Artist: AK1200
Genre(s):
Dance
Discography:
Prepare For Assault
Year:
Tracks: 14
Mixed Live
Year:
Tracks: 16
Lock and Roll
Year:
Tracks: 16
Fully Automatic
Year:
Tracks: 17
When Orlando native AK 1200 started his career in electronic music in the late '80s, nigh no one in the rural area had of all time heard of it. Nevertheless, the artist managed to carve stunned an extremely successful career in the land of resistance electronic music spell at the same time introducing myriad mass to the up-and-coming genre. At this point, he boasts one of the most illustrious careers of anyone in the business. He is not only a DJ, only besides a producer, promoter, remixer, cartridge clip publisher, and record store owner, not to mention a pioneer of breakbeat, jungle, and drum'n'bass.
The artist, whose real name is Dave Minner, first started playing generic early techno music in Orlando clubs in 1989. He has constantly had passably progressive, jumpy, and specific musical tastes, however, and social club techno was not a very good couple for him. The emergent U.K. breakbeat level-headed, on the other hand, suited him identical substantially. AK promptly launch his niche in hard-core breaks and left the mainstream techno scene behind forever. He was implemental in helping keep breakbeat alive in the U.S. subway system scene after it had disoriented popularity in the U.K. As the early '90s byword the birth of hobo camp and, later on, drum'n'bass in the U.S. subway system, AK constitute his station as a tireless initiate of the new effectual. He toured extensively, scored a abidance at San Francisco's legendary ball club Spundae, and published the magazine publisher Junglized with musical co-worker DJ Jeffee. His shape was clean predictable: He would champ a novel subgenre but until everyone else had heard around it and jumped onto the bandwagon. When that happened, he'd slue off into some other young niche of electronica that no i had even heard of. Finally, in the mid-'90s, he decided to centering on producing and remixing, jumping into a fertile career that included collaborations with the likes of Keoki and Rabbit in the Moon. In 1999, he came full-circle, headlining the national Planet of the Drums hitch. For this hitch, he was the organiser and give, as well as the star.
AK's discography and resumé read like a wash list of who's world Health Organization in tube electronica. He has remixed tracks for A Tribe Called Quest and the Crystal Method and collaborated with Dieselboy and Danny Breaks. His lengthy discography includes releases on Moving Shadow and Moonshine. Full-length releases include Prepare for Assault and Lock & Roll: A Drum & Bass DJ Mix. He also followed in Carl Cox's footsteps, releasing the second Sundry Live record album on Moonshine Records in 2000.
