Kemal & Rob Data are a Scottish Drum & Bass DJ/production duo Between 1999 and 2002 they released a great volume of Techstep material, much of which holds anthem status in the Drum & Bass music scene They recorded together as Konflict from 1999 to 2000Hailing from Glasgow, the two producers - real names Kemal Okan and Robert Rodgers - have a strong Techno influence in their music With releases on labels such as Renegade Hardware (where they were signed under the name Konflict), Outbreak, Moving Shadow, Underfire, Audio Blueprint and their own short-lived Negative Recordings, their reputation as producers has preceded them far and wide Their tracks are considered by many to be among the greatest examples of the Drum & Bass sub-genre - the validity of which is still in question - known as NeurofunkIn the wake of (and perhaps precipitated by) the huge success and rumours of financial displeasure surrounding their 2000 release "Messiah" (Renegade Hardware), Kemal and Rob Data left the label and the Konflict name behind, opting to go under their existing identities as Kemal & Rob Data It is worth noting that though Kemal amassed a great deal of solo work as well as producing with Rob Data, he also has production credits alongside such artists as Dom & Roland, Technical Itch, Paul Reset, Black Sun Empire and Dresden Codex Rob Data, for reasons unknown, has only ever produced with Kemal In 2002 Rob quit DJing and production
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