Fabio & Grooverider return to the underground with a five week London club residency
FRESH from selling out Hammersmith Apollo with their immersive 30 Years of Jungle and Drum & Bass experience with The Outlook Orchestra, the godfathers of D&B take it back to the underground for five shows at XOYO London in May.
The five-week run promises to be a tribute to the roots of D&B and the iconic duo will be joined by the likes of Ray Keith, Micky Finn, Ratpack, Nicky Blackmarket and a myriad of other luminaries along the way.
Fabio & Grooverider, Fitzroy Heslop (Fabio) and Raymond Bingham (Grooverider) are pivotal figures in the evolution of electronic dance music, particularly renowned for their influential contributions to the UK’s jungle and drum and bass scenes.
Emerging in the late 1980s, the duo played a pivotal role in shaping rave culture, gaining prominence through DJ sets on pirate radio stations and at the world’s best clubs. With a career spanning more than three decades, Fabio & Grooverider have left an indelible mark in the history of electronic dance music and rave culture – and this irrepressible duo are far from finished yet.
The highly coveted XOYO residency is a cornerstone in the venue’s reputation but is only a fragment of the positive culture that XOYO perpetuates across its clubs in London and Birmingham, providing high-quality, diverse, inclusive and safe dancefloors for UK clubland’s electronic music devotees.
We sat down for an exclusive in-depth interview with our friends at Movements to discuss the origins of the D&B scene ahead of Fabio & Grooverider’s debut with the Outlook Orchestra back in 2022 which you can watch below or listen to on our Mixcloud podcast by clicking the image.
Ahead of Fabio & Grooverider starting their residency at XOYO next month we caught up with them again and asked them to talk us through another killer playlist in anticipation of the very special series of parties in May. Listen and read what they had to say below.
Calibre – Electric Soul
Killer soul / dnb from one of Fabio’s favourite producers.
London Elektricity – Billion-dollar gravy (Watch The Ride Remix)
Tearing remix from the on-form Watch the Ride Camp.
Break feat Fats – Natural way
Personal favourite, a fitting tribute to the late great MC Fats.
LSB – Give You Up
Beautiful liquid roller for those summer nights.
Easy – Get Down
Moody Roller from the excellent Influence recs camp.
Goldie – Inner City life (Break Remix)
Break does a job on this timeless classic.
Egyptian Empire – The Horn Track (Blade Rework 2024)
Should come with a health warning.