Ed Solo
Born in
East London, Ed first got into dance music by listening to pirate radio in the
late 80s, with his curious mind and interest in electronics Ed needed to know
how all those interesting new sounds were made.
In 1994 he got himself on a Youth Training Scheme to do a sound engineering
course, this was just before the computer revolution so he spent most of his
time cutting up reel to reel tape with razor blades ! During this time, Shy FX
(who was on the same course) had a top 40 hit with "Original Nutter" on SOUR
records , which inspired Ed further into production.
A year later he managed to get a work placement as an assistant at the SOUR
studios .Within six months he was mixing down tracks for artist's such as Black
Twang, DJ Trace, Roots Manuva, Elizabeth Troy, DJ Swift, MC Det and many others,
this gave him a broad view of the production technique's of the time.
Ed's first release was "125th Street" and "The Danger" , co produced with label
boss Dave Stone, the pair went under the name "Click and Cycle" and the tune
became the second biggest seller on Emotive records (SOUR's sister label).
In 1997 Ed moved to brighton and set up a studio with Dave Stone. He continued
to make tunes and improve his production skills, while dave concentrated more on
promoting club nights. Around this time, Ed Hooked up with DJ Brockie, who he
met though MC Det. Brockie had just bought a reasonalble sized studio and needed
help using it all. The first time Ed went to Brockies, the pair made "Reprasent"
, Undiluted's first release, which made number 1 on all the DnB chart's. Ed and
Brockie got on well and continued to make more big tunes, such as "Turntable 1"
"Echo Box" (True Playaz) & "System Check".
On the DJing side of things Ed first learned to mix in 2001 and has played at
nights such as Movement, Meltdown, Knights of the MC's, Valve, and in many other
countries including Bulgaria, Germany, Romania, France, Australia and Serbia,
playing many different flavours of DnB and Breaks in his own particular style.
Ed Solo & Bengals last release on Skimrok003 was vimto/gaffa tape under then name double alias,the next installment will be under the normal name of Ed Solo & Bengal...Watch this space.