Voltage

Voltage refers to several distinct acts: a Dutch roots rock band from Eindhoven, a grime MC from east London, and a drum and bass producer from Bristol.

Dutch roots rock band

The Dutch version of Voltage is a roots rock band based around members from Helmond and Eindhoven in the south of the Netherlands. Dave Vermeulen and Dirk Snellen form the core of the group, having started it in 2011 after meeting online and discovering shared interests in artists and bands including Gary Moore, Stevie Ray Vaughan, ZZ Top and Status Quo. The band also draws on modern blues players such as John Mayer.

The band’s first album, Travellin’ Men, appears in 2015, followed by four further albums. Its personnel are Dave Vermeulen on vocals and guitar, Dirk Snellen on bass and backing vocals, Tom Pijnenburg on drums, and Gijs Heijnen on guitar.

East London grime MC

The East London Voltage is a grime MC with a large underground following and an early reputation in the grime scene. He gains radio exposure on BBC Radio 1Xtra, Kiss 100, Choice FM and Rinse FM, and he works with artists including Maxsta, Scrufizzer, Dot Rotten and DJ Ironik. He signs to LunaKidz Music in 2011 and has two mixtapes of original rhymes. After time away from music to study for a degree, he returns to grime.

Bristol drum and bass producer

The Bristol artist Voltage is Rouen Wilkins, a drum and bass producer known as one of the notable figures in the British drum and bass scene. He also performs as one third of Kings of the Rollers.

He also features with Kofi B.