
John Bryn Williams (born 12 July 1977), known as John B, is an English disc jockey and electronic music producer. He is widely recognised for his eccentric clothing and wild hair and his production of several cutting edge drum and bass tracks.
Williams was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He started producing music around the age of 14, and now is the head of drum and bass record label Beta Recordings, together with its more specialist drum and bass sub-labels Nu Electro, Tangent, and Chihuahua. He also has releases on Formation Records, Metalheadz and Planet Mu.
While his trademark sound has evolved through the years, it generally involves female vocals and trance-like synths (a style which has been dubbed "trance and bass", "trancestep" and "futurestep" by listeners). His most recent concentration is a 1980s electroclash influenced fusion of electro and drum and bass, which was dubbed 'electrostep'.
Links to Peel[]
Peel first played John B's music in November 1995 when he collaborated with Mental Power for the track, 'Green'. Further material from the DJ including his various stage names were played on his radio programmes until 2004.
Shows Played[]
- 10 November 1995: Green (12") Formation Colours Series
- 11 March 1998: Salsa (12" - Brazil) Formation Countries Series
- 18 June 1998: West Coast/East Coast (12" - USA) Formation
- 04 August 1998: Travelogue (remix) (12") Formation
- 30 September 1998: Pressure (12") Formation
- 06 October 1998: Viva (12" - Mexico) Formation Countries Series
- 04 March 1999 (Radio Eins): Olé (v/a album - DJ Kicks - Kemistry & Storm) Studio
- 04 January 2000: 'Let Rip (LP-Catalyst)' (Beta Recordings)
- 20 January 2000 (Radio Eins):
- 27 July 2000: Translocation (12”) Shoebox
- 05 April 2001: Move Your Body (Shoebox Records)
- 11 July 2001: Forever (12") Beta Recordings
- 02 June 2004: Take Me Home (CD - In:Transit) Beta
- June 2004 (FSK): Take Me Home (CD - In:Transit) Beta
- IC1
- 30 November 1996: ‘Cooper (12 inch )’ 5HQ
- Senor Juan B
- 28 August 2003: 'Una Cerveza (12"-The Chihuahua Theme / Una Cerveza!)' (Chihuahua)
- September 2003 (FSK): Una Cerveza! (12" - The Chihuahua Theme / Una Cerveza!) Chihuahua