Following a slew of well-received singles, Belgian drum and bass pioneer Murdock releases his second album ‘X-Ray’ via Rampage Recordings, his most ambitious project to date.
First developing the backbone of the project over COVID when lockdown offered a period of reflection, Murdock dips into every style of D&B on the project and showcases his ability to transform decades on the scene into a fresh sound very much rooted in the times. Recent single off the album ‘Living In The Moment’ featuring Émilie Rachel saw UK radio support from KISS FM and followed collaboration with Bristol rising star Ruth Royall Cola, which received extensive play from the likes of Charlie Tee and Scott Mill’s Party Anthems show on BBC Radio 1.
The founder, owner, CEO and resident of Rampage, the world’s biggest D&B and dubstep party, Murdock has proven himself a renaissance man on the scene with the passion to match. He first developed a love for music sifting through funk and soul catalogues containing the likes of Sade, Prince, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, and Michael Jackson as a teenager. Nurturing an affection for hip hop samples from the likes of Public Enemy, De La Soul, and NWA was the catalyst for his introduction to D&B production. Purposefully mixing hip hop records on 90s turntables off-beat so the drums clashed led to the discovery that the UK already had a name for the chaotic style: jungle music.