User:PCM (Drum n Bass)

Biography

PCM were formed in 1990 by Neil Harvey and Nik Wells in Birmingham,UK Starting life as PCM Soundsystem, they began hosting parties in warehouses and empty buildings in the B’ham area and traveling to free festivals and outdoor parties with their sound. Playing an eclectic range of music from acid to hardcore to early jungle and often performing their own material live, they soon built up a large following in the emerging underground dance scene in the Midlands. After a nationwide clampdown on illegal parties in 1992, PCM started the infamous "CHAOS" club at local venue, the Moseley Dance Centre later moving it to the Circus club in Balsall Heath. With themselves as residents and playing hosts to guests such as Hyper On Experience (moving shadow), Dj Edge (edge/rabbit city), Ratty and Fallout, the club ran till ’96 and achieved near legendary status as a mecca for those who liked their drum n bass dark and heavy. In 1995, PCM remixed "The End" by SCORN for their remix album "Ellipsis". Despite being relatively unknown and in the company of such luminaries as Coil, Meat Beat Manifesto, Autechre and Bill Laswell, the PCM mix gained excellent reviews both in the UK and abroad. PCM continue to play live on a regular basis and recent live shows have produced critical acclaim from The Wire magazine and the Independent Online amongst others.