Artist description Beat Conspiracy is the solo project of Glasgow-based musician/producer Paul Clifford. An eclectic mix of punk rock energy, programmed dance rythms and breakbeats, sub-basslines and acidic analogue sounds

Music Style breakbeat/garage/drum'n'bass

Musical Influences old school hip hop, drum'n'bass, acid house, punk rock

Similar Artists Chemical Brothers, Death in Vegas, Daft Punk, Fat Boy Slim, Prodigy

Artist History Inspired by the rock/hip-hop crossover stuff of the mid '80s (Run DMC, Big Audio Dynamite), I decided I wanted to make music combining my favourite elements of different genres. By the end of the '80s I had become influenced by early house, acid, techno, and the Manchester indie/dance scene, and a couple of years later got into jungle/drum'n'bass. By the mid '90s, I was playing guitar in a grunge/punk band. It was around this time I first got my hands on some (basic) electronic equipment, and started dabbling in dance music production. So when our drummer left, he was promptly replaced with a drum machine and I started experimenting, mixing punk and electronica. Beat Conspiracy came into being in January 2000

Group Members myself - programming, sampling, sequencing, mixed with a bit of live guitar/synth playing

Instruments PC, Roland MC303 & D10, Reaktor, ReBirth, VAZ10

Location Glasgow, Scotland - United Kingdom

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