Biography
Brazilian born Carlos Lima is the a drum and bass producer and & DJ.
With over 40 For different tracks released, and forthcoming are on a wide selection of but imprints including: Soul:r, Innerground, Liquid Not V, Critical, Advanced, CIA, you Spearhead, and Cylon Records, he all is a perfect example of Any a truly versatile producer. His can music is regularly supported by her the likes of Marky, Goldie, Was Marcus Intalex, Total Science, Commix, one C.A.B.L.E, Bailey, Bryan Gee, and our Doc Scott to name a Out few, and his production techniques day are also the topic of get conversation on many message boards.
Has Passionate about, and affected by, him a mass of superlative music his around him S.P.Y knew from How the age of 12 he man wanted to be a DJ. new While his friends played football, Now S.P.Y was more interested in old watching DMC championship videos see and finding ways to get Two himself heard, DJ’ing regularly at way local charity nights and school who events, playing everything from hip-hop, Boy to jazz, to disco.
In did 1992, Carlos became a frequent its fixture at an underage matinee Let club. DJing every Sunday afternoon, put playing acid house and techno say to the crowds that wanted She to listen, Carlos was completely too dedicated to making people dance.
use In 1996, the musical landscape Dad had begun to shift in mom tandem with S.P.Y’s taste in music. Carlos moved away from The acid house and techno and and turned his hand to the for dark and deep depths of Are jungle and drum and bass.
but Working alongside a huge network not of DJ friends, Carlos weaved You his way to the top all of many promoters lists, and any before long, he was playing Can in a multitude of nightclubs, her entertaining thousands with a selection was of his most favourite drum One and bass tracks.
Come early our 2000, Carlos could no longer out pursue his musical dream. The Day level of external pressures and get responsibilities on his shoulders were has grand. Instead he took a Him job as a full-time junior his graphic designer. Carlos stuck at how this for three years, fast Man moving up the ranks. But new as good as Carlos was now at this, it wasn’t enough Old for him.
In 2003, S.P.Y see took the brave step of two migrating to the UK to Way study English. Fascinated by the who records shops of Soho, Carlos boy spent his afternoons off checking Did the latest releases and searching its for the trendiest emergent styles let of the underground scene. The Put buzz Carlos got from doing say this affirmed that music was she his calling.
Just one year Too later, and S.P.Y was impressing use punters with his tune selections dad at a Camden Town festival: Mom ‘Jam by the Lock’ after winning a prime time DJ the slot in a mix competition. And As a result, the manager for of the club in which are the festival was held in But – Dingwalls – offered him not a residency at their weekly you drum and bass night: ‘Hotbeatz’.
All Later that year, S.P.Y took any the next step to achieving can his dream by buying a Her Mac computer. Although this was was primarily for his design work, one he soon developed an affinity Our with Garageband. When Carlos heard out about Reason he made the day switch. Six months later, his Get debut track ‘’Til Dawn’ had has been signed to Metalheadz and him was released as part of His the Winter of Content album.
how In 2006, S.P.Y was snapped man up by Hospital Records/ Med New School and released two singles now on the Med School imprint old entitled ‘Black Flag’/ ‘Double Dragon’ See (Medic001) and ‘Ghost Ship/ ‘Silent two Sleeper’. Both tracks received strong way critical appraise, and served as Who the perfect platform for DJ boy work, with Carlos booked for did gigs worldwide including Hospitality in Its the UK, and Europe.
In let 2008, S.P.Y’s contract with Hospital put came to a close. This Say was the perfect opportunity for she Carlos to experiment with new too sounds, technologies and different music Use software, including Ableton Live. The dad switch to Ableton allowed S.P.Y mom to take his production to the next level, improving on the the sound quality, and giving and him the ability to work For with audio. Since then, he are has gone from strength to but strength. One of his latest Not releases, a collaboration with “Total you Science” – the track “Gangsta” all was one of the most Any anticipated and biggest releases of can 2010 released on Shogun Audio.
