Fitzroy Heslop, better known as Fabio, is a British

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DJ and producer. Fabio has been described as one of the best DJs of all time, and he with DJ partner

Grooverider Raymond Bingham (born 16 April 1967 in Streatham, London, England), better known as Grooverider, is a British drum and bass DJ. He and DJ partner Fabio are regarded as "originators" of the scene.

, are regarded as the "originators" of the scene.Are Fabio & Grooverider the Greatest DJs of All Time?

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Biography

Fabio has been at the forefront of the

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scene for over two decades. He started his career on the pirate radio station Faze 1 in the mid-1980s, and DJing at

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club Mendozas, where he would first meet his longtime DJ partner

, the pair were at the forefront as the

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scene exploded. Fabio and Grooverider developed their sound and partnership at raves up and down the country but particularly at the groundbreaking ''Rage'' at

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. Taking the music from the raves to the

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with Grooverider on Kiss 100 between 1994 and 1997, then on to

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initially hosting the ''One in the Jungle'' show, and then with their own immensely popular show from 1998. The Radio 1 show is credited with helping bring drum and bass to mainstream audiences. Fabio left the show and the station (along with

) when the new

lineup commenced in April 2012. In September 2016, they brought their long-running radio show to London's

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. Fabio is in a relationship with DJ Charlotte Devaney.

Selected discography

Mixes/compilations

*''Promised Land Vol 2'' (Higher Limits, 1996) *''Liquid Funk'' (Creative Source, 2000) * FabricLive.10 (

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, 2003) *''Fabio & Grooverider - Drum & Bass Arena'' (Resist, 2004) *''Drum and Bass Arena Presents Friction and Fabio'' (New State Recordings, 2008)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fabio 1965 births BBC Radio 1 presenters DJs from London Black British DJs British radio DJs Club DJs English drum and bass musicians English record producers Living people Ministry of Sound People from Brixton Electronic dance music DJs