Xentrix

There are atleast 3 artists with this name; (1) Xentrix was a British thrash metal band of the late 1980s/early 1990s hailing from Preston, Lancashire. They had a small bit of controversy/publicity surrounding the release of the Ray Parker Jr. cover Ghostbusters in which the original artwork for the single had an unauthorised use of the Ghostbusters logo. The single was subsequently re-released using a different cover.

(1) Xentrix was a British thrash metal band of the late 1980s/early 1990s hailing from Preston, Lancashire.

They had a small bit of controversy/publicity surrounding the release of the Ray Parker Jr. cover Ghostbusters in which the original artwork for the single had an unauthorised use of the Ghostbusters logo. The single was subsequently re-released using a different cover.

The band broke up after the release of Kin and reformed after a period of inactivity with a new vocalist in Simon Gordon and guitarist Andy Rudd to replace Chris Astley. This line up released 1996's Scourge only.

The band briefly reformed with its original line-up for a small number of dates in the UK in the early part of 2006. One of these shows included support from Onslaught (band) and Evile. In September 2006 it was announced that the band was splitting up with no intention of reforming in the future.

Years active 1986 ? 1996,

(2) Xentrix is House DJ from Belgium The following is his Bio from his Myspace Page (<----- This is the currently the only Xentrix that plays on Last.FM)

Bio
In 1994 (thank you mom)he bought his first set of turntables and started spinning a wide range of acid house, detroit techno,and techno at local parties and clubs under the name of dj xentrix . He soon learned how to blend his sets in a soulfull and innovative way, a talent that has now developed into his own energetic style. In 1995 , jean louis kollash introduced him to the sampling and midi technics , 2 years later they got their first record deal with antwerp based label minimalistix. After some releases under different quality labels techno labels such as:(RELOAD,NEWS,PORNOGRAPHIC,BIPOLAR) he started to work at AUDIOPOLIS record store together with a friend PRAXYD(strobe music) while releasing some tracks under a variety of other labels and continually djing all over belgium and outside (czrep,estonia,germany,spain,holland,france,austria,portugal....) In 2002 ,he launched his own label KROMA RECORDINGS distributed by audiopolis group together with a friend and excellent producer soulpreacher ( ludwig buez) focusing on groovy side of techno. The label enjoyed support from famous international artists like Dave Clarke,Marco zaffarano ,veztax,space dj'z,tomaz,..to name a few. While the market was being flooded with monoton loop oriented technohe decided to explore new horizons more refined and profound and MATT HEIZE was born. His new projects are geared towards techouse,deep techno. several years behind the decks gave him another electronic scene's perception. His groove is now more pronounced and makes his sound more solid, distinctive & personal. He joined the sculpture label team and after some long studio sessions and break time, he gets some great feedbacks from people like/ Nic fianculli,Dubfire,Tommy largo,Nick holder,Fall head,Matt john,Prinz,My cuppa t,The quick burglars, Jay bliss,Jeff haze;Inland knights,Derek Plaslaiko ... the story continues

(3) Xentrix is a also a twenty seven year old self taught Drum and Bass producer from Lampeter in West Wales. After DJing at events from 2001 onwards, it was April 2008 he decided to turn his hand to producing. Having never used any form of music production equipment before he spent the first year learning and experimenting, then creating a constant stream of material month after month.

He was first introduced to Drum and Bass at the age of 13 with Goldie's ?Timeless', and then 2 years later with Roni Size album ?New Forms'. Having elements of his tracks compared to ?New Forms', he feels this is high praise for this stage in his career.

Enjoying the organic sound of real instruments, XentriX takes influence from every genre and era of music.Listening to a wide variety from thrash metal to jazz, he feels with his tracks he is ?Working one genre inside another?.

In mid 2009 he started to have airplay on internet radio shows, originating in the UK, Portugal and the US. Quickly building a growing fan base.

XentriX music is currently being supported by

DJ Roostah
DJ RamJack
Pedro Cruz
Jay Dubz
DJ TDB
DJ Slime
Sparc
Optimystic

In October 2009, he signed a 2 year contract with Point Audio. Releasing Condor, Memories, Summer Breeze and the much loved Star Light Rhodes. Fast forward to April 2010 and XentriX has signed another 3 tracks to 96kHz Productions, Saigon Nightmares, Music Keeps Me Dancing and Steal Your Face. All coming on his EP entitled X'es.

The rest of 2010 looks set to be a massive year for the rookie Welsh producer, with many more releases to come through Point Audio and 96kHz. Currently working in collaboration with new video production company retronicavideo.com on music videos, conceptual art and installations.