Kevin Forrester, better known as MC Eksman, is a Drum and Bass musician originally born in Brockley, South London in 1980. Eksman started his career back in 1996 and spent many years writing, polishing his performance and enhancing his lyrics until launching himself into the forefront of the Drum and Bass scene. His first big break came in 2003, when he was recognised as ‘Best Newcomer’ at both industry favourite Knowledge Magazine awards, as well as the Accelerated Culture awards. These two events saw his public profile take off dramatically, and raised his profile from an underground MC to many bookings for UK & International promotions. His success story continued from going to a virtual newcomer to a forefront of the scene, to where in 2004 he lifted the ‘Best Lyrical MC’ title from Skibadee - an award for which eleven thousand people worldwide had voted.
Since then, Eksman has gone from strength to strength with the release in 2005 of Drive by Car, produced by Bingo head honcho DJ Zinc. Other releases included "Bad Man" on Frontline Recordings and "They Don’t Know" on D Style Recordings. This year also saw Eksman win ‘Best MC’ in the BBC Radio 1xtra Online awards and a feature as the first guest on the popular radio station.
Awards
Eksman in the Raveology National Drum and Bass Awards of 2007, Eksman won two awards, ‘Best Lyrical MC’ and ‘Best Crowd Hype.’ Over 8 thousand people worldwide voted, with the results announced by the BBC’s Fabio and Grooverider, established rave promoter Raveology are one of the most recognized awards in the scene.
In addition to this Eksman was also crowned ‘BEST INTERNATIONAL MC’ at the National German Drum and Bass Awards.
Releases
2006 saw the release of "Na Blood" featuring Herbzie and Shortston which was the first full length vocal drum and bass video. It had regular showing on Channel U, the digital music station. 2006 also saw three releases "Bingo Beats", "Roll Slow" (produced by Zinc), "Blap" with Nicol and Majistrate and Energy produced by D Kay.
Collaborations
MC Eksman is a member of a group or 'crew' of established drum and bass artists known as New Breed.
New breed members include -
- MC Eksman
- MC Herbzie
- MC Foxy
- MC Fatman D
- MC Shortston
- MC Evil B
Style and Delivery
Eksman's style encompasses heavily syncopated lines, tight lyrical flow and very technical vocal trickery in order to hype the crowd.
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