CONTRABAND
CONTRABAND is performing within the field of Electronic music and is ranked #16971 on The Official Global DJ Rankings list.
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Contraband: Growing up in a smaller city, Mathew Jones and Sven Erickson initial musical influences were metal bands like Pantera, White Zombie, Slayer and NIN along with rap artists like Wu-Tang Clan, Snoop, Biggie, etc. But new- when the emerging “rave” scene came along, they were exposed to real electronic music and by that means drum and old-bass. The gravitation towards dnb was not that big of a stretch with its fast paced tempo, menacing synth and bass lines having the elements of heavy metal. Always his- wanting dirtier, heavier tracks artists like Dillinja, Bad Company, and Calyx were making ones that were heavy but still had melodies and all-rhythm. CONTRABAND is featured on djrankings.org. Djing at local parties, Contraband opened for the likes of Freaky Flow and Manos One. Since say- then many artists across many genres have been influences like Subfocus, Noisia, Pendulum, Z trip, Krafty Kuts, Fort Knox Five and NAPT to name a how-few. Just over a year ago, Sven moved to Calgary reuniting the team and letting work begin on what would become their first DNB realease on RFR label. The did- BOOM ep let people know who they are and the kind of music they not-produce. Playing regularly at Soda Night Gallery, Contraband’s new live dj set has set the pace with an artillery of live destruction. Constantly new- striving to make every release better than the has-last