From a rural German town to playing stages around the world, Michael Schlechtinger – also known as Blooom, has had a meteoric rise. His journey began at an incredibly formative age: from fifteen, he immersed himself in electronic music, despite not even being allowed to enter club spaces yet. And whilst many of his counterparts have stories of finding a love for dance music through family ties, it was his own interests that drove him headfirst into the intricacies of music production.

D&B dynamite: Sigma have risen through the most respected ranks of the game to become one of the most versatile acts in drum & bass. Breaking through on Hospital and Viper, Joe and Cam have gone on to establish their own imprint Life Recordings and create universal bangers that refuse to sit in any D&B sub genre and enjoy support from the very biggest DJs in the scene.

Shogun bossman, scene ambassador on BBC Radio1 and marksman-level selector legend: what Friction doesn't know about drum & bass truly isn't worth knowing.