Culture Shock

James Pountney, better known by his stage name Culture Shock, is a British drum and bass DJ and record producer.

Biography

In 1996, Culture Shock was introduced to drum and bass while listening to London's pirate radio stations. He set up his own studio with basic equipment at home and recorded his own music. His first release was "The Vega EP" on Moving Shadow in 2004. Two years later, Culture Shock signed with RAM Records after attracting attention of the label's CEO, Andy C. His first EP, titled "The Third Stage" was released in 2007 and featured four tracks, including the track "Rework", co-produced by the Brookes Brothers.

After a longer break, he returned in September 2014 with a remix of Moko's "Your Love" and the songs "Troglodyte VIP" and "Raindrops". His song "City Lights", which has featured as an instrumental in his DJ sets since 2009, was picked up by Virgin EMI Records and released in May 2015 with a vocal by Bryn Christopher of I See MONSTAS. The single has received airplay on popular UK radio stations and music channels, and was BBC Radio 1's Track of the Day. In November/December 2015, he released tracks from his latest extended play entitled Transit.

Discography

Compilations Title Details Sequence Released: 7 June 2019 Label: RAM Records Formats: Digital download Sequel Released: 25 February 2022 Label: RAM Records Formats: Digital download

Extended plays Title Details Track listing The Vega EP Released: 2004 Label: Moving Shadow Formats: Digital download, vinyl "Vega" "White Knight" "Alarms" "Flight Path" The Third Stage Released: 30 July 2007 Label: RAM Records Formats: Digital download, vinyl "Rework" (with Brookes Brothers) "Zeppelin" "Vice Chase" "Asteroids" Transit Released: 18 December 2015 Label: RAM Records Formats: Digital download, vinyl "No More" (with Josh Parkinson) "Steam Machine" "Tangents" "Rush Connection"

Singles YearReleaseLabelAlbum 2008 "Kronix" / "Imax" RAM Records 2010 "Bad Red" / "Surprise" 2011 "Protection" / "Ohrwurm" 2012 "I Remember" / "Troglodyte" 2014 "Raindrops" / "Troglodyte VIP" 2015 "City Lights" (featuring Bryn Christopher) Virgin EMI / RAM Records 2016 "Have It All" / "Pandemic" RAM Records 2017 "Bunker" Sequence 2018 "East Block" "There For You" RAM Records / Mau5trap "Get Physical" RAM Records 2019"Take Control""Renaissance" 2020"Love To Give" (with Dimension featuring Billy Lockett) Self-Released Organ"Don't Sleep" (with Dimension) "Visions" RAM Records Sequel"Lost" 2021"Deconstruct""Discotheque""Rise" 2022"Panorama" 2023"Alone" (ft. Gracie van Brunt) Culture Shock Music "Universe" (ft. YOU) 2024"Get To Me" "Breathe""Out My Head" (ft. Sarah de Warren)"The Time Is Now""Back In Time" (ft. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs)"Make It Pump" (ft. Grafix)

Other appearances YearSongAlbum 2006 "The Bypass" Dimensions 2 EP 2008 "Smoothie" (Culture Shock & Brookes Brothers) Dimensions 3 EP 2009 "Gears" Dimensions 4 EP "Move Higher"(Sub Focus featuring Culture Shock) Sub Focus 2010 "Cathedral" Nightlife EP, Pt. 1 2011 "Footloose" Nightlife EP, Pt. 3 "Machine" Ram 100 2013 "You Make It Better"(Sub Focus featuring Culture Shock and TC) Torus 2015 "Piano Dark" Ram 200 2018 "Erosion"(The Upbeats featuring Culture Shock) No Sleep 'Til Japan & Iceland 2023 "Secrets"(Sub Focus featuring Culture Shock, CamelPhat and RHODES) Evolve

Production credits YearSongArtistAlbum 2013 "Turn the Lights On" Fleur Non-album single

Remixes YearSongArtist 2011 "Guilt" Nero 2012 "Come Alive" Netsky 2014 "Your Love" Moko "Love Alight" Crystal Fighters "Pistols At Dawn" Seinabo Sey 2015 "King" GRADES "Swan Song" Espa (featuring Giggs) 2018 "Broken Pieces" Camo & Krooked (featuring NIHILS) "Panic Room" Au/Ra 2021 "Airplane" Sub Focus