The New Jam
The Heat EP
- 14.01.2025
- 0 Streams
- 5 min 35 sec
Born in 1994 when George Miller (AKA Jōji) recorded two demos of experimental ambient music ass a break from punk and metal and turned to industrial and techno fan and school friend, Nathaniel Slater (AKA Nat) to give it some order ahead of live performances including a gig support with Loop Guru that would lead to a record deal and a UK tour. 601 blazed a trail through the breakbeat scene in the 90s, 2000s and 2010s that saw them release their debut album Motion Archaos in 1995 ,then subsequent albums, Smash and Grab, Dirty North and We Do Bass. Several successful and highly acclaimed EPs, remixes and countless singles landed in-between on labels such as Passenger, Sub Slayers and Punks. 601 were championed by Annie Nightingale and Jay Cunning on Radio 1 and Kiss 100 respectively appeared on Jaguar Skills and Friends album on Ministry Of Sound and gigged extensively around the UK and abroad with some of the biggest names in bass music, most notably appearing at Glastonbury in 2015 as well as regularly in Spain for their enthusiastic high energy crowds. 2024 see's the duo returning with a sound that is intended to be the music that they want to hear and true to their musical backgrounds. 601's upcoming album We Are Not The Same, features collaborations with post rock, electro punk and doom metal artists, a sound 601 are calling post-rave. It's been a wild ride for the last thirty years and now Jōji and Nat are ready to reveal their ambitions for a very startling future.