Issey Cross

Isabella Eliza Victoria Cross, known professionally as Issey Cross, is an English singer‑songwriter and producer from Kent, now based in London. Within drum and bass and jungle she is best known for vocal‑led, melody‑first DnB — most often working in liquid and vocal‑roller territory — while also operating across house, garage, dubstep and other electronic styles.

Cross began making music after being gifted a guitar at age 13. She spent her teens performing in local pubs around Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells and later moved to Tottenham to attend music college. After college she moved into the electronic and drum‑and‑bass scenes, splitting work between songwriting, vocal features and production. She is a member of the Loud LDN collective.

As a producer and songwriter Issey brings a pop songwriting approach and guitar background into electronic productions. Her vocal parts typically function as clear toplines and hooks—short, memorable phrases and harmonies that producers use as the centrepiece of a dance mix. In collaborations her voice is often placed forward in the arrangement, with dry‑to‑wet reverb treatments for presence and short, rhythmic chops or repeats for drop moments. Where tracks lean into drum and bass, arrangements favour tight, halftime or straight‑time amen/roller breaks under sustained pads and melodic basslines rather than aggressive neuro bass design; that combination highlights her melodic phrasing over subweight and rolling break patterns.

Specific signature elements across her work include a bright, pop‑oriented vocal timbre, concise melodic hooks, and a tendency to integrate acoustic guitar‑rooted motifs into electronic productions. On collaborative singles she generally supplies toplines and co‑writing credits while also contributing production ideas—bridging singer‑songwriter construction with club mix requirements such as shortened intro/outro lengths and hook repeats for DJs.

Her credited collaborations include features on Wilkinson's "Used to This" (UK #33), Luude's "Oh My" (UK #98) and Nathan Dawe & Bru‑C's "Oh Baby" (UK #35). As a solo artist her single "Bittersweet Goodbye" reached UK #19. Those tracks document her role as a vocalist who crosses between chart pop and dancefloor‑oriented drum and bass, working with established producers and vocal producers to place her toplines into club and radio formats.

Concrete connections in her career are the named collaborators above and membership of Loud LDN; beyond that, public biographical detail focuses on her transition from guitar‑led songwriting in Kent to vocal and production work in London’s electronic scenes. She remains active as a songwriter, featured vocalist and producer based in London.