John Graham is a British record producer , songwriter, vocalist who is also known under the pseudonyms Quivver , Skanna , Stoneproof and Space Manoeuvres . He was a former member of music production team Tilt and has recorded and toured with the electronic group Hybrid in the past.
6-579: John Graham began music production in the early 1990s. Originally, he produced and released several tunes under the name Globe before releasing several darkside jungle singles under the name Skanna. With Neil Barry, under the alias of "Quivver", he released "Saxy Lady" and "Twist & Shout" on A&M Records Lt. UK . Again under the Quivver name he released "Believe in Me" on Perfecto Records . Later, he joined Parks & Wilson as part of Tilt , who produced
12-654: Is a music subgenre of breakbeat hardcore in the UK rave scene , that emerged from late 1992. It is recognised as being one of the direct precursors of the genre now known as drum and bass . By late 1992, breakbeat hardcore was beginning to fragment, and darkcore was one of the subgenres to emerge, in contrast with 4-beat . Darkcore is often characterised by dark-themed samples such as horror movie elements, cries for help, sinister sounding stabs and synthesizer notes, along with syncopated breakbeats in addition to 4-to-the-floor beats and low frequency basslines. It also saw
18-548: The Tranceport series on Kinetic Records . The next year he produced the follow-up to "Stage One" with "Pluto Disko" under the name Space Manoeuvres. He also founded his own record label, Boz Boz Recordings, in 2003 as part of parent label Trust the DJ Records. In 2004, Boz Boz released Graham's single "Space Manoeuvres Part 3" under Quivver. The next year, Graham released his first album Oid on Lost Language under
24-654: The introduction of effects such as pitch shifting and time stretching to create mood. Notable releases include Top Buzz 's "Living in the Darkness" (Basement, 1993), DJ Hype 's "Shot in the Dark" ( Suburban Base , 1993), Origin Unknown 's " Valley of the Shadows " ( RAM Records , 1993), Ed Rush 's "Bloodclot Artattack" (No U Turn, 1993), Rufige Cru 's "Terminator" ( Reinforced Records , 1992), Doc Scott 's "Here Comes
30-553: The moniker Space Manoeuvres. In 2005 he takes part for the Planet Funk album as vocal member. In 2006, Graham appeared on the electronic group Hybrid third LP, I Choose Noise as a vocalist. Graham has also toured with the group as a semi-permanent vocalist, along with Charlotte James. In 2008, Graham's album under the Quivver name, Dirty Nails & Vapour Trails was released on Critical Rhythms. Darkside jungle Darkcore (also referred to as darkside hardcore )
36-454: The top 20 hit "Invisible". In 1999, Graham left Tilt to pursue a solo career. As Space Manoeuvres with Lea Kenny, he released the popular "Stage One" on Hooj Choons . Graham readopted his "Quivver" moniker to produce "One Last Time" and "She Does" on VC Recordings, a sublabel of Virgin Records . In 2001, he became a resident DJ at Twilo and released Transport 5 , the fifth entry in
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