Aphrodite (born Gavin King ) also known as A Zone or DJ Aphro, is a UK jungle and drum and bass DJ/producer who works along with Micky Finn on their joint Urban Takeover label. One of the oldest drum and bass producers, he largely contributed to and influenced the genre's current styles and techniques.
DJ Aphrodite is behind Aphrodite Recordings which was inspired by a club he ran in 1988 called 'Aphrodite'. His debut album was a self titled effort under V2 Recordings released September 1, 2000. The follow-up was Aftershock which was again released under V2 Recordings on June 24, 2002, featuring artists such as Barrington Levy and Wildflower.
The song King of the Beats was featured in the video games Rollcage and SSX Tricky.
Albums
Aphrodite - Recordings(Yellow cover) (1997)
Aphrodite (1999)
Urban Jungle (1999)
Aftershock (2002)
Urban Junglist (2003)
Aph44 (2003)
See Thru It (2004)
Urbanthology Volume 1 (2005)
Overdrive (2005)
Break In Reality (2007)
Compilations
Park Rave Madness (1998)
The Takeover Bid: Round 1 (1998)
Egil Music presents: Urban Jungle (1999)
Singles and EPs
1999 "BM Funkster" UK #139
2002 "All Over Me" (feat. Barrington Levy) UK #76
2002 "See Thru It" (feat. Wildflower) UK #68
2003 "Bad Ass" (with Micky Finn) UK #162
2003 "Rinsing Quince" UK #155
2003 "Let the Rhythm Flow / Stalker" UK #170
2003 "Cool Flight" UK #179
2003 "Music's Hypnotizing / King of the Beats" UK #155
2003 "Mash Up Ya Know" UK #182
2003 "Def Jammer" UK #183
2003 "Cocaine / Calling the People" UK #196
2004 "Fanfare / Karma Sutra" UK #192