Fabio (DJ)

Fitzroy Heslop, better known as Fabio, is a British drum and bass DJ and producer. Fabio has been described as one of the best DJs of all time, and together with DJ partner Grooverider are regarded as the "originators" of the scene.^[1][2]

Fabio
Background information
Birth name	Fitzroy Heslop
Origin	Brixton, London, England
Genres	Drum and bass, liquid funk
Occupation	DJ
Labels	Creative Source

Biography

Fabio has been at the forefront of the dance/rave scene for over three decades. He started his career on the pirate radio station Faze 1^[3] in the mid-1980s, and DJing at Brixton club Mendozas, where he would first meet his longtime DJ partner Grooverider, the pair were at the forefront as the acid house scene exploded. Fabio and Grooverider developed their sound and partnership at raves up and down the country but particularly at the groundbreaking Rage at Heaven.^[4][5]

Taking the music from the raves to the radio with Grooverider on Kiss 100 between 1994 and 1997, then on to BBC Radio 1 initially hosting the One in the Jungle show, and then with their own immensely popular show from 1998.^[6] The Radio 1 show is credited with helping bring drum and bass to mainstream audiences. Fabio left the show and the station (along with Grooverider) when the new BBC Radio 1 lineup commenced in April 2012.^[7]

In September 2016, they brought their long-running radio show to London's Rinse FM.^[8]

Fabio is in a relationship with DJ Charlotte Devaney.^[9]

Selected discography

Mixes/compilations

• Promised Land Vol 2 (Higher Limits, 1996)
• Liquid Funk (Creative Source, 2000 [Vol. 1] & 2005 [Vol. 2])
• FabricLive.10 (Fabric, 2003)
• Fabio & Grooverider - Drum & Bass Arena (Resist, 2004)
• Drum and Bass Arena Presents Friction and Fabio (New State Recordings, 2008)

References

1. Are Fabio & Grooverider the Greatest DJs of All Time? MixMag Archived 17 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Fabio | Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. 27 September 1965. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
3. "Faze 1 FM".
4. Dave Jenkins (4 June 2019). ""We took it in a darker direction": Fabio & Grooverider celebrate 30 years of Rage". UKF.com.
5. Laurant Fintoni (21 July 2015). "Nightclubbing: Fabio and Grooverider's Rage". RBMA Daily. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
6. "DJ Fabio | The End". Endclub.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
7. McIntosh, Steven (7 December 2011). "BBC Newsbeat - Judge Jules, Gilles Peterson among DJs leaving Radio 1". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
8. "Fabio and Grooverider Join Rinse FM". DJMag. 12 September 2016.
9. "Superstar DJ Charlotte Devaney is a model clubber". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

External links

• Fabio discography at Discogs