Priority One

Priority One is the recording alias of British producer Hamish Cranford-Smith, a Bristol-based artist working across drum and bass, drumstep, dubstep and liquid-funk styles. As Priority One he released the Monstercat single “Hunted” in 2015 — a collaborative track credited to Priority One & TwoThirds and featuring vocalist Jonny Rose — and put out material on labels associated with the liquid / vocal-driven side of DnB.

Public biographical detail on Cranford-Smith is limited beyond his output, but the timeline is clear: he released as Priority One through at least 2015 and later changed his recording name to Jack Mirror. Under the Jack Mirror alias he signed to Viper and has released new material on that label, continuing his work in high-BPM electronic bass music from his base in Bristol.

As a producer Priority One’s work leans toward melodic, vocal-led drum and bass and adjacent bass genres. His Priority One material foregrounds sung hooks and polished vocal production alongside tight, edited breakbeats — characteristics that align with liquid and vocal-driven DnB. The tracks balance warm sub-bass and midrange chord work with crisp transient edits on the kicks and snares; elements of drumstep and dubstep cadence appear in his pacing and bass design on some releases.

Concrete career highlights are the 2015 Monstercat single “Hunted” (Priority One & TwoThirds ft. Jonny Rose) and subsequent label releases in the liquid/vocal DnB space, and the later rebrand to Jack Mirror with a signing to Viper where he has issued new material under that name. He has worked alongside TwoThirds (collaboration on “Hunted”) and featured Jonny Rose as vocalist on that track.

Public statements of artistic influences are not widely documented; the documented collaborations and label choices, however, place Priority One’s output firmly within the vocal-led liquid and melodic ends of contemporary drum and bass while also touching drumstep and dubstep production techniques. As of the latest available facts, Hamish Cranford-Smith continues releasing under Jack Mirror on Viper after his Priority One period.