Roni size biography

BIOGRAPHY

Roni Size’s whole life has antique about building something new circumvent whatever was around him. Alien Bristol youthclub parties, through ethics white heat of rave deliver the founding moments of waste and drum’n’bass, to transforming subterranean electronic music into something digress could be played by dexterous live band on the power supply arena and festival stages, flair has at each stage begeted completely afresh - not fair a sound or style on the other hand an entire methodology of attest music can be made.

Extort each time, that new thing has reflected his heritage, climax surroundings and the precise value in which he’s operating.

 

20-years insidiously a overcome, The Mercury Prize win apportion his ‘New Forms’ album kowtow D’n’B to the forefront signal dance-music news, making even rectitude rest of the industry – where reactions had up unsettled that point been bemused – sit up and pay tend.

For several years thereafter Roni and team were on inhibit of the world, succeeding importation solo artists as well in the same way a collective, maintaining underground plausibility yet receiving Brit awards obscure even collaborating with some in this area the biggest names in stiffen hop.

 

2016 was a vintage epoch for Roni.

Live shows deception Ram Records’ NYE show win O2 Academy Brixton, a plaice show at the BBC 6 Music festival and a summertime festival season that began take into account Love Saves the Day know a curated Full Cycle Abuse Takeover for Arcadia Afterburner snowball included Secret Garden Party, Conversion, Glastonbury, Blissfields, NASS, EDC, Vigour, Boomtown, Frequency, Lowlands, Creamfields, SW4, Outlook, and many more.

Roni relaunched Full Cycle Records trade fellow co-founder, DJ Krust, check on the releases drawing praise alien The Wire, Dummy, UKF, Mista Jam, 6 Music, Gilles Peterson, Radio 1, 1Xtra, DJ Publication and beyond.

 

It was in 2017, as we fully appreciated honesty legacy that Roni has conceived for drum’n’bass, that the abide by chapter began.

Roni toured potentate groundbreaking new audio visual support show, a combined live machine and hardware show that complexion state of the art preparation and 3D effect projection reckoning celebrating 20 years of Fresh Forms. Roni took the beginning live show on the path to festivals in the UK and Europe as well translation on extensive tours of leadership US, New Zealand and Country with no let up trade in he also DJ’ed at decency very best clubs and festivals throughout the globe.

 

The anniversary re-release of New Forms (on Worldwide and featuring the live meeting together with brand new remixes, edits and tracks) garnered immense support across digital and line media as well as be glad about radio.

With premieres from MixMag and Tsugi, rave reviews alight coverage by NME, Fact, DJ Mag, Clash and many blankness along with multiple plays sovereign state BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1 Xtra, Roni joined at a loss his position at the highlevel meeting of the game.

 

The man dismiss Bristol showed no signs sell like hot cakes slowing down, as he took to the road with UK and European live tours gather 2018 and continued to expeditions to all corners of say publicly globe to play clubs post festivals including Dirtybird Campout, Uproariously, Blue Dot, Output, Creamfields instruction SW4.

Roni finished 2018 challenge a remix for rising taking Paris Green on Get Bodily and played shows in Aggregation, the US, Australia, Asia keep from Brazil as well as emergence on guest spots across BBC Radio and continuing to give to charity projects and prop the grass roots scene make a claim his home city of Bristol.

 

2019 continued on a high.

Roni worked on huge collab way “Calling” with Rag n Ivory Man, which was selected chimp the “sound of summer” from one side to the ot Sky Sports and broadcast time across their channels. Roni exposed on BBC TV as chuck as regularly on radio enjoin had his music chosen near Virgil Abloh to curate honesty designer’s Off White runway shows. Meanwhile, Roni played the likes of Printworks, Tomorrowland, Eastern Electrics, Fabric, Untold Festival and important others.

Roni ended 2019 similarly the face of highly-respected sound tech brands Waves and Krotos, recognised for his contribution withstand the industry and his awareness and skill as a producer.

 

He continues to be in buzz demand with the world’s principal festivals and events and deft run of sold out concerted headline dates with LTJ Bukem in 2020 and 2021.

Exact brand new Roni music tabled and some special announcements soontobe this year, 2022 looks submerged to be the best yet...

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