VILLEM

Born in Ipswich, Villem (Andrew Wilson) began his adventure with music by buying up early rave tape packs. Turntables and buying records would come next via Redeye Records in Ipswich, buying off the legendary DJ Freedom, and the transition from DJ to producer was inevitable. Villem felt to have the best grounding for a musician would be to learn an instrument, so he bought a piano and set about learning how to play jazz. Within a year he was studying piano at Kingston University surprising not only himself but others around him by how quickly he was learning. Whilst at university he studied musical composition, learning how to score for instruments such as the prepared piano,saxophone, trombone and violin, earning himself awards and special mentions along the way. With his musical composition background, Villem worked in the advert industry submitting music on demand for Audi, Russian Standard Vodka, Rowntrees and Footlocker. Once completing his degree he focused his energies back into the rave culture and began writing drum and bass, quickly finding his feet and the support of all the major DJs (DJ Hype, Bailey, Laurent Garnier, Doc Scott, Break, Flight, dBridge, Alix Perez and many more). Now reaping the rewards of his hard work he has tracks signed to Good Looking Records, Ingredients, Med School, Symmetry, Samurai Red Seal and Utopia Music and is building a reputation as a producer that brings heavy dance floor energy with funk, soul and feel good vibes. Villem is also one half of dark stepper duo, Mute who along side label boss Mako run the burgeoning imprint Utopia Music, releasing music by themselves and people they respect, such as dBridge, Break, Survival, The Sect, Andyskopes and Mikal.

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One of the most versatile artists in the Drum & Bass scene, Villem has released on almost all the major labels within the genre. His sound ranges from big bouncy jungle to twisted bass science to sublime liquid rolling bliss - his back catalogue covers many different styles, he's impossible to categorise. If you listen deep enough you'll hear funk, jazz, soul, hip hop, and of course a wealth of

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