Dillinja

Dillinja (* 1975 in Brixton , London , bourgeois Karl Francis ) is a British drum-and-bass - DJ and producer , who is also under the pseudonyms Capone , Cybotron , D-Type , Suburban Knights and Trinity published. Dillinja's productions appear on his own label Valve Recordings . He has previously published on labels such as Metalheadz , FFRR and Mo 'Wax .

Life

Francis, who lives in Brixton, was inspired by the young jungle scene to create his first own breakbeat productions in the early 1990s . He recorded his first productions in 1991 and subsequently published various pieces on smaller labels such as V Recordings . In 1994 he recorded the track " The Angels Fell " for Goldie's Metalheadz label, which then appeared on the compilation " Platinum Breakz " and made him known to a larger audience for the first time. The English comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen used the track " Twist'em out " as the theme song on the Ali G Show . Dillinja published several times with his friend and label mate Lemon D . In the scene, Dillinja is still known for having designed and built the world's first music system specially tailored for drum and bass, the Valve Sound System. Like Dillinja's music, this is particularly bass-heavy .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		UK
as Dillinja
2002	Big Bad Bass	UK84 (1 week) UK	with lemon D

More albums as Dillinja

• 2001: Dillinja Presents Cybotron
• 2004: My Sound

as Capone

• 2002: AKA The Original Master

Singles and EPs

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		UK
as Trinity
1996	X files	UK96 (1 week) UK
as Dillinja
2000	Nasty Ways	UK93 (1 week) UK
2002	Twist 'em out	UK50 (2 weeks) UK	B-side: Kids Stuff
	Live Or Die	UK53 (2 weeks) UK	B-side: South Manz
2003	This Is A Warning	UK47 (2 weeks) UK	B-side: Great DJ
	Twist 'em out	UK35 (3 weeks) UK	feat. Ski bath
	Fast car	UK56 (2 weeks) UK
2004	All The Things	UK71 (2 weeks) UK	B-side: Forsaken Dreams
	In The Grind	UK71 (2 weeks) UK	B-side: Acid Talk
2005	Thugged Out Bitch	UK54 (2 weeks) UK	B-side: Rainforest
as Capone
2003	Whirlwind	UK83 (2 weeks) UK	B-side: Snoot
	Tudor Rose Remix	UK79 (1 week) UK	B-side: Fusion
2004	Soldier	UK98 (1 week) UK	B-side: massive
	Just relax	UK84 (1 week) UK	B-side: Neck Back

More singles and EPs
as Dillinja

• 1993: Dillinja EP
• 1994: Deadly Deep Subs / Calculus Beats
• 1994: South Side (Riffin Mix) / Stompers Delight
• 1994: You Don't Know / Warrior
• 1995: Deadly Deep Subs (Remix) / Perfect Match
• 1995: Tear Down (Da Whole Place) / Believe The Bass
• 1995: The Angels Fell / Ja Know Ya Big / Brutal Bass
• 1997: Chronic 13
• 1998: So Damn Tuff / Vicious
• 1998: Total Recall / Test Time
• 1998: Tronik Funk / Thugs
• 2003: Cat On The Fence / Embroidered Kerchief
• 2006: Who You EP
• 2007: Diggin 'in ya Crates EP
• 2008: Grimey (Clipz Remix) (V Recordings)
• 2008: Soul Control / Unexplored Terrain (V Recordings)
• 2009: Shiners / Love Child (Valve Recordings)

as a cypotron

• 1996: Threshold / Got To

as Capone

• 1999: Tudor Rose / Submerge

Web links

• Works by and about Dillinja in the catalog of the German National Library
• Dillinja at Discogs (English)
• Valve Recordings Official Site ( January 5, 2007 memento on the Internet Archive )
• Interview at future-music.net
• Dillinja at laut.de
• Dillinja at Allmusic (English)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} chart sources:
   • Trinity: UK
   • Dillinja: UK
   • Capone: UK