DBridge

dBridge
Birth nameDarren White
Also known asVelvit
OriginEngland
GenresDrum and bass, electronic, techno
Years active1994–present
LabelsExit Records (UK)

dBridge, also known as Velvit (born Darren White), is an English drum and bass record producer whose career began during the genre's conception in the early 1990s.[1][2] dBridge was part of the duo Future Forces Inc., a project made with DJ Maldini, with releases on the record label Renegade Hardware. Later, they joined Fresh and Vegas to form the drum and bass supergroup Bad Company, of which dBridge was a member of during the late 1990s and early 2000s.[3] During his time with Bad Company, they released the tracks "Planet Dust", "Nitrous", and "The Nine".

dBridge released his first solo album, The Gemini Principle, in 2008. dBridge owns his own record imprint, Exit Records. In 2011, Exit released a compilation called Mosaic Vol 1.[4] Mosaic Vol 2 followed in 2013. In 2013 he collaborated with Kid Drama on Heart Drive, a project consisting of a series of podcasts previewing autonomic tracks from the duo.[5] dBridge started creating techno and house music in 2015 under the alias Velvit.[6] Other projects of his include collaborations with producers Instra:mental (see autonomic podcasts), Fierce, Break, Survival, Calibre, and Skream.

  1. ^ IMO Records. "dBridge Biography" Archived 2 August 2012 at archive.today, IMO Records, 17 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  2. ^ Resident Advisor. "DJ Page", Resident Advisor. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. ^ Knowledge Mag (Online). "dBridge Interview" Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, KMag. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  4. ^ "dBridge Discography", discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  5. ^ "DBridge and Instra:mental's Kid Drama form Heart Drive, launch new Autonomic-esque podcast series". Fact Magazine. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Drum and Bass Legend dBridge Drops House Beats as Velvit". www.vice.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.