Description: The story of the UK's most revolutionary form of electronic dance music, drum & bass, charting its multicultural roots, resistance to a hostile establishment, and rise to global popularity.
Brief description: Ben Murphy is the former editor-in-chief of DJ Magazine. He began writing about music in 2003 and has since contributed to many titles, including the Guardian, Red Bull Music Academy, Bandcamp Daily, iD, Clash, Crack, Vinyl Factory, FACT, Knowledge, Electronic Sound, and XLR8R, as well as writing sleeve notes for Warp Records and Harmless. A longtime electronic-music obsessive, it was buying a Photek 12-inch in 1995 that put him on the path of jungle/drum & bass discovery. He went to Goldie's first live show at Kentish Town Forum, and ever since he has been a passionate advocate for drum & bass and other styles of electronic music.