Uploaded September 2011 | Updated September 2026, 48 minutes ago

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Hey everyone!

Today on The BBC Music, I'm proud to feature the song "Rogue Status" by Joncarr. When I first listened to this track at 2 in the morning, the epic intro put me in a really weird trance feeling, like if my whole body was numbed by the ingenious mix between back vocals and violins. The intro is serious, got me hooked within seconds. When that hushed snare began to play around as an announcement of a great event, I knew something big was to expect, that the awesomeness of the intro was just the tip of the iceberg. That's when the deep bassline kicks in, added to an insane drum riff and to the almost sacrilegious vocals ambiance. You think that was the heavy part of the track? Get yourself stitched... every following seconds of the song are just pure mind blowing stuff!

Joncarr is the alias of electronic producer Jonathan Carr. Coming from Anchorage in the United States, this guy is probably the most underrated drum and bass producer I've stumbled upon. With his first releases about a year ago, Joncarr has proven his abilities to play with sounds and explore frequencies. Constantly raising the level of his productions, this amazing artist has its own style, twisting melodic synths and ambient vocals to create amazing and unique soundscape within the world of drum and bass.

Beginning the music expedition in 1994 playing bass guitar in a hard edged punk band, California native Jon Carr has been attached to a music scene since. Typically listening to independent punk bands and edgier metal type music through the majority of his teen years, it seemed unlikely he would find his way into an electronic genre. Following the break up of the band in 1997 and dry spell in any type of music creation, it seemed as if it was the means to an end.

It wasn't until 1999 when Jon found himself inside a rave in Austin, TX that he was immediately drawn into the electronic music scene. Walking the footsteps of his previous teen years, Jon Carr was not only content with listening to the music, he wanted to create as well. This "creation" method was originally made possible by a piece of software called Dance eJay which was owned by a friend. This obviously was not going to be enough; simply sequencing pre-made loops was in no ways quenching the creative mind of Jon Carr.

Serious music production had commenced once Jon got his hands on Propellerheads Reason software in 2001. Jon started producing trance under the alias of "J3C" which eventually found its way into the more suiting, aggressive sounds of Drum and Bass. Drum and Bass is an obvious match for Jon's edgy personality and this personality seamlessly weasels its way into the sounds of Joncarr.

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