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Contrast Music head honcho and Eastern Bloc Records manager.

Jim is well known around Manchester for his turntable skills and trustworthy selection. Jim Bane has shared a stage with Goldie, dBridge, Marcus Intalex, Spirit, Calibre, Breakage, Paradox, Quantic, KRS-One, Omar, Mr Thing, Souls Of Mischief, DJ Craze, Mixmaster Mike, Children Of Zeus, Jazzy Jeff, Madlib, A Guy Called Gerald and many more.

A regular at clubs and festivals in the UK and Europe including Parklife, Outlook, Dimensions, Gottwood, Soundwave, Audiofarm, Re:Percussion, The White Hotel, Soul:ution, Band On The Wall, Warehouse Project and also as far away as Tokyo.

He covers many styles. You can expect to hear Funk / Hip Hop / Soul / Afrobeat / Latin / D&B / Jungle / Reggae / Jazz / Disco / Boogie / House / Broken Beat / Techno and everything in between. Armed with deep crates but not afraid to drop a well known tasteful classic.