DESCRIPTION:
inZtance a.k.a. Villem Hion is a drum & bass artist hailing from Estonia. He was first hooked on the futuristic sounds of jungle/drum & bass in the mid-nineties, by the age of 14, and continued to grow with the music of the likes of Goldie, Photek, 4 Hero, Doc Scott and Krust. Still it wasn't until 2002 - having only rarely experimented with various trackers before that - when he started dabbling in production more seriously. From there he was quick to pick up the trade because of his musical background. Having been singing in various choirs in Tartu for many years, participating in a couple of garage bands and learning piano for a couple of years was sufficient experience for him.

The year 2005 saw his first release under Basswerk Files, doing remixing duties for another Estonian producer called Loudy. A year later Future Prophecies remixed his track "War Without End", which received critical acclaim and was released under Red Dragon Recordings.

Musically he stays on the deeper yet melodical side of drum & bass, usually spicing things up with techy elements. He likes the term "smooth-with-the-rough" as describing his distinctive style. His music may also be described as constantly evolving as he always tries to push the boundaries of what he does and never settles down into one narrow genre.

The last years have been very busy for inZtance. Towards the end of 2006 he started working on his independently produced and distributed debut album "Through Sounds", which saw light in July 2007. Tunes like "Never Say Never" and "Lucifer Dub" from the album have both attracted high level of interest and have been supported by DJ's Moving Fusion, Flight, Paul B & Subwave, Lightwood from Santorin Recordings and Audio1, to name a few. The tunes have also received a lot of air-time on local and international radio stations, most notably Estonia's national radio Raadio 2, UK's BBC's 1xtra and Blast FM, and also well-known internet radio stations like Pyroradio (on the "Ram Records show") and Bassdrive. In September 2007 he also remixed "Nightlife" by IAMX - the solo project of Chris Corner, formerly of Sneaker Pimps - for Nineteen95 Records.

In December 2007 he won the "Best Drum & Bass Producer in Estonia" award, which was given out by Raadio 2. Also he started working with a finnish producer called Trisector a couple of months later and their tune called "Something To Give" was signed to USA-s Levitated Recordings.

Though making beats is his main focus and he rarely dj-s, he is very versatile at it, playing a wide spectrum of drum & bass. He's shared the stage with DJ-s like Raiden, Muffler, Dr. S. Gatchet, S.P.Y. and Tendai. He has played in every major city in Estonia in clubs like "Prive", "Who Wouldn't Like Johnny Depp?", "Maailm", "Kino" in Haapsalu, "Privilege" in Kuressaare and many others.

Look out for inZtance in the future as he surely is set to cause plenty of havoc and mayhem in our evergrowing drum & bass scene!