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Although he did not have a massive back catalog, few can argue against DJ Crystl's contribution as a producer to the sound of breakbeat hardcore in the early 1990s, in the infancy of what was to become drum and bass music several years later. Warpdrive and Let it Roll were probably his biggest tracks (both MAJOR anthems many years ago), and also had a small handful of other releases on the likes of Dee Jay Recordings and Lucky Spin.

In 1995 he released an downtempo/hip hop EP that got picked up by FFRR called Perpetual Motion. After this came another EP in 1997 based around a track he produced titled 183, which showcased underground rapper Smiley The Ghetto Child and was signed to Northwestside, home of much of Jay-Z's early work in the late 90s. This release was a double pack that had various edits of a drum and bass version of 183 on the first plate, and different versions of a hip hop version on the second, this video being the main vocal version of it.

There was only one release that came out after 183 by Crystl: in 2004 he gave his Warpdrive and Let It Roll an update, which Photek released on his label.