Roni Size (born Ryan Owen Granville Williams, 29 October 1969, Bristol) is a British record producer and DJ, who came to prominence in 1997 as the founder and leader of Reprazent, a drum and bass collective. That year they won the Mercury Prize for their album New Forms.
He resurrected Reprazent in 2008 with the release of a deluxe edition of´New Forms on Universal.
Williams, son of Jamaican immigrants, grew up in the Bristol suburb of St. Andrews. He cites reggae as one of his early influences. He was expelled from school at the age of 16 and started attending house parties run by Bristol soundsystem The Wild Bunch (a predecessor of Massive Attack). He learned the basics about music production at his local youth club, the Sefton Park basement project, which provided record players, a mixing desk, drum machines and samplers. He worked with his brother’s comprehensive collection of Studio One records and later set up a home studio, buying a sampler.
His future musical partner, Krust, had been a member of the Fresh 4, whose “Wishing On A Star” reached the Top Ten of the UK Singles Chart in late 1989. Williams, Krust, Suv and DJ Die founded Full Cycle Records.
Aided by Chris Lewis, Roni Size founded the record label WTP (“Where’s The Party At?”) as part of Circus Warp, and in 1993 Full Cycle and Dope Dragon were established in 1993 from that.
- RONI SIZE INTERVIEW ON thestudentpocketguide.com
- RONI SIZE INTEVIEW ON ilikemusic.com
RONI SIZE - BROWN PAPER BAG
RONI SIZE - B REAL CHILD OF THE WEST (feat CYPRESS HILL)
- Music Box (1993)
- Witchcraft (1994) ft. Krust
- Fashion (1995)
- Square Off (1996)
- New Forms (1997)
- Snapshot (1999)
- 26 Bass (1999)
- Ultra-Obscene (1999) with DJ Die under the alias "Breakbeat Era"
- Through the Eyes (2000)
- In the Mode (2000)
- Sound Advice (2002)
- Playtime (2002)
- Touching Down (2002)
- Snapshot 3 (2003)
- Out of Breath (2004)
- Return to V (2004)
- Touching Down, Vol. 2 (2005)
- Friends (2006)
- New Forms² (2008)
- Kops & Robbers (2009)
- Out of Order (2010)
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