Dexta

Artist bio

Chris Royle aka Dexta is a London based DJ/Producer who has been slowly contributing to the D&B scene since 2010. He is one of the co-founders of the giraffe mad record label imprint ‘Diffrent Music’ and has been fronting and developing the label ever since.

Dexta has taken the Diffrent Music sound on the road since 2010 and tends to play an unexpected selection of music at every event. Bringing through new and unheard of artists, friends and collaborators and even influential music from outside of the D&B circuit.

Dexta has been a releasing artist since 2013 and since has released music on Protect Audio, Diffrent Music, Flexout Audio & Dispatch Recordings, with other work signed to and forthcoming on Clyon Recordings, Nurtured Beatz and his own imprint Diffrent Music.

Much like the Diffrent Music label ‘sound’, Dexta has a wide range of musical influences and this shines through when you listen over his output and the Diffrent Music back catalogue, it’s very hard to pin down a specific kind of style, it’s more about exploring and experimenting with new and different areas every time.

You can look forward to hearing and the possibility of releases of ‘communal’ and ‘general’ collaborations with artists such as Amoss, Arkaik, Coma, Fearful, Fybe:One, Kolectiv, Mauoq, Mtwn & Sense MC.

DJ support from Amoss, Deft, Doc Scott, Fanu, Foreign Concept, Fracture, Kasra, Machinedrum, Om Unit, Rockwell & Sam Binga.

Bookings: j.herron@empressartists.com

Remixes: info@diffrentmusic.com

Discography:
Dexta, Mauoq & MCXL “Torn / Mtwn Remix” [Protect Audio] (PA007)
Dexta & Mauoq “Slugger (Tension Dub)” [Diffrent Music] (DIFFXX)
Dexta & Mauoq “Werewolf / HW Remix” [Flexout Audio] (FLXA027)
Dexta & Hyroglifics “Boxgroove / The Dogz” [Diffrent Music] (DIFF021)

Forthcoming:
Kolectiv x Dexta & Mauoq “The Roots EP” [Dispatch] (DISLTD015)
Dexta & Mauoq “Time Patrol” [Nurtured Beatz] (NBR005)
Arkaik x Dexta & Mauoq “One Last Time” [Diffrent Music] (DIFF022)
Fuj “Terror Firmer (Dexta’s GiraffeStep Refix)” [Automate] (TBA)
Epilleptech - Premonition (Dexta & Mauoq Refix) [Terra Null] (TBA)
Dexta & Mauoq “5-0 (Decompression Dub)” [Cylon] (TBA)
Dexta & Mauoq “Dexta & Mauoq EP” [Nurtured Beatz] (TBA)

Free Downloads:
Dexta & Mauoq “Slugger (Sluggarage Bootleg) [Diffrent Music]
Dexta “The Lost Desire” [No Label]
Mtwn “Critical Level (Dexta & Mauoq Remix)” [Proximity]
Clarity “Close Break (Dexta Remix)” [No Label]
Coming Soon // Dexta & Mauoq “Sluggapella” [Diffrent Music]
Coming Soon // Dexta & Bredren “Get Stupid” [Diffrent Music]

Follow Dexta: SoundCloud / Facebook / Twitter

Dates:
21/03/2014 - Diffrent Music “4th Birthday” @ 10 Below, Brighton.
27/03/2014 - Trailer TV @ Big Red, Deptford, London.
12/04/2014 - Noise @ Dogstar, Brixton, London.
09/05/2014 - Diffrent Music “Arkaik EP Launch” @ 1001, Brick Lane, London.
23/05/2014 - Next Step @ Fri-Son, Fribourg, Switzerland.
13/06/2014 - Diffrent Music “Summer Party” @ TBA, London.
05/07/2014 - TBC @ TBC, Brighton.

Videos:
Dexta & Mauoq “Sluggapella” [Diffrent Music] ~ Official Music Video
Dexta & Hyroglifics “Boxgroove interview”
Dexta & Mauoq “Slugger (Tension Dub)” [Diffrent Music] ~ Official Music Video
The Drum and Bass Diaries Meets: Dexta & Mauoq
Diffrent Music x Genesis Nights “Evolution Of The Giraffe ~ Launch Party” [Promo]
Diffrent Music x KMag “Hunchbak & Dexta Interview” [26/02/12]

Selection of interviews & features:
Fokus.fm “An Interview with Dexta”
D&B Arena “Diffrent: Necks level”
In-Reach “Dexta Interview”
Knowledge Mag “Dexta x Diffrent Music Interview”
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