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Producer profile Update – Zaheer makes Radio 1 playlist

Remember back in October, we published our producer profile on Milton Keynes musical master Zaheer ? We predicted “That won’t be the last you hear from him" Well, we were right, in fact, you’ll be hearing a lot more from him. Zaheer's latest track “The Recipe” is a collaboration with Swami Baracus and it’s been given day time play list on Radio 1. Now that’s kind of a big deal. Zaheer told Beatcheck "It all happened so fast, I got a text from Swami saying he's been picked to perform…
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17th July 2012
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Producer profile: DJ Relentless

DJ Relentless is Milton Keynes' very own four foot nothing tear out mentalist. With his first record out this week, we thought we'd tell you more about him. DJ Relentless, aka Tim Day, started his DJ carear back in the early 90's, playing free parties, illigal raves and anywhere else that could handle his mix of heavy drum 'n' bass and old skool jungle. Times and music changed,  and Relentless moved from the great outdoors into the dark four walls of clublife. In 2008 he scored himself a three year…
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26th January 2012
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Producer profile: Zaheer

So far he's received airplay across the BBC, on Kiss, and seen massive online coverage, but something tells us that's just the start for the Zaheer. Taking influences from across the urban spectrum and fusing them together in a cleverly produced blend of catchy hooks and heavy basslines, Zaheer has created a unique underground sound. Milton Keynes isn't known for its urban music creativity, but we are happy to see a pioneer bucking the trend. Here he is in action producing for urban lyricist, Menis. We predict this won't be…
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26th October 2011
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Producer profile: Magrex

In this new section we take a look at the concrete city's finest production talent. First up on the Beatcheck hit list is the mighty Magrex. Known to his mates as Stu McGregor, Magrex is a Milton Keynes-based producer-cum-live artist who has been composing beats for the best part of a decade. He gets the Beatcheck seal of approval thanks to his mashup of styles, with drum & bass, dubstep and electronica all thrown into an eclectic fusion of sounds. He also gets another Beatcheck gold star for throwing live…
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10th October 2011