Reprazent came to national prominence in 1997 when its founder and leader, Roni Size, was awarded that year's Mercury Prize.
Much of the acclaim centred around Size's melding of the new with the old - the propulsive jungle beats accompanied by live drums and double bass.
The band are Roni Size, DJ Krust, Onallee, MC Dynamite and rapper Bahmadia. They came together on Bristol's highly fertile and disparate club scene. As a result, Reprazent's sleek, highly musical take on drum 'n' bass is equally informed by hip-hop, funk, soul and house.
Size was expelled from school at the age of 16, and starting attending house parties run by Bristol mavericks the Wild Bunch (later Massive Attack). His future partner, Krust, enjoyed an early alliance with fame as part of the Fresh 4, whose 'Wishing On A Star' reached the UK Top 10 in late 1989.
Reprazent's debut album, New Forms, was released on Full Cycle Records, which Size runs in partnership with DJ Krust. Size was keen to describe the influences as intuitive: 'If Krust walks into the studio and his head is nodding, that's enough. I know I've got a result there.
He doesn't need to touch a button or tell us what he thinks, 'cos we already know what he's thinking.' In consolidation of their mainstream breakthrough, Reprazent set out to become the summer sound of 1997 with a series of festival appearances.
Size subsequently teamed up with DJ Die and Leonie Laws in Breakbeat Era, before returning to Reprazent to record October 2000's uncompromising In The Mode.
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