Bio

Paul Stothers has been producing his own drum & bass style since 2002. He traces his roots to two defining moments ­ breakdancing at Fantasyland 1982, and seeing the video to Blondie's 'Rapture'.

Further mutations in the development of the Pantha way were early experiments with an 808 drum machine and cutting & splicing Kung Fu samples on a prototype Amiga computer setup. These early experiments in beat science became the catalyst for ongoing breakbeat inquiry...

It was inevitable that an exposure to rave music would follow, it too becoming a part of the Pantha matrix. Steeped firmly in the electro camp, personified through the heavy use of the drum module has lead Black Pantha to the futurist sounds of tech step, a template to which the tunes identify...