MUD: Reach Present FABIO (BBC RADIO 1)

BBC Radio One and DnB hero Fabio makes a very welcome return to Mud after performing a smashing set at Reach's second birthday last year. It was a heck of a night with Benga making his Dublin club debut upstairs and Equinox performing an unforgettable old skool mash-up. Definitely up there in the top 5 since we opened, Fabio even made a proud little speech at the end of the night and then bigged up the gig again on his radio show the following Sunday quoting it as his best gig that year.

Support on the night from Reach residents Nick Fury and Chopen

FABIO (BBC RADIO 1, UK)

www.bbc.co.uk/radioone/fabioandgrooverider

Fabio has been firmly at the forefront of the Dance/Rave/D&B/Jungle scene for over two decades and has acquired legendary status for what he has achieved. Starting his career as a pirate radio DJ in the mid 80s playing Dub, Rare Groove and Hip Hop joining together with long time DJ Partner Grooverider the pair happened to be in the right place at the right time when acid house exploded across London and the UK. Spinning early house music then championing the darker, more bass heavy rave music which went onto become known as Jungle and Drum & Bass, alongside Grooverider the duo have remained the leaders of this genre for over twenty years.

Fabio is credited with popularising the sub-genre known as Liquid funk as well as coining the name. Fabio is widely considered as the godfather of drum and bass music for which he was one of the early pioneers of in the late 80s and early 90s. Fabio hasn't produced many records but one of his more recent works was a tune called "No Joke" in which he produced with Photek.

Taking the music from the raves to the radio first on Kiss FM, then onto Radio 1 where they hosted their legendary One In The Jungle weekly shows and now the weekly Drum & Bass Show where Fabio still continues to champion new talent and sounds.

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