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The Sect Biography

The Sect are Blade and Virtua. Initially meeting through mutual friends in the late 1990s, they have been producing Drum & Bass together ever since. Growing up hooked to the bleeps and breaks of The Prodigy and London’s pirate radio stations, they followed the development of Jungle to Drum & Bass, eventually finding themselves drawn to the futuristic output of labels such as Underfire and Renegade Hardware – and in particular, the techno-edged Konflict sound. In 2003 The Sect was formed when they joined forces with long-time friend and DJ partner Method to produce ‘Geotherm’, signed by DJ Red for his Distance imprint. During time spent on the south coast, they established links with Raiden and Propaganda, sharing the same love of underground Drum & Bass, especially the driving breaks, heavy basslines and futuristic soundscapes that would come to embody the Offkey sound. This culminated in Raiden signing their first track for his label – ‘Nerve Attack’ – which would go on to feature on their debut EP (‘The Sect EP, 2006) and bring The Sect their first serious exposure. Just getting started, signings followed immediately on Obscene, Position Chrome and Habit. With healthy support for their work from DJs at the harder and darker reaches of the Drum & Bass spectrum, as well as many of the scene’s major players, the boys found their production skills in demand. Further tracks and a steady stream of remix work continued throughout 2007 and 2008, on labels including Freak, Revolution, Trickdisc, TDP and Position Chrome. They also collaborated with Audio to produce ‘Pounded’ for his LP on TechFreak, as well as remixing Glenn Wilson and Mike Humphries’ legendary techno stormer ‘Aural Exciter’ for Subsistenz and Cause 4 Concern’s 2001 classic ‘Relentless’.
The Sect officially reverted to the original combination of Blade and Virtua in early 2009 and the year started brightly, with the release of ‘Mayday’ on Optiv’s Redlight Records and a remix of Freeland’s ‘Bring It’ for Marine Parade. They also remixed Temper D’s ‘Chess Boxer’ for TDP and helped launch the Bristol based KSS Black imprint with ‘Cybermen’/Bias – ‘Chrysalis (The Sect Remix)’. Looking to the future, the boys are working hard on a host of new tracks and remixes for a variety of labels, with releases signed to C4C Ltd, Position Chrome, Venom Inc. and Prspct amongst others. They are also working on plans for their own label and finishing off their debut album for Subsistenz. Despite the heavy production schedule, The Sect are as at home behind the decks as in the studio. Virtua has showcased his formidable turntablist skills at the famed DMC championships and Blade has been DJing for over 15 years, playing regularly at events across the world, from the UK to Russia and New Zealand. They have established a reputation for high-energy DJ sets, combining tight mixing with cutting-edge dubs to move crowds wherever they play.

The Sect Discography

 The Sect – Geotherm/Acid Storm – DST002 (Distance Recordings, 2003)
 The Sect – Axon/Hologram – OBSCENE015 (Obscene, 2006)
 The Sect – The Sect EP: Caesium 137 (with Raiden)/Kill All Humans/Nerve Attack/Zeroid – OK005
(Offkey, 2006)
 The Sect – Tyrant/Syndrome – PC065 (Position Chrome, 2007)
 The Sect – Beyond Fear EP: Night watch/Into the Abyss/Hellbound/Victim (feat. Axis & Trank) -
HBTEP001 (Habit, 2007)
 The Sect – Keep Everyone Afraid – TDP005 (TDP, 2007)
 Glenn Wilson & Mike Humphries – Aural Exciter (The Sect Remix) – SUBS001 (Subsistenz, 2007)
 Tenchu & Zool – Antimatter (The Sect Remix) – TD013 (Trickdisc, 2008)
 Audio & The Sect – Pounded – TECHFREAKLP003 (Audio – To The Edge Of Reason LP, Techfreak,
2008)
 The Panacea/The Sect – Burning Like Fire (The Sect Remix)/Voices – PC071 (Position Chrome, 2008)
 The Sect – Evolve – OKLP001 (V/A – The Firm LP, Offkey 2008)
 The Sect – Nerve Attack (Propaganda Remix) – OKCD001 (V/A – The Firm LP, Offkey, 2008)
 The Sect & Raiden – Caesium 137 (Audio Remix) – OKCD001 (V/A – The Firm LP, Offkey, 2008)
 The Sect – Patriarch/Annihilation – FREAK029 (Freak, 2008)
 Prode – Borer (The Sect Remix) – REVREC019 (Revolution, 2009)
 The Sect – Mayday – RL014 (Red Light, 2009)
 Cause 4 Concern – Relentless (The Sect Remix) – C4CUKLTD002 (Cause 4 Concern Ltd, 2009)
 Temper D – Chessboxer (The Sect Remix) – TDPV007 (TDP, 2009)
 The Sect/Bias – Cybermen/Chrysalis (The Sect Remix) – KSSBLK001 (KSS Black, 2009)
 Lethal & The Sect/The Sect – Ubik/Whiteout – SSND002 (Surround Sound, 2010)
 The Sect – Stranger/Stranger (Amex Remix) – PERK-DNB001 (Perkussiv, 2010)
 Mute & Mako – Connexion (The Sect Remix) – UM002 (Utopia Music, 2010)

Forthcoming Releases
 Audio/The Sect – Destroyed (The Sect Remix)/Axon (Audio Remix) – (Freak)
 The Sect – Exhibit ‘A’/Everything Is Waves – (Position Chrome)
 The Sect – Oxidize – (Venom Inc)
 Freeland – Bring It (The Sect Remix) – (Marine Parade Digital)
 The Sect – Slimer/Mind As Machine – (Cause 4 Concern Digital)
 The Sect & Cooh – Danger Nation - (PRSPCT)
 The Sect – Equinox - (M-Atome)
 The Sect – Cybermen (Break Remix) – (KSS Black)
 The Sect – Turrican/Turrican (Cooh Remix) – (Perkussiv)
 Thomas Krome – Shockabuku (The Sect Remix) – (Subsistenz)