Bushby

Bushby is a DJ and producer associated with house, techno, dubstep, electro and deep house. The act is linked with Horror Brawl as a member credit. John first gets into dance music at about 11, with Bomb The Bass and the Streetsounds Electro series among the early influences that shape his taste. In his teens, he listens closely to Mary-Anne Hobbs’s Breezeblock show on BBC Radio 1, using it to discover new electronic music.

DJ career

In 2000, John starts DJing with a pair of Technics decks. His early sets move from dirty house into darker, more technical forms of electronic music, including progressive house, tech house, electro and breaks. Over the first three years of his DJ career, he holds two residencies, finishes runner-up in Muzik magazine’s Bedroom Bedlam competition, wins the iDJ Reader mix competition, and appears as one of Proton Radio’s featured artists. He also wins DJ Magazine’s Pick ’n’ Mix section for December 2006.

Style and production work

Bushby becomes known for mixes that combine machine funk electro, dubstep, glitchy breaks, techno and other hard-edged styles. In 2005, he moves from two decks and a mixer to Ableton Live, which he sees as giving him more freedom to build sets and broaden the range of music he can use. This shift also leads him towards producing his own tracks.

Labels

John is joint owner and A&R for the Digital Distortions and Limetree Projects labels.