Fabio (DJ)

Fabio
Fabio in 2008
Fabio in 2008
Background information
OriginBrixton, London, England
Genres
OccupationDJ
LabelCreative Source
Formerly ofGrooverider

Fitzroy Heslop, better known as Fabio, is a British drum and bass disc jockey (DJ) and producer. He has been described as one of the best DJs of all time, and together with DJ partner Grooverider, is regarded as the "originator" of the scene.[1][2]

Biography

Fabio has been at the forefront of the dance and rave scene for over three decades. He started his career on the pirate radio station Faze 1[3] in the mid-1980s, also DJing at Mendozas, a club in Brixton, where he would first meet his longtime DJ partner Grooverider. The pair were at the forefront as the acid house and breakbeat hardcore scenes exploded. Fabio and Grooverider developed their sound and partnership at raves across the England, but particularly at the groundbreaking Rage at Heaven.[4][5]

With Grooverider, he took his music to the radio – on Kiss 100 between 1994 and 1997, then on BBC Radio 1, initially hosting the One in the Jungle show, and then with their own immensely popular show from 1998.[6] Their Radio 1 show is credited with helping bring drum and bass to mainstream audiences. Both Fabio and Grooverider left the show and radio station when the new BBC Radio 1 lineup commenced in April 2012.[7]

In September 2016, they brought their long-running radio show to London's Rinse FM.[8]

Fabio is in a relationship with singer, dancer, and DJ Charlotte Devaney.[9]

Selected discography

Mixes/compilations

  • Promised Land Vol 2 (Higher Limits, 1996)
  • Liquid Funk (Creative Source, 2000 [Vol. 1] & 2005 [Vol. 2])
  • FabricLive.10 (Fabric, 2003)
  • Fabio & Grooverider – Drum & Bass Arena (Resist, 2004)
  • Drum and Bass Arena Presents Friction and Fabio (New State Recordings, 2008)

References

  1. ↑ Are Fabio & Grooverider the Greatest DJs of All Time? MixMag Archived 17 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Fabio | Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. 27 September 1965. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Faze 1 FM".
  4. ↑ Dave Jenkins (4 June 2019). ""We took it in a darker direction": Fabio & Grooverider celebrate 30 years of Rage". UKF.com.
  5. ↑ Laurant Fintoni (21 July 2015). "Nightclubbing: Fabio and Grooverider's Rage". RBMA Daily. Retrieved 29 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ "DJ Fabio | The End". Endclub.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  7. ↑ McIntosh, Steven (7 December 2011). "BBC Newsbeat - Judge Jules, Gilles Peterson among DJs leaving Radio 1". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Fabio and Grooverider Join Rinse FM". DJMag. 12 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Superstar DJ Charlotte Devaney is a model clubber". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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