Scott Claridge

Squelching basslines, raucous yet restrained drum breaks, and throwback rave sounds and samples. It’s a simple albeit deceivingly complex formula that has been slowly perfected upon by Jesse and Sam, a funk-ridden pair of bass-slinging humanoids that are better known as ZeroZero.

Shining bright as one of lockdown’s finest drum and bass success stories, Kara is already a household name on drum and bass line-ups across both the country and the globe – and for good reason. As the increasingly popular DJ livestream filled our clubbing void and plastered our social media feeds during lockdown, Buckinghamshire-based DJ Kara took advantage of this to its utmost potential and took her skills online.

Photography: Jamie Lees “I’ve got a lyric on my lip. Once it starts it just don’t quit.” The apt opening words to a tune that sent New Zealand’s Tali into the drum and bass stratosphere in the early 2000s ring true today. No longer do the mere two letters ‘M’ and ‘C’ denote her role in the music scene today, however.