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D Minds
Bristol born and bred; Distorted Minds is the story of two like minded individuals, Jon Midwinter and Alistair Vickery, coming together and living a dream. Over the last decade this dance music outfit have had a number of hit records across a number of prominent imprints including the likes of: Kaos (‘T-10’) Formation (‘Snuff Baby’ / ‘Warriors’), Break Beat Kaos (‘Give It To Me’) and there very own D-Style Recordings (‘Ouch’ / ‘Revolution’ / ‘Searching’)
Since the smash hit success of their tune, ‘T-10’ in 2003, and their collaborative release with Hazard in 2007 – ‘Mr Happy’, D*Minds have reached a level of success they couldn’t have possibly imagined a few years before. The guys have put together some brilliant mixes, the best known being their remix of EZ Roller’s ‘Crowd Rocker’ which is actually used daily as a sound bed on Zane Lowe’s award winning BBC Radio 1 show. More recently they’ve remixed Jakes’ ‘Warface’ as part of ‘The Jakes Project’ and are just about to re-release a remix of ‘T-10’.
From their initial track, ‘Eventual’ - which received club support from the likes of Grooverider and Andy C, and was signed by DJ and record label owner SS, along with future releases, ‘Snuff Baby’ and ‘Warriors’ - to their most recent release – ‘Ho Bass’ b/w ‘Ghost Town’, D*Minds have maintained a strong worth ethic, both in the studio, in their worldwide tours, and in the promotion of their successful Bristol club night, RUN.
Since establishing the D Style imprint (and its sister label, Stereotype) at the turn of the millenium, D*Minds have been non-stop in building the ‘D Style Group’ empire. Successful projects have included the innovative MC Series; which featured all of the industry’s best crowd connoisseurs including IC3, Foxy and Eksman. The few years have seen D-Style forge its way into the premier league of drum'n'bass labels. High-flying releases, including TC’s ‘Evolution’ album in 2007, and more recently, ‘The Jakes Project’, have received a whole host of positive press from around the world.
It’s also important to note what the pair has achieved with their weekly club night, RUN; dubbed “the world’s best D&B weekly” by Venue magazine, the night is always a roadblock, and the turntables are regularly graced by the scene’s leading figures, plus Run residents which include: Die, Clipz, Hazard, TC, Fierce, The Force and Pascal and guest appearances by the likes of: Scratch Perverts, Roni Size, Mampi Swift, Bryan Gee, Hype and Pendulum. Now, in 2009, the pair are now taking RUN to the next level, on a larger scale, less frequently, with bigger, better line ups than ever before.
Since the outfit’s inception almost a decade ago, their passage can only be measured by means of an upward curve, and with their own label/s, club-nights and productions convalescing incessantly, one can only see that upward curve continuing for years to come.
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