Krust
Genres: Jungle, Drum & Bass
Krust is Kirk Thompson, born in 1968 and raised on Bristol's Knowle West estate. As a teenager he was part of Fresh 4, whose Wishing on a Star reached number 10 in the UK in 1989. In 1993 he co-founded Full Cycle Records with Roni Size, first called Full Circle; the label closed in 2008 and was relaunched in 2016. He was also a member of Roni Size Reprazent, whose New Forms won the 1997 Mercury Music Prize. Warhead and Soul in Motion are the tracks most associated with him, and his albums are Coded Language (Talkin' Loud, 1999), Hidden Knowledge (2006) and The Edge of Everything (2020). He has also released on V Recordings, Dope Dragon, Philly Blunt and Rebel Instinct, and is one of the architects of the Bristol jungle and drum and bass sound.
Krust has 2 upcoming drum & bass event(s) listed on DNBRAVE.