Zed Bias
Dave Jones, better known as Zed Bias, is an English electronic musician based in Manchester, who operates within the UK garage/2-step, broken beat and UK funky genres, as a producer and as a DJ. He has also released material under various pseudonyms including Maddslinky and is one half of the duo Phuturistix. Bias is best known for his single "Neighbourhood" which reached No. 25 on the UK charts in July 2000, having created a large underground response from late 1999 in its original version, and which started life as a dubplate for local DJ Glenn Woods.
Also recorded as Maddslinky · Dave Jones
Zed Bias
- Name
- Zed Bias
- Birth Name
- Dave Jones
- Occupation
- Record producer, DJ
- Full name
- Zed Ivanoff.
- Born
- 1969
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Fields
- UK garage · UK funky · 2-step garage · broken beat
- Languages
- English
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Dave Jones, better known as Zed Bias, is an English electronic musician based in Manchester, who operates within the UK garage/2-step, broken beat and UK funky genres, as a producer and as a DJ. He has also released material under various pseudonyms including Maddslinky and is one half of the duo Phuturistix. Bias is best known for his single "Neighbourhood" which reached No. 25 on the UK charts in July 2000, having created a large underground response from late 1999 in its original version, and which started life as a dubplate for local DJ Glenn Woods.
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Zed Bias (born 1969) is a composer, disc jockey and record producer, of British nationality. The composer was born Zed Ivanoff.
The work spans 2-step garage, broken beat and UK funky, among others. Languages used include English.
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Biography
Living in Milton Keynes at the time, he collaborated with several other local artists and DJs resulting in a host of well-received tracks and remixes early in his producing career, such as "Standard Hoodlum Issue" with DJ Spatts (The Criminal Minds) and DJ Principle with "All Night Jam". Some of these have been released on his own Sidewinder/Sidestepper and Biasonic labels. Bias started to record under the Maddslinky name in 2001, resulting in the album Make Your Peace in 2003 and a second Make a Change in 2010. Around the same time, he also became one half of the production duo Phuturistix and has been engaged in remixing duties for many well-known artists. Bias' releases, which explore a more experimental or progressive side of the 2-step garage sound, have been hailed as a crucial element in the establishment of dubstep as a definable sound or genre.
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Key facts
• Name — Zed Bias • Birth Name — Dave Jones • Alias — Maddslinky • Origin — United Kingdom • Genre — * UK garage • 2-step garage • UK funky • broken beat • Occupation — Record producer, DJ • Years Active — Mid 1990s–present • Label — * Locked On • Sidewinder/Sidestepper • Tru Thoughts • Sick Trumpet • Current Member Of — Phuturistix • Website — zedbias.net
Albums
Albums
• Make Your Peace (2003, Laws of Motion) – as Maddslinky • Feel It Out (2003, Hospital) – as Phuturistix • Breathe Some Light (2007, Phuture Lounge) – as Phuturistix • Experiments with Biasonics Vol. 1 (2007, Sick Trumpet) • Make a Change (2010, Tru Thoughts) – as Maddslinky • Biasonic Hotsauce: Birth of the Nanocloud (2011, Tru Thoughts) • Sleepin Giantz (2012, Tru Thoughts) • Boss (2013, Swamp81) - UK Dance #40 • Different Response (2017, Exit Records)
DJ mixes
DJ mixes
• Sound of the Pirates (2000, Locked On) • Bingo Beats Vol. 2 (2001, Bingo Beats) • Mighty Reaction (2003, Nab Records)
Notable singles
Notable singles
• "Neighbourhood" (1999/2000, Locked On) - UK #25, UK Dance #3, UK Indie #4 • "Standard Hoodlum Issue" (1999, Social Circles) - as ES (Environmental Science) Dubs • "All Night Jam" (1999, Public Demand) • "Feel It Out" (2003, Hospital) - as Phuturistix • "Somethin' Extra" (2005, Askew) - as Maddslinky • "Time" (2007, Sick Trumpet) • "Special" (2010, Tru Thoughts) - as Maddslinky • "Music Deep Inside" (2011, Swamp81) • "Subway Baby" (2011, Swamp81) • "Badness/Trouble in the Streets" (2011, Tru Thoughts) - UK Physical #44 • "Hurting Me" (2012, Digital Soundboy)
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- 1.Clark, Martin. "Zed Bias biography ", May 2002.
- 2.Zed Bias Interview - Music Is My Sanctuary. Music Is My Sanctuary. 14 April 2011.
- 3.NEIGHBOURHOOD. Official Charts. 15 July 2000.
- 4.Zed Bias shares the story behind his 2000 UKG hit 'Neighbourhood'. DJ Mag. 3 August 2025.
- 5.Zed Bias: 2step has a Right to Children – Part 1. Riddim.ca. 29 November 2000.
- 6.DJ Weekly Podcast: 19 Zed Bias - DJ Mag. DJ Mag. 15 December 2010.
- 7.Clash DJ Mix – Zed Bias. Clash Magazine. 4 July 2022.
- 8.Tru Thoughts. Maddslinky - Biography.
- 9.Clark, Martin. "The month in grime/dubstep", Pitchfork Media, 25 January 2006.
- 10.Mugan, Chris. "Dubstep: Straight outta Croydon", The Independent, 28 July 2006.
- 11.BOSS. Official Charts. 7 December 2013.
- 12.BADNESS/TROUBLE IN THE STREETS. Official Charts. 8 October 2011.
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