| Eye-D | |
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Eye-D performing in Austria, 2006. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Frank Nitzinsky |
| Also known as | Eye-D |
| Born | October 14, 1974 |
| Origin | Goes, Netherlands |
| Genres | drum & bass |
| Occupations | DJ, Producer, Musician |
| Years active | 1996 – Present |
| Labels | Aural Carnage Barcode Recordings Black Monolith Breaks Black Sun Empire Recordings Citrus Recordings Def Wish Records Eupholus Records Evol Intent Records Fear Records Ghetto Safari Hollow Point Independenza Records Kultbox Records Lost Soul Recordings Low Res Records Piruh Recordings PRSPCT Recordings Ruff-Teck Records Semiconscious Media Soothsayer Recordings |
| Associated acts | The Outside Agency DJ Hidden |
| Website | www.eye-d.org |
Eye-D is a Dutch drum & bass producer and DJ from Goes. Eye-D's sound is known for its hardcore influences.
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Eye-D, also known as Frank Nitzinsky, has been active as a drum & bass and hardcore DJ and producer since 1991.[1] He got his professional start with his first hardcore release on Mokum Records in 1996.[2] His first drum & bass tracks were released on Kultbox Records in 1998.[3] Eye-D has since released drum & bass music on record labels such as PRSPCT Recordings, Lost Soul Recordings, Evol Intent Recordings, Black Sun Empire Recordings and Ruff-Teck Records. In addition to his solo releases he has also collaborated with SPL, Black Sun Empire, Counterstrike, Evol Intent; and he collaborates very frequently with DJ Hidden, with whom he also forms the hardcore outfit The Outside Agency. As of the release of The Outside Agency's first EP on Black Monolith Records [4] in 2001 the Eye-D moniker has only been used for drum & bass.[5][6]
In addition to his work as a DJ and a producer, Eye-D also runs the record label Genosha Recordings, and its sub-label Genosha One Seven Five together with DJ Hidden.[7]
The following is a list of all of Eye-D's drum & bass releases.[8][9] For hardcore releases see the entry for The Outside Agency.
In addition to a busy production schedule, Eye-D still finds the time to regularly perform at events across the world, both as Eye-D and as part of The Outside Agency.[10] In the Netherlands, Eye-D and DJ Hidden are frequent guests at prominent underground club nights PRSPCT [11][12] and Smackdown.[13][14] Eye-D has performed in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine and in the United States.