Birth name Robert Dickeson Genre Drum and bass | Genres Drum and bass Record label Hospital Records | |
Occupation(s) DJ
record producer
musician Labels Hospital, Lifted, Subtitles, Horizons, Critical. Associated acts Ayah Marar
London Elektricity
Spor
Ewun
Evol Intent
Unknown Error Origins London, United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom Similar London Elektricity, Chris Goss, Nu:Tone, High Contrast | ||
Robert Dickeson, known by his stage name Apex - is a British drum and bass music producer and DJ from London.
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Biography
Prior to his solo career, Rob was a member of drum and bass project Unknown Error. Their first release, 'Shadows' entered the BBC 1Xtra d&b charts at the 8th place, and was featured on the Hardware Chronicles (Volume 4) EP and the Guerrilla Warfare complilation. This was followed by no less successful releases on the labels Moving Shadow, Renegade Hardware and Horizons.
His first solo work Space Between (feat. Ayah), published in April 2007 on Renegade Hardware immediately hit the BBC Radio1 D & B Top Ten and was included in the mix CD's D&B Arena Mix and the Weapons of Mass Creation 3.
In the same 2007 Apex joined the project Chris Renegade. The end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008 he toured around the world with a series of parties from the label Lifted Music Recordings. In February 2008, he released his solo EP Wall Of Sound on Lifted Music.
In June 2009 his remix of Just One Second from Syncopated City was released on the Hospitality Drum & Bass 2010 compilation by Hospital Records. This track was well received. This track was also featured on the soundtrack of Gran Turismo 5
In December 2016 he signed to Mau5trap under his new alias Robert Oaks which focuses on techno. His track "On The Run" was featured on the Mau5trap '16 compilation.