Ph.D

Like many of the other artists instrumental in the development of drum'n'bass in the 1990s, PHD used his background and interest in electro and hip-hop to help develop the breakbeat-driven genre in Britain. Besides having roots in the early-'80s electro/hip-hop scene, PHD also found substantial influence in '70s jazz and soul-funk fusion as well as the breakbeat work of early-'80s DJs such as Grandmaster Flash. By the late '80s, he began investigating the acid house sounds that were quickly invading Britain, amazed by the number of possible directions in which these new sounds...