He started playing the drums at 13. Later picking up the bass, guitar and keyboards he played in many metal, nu-metal, electro and industrial bands in which he was also lead vocalist...

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Having a general grasp of all things musical, at 16 James also began DJing and focused heavily on producing. He now spins under the names of James England or James Compressor, and produces full-on Psy under the name 'Esion', or 'Compressor' and can be found almost every weekend behind the decks somewhere around the world doing his part to smash it up.

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Having built a solid name over the last decade as a DJ starting in the legendary London underground scene in 2000, with the likes of Scorb, EVP, Sinerider, Digoa, AMD, and Dejavoo, to playing for sell out crowds at London's Massive O2 Arena (The Millennium Dome), side by side with the likes of Infected Mushroom, Astrix, Skazi, Talamasca and many many more.

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With both a powerful presence on stage and the ability to always read the crowds, James is now considered one of the most up and coming psy-trance live acts around. Over the years the Compressor project has created a unique sound encompassing all full power elements of trance, as well as incorporating influences from various musical styles, including industrial, drum and bass, electro, hip hop, breaks, nu metal techno & much more.

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Indeed, the Compressor sound is a mixture of varied modern electronic genres, with original funky pumping bass lines and toe-stomping energy, coupled with gritty aggressive sounds and raw power.

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Compressor has had several releases on Transient (UK), EtnicaNet (Italy/Spain), Yellow Sunshine Explosion recordings, including the sell-out Compressor vs Materia ‘Dual Resonance’ EP on Twenty4Seven recs (Austria)

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Currently involved in side projects with Digital Talk, Marcello VOR, Deviant Species, Ex-Gen and Materia to name a few, James is also working on the first Compressor album due to be released end of 2012 beg. 2013, as well as an EP release of his latest collaborative progressive-psy project 'Damage Control' with Swedish knockout DJ Sofire! — and if recent dancefloor anthems ‘Ratio Dividers’, ‘Violeria’ and ‘Relativity’ and 'Distortion Disco' are anything to go by, it’s going to knock the psy-trance scene sideways.