11/17/2023 0 Comments Zed electric factory friday![]() ![]() I’m going to go hammer and tongs until then, I’m really going to work and do the shows, but then next year I’m going to concentrate on other things. So what I’m doing is hanging up my DJ headphones on New Year’s Eve. DJing is a love of mine, it’s part of what I do with Zed Bias, but I’d really like to see what it’d be like if I could dedicate 100% of my time to the music itself, having the studio as my main focus. I’ve been in the game producing for 20 years now – this is my 20th year – and DJing has gone hand in hand with that. Well, I’m getting older, aren’t I mate? Being 40 this year made me think, and I started seeing it as a bit of a crossroads. So we heard you had an announcement… what’s happening with you? ![]() Knowing what a sharp operator he is, we guessed that there was more to the story, and were keen to know what this was all about – so we got on Skype with him to ask about his plans, life lessons and thoughts on the state of the industry. But then a couple of days ago he phoned up FACT to say he’s retiring from DJing. He remains seriously in demand, and his recent parties at Fire in London – for his birthday and then the launch of his new Biasonic label – have been immense. He’s already had several distinct acts in his creative career, starting with drum’n’bass, breakbeat, reaching a first major peak in the UK garage years (while remaining an outsider to the scene), being key to the early years of FWD>, having some relatively fallow years following a move to Manchester in the mid 2000s, then picking up again as he began to be recognised as a “godfather of dubstep”.Īll of this was covered in quite some detail in an epic interview I did with him back in 2010 – but even since then he’s been through further changes, his DJ career in particular kicking up several notches, including a tour of the states with Pearson Sound and a regular alliance with Loefah and Swamp81 which led to his The Boss album for Swamp last year. Zed Bias has something to teach everyone about the art of adapting to circumstance. ![]()
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