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'''Benjamin Pettit'''<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> (born 12 March 1972), better known as '''DJ Zinc''', is a British [[DJ]] and [[record producer]]. Zinc first became known for 1995's "Super Sharp Shooter", a [[hip hop music|hip hop]]/[[jungle music|jungle]] fusion, notably one of the pioneering drum & bass anthems of its time. He went on to produce [[drum and bass]], [[breakbeat]] and more recently [[UK garage]] and [[house music|house]].<ref name="AMG"/>

Zinc's career as a DJ and producer stretches the steady evolution of [[Hardcore techno|hardcore]] from its [[house music|house]] roots through [[ragga]] and [[hip hop music|hip hop]]-styled [[hardstep]] and beyond. In 1991, he began his radio show with then partner DJ Swift on London's Impact FM. He continued to DJ on variouswith pirateSwift radio stations includingonto [[RinseEruption Radio|Eruption FM]], and haslater continuedsolo sinceon it[[Rinse wasFM]] awardedsince anit officialgained FM broadcasta license in 2010.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{AllmusicAllMusic|class=artist|id=p168787|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography by Sean Cooper |work=Allmusic.com |access-date=10 January 2009}}</ref>

His productions have been relatively popular outside the drum and bass scene, most notably in the [[Breakbeat|breaks]] genre under the pseudonym Jammin.

Zinc produced and DJ'd as part of the Ganja Kru and [[True Playaz]] collectives, often in association with [[DJ Hype]] from 1996 to 2002. He ran the Bingo Beats record label, which released both drum and bass and breaks records from 2002 to 2008. He has been known to release records under the alias of Dope Skillz, Jammin and Jelly Jams plus others.

In 2001, Zinc released a [[remix]] [[compilation album]] of his own productions called ''Beats by Design'' which included "138 Trek". By August 2004, he released his second album, ''Faster'', a [[concept album]] of sorts. The album, as the name suggests, ups the [[tempo]] little-by-little for each song. The title track and album opener, epitomises this and is a grimy crawl through bass and beat that speeds up from 40[[tempo|bpm]] into the early 100s by its end.<ref>DJ Zinc Biography {{cite web |url=http://www.imorecords.co.uk/drumandbass/dj-zinc-biography/ |title=ArchivedDJ copyZinc Biography - the IMO Records Blog |access-date=2011-12-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.istoday/20120803185453/http://www.imorecords.co.uk/drumandbass/dj-zinc-biography/ |archive-date=3 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}'', Retrieved on 2 December 2011.</ref>

In October 2009, DJ Zinc released ''Crack House EP'' encompassing his new sound of the crack house genre. A follow -up to this EP, ''Crack House Vol. 2'' was released in July 2010. In November 2009, DJ Zinc created a 2-hour mix for broadcasting on [[BBC Radio 1|BBC Radio1s.]]'s ''[[Essential Mix|Mix]]''.2022s and 2021s

In 2011, Zinc collaborated with [[A-Trak]] to release "Stingray", which also has a "crack house" sound.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.dancingastronaut.com/2011/12/a-trak-zinc-stingray-original-mix/ | title=A-Trak & Zinc – Stingray (Original Mix) JR Thornton | date=20 February 2014}}</ref>

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* "Goin In'" <small>(DJ Zinc feat. States of Emotion)</small> / "Reload" <small>(DJ Zinc feat. [[P Money]])</small> (2012)

* "Only for Tonight" <small>(feat. [[Sasha Keable]])</small> (2013) – UK No. 83

* "Show Me" <small>(feat. [[Sneaky Sound System]])</small> (2014) – UK No. 167

[[Category:ElectronicBritish electronic dance music DJs]]