drawn toward the style of dance music known as Drum & Bass. He helped to establish the record label Technorganic Recordings that would host his first twelve inch releases, and became involved with artists DJ Dread, Mr. Mendez,and DJ Redcoat. DJ Redcoat and Gridlok were the original members of the group Project 51. After a string of singles on his own imprint, other labels including Zero-G, Audio Blueprint, and Sudden Def began to feature his music. It was during this first creative push that he founded his new label, Project Fifty-One, that would go on to play a major role in his future.
One of Gridlok's earliest notable tracks was "Heatwave" on Violence Recordings. This single was the first of a string of critically acclaimed commercial releases with respected labels. Remixing artists such as Josh Wink for Dieselboy's Project Human release and The Usual Suspects for Renegade Hardware focused his skills for what would be his most important project to date, reworking Ed Rush & Optical's Compound. Josh Wink (born Joshua Winkelman in 1970 is an Electronic music DJ, label owner producer, Remixer and artist For the punk rock band please see Diesel Boy. Dieselboy is the Stage name of Damian Higgins an American Drum and bass DJ The Usual Suspects is a 1995 American Neo-noir Film written by Christopher McQuarrie and directed by Bryan Singer. Renegade Hardware is one of the major Record labels in the Drum and bass music industry This remix was well received in the Drum & Bass community, and Gridlok remains the first and only US artist to be involved with Virus Recordings. Virus Recordings is an influential UK -based Drum and bass Record label, specialising in the Techstep and Neurofunk sub-genres
In 2005, Gridlok released his first album with Hive, Keaton and Echo, Welcome To Violence. HIVE is an abstract game Programming library. It is designed to be simple and easy to understand After this well-publicized release, Gridlok began work on his first double pack release on P51, The 5 On 1 EP, which included his second collaboration with Dom that year and work with Silver, Optiv, Rymetyme, and Echo. Silver (ˈsɪlvɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol " Ag " (argentum from the Ancient Greek: ἀργήντος - argēntos gen Around this time, Gridlok released a single on Hive's Violence Recordings, "Hard As Fuck/5th Dimension," remixed Mampi Swift's "Trippin" for charge recordings, and teamed up with Hive to rework Calyx Are You Ready for Moving Shadow.
Present and Future
In 2006, for Dieselboy's latest CD project, "The Human Resource", Gridlok was enlisted to rework Tech Itch & DSL's "Atlantic State" and the massive "Fundamental" by electronic music pioneer DJ Sasha. Also making a monumental impact was Gridlok's collaboration with Hive, D-Bridge, Break, and Silent Witness on Violence Recordings. "Standing Room Only" is featured on Andy C's latest mix CD, "Nightlife 3", and continues to be one of the most popular songs of the year. Other successful projects including a remix of the anthem "Squash" by Total Science and his music being licensed to Konami's smash hit video game "Dance Dance Revolution" have paved the way for his future projects.
In September 2006, Gridlok released his first artist album, entitled "Break The System". This effort was released via 3 piece vinyl and double CD on his own Project Fifty-One label, and features original music spanning the breadth of his vision for Drum & Bass. He is currently living in San Francisco, California. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.
References
- ^ Sources include interviews in Knowledge and URB Magazines as well as Radio 1 in the UK sites linked below when possible.
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