About Me
New Video: "Levitation" part of the Album "Prehistoricana"
Allan’s interest in music began with Punk Rock, Ska and Grunge, after
discovering the scene electronic, he realized the great potential between
sound and technology. Starting as Dj in the late 90' s working a long side
with renowned artists like Carl Cox, Samuel L Sessions, among others.
Set up his first studio in Horsham, West Sussex, creating one of themost
innovative sounds on the market in 2002. Bursting as international producer
with the EP 'Essential Elementsâ€, released in SLS, Swedish label highly
respected thanks to Jeff Mills support in his DVD “The Exhibitionistâ€. This
was closely followed by a succession of top quality productions, including
‘Best of British’, released on Carl Cox’s label Intec Records,which sold more
than 5000 12†vinyl units around the world.
The sudden growth of his career motivated his relocation to London, where
he founded Evolved Records, for productions from artists like Tom Pooks
of Kompakt and Hiroki Esashika, who are interested in experimenting with
new genres; Evopro Recordings, which focuses on promoting new artists;
and NB Records UK, exclusively for Allan’s audiovisual productions. NB
has received impressive support thanks to the quality of the video presented
in the launch EP "Here We Are", to be broadcast by MTV Dance and available
now in edition 002-07 of T-mobile’s Slices Magazine, which Allan shares
with Sven Väth, Heartthrob and Ellen Allien.
These three independent labels are exclusively distributed worldwide physically
from Germany by ELP Distribution and digitally by DJDownload, the biggest
online shop in europe supported by Ministry of Sound.
Thanks to his curiosity with new technologies Allan Banford is part of the
select group of "Rane Artists", the company well know for "Serato Scratch
Live", which is also promoted by artists like Sasha and Richie Hawtin.
Technology is a key element of Allan’s work, and he has recently agreed
to test drive Numark’s new Midi Controller "Total Control" to aid product
development, this review is available in the last issue
of DJ Magazine
"Vol4 No45"
