Among the most revered DJs in the history UK dance music, Fabio & Grooverider play Bongo for the very first time, headlining Jungle Magik’s 3rd Birthday Party event on Friday 17th November.
It’s hard to over-estimate how deep this pair’s roots go and how profound their influence is on the wider international scene. They were not just there when the scene was exploding around the UK: they were at the very epicentre of its development during the pivotal era between 1988 and 1993, as resident DJs for the seminal London club night, Rage, at Heaven in Charing Cross.
This is where jungle and drum n bass music was effectively born, at their fingertips, as the house, techno, hardcore and rave sounds mutated via Fabio & Grooverider’s incorporation of the more breakbeat-driven sound that was emerging from a few producers’ studios. They mixed innovative records such as Renegade Soundwave’s The Phantom alongside contemporary hip house productions plus their favourite instrumental hip hop tracks, the latter of which were all played at the wrong speed to match the tempo of these other dance tracks. It seems so obvious now but was truly groundbreaking stuff that very few other DJs were doing.
The next thing they knew, people started making records like Lennie De Ice’s We Are IE…
True pioneers, it really is a pleasure to have them on at Bongo for the first time. These guys are all about the music and always deliver the best they can, so you can be sure they will be putting our Danley Sound Lab PA through its paces! ‘Watch yer bass-bins, I’m telling ya!’
Check out some of the clips below for a more comprehensive telling of Fabio & Grooverider’s story by fellow legends such as Goldie (Metalheadz), Storm, Bushwacka, Bryan Gee, MC GQ, Colin Dale, Carl Loben (DJ Mag) and the duo’s own recollections, alongside some great archive footage.
Tickets for Friday are available here.
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Tags: Bryan Gee, Bushwacka, Carl Loben, DJ Mag, DJ Storm, Fabio, Goldie, Grooverider, hardcore, Heaven, house, jungle, MC GQ, Metalheadz, Rage, rave, techno
