25 year old Dan Richmond first emerged into the Dubstep scene mid 2009 with his debut self-titled Album. Based in St. Albans, UK, a short distance to the north of London, and thus Having enjoyed a healthy Drum and Bass scene in his early teens, alongside a liking of UK Garage, House and Trance, a local Music Technology course was the logical progression for the aspiring bedroom DJ. After discovering that the music he loved could be produced in such simple home studios, Clubroot went on to University to study Music Production for 3 years.

It was during his time at University that Clubroot discovered the sounds of Dubstep, via Mary Anne Hobbs Dubstep Warz Show in 2006. Taking an immediate liking to the work of Vex’d, Skream and Loefah, his tastes soon progressed towards the deeper side of the scene via the inspiring debut album releases of Distance and Burial.

Things began moving forward after interest was shown in Clubroot’s un-official album ‘Embryo’, which was created as a final year project for University. Having been inspired by a number of artists and electronic genres, a brooding organic ambient sound was developing, which showed emotion and musicality, drawing inspiration from his love of early Dark Techy D&B, 2 Step beats, Film Scores and Ambient Electronica. It was the Portland, Oregon based LoDubs label that first took notice of such an exciting artist, and around mid 2008 an official release was announced for the following year…..

During the build up to the Albums release, Mary Anne Hobbs commissioned an Album showcase mix for her BBC1 Experimental Show, followed shortly by a mix for Rob Booth’s Electronic Exploration programme. It was clear that people were beginning to take notice, with acclaim and recognition from a number of reviewers and critics, including glowing reviews from Pitchfork Media, Popmatter, Bigup Magazine, a host of others.

With his 2nd Albums release (Entitled ‘II – MMX’) in May, followed by an E.P, as well as plenty of collaborations in the pipe line, and being recently voted as one of the best new producers and best album in the 2009 Dubstepforum Awards, Clubroot is destined to become one of the prominent footnotes in any retelling of the history of Dubstep.