Billain (born ''Adis Kutkut'') is a Bosnian

drum and bass Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated as DnB, D&B, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterised by fast Break (music)#Breakbeat (element of music), breakbeats (typically 165–185 Tempo, beats per minute) with heavy Bass (music) ...

producer, DJ and

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from

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. He is mostly known for his distinctive style within the

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genre and his collaborations with Frenkie and

Edo Maajka Edin Osmić (born 22 December 1978), better known by his stage name Edo Maajka, is a Bosnian rapper, record producer and songwriter. His popularity brought his group Disciplinska Komisija to the mainstream. He lives in Zagreb, Croatia, with his ...

Career

Billain was influenced as a pre-teen by the

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. During the four-year-long

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he began to draw and later discovered graffiti and created his first

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productions. In search of new possibilities to express his feelings originating in the siege, at first Billain taught himself how to produce techno music and later neurofunk. Before he released his first music, Billain joined the drum and bass collective ''Kontra'' which organised many drum and bass events in Sarajevo with Djs like ''

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& Optical'', ''

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'', ''Stakka & Skynet'' and '' Konflict''. His music has been played on

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and has been featured on

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. In 2014, Billain, alongside composer Sloven Anzulović, created and composed the sound design and music for the re-opening ceremony of the 1992 destroyed and now rebuilt

National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina (NUL) ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine'' / Национална и универзитетска библиотека Бо ...

. In 2018, Kutkut designed sounds for the movies

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and Hunter Killer and created the soundtrack of the horror game Scorn. Billain also releases shortfilms about

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and

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. With his side project ''Aethek'', he drifts towards the genre of

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, only focusing on sound design instead of melody and rhythm.

Discography

Albums

* Nomad's Revenge (2019, Renraku Global Media) * Lands Unbreached (2022, Renraku Global Media)

EPs

* Broken Universe EP (2010, Citrus Recordings), with ''Future Signal'' * Kontra EP (2011, Citrus Recordings) * #DNA EP (2014, Fmjam Records), with '' Frenkie'' * Colossus EP (2014, Bad Taste Recordings) * Binary Volume 3 (2014, Critical Music) * Colonize EP (2015, Eatbrain) * 1991 VG (2017, Renraku Global Media) as Aethek * Different Eyes (2023, Vision Recordings)

Singles

* Rhyno / Intrusion (2008, Breed 12 Inches), ''Rhyno'' by ''Receptor'' * Glome / The Solution (2010, Fatality Recordings), ''The Solution'' by ''High Maintenance'' * Coded (2011, Close 2 Death Recordings), on ''Blood Money LP Part 1'' * Phalando / Away we go (2011, Close 2 Death Recordings), ''Away we go'' by ''Para'' * Pranksters / Li (2011, Citrus Recordings), ''Pranksters'' by ''Dabs'' * Probes / Horus 8 (2011, Syndrome Audio) * Soulmatter (2011, Rise Audio), on ''Rise Audio EP'' * Total Darkness / Fiber Twist (2012, Rise Audio) * God Ribs (2012, Rise Audio), on ''RA004 EP'' * Batbots / Manifold (2012, Bad Taste Recordings) * Blockfield / Boogie (2013, Bad Taste Recordings) * Supertensor / Equilateral (2013, Mindtech Recordings), ''Equilateral'' by ''Allied'' * Wizard (2014, Bad Taste Recordings), with '' Teddy Killerz'' on ''Machine Room Level Two'' * Device Nine (2014, Rise Audio), on ''RA010 EP'' * Safety Hatch (2015, Underslung Audio) * Metal Jaws (2016, Bad Taste Recordings), on ''MethLab, Vol. 2'' * Specialist (2016, Inspected Records), on ''Glados EP'' * Vertebrae (2016, MethLab Recordings), on ''Monoleth 001 EP'' as Aethek

Remixes

* Krakpot (Billain Remix) (2012, Close 2 Death Recordings), original by '' Optiv'' * Half Life (Billain Remix) (2013, Civil Music), original by ''Reso'', released on ''Tangram Remixed'' * Paradox (Billain Remix) (2014, Vandal Records), original by ''Opsen & Primal Therapy'' * Ambers Love Was Like A Marble (Billain Remix) (2014, Med School Music), original by '' Rawtekk'', released on ''Sprouted and Reformed'' * Tetsuo's Redemption (Billain Remix) (2014,

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), original by '' KOAN Sound & Asa'' * Mantra (Billain Remix) (2016, Mindtech LTD), original by ''AKOV'' * Rethink (Billain Remix) (2016, Othercide Records), original by '' Current Value''

Productions

* Odličan CD (2005, Menart Records), album by '' Frenkie''; production of ''Outro'' * Stig'o ćumur (2006, Fmjam Records, Menart Records), album by ''

''; production of ''Sretno dijete'', ''Za Mirzu'', ''Blažena tišina'' and ''Severina/Fm Jam'' * Štrajk mozga (2012, Fmjam Records, Menart Records), album by ''Edo Maajka''; production of ''Panika'', ''Facebook'', ''Imaš li ti šta para, RaTaTa / Moj Dj'' and ''Gube Se'' * Prodike (2014, JabbaTon Records), by ''Fil Tilen'' and ''

P Money Paris Joel Moore-Williams (born 8 April 1989), better known by his stage name P Money, is a British grime MC, rapper and songwriter from New Cross, South East London, who is also active in the drum and bass scene. He is best known for his li ...

'' * Igra riječi (2014, Fmjam Records), album by ''Kontra''; production of ''Velepodaja'' * Reexperience (2015, Fmjam Records, Menart Records), album by ''Frenkie''; production of ''Film'', ''S.C.A.'', ''Izgubljeni snovi'', ''Mali od Ede'' and ''Gdje god su moji''

Shortmovies

* Assembly (2014) * Fugitive (2022)

Sound Design

(2018), ''additional synth programming'' * Hunter Killer (2018), ''additional synth programming'' * Scorn (2018), ''soundtrack and additional sound design''

References

External links

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