12 Facts About DJ Zinc

DJ Zinc went on to produce drum and bass, breakbeat and more recently UK garage and house.

DJ Zinc continued to DJ with Swift onto Eruption FM and later solo on Rinse FM since it gained a license.

DJ Zinc continued to DJ on a regular basis, and was one of the first drum and bass producers to score a hit in the 2-step garage market courtesy of his 1999 single "138 Trek", which reached No 27 on the UK Singles Chart in November 2000.

DJ Zinc's productions have been relatively popular outside the drum and bass scene, most notably in the breaks genre under the pseudonym Jammin.

DJ 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.

DJ Zinc ran the Bingo Beats record label, which released both drum and bass and breaks records from 2002 to 2008.

DJ Zinc has been known to release records under the alias of Dope Skillz, Jammin and Jelly Jams plus others.

In 2001, DJ Zinc released a remix compilation album of his own productions called Beats by Design which included "138 Trek".

In 2007, DJ Zinc stopped making and playing drum and bass, citing "disenchantment with the scene".

DJ Zinc 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.

In October 2009, DJ Zinc released Crack House EP encompassing his new sound of the crack house genre.

In November 2009, DJ Zinc created a 2-hour mix for broadcasting on BBC Radio 1's essential mix.