Zed Bias Explained

Zed Bias
Background:	non_performing_personnel
Birth Name:	Dave Jones
Alias:	Maddslinky
Origin:	United Kingdom
Occupation:	Record producer, DJ
Years Active:	Mid 1990s–present
Current Member Of:	Phuturistix

Dave Jones, better known as Zed Bias, is an English electronic musician based in Manchester, who operates within the UK garage/2-step, broken beat and UK funky genres, as a producer and as a DJ. He has also released material under various pseudonyms including Maddslinky and is one half of the duo Phuturistix.^{[1] [2]}

Bias is best known for his single "Neighbourhood" which reached No. 25 on the UK charts in July 2000,^[3] having created a large underground response from late 1999 in its original version. Living in Milton Keynes at the time, he collaborated with several other local artists and DJs resulting in a host of well-received tracks and remixes early in his producing career, such as "Standard Hoodlum Issue" with DJ Spatts (The Criminal Minds).^[4] Some of these have been released on his own Sidewinder/Sidestepper and Biasonic labels.

Bias started to record under the Maddslinky name in 2001, resulting in the album Make Your Peace in 2003 and a second Make a Change in 2010.^[5] Around the same time, he also became one half of the production duo Phuturistix and has been engaged in remixing duties for many well-known artists.

Bias' releases, which explore a more experimental or progressive side of the 2-step garage sound, have been hailed as a crucial element in the establishment of dubstep as a definable sound or genre.^{[6] [7]}

Discography

Albums

• Make Your Peace (2003, Laws of Motion) – as Maddslinky
• Feel It Out (2003, Hospital) – as Phuturistix
• Breathe Some Light (2007, Phuture Lounge) – as Phuturistix
• Experiments with Biasonics Vol. 1 (2007, Sick Trumpet)
• Make a Change (2010, Tru Thoughts) – as Maddslinky
• Biasonic Hotsauce: Birth of the Nanocloud (2011, Tru Thoughts)
• Sleepin Giantz (2012, Tru Thoughts)
• Boss (2013, Swamp81)
• Different Response (2017, Exit Records)

DJ mixes

• Sound of the Pirates (2000, Locked On)
• Bingo Beats Vol. 2 (2001, Bingo Beats)
• Mighty Reaction (2003, Nab Records)

Notable singles

• "Standard Hoodlum Issue" (1999, Social Circles) - as ES (Environmental Science) Dubs
• "Neighbourhood" (1999/2000, Locked On) - UK #25
• "Feel It Out" (2003, Hospital) - as Phuturistix
• "Somethin' Extra" (2005, Askew) - as Maddslinky
• "Time" (2007, Sick Trumpet)
• "Special" (2010, Tru Thoughts) - as Maddslinky
• "Music Deep Inside" (2011, Swamp81)
• "Subway Baby" (2011, Swamp81)
• "Hurting Me" (2012, Digital Soundboy)

See also

• Phuturistix

External links

• Experiments with Biasonics, Zed Bias podcast
  • Zed Bias on SoundCloud

Notes and References

1. Clark, Martin. "Zed Bias biography", May 2002.
2. Halewijck, Yiannis van. "Phuturistix, new Zed Bias project", Plastiks, 24 January 2003.
3. https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Freedom Official Charts Company: "Neighbourhood" by Zed Bias
4. Kodwo Eshun. "Zed Bias: 2step has a Right to Children – Part 1", Riddim.ca, 29 November 2000.
5. Web site: Maddslinky - Biography . Tru Thoughts . 29 May 2019.
6. Clark, Martin. "The month in grime/dubstep", Pitchfork Media, 25 January 2006.
7. Mugan, Chris. "Dubstep: Straight outta Croydon", The Independent, 28 July 2006.