Exclusive Premieres

Exclusive Premiere: Zed Bias “Selectah (feat. DJ Principal)”

Twenty years and twelve LPs later, Zed Bias presents “Selectah – Volume 1”, his debut Garage album. Instead of simply showcasing the level of knowledge and skill only possible from experience and a constant hunger for growth, The Boss gathered the crew and added friends he met along the way …

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Zed Bias “Boss” LP (Swamp81)

via Swamp81: “Dubstep and garage pioneer Zed Bias is set to release a brand new album, titled Boss, on November 25th fourth in total following releases under aliases including Maddslinky and Phuturistix, and his first for the label. Boss also marks Swamp81’s second ever album release following Kryptic Minds’ One of …

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Guest Mixes

MIMS Guest Mix: ZED BIAS (Manchester, UK)

We are launching a new guest mix series that we’re pretty damn excited about! The concept is: artists, producers, DJ’s we love going back to their roots and doing a mix based on their influences rather than focusing on the strictly the new new stuff. We felt that there were …

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Future Classic: Maddslinky “Compuphonic”
Future Classics

Future Classic: Maddslinky “Compuphonic”

I am genuinely taken aback that I have not yet written about one of my all time favourite producers. Time to change that. David Jones, aka Zed Bias, aka Maddslinky, aka one half of Phuturistix, is one of the reasons I fell madly in love with UK Garage, and never …

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Forgotten Treasure: Zed Bias & MC Juiceman – My Sound (Al Brown Remix)
Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Zed Bias & MC Juiceman – My Sound – Al Brown Remix (1999)

The sound of flute. Do we hear that in songs anymore? It’s definitely one of the signature instruments for Disco, Italo, and sometimes yes – old school Garage. I’m really loving this 1999 UK Garage classic by Zed Bias and MC Juiceman “My Sound (Al Brown remix)” right now. Nostalgic …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Zed Bias “Biasonic Hotsauce” (Tru Thoughts)

Let’s face it, in 2011 there is never anything good in your mailbox. Bills, Delivery Flyers and magazines subscriptions for the person that lived here 12 years ago. Last week however I got a care package from my good friends at Tru Thoughts with some new goodies. Including the much …

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Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: El-B “Serious” Zed Bias Remix (2000)

If you are a regular MIMS reader you know all about my undying love for UK Garage and 2step. And if you know about that you probably know that El-B and Zed Bias are my favorite producers on the rougher side of those riddims. I also love tons of others …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Omar “Dancing” produced by Zed Bias

Ohhhh my lord. An absolute instant classic. The Zed Bias and Omar tag team strike again. Last year they teamed up on the Maddslinky record for the absolute dancefloor bomb “Special” which was for me the single of 2010. “Dancing” picks up where “Special” left off. A perfect mixture of …

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Forgotten Treasure: Zed Bias “Let Me Know” (1999)

I’m really down with the whole revival of original UK Garage meets new-school house from Julio Bashmore, Jacques Greene, Joy Orbison, Falty DL, etc… but sometimes I can’t help but feel that people who are into that sound don’t pay enough attention to the originators of the whole skippy beats, …

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Interviews

Zed Bias Interview

I took a little bit of time to have a quick talk with Dave Jones aka Maddslinky, Zed Bias, Phuturistix, etc… Definitely one of my all-time favorite producers. I can remember buying his records 10 years ago and haven’t stopped following his projects since. For people in Montreal, he is …

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Zed Bias / Maddslinky “XLR8R Podcast”

Zed Bias for those who don’t know is one of the most important figures in the history of UK Garage movement. Although he’s touched other genres (Broken Beat, Future Soul, etc…) he is recognized as one of the first guys making that darker edged stuff before it was called dubstep …

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Maddslinky - Make a change
Future Classics

Future Classic: Maddslinky “Make a change” LP

Most definitely one of the essential records of 2010 for me. Zed Bias makes a furious comeback under his Maddslinky moniker, not that he’d been away but it had been a while since he’d released under his aka more geared towards broken beat and future soul. For those who are …

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