The Clamps —

The Clamps (Julien Carbou) is a French producer and DJ from Toulouse. He works primarily in drum & bass — notably a heavy, neurofunk and industrial‑influenced strain of DnB — and produces across related bass styles including bassline, breakbeat, deathstep, drumstep, dubstep, riddim and jungle, as well as liquid funk, hardcore, happy hardcore, gabber, psytrance and progressive trance. Public records list The Clamps as active since the late 1990s. He is based in Toulouse, France, and his recorded output has appeared on labels such as Kosen Production, Trendkill Records and Eatbrain. He has released multiple EPs and full‑length works, and maintains artist pages and discography entries on platforms including MusicBrainz, Bandcamp and Beatport. Sonically, The Clamps leans on dense, machine‑like textures and aggressive low end. His productions emphasize twisted synthetic basslines with heavy distortion and midrange movement, tight processed breaks and metallic percussive elements that give tracks an industrial edge. Atmospheres tend toward dark, mechanical pads and short, textural FX rather than long, ambient washes. On mixes and productions you’ll find a focus on transient control and heavy sidechaining to keep sub clarity under complex midrange bass work. Within subgenre specifics, The Clamps’ output sits squarely in neurofunk‑tinged DnB: precise, modulated bass design, staccato bass riffs, and sculpted mids that cut through club systems. He also crosses into harsher tempo ranges and timbres associated with deathstep and hardcore, and he applies cleaner, more melodic elements when working in liquid funk or progressive trance modes — showing versatility across the broad list of styles he’s associated with. His career includes collaborative projects. He works with Opsen in the Burr Oak project, and he is involved with Third Colony. Releases on Kosen Production, Trendkill Records and Eatbrain provide concrete anchor points in his discography; those releases and additional titles are documented on Bandcamp, Beatport and MusicBrainz for reference. Specific influence names beyond his collaborators are not widely documented in public sources, but his work’s industrial‑neurofunk focus places emphasis on sound design and studio processing as defining features. For full release lists and recent material, consult his Bandcamp, Beatport and MusicBrainz pages where his EPs, albums and collaborations are catalogued.