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I didn't.. Zinc isn't hip hop and sharp shooter isn't hop hop fusion but its a start. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
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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
==Biography==
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 with Swift onto [[Eruption Radio|Eruption FM]] and later solo on [[Rinse FM]] since it gained a license.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{
He continued to DJ on a regular basis, and was one of the first drum and bass producers to score a hit in the [[2-step garage]] market courtesy of his 1999 single "[[138 Trek]]", which reached No. 27 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in November 2000.<ref name="AMG"/>
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.
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In 2007, Zinc stopped making and playing drum and bass, citing "disenchantment with the scene". He started producing again in 2009 with a fusion of [[deep house]], [[funky house]] and [[fidget house]], which he believed did not fit into any of these subgenres. He later named his new sound "crack house".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/jul/28/scene-and-heard-crack-house | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Scene and heard: Crack house | first=John | last=McDonnell | date=28 July 2009 | access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref>
In October 2009, DJ Zinc released ''Crack House EP'' encompassing his new sound of the crack house genre. A follow
.<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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* "Steppin' Sones" / "South Pacific" <small>(DJ Zinc)</small> (2004) – UK No. 62
* "Drive by Car" <small>(feat. Eksman)</small> (2004) – UK No. 66 ‡
* "Kinda Funky/Go DJ" <small>(as Jammin)</small> (2004) – UK No. 80
* "Creeper" <small>(feat. [[Dynamite MC]])</small> (2005)
* "Ghost Train" <small>(with [[Dave Spoon]])</small> (2009)
* "[[Wile Out]]" <small>(feat. [[Ms. Dynamite]])</small> (2010) – UK No. 38
* "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
† – credited as 'DJ Zinc / [[DJ Hype]]'
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[[Category:Jungle musicians]]
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