We sat down with fast music power house I. JORDAN for an insight into their career to date plus tips and tricks of the trade.

We caught up with Bristol mainstay Hi5Ghost to discuss his career to date.

We caught up with Iceboy Violet to discuss their creative process over years, their live set up and collaboration.

We caught up with Benny Ill, a multi-genre producer and DJ, who first came onto the scene over 20 years ago during the early dubstep and UKG days, to discuss his journey and till now

Hagan shares with the CDR team an insight into his early producing days, a comprehensive list of dancefloor essentials, his collaboration process and a few tips for budding producers.

DJ Polo shares with the CDR team three UK Funky record bag essentials, the collaboration process and his journey until now.

Ahead of his artist talk with us later this month at Corsica Studios, K15, one of the UK's most versatile and unique producers, took the time to give us a sneak peak of what to expect on the night.

‍There's no right or wrong way to do it, but use your body to test if it triggers something in you... if it does, it probably will do the same to someone else...

I mainly see production as functional for expression rather than something I do for fun...

"Don’t be like me back in 2009 who was too shook to turn up to CDR in Plastic People"

In this edition of My First CDR we discuss the experience of taking your first trip down to CDR at Dance Tunnel with Octo Champ.

DJ, Producer and Amateur Detective, Murder He Wrote is on-the-up. With an impressive back catalogue of bass driven remixes as well as his own productions, he's releases on Skint, Wah Wah 45s, Numerology Records and Kasenote.

Here's what Mr Beatnick had to say in the lead up to his set at this Sunday's session.

Mouse on Mars is one of the few electronic bands to stand the test of time. Constantly reinventing themselves, they have taken electronica to new heights with a unique blend of sound annihilation, fragmented melodies and an impassioned hatred of conformity.

A pivotal figure in UK beat-making, Morgan Zarate has seen his drumming, production and programming excellence from the greatness of Spacek to Hyperdub.

Mint is a platform for female DJs and producers working in electronic music, promoting visibility and providing female artists with opportunities to showcase their talent.

CDR London has always been a breeding ground for new talent, with many of its alumni releasing critically acclaimed records for both charts and the underground.

I've been recording in loads of Jungle from 91-97 the last few years, thats been finding its way into my sets especially after a few beers.

It's always exciting when a call comes to enquire about putting on a night elsewhere in the world...

Fond of felines and able to make music that gets us dreamily jackin’ or 80’s reminiscing.

One act we've kept replaying songs from is Insert2, aka Moeng (Nuno) and Justin (JSTNS)

An “Anglo-Mauritian pop-experimentalist”, Mo Kolours has got feet, heads and hips moving through his trilogy of EPs on One Handed Music: Drum Talking, Banana Wine, and Tusk Dance.

On Friday the 1st of August we touch down at The House of St Barnabas for an intimate night of music curated by CDR's own Tony Nwachukwu.

Florian Grote is Senior Product Designer for Maschine, Native Instruments' groove production studio.