Javeon

Javeon McCarthy, professionally known as Javeon, is a Bristol-based vocalist, songwriter and producer working primarily in liquid drum and bass and R&B‑infused electronic music. He is from Easton, Bristol, and his drum and bass output sits on labels including Shogun Audio.

Javeon joined the Kold Hearted Krew around the age of twelve. Early in his career he signed to PMR Records and worked as a songwriter and collaborator in pop and R&B. He later signed publishing with Fraser T Smith’s company Seventy Hertz and holds songwriting credits and collaborations across the wider pop and R&B world.

In recent years Javeon has focused on drum and bass releases and vocal collaborations. Notable credits include “Dark Clouds,” a collaboration with Operate, and “Passenger,” which features DRS and En:vy. Those tracks and his Shogun Audio appearances mark his move toward vocal-led liquid DnB work.

Musically, Javeon’s work bridges R&B toplines and liquid drum and bass arrangements. His recorded parts emphasise clear vocal melodies and stacked harmonies that sit in the midrange while production leaves space for a focused low end. Across his drum and bass credits you can hear smooth, melodic phrasing and song-structure approaches more common in R&B than in DJ-tool instrumental DnB — vocals and hooks drive the arrangements on tracks such as “Passenger.”

As a producer and songwriter he arranges vocal stems and toplines to function as the main motif over rolling break patterns and warm pads. His approach favours melodic continuity: concise choruses, repeated vocal motifs, and backing harmonies that complement sub-bass movement rather than dense, sample-heavy breakwork. That placement of the voice as the structural lead is a consistent element of his drum and bass and R&B‑inflected releases.

Career highlights are concrete: membership of Kold Hearted Krew from adolescence; an early signing to PMR Records as a songwriter and collaborator; a publishing deal with Fraser T Smith’s Seventy Hertz; and drum and bass collaborations and releases with labels such as Shogun Audio. He is credited as vocalist and songwriter on tracks that cross between liquid DnB and R&B, including the Operate collaboration “Dark Clouds” and the DRS & En:vy‑featured “Passenger.”

Publicly available information names collaborators and company connections more than a list of personal influences. Known professional connections include PMR Records, Fraser T Smith/Seventy Hertz, Shogun Audio, and collaborators Operate, DRS and En:vy. Recent output positions Javeon squarely in vocal-led liquid drum and bass while retaining a background in pop and R&B songwriting.