Zed Bias

{{Short description|English electronic musician}}

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{{Use British English|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Zed Bias

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| background = non_performing_personnel

| birth_name = Dave Jones

| alias = Maddslinky

|origin = United Kingdom

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| genre = {{hlist|UK garage|2-step garage|UK funky|broken beat}}

| occupation = Record producer, DJ

| years_active = Mid 1990s–present

| label = {{hlist|Locked On|Sidewinder/Sidestepper|Tru Thoughts|Sick Trumpet}}

| current_member_of = Phuturistix

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Dave Jones, better known as Zed Bias, is an English electronic musician based in Manchester, who operates within the UK garage/2-step, broken beat and UK funky genres, as a producer and as a DJ. He has also released material under various pseudonyms including Maddslinky and is one half of the duo Phuturistix.Clark, Martin. "[http://www.garagepressure.com/Interviews/Zed%20Bias%20Bio.htm Zed Bias biography]", May 2002.Halewijck, Yiannis van. "[http://www.beyondjazz.net/viewtopic.php?t=2947 Phuturistix, new Zed Bias project]", Plastiks, 24 January 2003.

Bias is best known for his single "Neighbourhood" which reached No. 25 on the UK charts in July 2000,{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/bias-zed-neighbourhood/|title=NEIGHBOURHOOD|date=15 July 2000|website=Official Charts}} having created a large underground response from late 1999 in its original version. Living in Milton Keynes at the time, he collaborated with several other local artists and DJs resulting in a host of well-received tracks and remixes early in his producing career, such as "Standard Hoodlum Issue" with DJ Spatts (the Criminal Minds).Kodwo Eshun. "[http://www.riddim.ca/?p=221 Zed Bias: 2step has a Right to Children – Part 1]", Riddim.ca, 29 November 2000. Some of these have been released on his own Sidewinder/Sidestepper and Biasonic labels.

Bias started to record under the Maddslinky name in 2001, resulting in the album Make Your Peace in 2003 and a second Make a Change in 2010.{{cite web|url=https://tru-thoughts.co.uk/artists/maddslinky/ |title=Maddslinky - Biography |publisher=Tru Thoughts |access-date=29 May 2019}} Around the same time, he also became one half of the production duo Phuturistix and has been engaged in remixing duties for many well-known artists.

Bias' releases, which explore a more experimental or progressive side of the 2-step garage sound, have been hailed as a crucial element in the establishment of dubstep as a definable sound or genre.Clark, Martin. "[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/10336-column-the-month-in-grime-dubstep The month in grime/dubstep]", Pitchfork Media, 25 January 2006.Mugan, Chris. "[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/dubstep-straight-outta-croydon-409487.html Dubstep: Straight outta Croydon]", The Independent, 28 July 2006.