David Boomah

David Boomah (real name David Williams) is a producer, singer, songwriter and vocalist from Birmingham, United Kingdom. His recorded output and performance work sit across drum and bass, jungle, liquid funk and ragga. He was born in Birmingham and raised in St. Catherine, Jamaica.

Boomah first rose to wider attention on the UK jungle scene in the mid-1990s. He featured on Shy FX’s 1995 track "Who Run 'Tings'", a credit that brought his voice into the period’s jungle playlists and radio sets. Since then he has recorded for established labels and kept an active profile as both a recording artist and live vocalist.

He has released material on labels including V Recordings; his album One World Many Cultures appears on that label. Across his recorded collaborations and solo work he has worked with artists such as Rebel MC, Benny Page, Navigator, Tenor Fly and UK Apachi.

As a vocalist and songwriter Boomah’s performances draw on Jamaican ragga and dancehall phrasing alongside sung hooks. On tracks where he supplies vocals his delivery alternates toasting-style lines and melodic refrains, a combination that translates into the ragga-tinged drum and bass he is associated with. As a producer, Boomah’s work centres on vocal-led arrangements matched to DnB and jungle rhythms; his releases characteristically place prominent vocal hooks over programmed breakbeats, bass weight appropriate to whole-track systems, and production choices that leave space for toasting or chorus lines to cut through.

Specific career highlights include the 1995 Shy FX feature and the One World Many Cultures release on V Recordings. He has continued to collaborate with scene figures—Rebel MC, Benny Page, Navigator, Tenor Fly and UK Apachi are named collaborators on his record-credits—and he regularly performs live vocal PA shows that present those collaborations and his solo material in a live setting.

Publicly available biographical detail about David Boomah is focused on his vocal work and those mid-1990s breakthrough credits; he remains active, releasing drum and bass, jungle and ragga-tinged tracks while performing live vocal PA shows.