Ontario Beats - Live at Tangerine

Zinc

Bingo Records

DJ Zinc may have named himself after a mineral, but he had lots of gems to share when he touched down at the Academy in Toronto. Swept away by the acid house movement as a teen, Zinc rose to fame as a top DJ and producer from the advent of drum and bass. It's a position he has yet to relinquish. A globetrotting selecta and renowned producer via his own Bingo label, he watched the DNB genre evolve from its house and old-school gene pool, grow through its ragga and hip hop-inflected phases, to the tangled web of styles its mutated into circa 2007. As part of Ganja Kru (Parousia), he rolls with like-minded renegades Rude Bwoy Monty, DJ Hype and Pascal. He also bangs it out in collaboration with Dope Skillz on Hype's True Playaz imprint. Ever the innovator, in 2004 Zinc dropped the Faster, a blazing LP which accelerated in BPMs with every track. When the beats roll like dis, you really have to Zinc on your feet