Colossus
Toby Tinwell, professionally Colossus, is a Manchester-based UK drum and bass producer and DJ working primarily in the liquid funk strand of DnB. He has released music since the early 2010s and is credited on streaming services (SoundCloud, Shazam) as composer and producer under his given name.
Colossus began releasing material in the early 2010s and has appeared on a number of independent and specialist labels. His releases have appeared on Rush Records (a label he helped run), Bay 6 Recordings, Galacy Records and Soul Deep. Tracks by Colossus were also included on Hospital Records compilations, notably Hospitality 2015 and the Hospital compilation We Are 21.
Public records show a pause in activity around 2016–2019 while Toby Tinwell studied for a master’s degree in music for media. He returned to releasing material in 2020 with the album Third Face and followed that album with subsequent EPs including Virtues. Across releases and service credits he is consistently listed as composer and producer.
Stylistically, Colossus’s output is placed within liquid drum and bass. His catalogue and compilation inclusions point to music that emphasizes melodic arrangements, atmospheric pads and clear sub-bass lines alongside rolling break patterns typical of liquid productions. Credits as composer/producer indicate he handles composition, sound arrangement and production work on his releases rather than acting only as a remixing or curatorial figure.
As a contributor to labels and compilations, Colossus has combined studio production and DJ activity: releases on independent labels and inclusion on Hospital compilations shows his work circulated both on label vinyl/pressings and on major scene compilations. His involvement running Rush Records signals a role that crossed into label management and release curation as well as producing tracks.
Available public information about Colossus focuses on his releases, label credits and the academic hiatus; specific track-by-track production credits, setlists or detailed studio techniques beyond the composer/producer credits are not widely documented in public sources. For verified credits, labels and the 2020 return with Third Face and the Virtues EPs are the clearest reference points for his recent output.
