Gavin King, better known by his stage name Aphrodite, is a British

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and

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DJ/ producer on the Urban Takeover label. Also known as ''A Zone'' or DJ Aphro, he contributed to and influenced the genre's styles and techniques. He was born in

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, Wales, and moved to

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with his family as a toddler. He has studied computer science. He was one half of

breakbeat hardcore Breakbeat hardcore (also referred to as hardcore rave or oldskool hardcore) is a music genre of the very early 1990s that spawned from the UK rave scene. It combines four-on-the-floor rhythms with breakbeats usually sampled from hip hop. In ...

group Urban Shakedown (with Claudio Giussani) who scored a UK top 40 hit with "Some Justice". The duo appeared in an article of

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magazine after using two

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computers to help create the track. DJ Aphrodite is behind Aphrodite Recordings which was inspired by a club he ran in 1988 called 'Aphrodite'. His debut album was a self-titled effort under V2 Recordings, released in 1999. The follow-up was ''Aftershock'' which was again released under V2 Recordings on 24 June 2002.

Discography

Albums

* ''Aphrodite'' - Recordings (Yellow cover) (1997) * ''Aphrodite'' (1999) * ''Aftershock'' (2002) * ''Break in Reality'' (2007)

CD mixes

* ''Urban Jungle'' (1999) * ''Aph44'' (2003) * ''Urban Junglist'' (2003) * ''Urbanthology Volume 1'' (2005) * ''Overdrive'' (2005)

CDs

* ''See Thru It'' (2004)

Compilations

* ''Park Rave Madness'' (1998) * ''The Takeover Bid: Round 1'' (1998) * ''Egil Music Presents: Urban Jungle'' (1999)

Singles and EPs

* 1996 "Bad Ass" (with Micky Finn) * 1999 "BM Funkster" * 2002 "All Over Me" (feat.

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) - UK #76 * 2002 "See Thru It" (feat.

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) - UK #68 * 2003 "Bad Ass (Reissue)" (with Micky Finn) * 2003 "Rinsing Quince" * 2003 "Let the Rhythm Flow / Stalker" * 2003 "Cool Flight" * 2003 "Music's Hypnotizing / King of the Beats" * 2003 "Mash Up Ya Know" * 2003 "Def Jammer" * 2003 "Cocaine / Calling the People" * 2004 "Fanfare / Karma Sutra"

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aphrodite British drum and bass musicians Breakbeat hardcore musicians British DJs British record producers Living people Electronic dance music DJs People from Aberystwyth DJs from London Year of birth missing (living people)