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Bio : In 2015, J-Skeptik (Jay Bessant) became label manager for Influence Records. Jay first got involved with Drum and Bass through listening to old tape packs including Roast, Telepathy, Helter Skelter and Dreamscape. In 1999, aged 17, he got his first set of decks and hasn’t looked back since. He was a regular at Tripp2 Records in Southampton and struck up a good relationship with Anil (owner). It wasn’t long before Anil started to offer him sets at the legendary Paradox events. From there, Jay went onto co-host the Codename:Headz show on UKBASS radio alongside his good friend Bobby Flex. The duo also set up the Codename:Headz night which was pushing the more cutting edge sounds of drum and bass within Southampton. With this exposure, he started to pick up more gigs and played for promoters including On A Mission (2016 Best Breakthrough Promoter at the National DnB Awards), Social:Beatz, Switch & Rebel Southampton and is also a resident for Riddm Dnb. In 2014, 2015 and 2020, he had
