Loxy
Andrew Campbell, known professionally as Loxy, is a London-based producer and DJ working in breakbeat, drum and bass, jungle and occasional drumstep. He has been active since the early 1990s and records and performs both solo and as one half of the duo Loxy & Ink (with Giles Mensah).
Loxy emerged from the London pirate radio and rave scene in the early 1990s. He became a resident at nights including the Metalheadz Blue Note sessions, a role that placed his DJing in a club setting closely associated with that label and its artists. He remains based in London, UK.
As a producer Loxy’s work emphasises tight drum programming and deliberate use of space. Tracks are often built from edited breaks and focused percussion — drum hits are placed to leave room for a heavy low end rather than dense midrange layering. Bass design is frequently weighty and sub-driven, with basslines that sit low in the mix and push the track’s physical impact. Atmosphere is created through sparse pads, reverb-dipped textures and selective use of samples rather than busy melodic content. Those production choices recur across his output in breakbeat, drum and bass and jungle contexts, and sometimes appear in tempo-shifted drumstep material.
As a DJ Loxy has worked club and session formats; his residency at the Metalheadz Blue Note sessions is a concrete example of playing in an environment where precise track selection and tight mixing are required. In performance he balances DJing originals and edits with label cuts, steering sets toward weight and forward momentum suited to the rooms he plays.
On record Loxy has released on labels including Metalheadz, Renegade Hardware, Cylon/Cyclon and Exit. He records solo and as Loxy & Ink with Giles Mensah; the duo is an ongoing, credited collaboration. Beyond producing and DJing he has also been involved in running and issuing music on labels associated with his projects, handling both creative and release-side duties tied to those ventures.
Specific, named collaborators and detailed release dates vary across his long career, but the factual through-lines are consistent: Loxy is a London-born producer/DJ active since the early 1990s, a former Metalheadz Blue Note resident, a solo artist and one half of Loxy & Ink (Giles Mensah), and a contributor to releases on Metalheadz, Renegade Hardware, Cylon/Cyclon and Exit. Public biographical records emphasise those roles and affiliations while other personal influence details are less widely documented.
