DJs
The DJs behind the sound.
Richie
DJ/producer from the East Anglian rave scene, best known for sparkling drum & bass records made with Jay Hurren as JMJ & Richie. Their work helped define the 'liquid funk' sound on LTJ Bukem's Good Looking Records label, including a 1995 rework of 'The Western Tune'.
Rise
Rob Leiner (The Source)
Robert Leiner (b. 1966, Sweden), techno/acid producer-DJ who moved to Ghent, Belgium to work for R&S Records; recorded uptempo acid tracks as 'Source' (debut LP 'Organized Noise', 1993) and later 'The Source Experience'.
Rob Vanden
Rob Vanden grew up in Exeter when drum & bass dominated the city's sound, starting to mix jump-up D&B bought from a local specialist record store from age 16. Now based in southeast London and associated with the @one.seventy_ldn collective, he plays happy hardcore and drum & bass and hosts a monthly Sunday residency show, 'Room Two', covering jungle, drum & bass, UK garage and more.
Rugged Vinyl Crew
Rugged Vinyl (Records) was a UK rave-scene label/crew active in the early 1990s, associated with shows on pirate station Don FM 105.7 (with MC Len, Easy B and Cass), particularly active 1992-93. No further biographical detail on individual crew members was found.
Rusher
S.P.Y.
S.P.Y (Carlos Barbosa de Lima Junior, born 30 December 1976, São Paulo, Brazil) is a drum & bass producer/DJ based in Bristol, UK, blending house, UK garage, R&B and jungle influences. He moved to London in 2003 intending to become a graphic designer, but within six months had his first release signed to Metalheadz (2005), followed by a Hospital Records/Medschool release (2006). He has collaborated with Marcus Intalex, Total Science, Kasra and DJ Marky, released standout tracks on Ram, Metalheadz, Critical, Shogun and Spearhead (notably 'By Your Side'), and signed to Hospital Records in 2012, whose debut LP 'What The Future Holds' won 'Best Album' at the 2012 Drum & Bass Arena awards.
Sasha T
Sasha Turvill
Sass
DJ Sass previously performed as "Spaceface" before dropping that alias for his own name. After leaving a club role due to poor treatment by management, he became a itinerant/nomadic DJ, playing across the UK and Europe, and has expressed interest in radio work.