With an extensive discography spanning several years, some of the most groundbreaking tunes in dance music under his belt and a musical history which encompasses every aspect of production, engineering and DJing, Ils is one of breakbeat's leading lights. Born and raised in London, Ils discovered early on that making music was the way forward. From the age of 14 he played guitar in funk groups, honing the skills and energy that would one day lead him to his current career - convinced that music was the way forward, but not wanting to be tied down by increasingly unreliable fellow band members, he invested in a sampler on the day they hit the shelves and began taking matters into his own hands. A chance meeting in a pub with some Scottish sound engineers led ils to experiment further with sampling and MIDI techniques, and within two years (at the tender age of 19) he'd embarked upon training courses and secured a grant to set up his own studio.