Billain (born ''Adis Kutkut'') is a Bosnian

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 ...

producer, DJ and

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from

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. He is mostly known for his distinctive style within the

neurofunk Neurofunk (also known informally as neuro) is a dark subgenre of drum and bass which emerged between 1997 and 1998 in London, England as a progression of techstep. It was further developed by juxtaposing elements of darker, heavier, and harder ...

genre and his collaborations with

Frenkie Adnan Hamidović (born 31 May 1982), better known by his stage name Frenkie, is a Bosnian rapper from Tuzla. The themes present in his music are often concerned with the political situation in Bosnia, as well as traditional hip-hop subject matte ...

and

Edo Maajka Edin Osmić (born 22 December 1978), better known by his stage name Edo Maajka, is a Bosnian rapper, record producer and songwriter. His popularity brought his group Disciplinska Komisija to the mainstream. He lives in Zagreb, Croatia, with his w ...

Career

Billain was influenced as a pre-teen by the

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...

. During the four-year-long

Siege of Sarajevo The Siege of Sarajevo ( sh, Opsada Sarajeva) was a prolonged blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. After it was initially besieged by the forces of the Yugoslav ...

he began to draw and later discovered graffiti and created his first hip hop productions. In search of new possibilities to express his feelings originating in the siege, at first Billain taught himself how to produce techno music and later neurofunk. Before he released his first music, Billain joined the drum and bass collective ''Kontra'' which organised many drum and bass events in Sarajevo with Djs like ''

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& Optical'', ''

Teebee Torgeir Byrknes, better known by his stage name Teebee, is a Norwegian DJ and producer of drum and bass. He also runs the record label Subtitles Recordings. Teebee began DJing in 1990 and released his first record in 1996. He won the Knowledge M ...

'', ''Stakka & Skynet'' and ''

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''. His music has been played on

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and has been featured on

UKF Music UKF is a record label founded by Luke Hood and AEI Group that focuses on promoting electronic music. UKF Music was created by Luke Hood, who began sharing bass music through his original two YouTube Channels, UKF Drum & Bass and UKF Dubstep, i ...

. In 2014, Billain, alongside composer Sloven Anzulović, created and composed the sound design and music for the re-opening ceremony of the 1992 destroyed and now rebuilt

National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina (NUL) (Bosnian language, Bosnian, Croatian language, Croatian and Serbian language, Serbian: ''Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine'' / Национална и у� ...

. In 2018, Kutkut designed sounds for the movies

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and Hunter Killer and created the soundtrack of the horror game Scorn. Billain also releases shortfilms about

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and

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. With his side project ''Aethek'', he drifts towards the genre of

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, only focusing on sound design instead of melody and rhythm.

Discography

Albums

* Nomad's Revenge (2019, Renraku Global Media) * Lands Unbreached (2022, Renraku Global Media)

EPs

* Broken Universe EP (2010, Citrus Recordings), with ''Future Signal'' * Kontra EP (2011, Citrus Recordings) * #DNA EP (2014, Fmjam Records), with ''

'' * Colossus EP (2014, Bad Taste Recordings) * Binary Volume 3 (2014,

Critical Music Critical Music is a British independent record label based in north London, England. The label is the owned and run by DJ and producer Kasra Mowlavi and releases mostly Drum and bass records. Since it was started back in 2002, Critical Music ...

) * Colonize EP (2015, Eatbrain) * 1991 VG (2017, Renraku Global Media) as Aethek

Singles

* Rhyno / Intrusion (2008, Breed 12 Inches), ''Rhyno'' by ''Receptor'' * Glome / The Solution (2010, Fatality Recordings), ''The Solution'' by ''High Maintenance'' * Coded (2011, Close 2 Death Recordings), on ''Blood Money LP Part 1'' * Phalando / Away we go (2011, Close 2 Death Recordings), ''Away we go'' by ''Para'' * Pranksters / Li (2011, Citrus Recordings), ''Pranksters'' by ''Dabs'' * Probes / Horus 8 (2011, Syndrome Audio) * Soulmatter (2011, Rise Audio), on ''Rise Audio EP'' * Total Darkness / Fiber Twist (2012, Rise Audio) * God Ribs (2012, Rise Audio), on ''RA004 EP'' * Batbots / Manifold (2012, Bad Taste Recordings) * Blockfield / Boogie (2013, Bad Taste Recordings) * Supertensor / Equilateral (2013, Mindtech Recordings), ''Equilateral'' by ''Allied'' * Wizard (2014, Bad Taste Recordings), with ''

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'' on ''Machine Room Level Two'' * Device Nine (2014, Rise Audio), on ''RA010 EP'' * Safety Hatch (2015, Underslung Audio) * Metal Jaws (2016, Bad Taste Recordings), on ''MethLab, Vol. 2'' * Specialist (2016, Inspected Records), on ''Glados EP'' * Vertebrae (2016, MethLab Recordings), on ''Monoleth 001 EP'' as Aethek

Remixes

* Krakpot (Billain Remix) (2012, Close 2 Death Recordings), original by ''

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'' * Half Life (Billain Remix) (2013, Civil Music), original by ''Reso'', released on ''Tangram Remixed'' * Paradox (Billain Remix) (2014, Vandal Records), original by ''Opsen & Primal Therapy'' * Ambers Love Was Like A Marble (Billain Remix) (2014, Med School Music), original by ''

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'', released on ''Sprouted and Reformed'' * Tetsuo's Redemption (Billain Remix) (2014,

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), original by '' KOAN Sound & Asa'' * Mantra (Billain Remix) (2016, Mindtech LTD), original by ''AKOV'' * Rethink (Billain Remix) (2016, Othercide Records), original by ''

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Productions

* Odličan CD (2005, Menart Records), album by ''

''; production of ''Outro'' * Stig'o ćumur (2006, Fmjam Records, Menart Records), album by ''

''; production of ''Sretno dijete'', ''Za Mirzu'', ''Blažena tišina'' and ''Severina/Fm Jam'' * Štrajk mozga (2012, Fmjam Records, Menart Records), album by ''Edo Maajka''; production of ''Panika'', ''Facebook'', ''Imaš li ti šta para, RaTaTa / Moj Dj'' and ''Gube Se'' * Prodike (2014, JabbaTon Records), by ''Fil Tilen'' and ''

P Money Paris Moore-Williams (born 8 April 1989), better known by his stage name P Money, is a British grime MC, rapper and songwriter from New Cross, South East London, who is also active in the drum and bass scene. He is best known for his live per ...

'' * Igra riječi (2014, Fmjam Records), album by ''Kontra''; production of ''Velepodaja'' * Reexperience (2015, Fmjam Records, Menart Records), album by ''Frenkie''; production of ''Film'', ''S.C.A.'', ''Izgubljeni snovi'', ''Mali od Ede'' and ''Gdje god su moji''

Shortmovies

* Assembly (2014) * Fugitive (2022)

Sound Design

(2018), ''additional synth programming'' * Hunter Killer (2018), ''additional synth programming'' * Scorn (2018), ''soundtrack and additional sound design''

References

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