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JOHN GRAHAM, BETTER KNOWN BY HIS EARLY ALIAS SKANNA, IS A PIONEER OF DARK AND ATMOSPHERIC DRUM AND BASS. IN THE EARLY TO MID-1990S, SKANNA EMERGED AS A KEY FIGURE IN THE UNDERGROUND RAVE SCENE, PRODUCING TRACKS THAT BLENDED HAUNTING ATMOSPHERES, DEEP BASSLINES, AND INTRICATE BREAKBEATS. HIS SELF-TITLED LABEL, SKANNA RECORDS, BECAME A STAPLE FOR DRUM AND BASS PURISTS, RELEASING A SERIES OF INFLUENTIAL TRACKS THAT CAPTURED THE EVOLVING SOUND OF THE GENRE.

SKANNA'S MUSIC WAS KNOWN FOR ITS CINEMATIC DEPTH AND INTENSITY, DRAWING INFLUENCES FROM EARLY UK HARDCORE AND JUNGLE WHILE PAVING THE WAY FOR DARKER, MORE EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTIONS WITHIN DRUM AND BASS. TRACKS LIKE THE GREATEST THING AND FIND ME ARE REGARDED AS GENRE-DEFINING, EARNING SKANNA A LOYAL FOLLOWING AMONG DJS AND RAVERS ALIKE.

ALTHOUGH GRAHAM LATER TRANSITIONED TO OTHER AREAS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC UNDER DIFFERENT ALIASES—SUCH AS QUIVVER AND SPACE MANOEUVRES—HIS WORK AS SKANNA REMAINS A CORNERSTONE OF 90S DRUM AND BASS CULTURE. HIS PRODUCTIONS HAVE INSPIRED A GENERATION OF PRODUCERS, AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS CONTINUE TO BE CELEBRATED IN THE DRUM AND BASS COMMUNITY FOR THEIR INNOVATION AND ATMOSPHERIC DEPTH.