Teebone is an English
UK garage
UK garage, abbreviated as UKG, is a genre of electronic dance music which originated in England in the early to mid-1990s. The genre was most clearly inspired by garage house, but also incorporates elements from dance-pop, R&B, and jungle. I ...
/
drum and bass
Drum and bass (also written as drum & bass or drum'n'bass and commonly abbreviated as D&B, DnB, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by fast breakbeats (typically 165–185 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-ba ...
producer and
DJ, best known for the 2000 hit "
Fly Bi" which features the
MCs Kie and Sparks.
In the 1990s, Teebone together with
DJ Dextrous
Errol Francis, better known as DJ Dextrous, is a British DJ, producer and composer.Watts, Janet (2002)Jailhouse rock, rap and reggae, ''The Observer'', 15 December 2002. Retrieved 10 February 2013
Personal life
Dextrous was born and raised in ...
produced under a number of aliases including Fusion Forum and Regulators, releasing
jungle
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Etymology
The word ''jungle'' originates from the Sanskrit word ''ja� ...
and
drum and bass
Drum and bass (also written as drum & bass or drum'n'bass and commonly abbreviated as D&B, DnB, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by fast breakbeats (typically 165–185 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-ba ...
records. In 1994, Teebone founded his
label
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Riddim Track Records. In the late 1990s, he started producing
UK garage
UK garage, abbreviated as UKG, is a genre of electronic dance music which originated in England in the early to mid-1990s. The genre was most clearly inspired by garage house, but also incorporates elements from dance-pop, R&B, and jungle. I ...
; his biggest and most well-known track, "
Fly Bi", reached No. 43 on the
UK Singles Chart
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and No. 1 on the
UK Dance Singles Chart
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. ''
NME
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'' included the song in their "25 essential UK garage anthems" list.
Teebone also produces and directs
music video
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s for other artists; among those are
Shy FX
Andre Williams, better known as Shy FX, is a British DJ and producer from London. He specialises in drum and bass and jungle music.
Biography
Shy FX's debut record was "Jungle Love", released in 1992 on the Permission to Dance label. Soon aft ...
and
Pendulum
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("
Slam").
References
External links
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Living people
English record producers
Black British DJs
English drum and bass musicians
UK garage musicians
DJs from London
Club DJs
Remixers
Reinforced Records artists
East West Records artists
Electronic dance music DJs
Year of birth missing (living people)
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