Douvelle19

Douvelle19 has always operated between a myriad of sonic worlds. The Newport-based producer’s interest in the fluidity of genres and bridging disparate sounds stretches back to his childhood when he grew up on everything from 1930s jazz and blues to early electronic forerunners like New Order & Leftfield as well as Faithless, Madonna and Arabian pop artists Nancy Ajram and Sabah. His own pre-teenage taste was equally eclectic: obsessions veered between Missy Elliott & Timbaland to Limp Bizkit & Sum 41. After joining a youth centre in Newport, Douvelle19 taught himself how to DJ (including on vinyl), started his own local radio show and created his own dubplates – all while studying at school. This birthed his journey into making grime instrumentals for him and his mates, and dubstep and