Rowland the Bastard
Hes been called the techno terrorist and his straight to the jugular style of mixing, has captivated audiences and rocked dance floors since 1993, the rockstar with no guitar is known for playing an eclectic blend of hard percussion, jacking beats, heavy baselines and acid riffs in his dj sets, he also punishes his follower's on vinyl releasing under numerous guises. He has appeared on MTV on three continents and various magazines throughout the planet, voted best international trance dj to play in Canada 1999,
Written sounds scores for Sony TV adverts and was even asked to submit material to do the sound track to the animas movie "Speed Racer".
Now being rated as one of the most influential artists on the dance music scene it could be know other than Rowland the Bastard.
As a performing artist, Rowland The Bastard has a talent second to none, his style is fast and furious, mixing seamlessly with big complexed tricks pulled off with the precision of a ninja leaving audiences speechless, accompanied by his battle weapons he locks and loads the grooves and shoots them into the ears and minds of a captivated audience leaving them stunned, unleashing his god given talent on parties in countries including: France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Finland, Canada, America, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Australia and off course hammering out the sets all over the UK, this geezer has indefinably left his Mark on techno.
As a producer Rowlands sound has progressed and changed through the years, keeping the beats fresh and ever driving forward and pushing the limits of a harmonic entity, his own well established labels Bionic Orange and Infected Recordings have released tracks which now known to the masses as classics and are being hammered all over from Djs Graham Gold to Chris Liberator. Along with other release on labels: Stay up forever, Stay up forever remix, Smitten, Smitten is dead, Analogue mud, Pounding grooves, Freshgrind, Routemaster, Projects, Urban collective, Paradigm shift, Antidote, Fu2, Fabulous 23's, Raw, Raw remix, Fukt, Abstraction, Balloon heads, Subvert, Kick
The drum, Planet rhythm, Corporate Records, Victim, Aciieeed! and Maximum Minimum has made him one the most diverse producers to date, his popularity has lead other labels to follow suit and asking Rowland for releases, which makes his studio schedule exhausting and hard to keep up. When asked how do you cope he replied, I dont know, I just cant say no to people"
Rowland is continuing to further his career with a ravenous appetite for ultimate achievement. Some of his future goals include breaking Asia, Germany and Eastern Europe and establishing residencies any ware and every ware, this dj is not work shy when it comes to accomplishing his goals.
Well there you have it, as you can see Rowland the bastard remains an
Influential factor in the music industry, releasing his talent on the
Masses, he continues to grow from strength to strength as a producer and as a Performing artist with his dj sets and rare live sets. His unexampled
Mixture of heavy bass and tight percussion and brain drilling rhythms will
Continue to be unleashed on an unsuspecting audience worldwide.