Zed Bias | |
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| Birth name | Dave Jones |
| Also known as | Maddslinky |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, DJ |
| Years active | Mid 1990s–present |
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| 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.[1]
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]