Hive

Hive is the stage name of Michael Petrie (born December 1974). He is a San Francisco–based drum and bass DJ and producer working across bassline, drum and bass, jungle and liquid funk. He is the founder and owner of Violence Recordings.

Active since the 1990s, Hive first appears in US drum and bass records and directories from that decade. He released solo material in the late 1990s and continued issuing tracks into the 2000s. Credit listings and music databases associate him with labels and projects in the US scene, and with Celestial Recordings in particular.

Publicly available genre tags and credits place Hive’s work at the intersection of bassline weight and liquid funk atmospherics. That suggests a production focus on low-end-driven arrangements, programmed breakbeats and layered melodic elements. As a producer he is credited for studio work rather than live-band instrumentation; as a DJ he is listed in scene write-ups and database entries alongside his production credits.

Documented releases and track titles include "Working With Sound", "Devious Methods" and "Ultrasonic Sound". Those titles and the late-1990s / 2000s release window are the concrete markers of his output in public records. He also appears in lineages of US contributors to drum and bass through his label role with Violence Recordings and through credits tied to Celestial Recordings. Beyond label ownership, his specific contributions are preserved mainly in release credits and catalog listings rather than in widely published interviews or feature articles.

There are no widely cited, named influences for Hive in the public record I can find. Available sources focus on his releases, his San Francisco base, his DJ/producer roles, and his label Violence Recordings rather than on explicit mentor or influence statements. For people seeking his work, catalog entries and label listings remain the primary verifiable references.