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High Contrast (born September 18, 1979) is the stage name of Lincoln Barrett, a Welsh drum and bass DJ and music producer, hailing from Penarth, Cardiff, Wales.
Strongly influenced by the film soundtracks of Wendy Carlos’ “A Clockwork Orange” and Vengelis’ “Blade Runner”, it was later J Majik’s “Arabian Nights”, which inspired the young Welshman to start crafting drum and bass music. After working in a local electronic record shop and honing his skills in his spare time, Barrett was offered residency at the drum and bass night Silent Running, where he would play alongside artists such as Grooverider and London Elektricity.
The producer released his debut album “True Colours” in 2002 on Hospital Records in the UK and Breakbeat Science in the U.S. The album spawned the singles “Return of Forever” and “Global Love” both of which ended up charting in the UK singles chart. Following a feature on BBC Radio 1’s “Essential Mix” show in 2003, High Contrast released his sophomore album “High Society” in 2004.
Having started his own label The Contrast in 2005, Barrett self-released the single “Days Go By” / “What We Do” in November of that year. Featuring heavy promotion from BBC Radio 1 DJs Annie Mac, Zane Low and Jo Whiley, High Contrast’s third album “Tough Guys Don’t Dance” was issued in October 2007, and reached No. 1 on the UK drum and bass chart. An album of remixes was released in 2009, with mixes of the singles “Hometown Glory” by Adele, and “Pjanoo” by Eric Prydz of those featured.
After playing 2011’s Coachella Music Festival and earning residency at Matter in London, Aperture at Club Ifor Bach, and Roxy in Prague, Barrett helped curate the music for the Athletes Parades for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Also in 2012 High Contrast released the album “The Agony and The Ecstasy”, which reached No. 45 in the UK albums chart, and the EP “The Road Goes On Forever”.
Read moreWhereas most drum and bass DJs turned their hands to dubstep and 2-step when the genre went out of fashion, High Contrast – aka Lincoln Barret – has continued to champion the genre DnB relentlessly, much to every raver’s delight.
The Welsh producer was responsible for some of the best liquid drum and bass of the noughties, taking the genre to new places; in fact, I would say that High Contrast was my gateway to this frantic type of club music. His 2007 album Tough Guys Don’t Dance was the moment that he broke through from the underground, bordering on mainstream success, but his productions and remixes had been doing the rounds for years before that.
The first few times I saw him DJ were beforehand, during the early hours of UK festivals, where his hectic drum programming would propel warped soul samples and choppy breakbeats to euphoric heights. These days his shows tend to be on a much larger scale, such as headlining the Hospital label showcases at venues as massive as Brixton Academy, but his penchant for a flittering drum pattern and an accessibly melody has not diminished, nor has his overall love for the genre that spawned him.
‘If We Ever’ from Tough Guys Don’t Dance remains one of the greatest drum and bass songs of all time and a fan favourite to this day – if you haven’t danced along to it at a club, concert or festival then you’ve been seriously missing out.
A staple addition to many of the UK's electro and dance festivals and events, Lincoln Barrett has made quite a reputation for himself under the stage persona of High Contrast. The Welsh drum & bass DJ and producer is one of the most reliable and sturdy musicians working the circuit and he never fails to pack out a tent as he rolls into a festival field at 1am. Nobody dare miss this guy's set even if you are not familiar with his music as the reputation and recommendation of his performance is huge.
You are more than likely to know somebody obsessed with his music and live show and as the immaculate and immediate synth puncture the night air accompanied by a barrage of purple lasers you immediately realise why. He has remixed for a huge amount of artists over the years and he uses snippets of these prolific tracks such as Stevie Nicks - 'Edge of Seventeen' and Kanye West - 'Flashing Lights' to send shivers of ecstatic excitement through the tents. He returns succinctly back to his own floor fillers including 'Global Love' to have the whole tent popping and jumping way into the night as they revel in High Contrast's surrealistic paradise.
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