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About Me

Faction is the production duo of Jarred Baigent and James Knuckey. Both of us have been producing for a few years now and at the end of 2005 we decided to collaborate. We both have a love for roots, it's a New Zealand thing. We're both firmly of the opinion that there isn't enough roots-dub influenced Drum & Bass out there.The first result has been successful already: "Fallujah Dub" is on high rotate on Active 89FM and other radio stations around the country thanks to Empathy Recordings . We aim to continue as we started.
Faction is obviously about Drum & Bass, but the genre itself and dance music in general is about juxtaposition, a collision of styles and cultures. Faction is about the collision of old and new. Roots Dub as started by founding fathers such as King Tubby and Scratch Perry is the origin of the remix, the origin of studio produced dance music. All that followed - hip hop, electro, disco, house, techno, breakbeat - all has its origins in roots reggae and Dub. The man credited with inventing the breakbeat, DJ Cool Herc, was Jamaican. Drum & Bass is all about the new, using the pinnacle of music production and manipulation technology. Combine the two and it's one hell of a sound. That's what Faction aims for.
James (Conspiracy): Conspiracy has been playing drum & bass for a while now. In 1994 he started the longest running drum & bass show in New Zealand: Futurefunk, which still airs 9pm-11pm Friday nights on Active 89FM. He has a long list of international support slots going back to 96, as well as support for Wellington's best D&B crews over the years.
Jarred (Tamper): Tamper is a DJ whose sound encompasses the tech-dub end of the Drum & Bass spectrum. Hailing from Hamilton, Tamper started playing out near the end of the last decade before moving to Wellington. Tamper has been a producer for a number of years now, at first under the name Mowgli. Look out for new releases under the Tamper moniker in the next year, as well as half of the production duo Faction.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/20/2006
Band Members: Jarred Baigent and James Knuckey
Influences: reggae, roots, dub, techno, electronica, jazz, blues, soul, funk, hip hop ...and drum & bass.
Sounds Like: Big Bud, Breakage, Paradox, Seba, Teebee, Bukem, Photek, Dom & Roland, Digital, Spirit, Tactile, D-Bridge, Visionary, Naphta, Amit, Motive, Break, Jonny L, Klute, Danny Breaks, Zinc, Calibre, Marcus Intalex, S.T Files, A-Sides, Total Science, Matrix, Fierce, Ed Rush, Optical, Doc Scott, Boymerang, Dillinja, Dillinger, Augustus Pablo, Bob Marley, Horace Andy, I-Roy, Derrick Herriot, Scientist, King Tubby, Mad Professor, Lee Scratch Perry, Junior Reid, Keith Hudson, Prince Jammy, the Aggrovators, the Wailers, the Upsetters, the Maytals, the Skatalites, the Congos, Prince Far I, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Leftfield, Tricky, Massive Attack, the Black Seeds, Jet Jaguar, Pitch Black, International Observer, Fat Freddy's Drop, Trinity Roots, Cornerstone Roots, Katchafire, Kora...
Record Label: Empathy Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Faction mix for Empathy available for download!

On Waitangi day (also Bob Marley's Birthday) we recorded a D&B mix for Empathy recordings. 60% Kiwi tunes, includes 4 of our tunes. 59Mb to download, 73 minutes, variable bitrate mp3. 100% quality...
Posted by Faction (NZ) on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:49:00 PST

New tune up: Life Balance

New tune up for your listening pleasure. Or pain? Started off with the intention of making a minimal roller with an electro flavour. Ended up sounding pretty heavy. That's not a bad thing. Second up ...
Posted by Faction (NZ) on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:05:00 PST

remix of Salmonella dub tune up for your listening pleasure.

Our entry to the Salmonella Dub remix competition back in September. See myspace.com/salmonelladubremix. Actually, this is slightly updated from the entry we sent in, vox tidied up a bit. There...
Posted by Faction (NZ) on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:05:00 PST

NEW CHUNE - silhouette - up

Latest Faction joint uploaded - the first 2 and a half minutes anyway. Unlike FTW and Beiruts Dub which rock half-tempo intros contrasting with intense dancefloor beats, Silhouette is more of a simple...
Posted by Faction (NZ) on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:23:00 PST

big up JMC!

JMC deserved the win at the Wellington regional Rumble in the Jungle, a talented fellow who's been practicing hard for over a year now. He's also a fairly regular guest down at Deluxe, the D&B wee...
Posted by Faction (NZ) on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:36:00 PST

wish Tamper luck at Rumble in the Jungle

Rumble in the Jungle Wellington regional is tonight, and half of Faction is a qualifying entrant this year. That's one step over with, next step is to convince the judges with a 12 minute set that he...
Posted by Faction (NZ) on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:23:00 PST

new tunes up!

Check new tunes on the player "Beiruts Dub" and "FTW". Both doing things with half/full tempo, aimed squarely at the dancefloor: big. noisy. fun. heavy breaks, large bass. Heavy. Enjoy. The first 2-3 ...
Posted by Faction (NZ) on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:12:00 PST

Deluxe this Friday

This Friday (27 April) at Attic Bar from 10pm, both members of Faction will be on the ones and twos. Along with resident DJ Narcotix, and Beable....
Posted by Faction (NZ) on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:53:00 PST

DELUXE Attic Lounge every Friday

Deluxe @ the Attic LoungeWeekly Atmospheric, Liquid and Deep Drum n Bass sessionsWith Subsonik & Narkotix + weekly guestsEvery Friday night at the Attic lounge above Subnine, Edward St. Free entry...
Posted by Faction (NZ) on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:55:00 PST

BROKEN MEMORIES LTD EDITION 01 96-97 - Fri 18 Aug Valve

Broken Memories, Faction and Empathy Recordings are proud to present...BROKEN MEMORIES LTD EDITION 01 96-97 - Fri 18 Aug Valve1996 and 1997 was when the genre of Drum & Bass busted wide open. Labe...
Posted by Faction (NZ) on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:28:00 PST