Drone
Drone is a Hastings-born, Bristol-based producer and DJ working across bass-heavy UK styles. Within the drum & bass/jungle spectrum his primary subgenres are Drum And Bass, Jungle, Drumstep and Liquid Funk; he also produces and releases material that sits in Dubstep, Dub, Grime, UK Garage, UK Funky, Bassline, Bass House and wider bass music. He records under the name Drone; his legal/real name is not publicly listed on major music databases.
Drone grew up in Hastings and moved to Bristol at age 21, where he established his production and DJ activity. He records and performs from Bristol while maintaining ties to the broader UK bass network; releases and label activity have been a consistent part of his career since the move. Publicly documented releases include the album Dance With The Devil on 1985 Music, plus EPs on labels such as Sector 7 and Coyote Records — notably the Light Speed / Fangz material.
Musically, Drone’s productions emphasise low-end weight and rhythmic detail. Tracks feature pronounced sub and mid-bass design alongside chopped and reprogrammed break patterns rather than straight four-on-the-floor beats. He uses layered bass textures (deep sine subs under distorted reese-style mid-bass) and space-building dub-style delays and reverbs to push atmosphere; those elements appear across his drum & bass, drumstep and dubstep outings. On the garage-leaning and UK Funky sides he works with shuffled percussion, syncopated hi-hats and clipped vocal fragments. The result is a palette that moves between liquid, rolling DnB and darker, bass-heavy rollers — often with dub processing and break edits to shape groove and tension.
As a producer Drone’s contributions are primarily studio-based: original singles and EPs, and a full-length album on 1985 Music. The Light Speed / Fangz releases on Coyote Records and Sector 7 EPs show his cross-genre reach, moving from heavier bass music into garage-tinged and grime-adjacent textures. His records have attracted plays and support from prominent names in the scene — Alix Perez, Kahn & Neek and Mala have all backed his work — which has helped place his tracks into DJ playlists and mixes across UK bass and DnB sets.
In performance he presents himself as a DJ as well as a producer; that dual role informs his releases, which are formatted with DJ utility in mind (clear intros/outros, decisive bass hits, and break arrangements that slot into sets). His material has been released and promoted on labels known within the bass and DnB circuits, with the Dance With The Devil album marking his most visible long-form statement to date.
Documented connections to other artists are primarily through label releases and radio/playlist support — again, Alix Perez, Kahn & Neek and Mala are named supporters of his work. Beyond those named facts, public biographical detail is limited; Drone remains a Bristol-based producer/DJ releasing on 1985 Music, Sector 7 and Coyote Records, with the Light Speed / Fangz material and the Dance With The Devil album as specific reference points.
