DVA

Known alternately as DVA and Scratcha DVA, Leon Intelligent is a major figure in the U.K. bass music picture, with numerous produces on highly respectable brands like Hyperdub and Keysound furthermore to his personal DVA Music label. Adept in designs which range from brash grime bangers to sunlit, uplifting U.K. funky paths, his productions are constantly refreshing and inventive. Furthermore to his music, he’s also an extremely regarded DJ, along with a longtime sponsor on London dance radio train station Rinse FM. Wise originally experienced music with the drum’n’bass picture, but was creating U.K. garage area paths as Scratcher in the first 2000s. Alongside co-producer Kobie, he produced grime duo Diverse Artz, as well as the duo’s white label 12″ “Kurb Krawl” was the initial discharge on DVA Music in 2003. Wise was also section of grime staff Aftershock, and he started hosting Grimey Breakfast time on Wash FM around 2005. After making monitors for grime MCs such as for example Wiley, Durrty Goodz, and Chipmunk, furthermore to compiling The Tone of voice of Dirt, Vol. 1 in 2006, DVA started releasing solo information close to the end from the 10 years. Following garage information “I’m Departing” as well as the Jelly Move EP on DVA Music and grime one “Bullet A’ Move Take a flight” on Keysound, DVA debuted on Kode9’s Hyperdub label this year 2010 with “Natty.” He also collaborated with Hyperdub labelmate Cooly G on Dis Boy, released on DVA Music. Following produces on Hyperdub proceeded to go in more of the broken defeat/future soul path, featuring vocalists such as for example Fatima and Viktor Duplaix. Pursuing singles “Simply Vybe” and “Madness,” vocal-heavy full-length Quite Ugly found its way to March of 2012. This is followed by the greater club-focused Take a flight Juice EP afterwards in the entire year, in addition to 2013’s Mad Hatter, which sported a remix by Chicago footwork pioneer DJ Rashad. Both EPs had been put together onto a Compact disc with reward remixes. Having abandoned the Grimey Breakfast time radio display in early 2012, DVA started hosting a regular monthly Hyperdub system on Wash FM, with visitor appearances from lots of the label’s performers. He released limited 10″ EPs Allyallrecords (2015) and Consider EVERYTHING (2016) for the label, accompanied by NOTU_URONLINEU, a far more experimental recording as DVA [Hi:Feelings].