Since rave’s earliest days DJ Trace has been a prominent figure carving his niche and

blazing an unmistakable trail in the jungle/drum & bass community. A regular at the iconic

churches of Rage and Telepathy, the Londoner then proceeded to work closely with two of

the most influential jungle imprints of the time: Lucky Spin and No U-Turn where he and

fellow pioneers such as Nico, Ed Rush and Fierce honed the essence of tech-step. He also

released the massive Sonar on Grooverider’s Prototype among many other era-defining

cuts including the memorable Mutant series.

In 1999, he established his own influential imprint: DSCI4, one of the earliest labels to

champion international talent. Responsible for early or debut releases from the likes of

Black Sun Empire, Mindscape, Chris.SU, Task Horizon, Silent Witness, and many more, He’s

also behind the more recent label 117, a rougher, more breakbeat based imprint that he set

up in 2013, starting with DJ Future’s ‘Is It Safe/ Evil Place’ 12” release, years before the

current upswing in Jungle.

The Zone EP, his first full EP release as DJ Trace since 2003, dropped in 2018 and since

then has been firing on all cylinders, releasing a prolific number of projects on his own

labels as well as others, including Deep Jungle & CNVX. The Nine Windows project with Kid

Drama continues to receive wide spread notoriety and his highly anticipated collaboration

with HLZ ‘Raptor EP’ is set for release on Metalheadz in 2024.

His national DSCI4 tour kicks off in May, with stops scheduled in Adelaide, Melbourne,

Perth, Brisbane & Sydney.

Sound will be powered by the full Echo Chamber Soundsystem for the Melbourne show