Combat’s main subverter Stormfield was sonically trained via the early strains of LFO, Aphex Twin, Black Dog, Autechre and the first wave of dark, techy atmospheric drum and bass masters Photek and Source Direct, later carrying these influences proudly through other forms of music like electro, dubstep and hard breakage. Later exposure to the works of Scorn and a 4-year stint living near Brixton’s colossal dub soundsystems left him with a pathological need for chest-rushing basslines. Realising that it was a consistent mood, a sound and attitude that defined his style more than genre names and scenes which ultimately come and go, he formed the Combat clan and regularly DJ’s around the UK and Europe. His sound could be described at the result of dark, fierce and strange noises getting absorbed, chopped up, mutilated and spat back out again in dancefloor form, what he loosely calls “fierce bassbin electronics”. Stormfield’s Haiku EP was released in 2006, including an Ed Chamberlain remix which got featured on Mary Anne Hobbs‘ Radio 1 show. Stormfield has recently completed remixes for King Cannibal and Scorn, to be released sometime in 2008. www.combatrecordings.com
