Bert H

Bert H is a Moscow-based producer and DJ working across drum & bass and adjacent breakbeat styles. His credited genres include Drum And Bass, Jungle, Liquid Funk, Drumstep and Breakbeat, with detours into Dub Techno, Chillstep, Europop and Hardcore Punk on some releases.

He emerged around 2014 with early releases on Celsius Recordings. In 2017 he issued his debut album All About on Fokuz Recordings. Since then he has released music and collaborations on labels including Galacy, Fokuz, Celsius and Spearhead. Recent output includes the 2022 EP The Connection and a string of singles issued on his own Waterframes Music imprint. Outside production and DJing, press notes (Drum & Bass UK) cite him as a mix engineer; he also runs a woodworking company in Moscow.

Background details are limited in public sources, but the timeline of releases gives a clear arc: initial singles and EPs on Celsius around 2014 led to the full-length All About on Fokuz in 2017, followed by label work and collaborations through the late 2010s into the 2020s. Named collaborators on record include High N Sick, Monrroe and All Mode.

Musically, Bert H blends liquid and atmospheric drum & bass with tougher breakbeat and drumstep elements. Across releases such as All About and The Connection he pairs sustained pads and dub-techno style reverb with chopped breakbeat programming. His productions favour edited amen-style breaks and tight processed snares alongside sub-driven bass lines; the low end is often rounded and sine-like rather than harshly distorted. He uses space and delay on pads and vocal fragments to create an airier liquid texture, then introduces harder percussion or halftime drumstep passages to shift energy.

Specific production techniques evident in his output include detailed break editing, layered transient shaping on kicks and snares, and the use of filter automation on bass to create movement through a track. Melodic content occasionally borrows Europop phrasing or chillstep atmospherics, while some tracks carry a rawer hardcore-punk energy in their percussion and tempo changes. The result is a cross-section of liquid funk warmth and punchy breakbeat weight — a sound that moves between rollers and halftime without losing focus on mix clarity.

On career and contributions: Bert H has maintained a presence as a producer and label contributor since 2014, moving from Celsius to a wider array of labels including Fokuz, Galacy and Spearhead. His debut LP All About (Fokuz, 2017) is the most prominent long-form statement on his catalogue. The Connection EP (2022) and singles on Waterframes Music show he also runs his own imprint to release material directly. Documented collaborations include tracks with High N Sick, Monrroe and All Mode, signalling regular cooperative work within the scene.

Influences are not exhaustively documented in public sources, but his catalogue points to direct links with liquid and dub-inflected producers as well as breakbeat and drumstep practitioners. His mixing and engineering credits, noted by Drum & Bass UK, further position him as a hands-on studio operator as well as a creative producer. He continues to release music on Waterframes Music while working out of Moscow and operating his woodworking business alongside studio work.