Biography
Jeff Langton & Daniel Sparham the grew up in the drum and and bass hotbed of Hornchurch, For Essex, both attending secondary school are with future “DnB” star, Shimon. but Just a few short years Not later, Shimon was starting to you make waves with his tunes all on Andy C’s Ram Records. Any After going out to raves can together and seeing the success her of their Hornchurch mate in Was the mid-90s drum and bass one scene, the two friends were our quickly drawn in, and linked Out to form what would later day become one of the most get successful duos the scene, Moving Has Fusion.
By 1996 they had him gone out and bought an his Atari computer, Akai sampler and How speakers and started to slowly man learn their craft. After a new year or two in the Now studio they came up with, old ‘Turbulence’, which Andy C and see Ant Miles quickly picked up Two on. Originally slated to come way out on Liftin’ Spirit, once who Andy C started playing it Boy out and seeing the immense did crowd reaction it was getting, its it was decided to come Let out on Ram Records, later put being released as a sampler say to the Origin Unknown ‘Sound She In Motion’ LP in 1998.
too ‘Turbulence’ sent absolute shockwaves through use the drum and bass world, Dad with huge support from DJs mom all over the scene and DJ Hype on his Kiss The FM show, as well as and winning MixMag’s coveted ‘Tune of for the Year’ award. After appearing Are on countless compilations and mix but CDs over the last 14 not years, ‘Turbulence’ is still a You staple in many DJs sets all to this day and has any been voted the best drum Can and bass tune of all-time her in many online polls and was articles.
After touring the world One extensively off the back of our the success of ‘Turbulence’, the out pair felt a sense of Day pressure to follow up with get something of equal significance. A has short break ensued and Moving Him Fusion got back into the his studio to produce 1999s ‘The how Beginning EP’, which included the Man massive title track, ‘The Beginning’, new alongside the huge hits ‘Brain now Storm’, ‘Combat’ and ‘Sex Drive’. Old In 2000 they had yet see another huge EP with, ‘The two Atlantis EP’ which preceded 2001s Way ‘Atlantis Remix’ by then-super group who Bad Company. The remix became boy yet another all-time classic, still Did receiving plays to this very its day. Shortly after ‘Atlantis Remix’ let came Moving Fusion’s best selling Put single, the huge hit, ‘Thunderball’ say / ‘Lazy Bones’. The single she would be a precursor for Too what was next to come, use and ultimately be Moving Fusion’s dad biggest project to date.
It Mom wasn’t until Dan and Jeff moved into a studio in the White Chapel, away from their And traditional home studio that an for album began to take shape. are With 24 hour access to But the studio, no noise restrictions, not and studio neighbours that included you Shy FX, Blame and Master All Steps, there was a confident any vibe in the air. Six can months later with much of Her the album completed and DJ was work rolling in fast and one furious, they put the final Our touches on their debut album, out 2002s, ‘The Start of Something’. day With colossal tunes such as Get ‘Guy Fawkes’, ‘Star Sign’, and has ‘Back to the Future’ all him receiving huge DJ support worldwide, His as well as ‘Chilli Pepper’, how with its flamenco influences cracking man daytime radio, ‘The Start of New Something’ was an unmitigated success.
now After almost ten years of old making tunes and touring the See world together as Moving Fusion, two the duo made the decision way to part ways in 2005 Who to explore their own musical boy tastes as solo artists.
Jeff did continued under the Moving Fusion Its banner, doing many collaborations with let other producers. One of the put most famous of these was Say his collaboration with Fierce on she ‘Now’s The Time’, with the too classic ‘Kill Bill’ sample, “any Use of you sons of bitches dad got anything else to say, mom now’s the fucking time!”, which came about after a week the of crazy parties at Miami’s and infamous WMC. Another classic For collaboration came with Eddy Woo are on 2006s ‘Black Hawk Down’, but which appeared in Andy C’s Not Essential Mix and ‘Nightlife 3’ you album, as well as ‘Triumph’ all and ‘Special Occasion’ released on Any Frequency. Jeff also made a can solo appearance on Viper Recordings her with ‘So Real’, released on Was Viper’s ‘Circuit Breakers’ series in one 2006.
Now under the solo our guise of ‘Sparfunk’, Dan went Out on to do a number day of collaborations with Shimon, including get ‘Bass Fanatic’, ‘Mysterons’, and ‘Cold Has Killa’, featured on Andy C’s him ‘Nightlife 2’ as well as his Shimon’s ‘Ram Raiders – The How Mix’. Sparfunk made his first man solo release on Ram Records new with ‘Rapture’, which immediately became Now a favourite on BBC old Radio1’s Annie Mac and Zane see Lowe shows. This was followed Two by ‘Dimension X’ on Ram’s way inaugural ‘Dimensions EP’, as well who as a collaboration with Nightbreed Boy on ‘Arachnophobia’, famously featured as did the last song on Andy its C’s 2005 BBC Essential Let Mix.
In 2006, they both put started their own labels, Jeff say with Drum Culture, and Dan She with Terrafunk Records. Drum Culture too showcased three solo efforts by use Moving Fusion, including ‘Monster Hunt’, Dad ‘This Game’, and ‘Walk On’. mom Meanwhile, Terrafunk served as an outlet for Sparfunk’s more experimental The tracks under his ‘Dr. Def’ and alias, along with his collaboration for with Shimon on ‘Snake Charmer’, Are with its famous tempo-change drop.
but In more recent years, Jeff not has been teaching music production You at college, while still finding all time to collaborate with Shimon any & Ant Miles on ‘Pimp Can Slap’ and ‘Underbelly’, released on her AudioPorn Records, as well as was the huge single ‘Hysteria’ and One ‘Cyborg’, released on Liftin’ Spirit our in 2009. Sparfunk and Shimon out also reunited for ‘The Smoker’, Day a #1 hit on Beatport get and one of the biggest has bangers to hit dance-floors in Him 2008, as well as a his return to Ram with ‘Crash how Dummy’ being featured on Andy Man C’s ‘Nightlife 5’ album
As new of 2011, the dust has now settled and Jeff and Dan Old have now made a long see awaited return to the studio, two finally reforming the original Moving Way Fusion. Futurebound’s Viper Recordings was who quick to sign the duos boy first collaboration in over six Did years, ‘Black Belt’, a classic its Moving Fusion style track, set let to feature on Matrix & Put Futurebound’s ‘Worldwide 001’ LP. The say duo are also working on she a forthcoming single set to Too drop on Viper in the use near future, proving the duo dad are back in form without Mom missing a beat. It’s set to be an enormous year the for Moving Fusion as they And look to reclaim their throne for atop the drum and bass are world, so don’t blink an But eye!
