New band of the day – No 929: Nero

This DJ duo combine drum'n'bass and dubstep with elements of 90s house and trance to create an unlikely sonic allianceHometown: London.The lineup: Dan Stephens, Joe Ray.The background: Not that we worry about these things – much – but we assumed if a dubstep act was going to make it on to the BBC's Sound of 2011 long list it would be one of the "intelligent dubstep" chaps such as Phaeleh, Becoming Real or Pariah, but in fact it was these purveyors of chart-bound chav-step. That's not...

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