Calyx is a British

drum and bass Drum and bass (also written as drum & bass or drum'n'bass and commonly abbreviated as D&B, DnB, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by fast breakbeats (typically 165–185 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-ba ...

act, specialising in the

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style. Previously the duo of Larry Cons and Chris Rush (both of

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), it is now a solo project of Larry Cons. Their first release was in 1998 for

Moving Shadow Moving Shadow is an English 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 ...

sublabel Audio Couture. Most of their releases have been for Moving Shadow, including their debut album ''No Turning Back'' (2005), with a few appearances for

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and Renegade Hardware. Many of Calyx hits has been featured in the

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''. Track ''Quagmire'' is featured in '' Grand Theft Auto III''. In September 2007 he released an album called ''Anatomy'', which was a joint project with fellow drum 'n' bass artist and long-term collaborator

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. Calyx and Teebee went on to release a second collaborative album ''All or Nothing'' in November 2012 under

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. He is reportedly working with

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on new tracks.

Music career

London-based jungle/drum 'n' bass production team Calyx began as guitarist Larry Cons, who previously led a jazz-funk band called Octane, and former drummer Chris Rush. The two met at Oxford Brookes University before starting work together and launching their own recording studio in Streatham, South London. Calyx debuted in February 1998 with "Cubic" / "Narcosis" released on Moving Shadow's sister label Audio Couture. In 2000, after releasing the ''Catapult EP'', Chris Rush decided to leave the duo to pursue a non-musical career, and since then Larry Cons continued Calyx as a solo project. Since that time Larry has released a number of tracks, including the ''Downpour EP'', his debut on Metalheadz "Leviathan" / "Mindfold" and another EP for

, the ''Wasteground EP''. He collaborated with

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on the release "Pneumatix (Sledgehammer)" / "See The Light" He released his debut album ''No Turning Back'' on

Discography

*Calyx – ''No Turning Back'' (2005) #Illusions (5:56) #Follow The Leader (feat.

) (6:24) #Are You Ready? (Hive and Gridlok Remix) (5:30) #Dead Ringer (feat. Gridlok) (6:52) #Killa (

Remix) (6:53) #Tearing Us Apart (6:02) #Thru Your Eyes (feat. Ill.Skillz) (6:42) #Cyclone (feat. Teebee) (5:36) #Chasing Shadows (5:36) #Get Myself To You (7:32) *Calyx & Teebee – ''Anatomy'' (2007) #The Divide (6:05) #Dual Processed (feat. MC Verse) (5:22) #Make Your Choice (5:21) #All That Remains (5:50) #Warrior (6:05) #Ultimatum (5:22) #Telepathy (6:06) #Enygma (7:06) #Confession (5:39) #Vortex (5:36) *Calyx & Teebee – ''All or Nothing'' (2012) #Heroes & Villains (5:37) #Pure Gold (feat. Kemo) (5:34) #Skank (4:38) #We Become One (feat. Craze and

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) (5:03) #Elevate This Sound (5:20) #We Fall Away (4:30) #Scavenger (5:07) #Strung Out (3:29) #You'll Never Take Me Alive (feat.

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) (4:16) #Starstruck (5:00) #Back & Forth (4:41) #Nothing I Can Say (5:26) *Calyx & TeeBee – '' FabricLive.76'' (2014) *Calyx & Teebee – ''1x1'' (2016) #Nothing Left (4:57) #Long Gone (3:55) #Big Tune Again (4:49) #Cloud 9 (4:39) #False Alarm (3:48) #Ghetto Feat. Doctor (3:49) #Pathfinder (7:09) #Ghostwriter (4:20) #Takes One To Know One (3:38) #Were We Go Feat. Doctor (4:22) #The Fall Feat. Ayah Marar (4:28) #Panic Attack (4:54) #Stray Bullet (5:14) #A Day That Never Comes (4:09)

Song usage

Tracks "Follow the Leader", "Thru Your Eyes", "Get Myself to You", "Chasing Shadows", "Illusions", "Collision Course" and "Are You Ready" are used in the popular racing game, '' Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition''. "Quagmire" is featured in '' Grand Theft Auto III''

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