Axis

Axis is the drum and bass project of Illian Walker, also known as ILS, from the United Kingdom. The name is also used by several unrelated acts in other genres, but this Axis entry refers to Walker’s breakbeat-oriented work.

Identity and style

Walker is associated with drum and bass and breakbeat, and the project is also tagged with atmospheric drum and bass. He records under the name Axis and under the alias ILS.

Other acts using the name Axis

Several other artists share the Axis name, including a 1978 power trio featuring Danny Johnson, Jay Davis and Vinnie Appice; a rapper, writer and producer from Grand Rapids, Michigan; a Midlands-based heavy metal band from Stoke-on-Trent; a three-piece band from Peterborough, England; a Greek progressive rock band from the 1970s; a metalcore band from Orlando, Florida; a Lithuanian band; an industrial rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma; a trance project by Michael Kronenberger and Steffen Harning; a rock band from Australia; an NWOBHM band from Stockton-on-Tees; an NWOBHM band from Liverpool; several heavy metal bands from the United States; a thrash metal band from Mexico; a blues rock trio from Romania and Serbia; a fictional idol group from the game Tokyo 7th Sisters; and a Japanese rapper from Kolkata, India.