James Pountney, better known by his stage name Culture Shock, is a British

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DJ and

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Biography

In 1996, Culture Shock was introduced to drum and bass while listening to London's pirate radio stations. He set up his own studio with basic equipment at home and recorded his own music. His first release was "The Vega EP" on

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in 2004. Two years later, Culture Shock signed with

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after attracting attention of the label's CEO,

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. His first EP, titled "The Third Stage" was released in 2007 and featured four tracks, including the track "Rework", co-produced by the

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. After a longer break, he returned in September 2014 with a remix of Moko's "Your Love" and the songs "Troglodyte VIP" and "Raindrops". His song "City Lights", which has featured as an instrumental in his DJ sets since 2009, was picked up by

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and released in May 2015 with a vocal by

Bryn Christopher Bryn Christopher (born 8 November 1985) is a British singer and songwriter, and the frontman of electronic music group I See Monstas. Born in Great Barr, Birmingham, England, he attended the Italia Conti Stage School and was a contestant on ' ...

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. The single has received airplay on popular UK radio stations and music channels, and was

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's ''Track of the Day''. In November/December 2015, he released tracks from his latest extended play entitled ''Transit''.

Discography

Compilations

Extended plays

Singles

Other appearances

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