Banzai
Banzai — real name Bradie Docwra — is a producer and DJ from Norwich, United Kingdom. His work sits at the intersection of jump-up drum and bass and adjacent UK bass styles, with credits across drum and bass, jungle, liquid funk, bassline, bass house, grime and UK garage.
Docwra first appears on record as Banzai on the Bugatti EP, released on Latch Recordings in 2018. He is credited as composer and producer on that release and on the Be Good EP, and in 2022 released the single "Javelin" with Indigo MC on Gradient Records. Public biographical detail beyond those releases is limited, but his release timeline (2018 → 2022) and continuing uploads on SoundCloud show an active production period and a progression from EP work to collaborative singles.
Musically Banzai leans on jump-up’s hook-driven bass and tight drum programming while drawing explicit influence from UK garage and bassline rhythmic ideas. Across the Bugatti EP and the Be Good EP he pairs clipped, punch-first snares with crisp hi-hat patterns and looped break edits that sit forward in the mix. Bass design in his tracks favours focused low-end weight — compact sub carriers with midrange growl or wobble to cut through club systems — rather than sprawling atmospheric subs. He also brings elements of liquid funk on occasion, adding short, reverbed pads or vocal fragments to temper the heavier rollers.
As a producer, Banzai’s techniques include tight transient shaping and straightforward arrangement choices that prioritise looped motifs and immediate impact on the dancefloor. Where jungle influence appears, it’s in tuned break edits and occasional amen-style stabs; where grime and UK garage surface, it’s in swung percussion and clipped vocal chops. These characteristics are audible across his named releases and in his SoundCloud output, which documents sketches, dubs and finished tracks aimed at both DJ use and streaming.
On the live side, Banzai performs DJ sets across the UK. His sets and uploads emphasise continuous momentum: quick mixing between rollers, selective use of drops and rewinds, and programming that blends jump-up heat with bassline and garage interludes. The "Javelin" single (with Indigo MC) on Gradient Records is a concrete example of his collaborative work, pairing his production with an MC vocal to move beyond instrumental DJ tools into vocal-led singles. He remains active on SoundCloud as a primary public platform for new material and DJ uploads.
Concrete facts: Bugatti EP (Latch Recordings, 2018) — composer/producer credit; Be Good EP — composer/producer credit; "Javelin" (with Indigo MC) on Gradient Records, 2022; based in Norwich, United Kingdom; active on SoundCloud and performs DJ sets across the UK.
