S.T. Holdings Ltd

S.T. Holdings welcomes brand new Drum & Bass label ‘Full English’.

The first release is set to take the scene by storm, having already been lined up to appear on a couple of high profile dnb compliations as well as receiving early radio plays from the likes of Annie Mac, Mistajam and Target this first release is certainly going to make its mark.

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Zarif & Danny Bryd
A) California (Club Mix)
AA) California (Dub Mix)

Released on Digital – 14th September & 12″ Vinyl – 5th October 2009.

Danny Byrd Hails from Bath in the South West of England, he has been involved in the Drum & Bass music scene since the late 90’s. Seen as a pioneer of soulful and vocal liquid funk, Danny had his first release on DJ Ron’s Piccasso imprint back in 1998 with “Manhattan”, quickly moving onto join up with the Hospital Records camp in the year 2000. It was with Hospital that he really made his mark with the singles “Do it Again” and “Changes”, this was the start of a fresh new sound mixing D&B with soulful house, garage and R&B influences.

Zarif brings together the classic songwriting of Stevie Wonder with the 80s pop sensibilities of Cyndi Lauper, North London based singer songwriter Zarif creates her own brand of quirky retro-tinged soul. After featuring on hip hop production duo The Nextmen’s critically acclaimed album “This Was Supposed To Be The Future” including the single “Something Got You”, Zarif had a busy 2008 touring with the Nextmen, playing countless festivals such as Glastonbury and Bestival, and supporting Taio Cruz on his UK tour. She even caught the attention of the Grammy award winning John Legend, who asked her to duet with him at this year’s Tommy Hilfiger Sessions.

Her debut album is due this spring, produced by Tommy D (Corinne Bailey Rae, Kanye West), Blair Makichan (Lily Allen) and Fraser T Smith (Kano) and includes the infectious “Box Of Secrets”, recently featured on the Sky TV advert.