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| name image = DJ Zinc

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| image_sizebirth_name = Benjamin = Pettit

| birth_namealias = BenjaminJammin, Jack Ruby, Dope Skillz, The PettitPhantom

| birth_dateorigin = {{BirthLondon, date and age|df=yes|1972|3|12}}England

| origingenre = [[Drum and =bass]], [[Forestbreakbeat]], Gate[[house music|house]], London,England[[trip hop]], United[[UK Kingdomgarage]]

| years_activelabel = 1991–present =

'''Benjamin Pettit''',<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> better(born known12 byMarch his1972), stagebetter nameknown as '''DJ Zinc''', is a British [[DJ]] fromand the[[record United Kingdomproducer]]. Zinc first became known for 1995's "Super Sharp Shooter", a [[hip hop music|hip hop]]/[[oldschool 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]] and [[rave music|rave]] roots through [[ragga]] and [[hip hop music|hip hop]]-styled [[hardstep]] and beyond. In 1991, he began his radio show with then partner djDJ swiftSwift on London's impactImpact fmFM. He continued to DJ onwith various pirate radio stations,Swift includingonto [[RinseEruption Radio|Eruption fmFM]] whileand itlater wassolo aon pirate,[[Rinse and has continuedFM]] since it was awardedgained a license in 2011.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |first= |last= |url={{AllmusicAllMusic|class=artist|id=p168787|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography by Sean Cooper |work=Allmusic.com |accessdateaccess-date=10 January 2009}}</ref>

He continued to DJ on a regular basis, and was one of the first drum and bass producers to score witha hit in the [[2-step garage|2-step]] [[UK garage|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. He reached No. 27 in the UK chart with "138 Trek" in November 2000.

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 Byby 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=DJ Zinc Biography - the IMO Records Blog |access-date=2011-12-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/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 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 | accessdateaccess-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 -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>

| ''Beats Byby Design'' (EP)

| [[True Playaz]]

| TPR 12 025 CD

| [[Bingo Beats]]

| [[Bingo Beats]]

| [[Bingo Beats]]

| [[Bingo Beats]]

| ''[[Drum and Bass Arena|Drum & Bass Arena]]''

| [[Harmless Records(sublabel)|Harmless]]

* {{Official website|http://djzinc.com}}

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