RedLight

Born in Bristol, the DJ and producer Hugh Pescod cultivated a wide-ranging sonic approach that moved fluidly among lush house, two-step garage, dubstep, and minimal techno, establishing himself as a notable chart contender in Britain during the opening years of the 2010s. Having grown up amid the fertile electronic community that flourished in Bristol throughout the 1990s, he first recorded under the name DJ Clipz, releasing a series of praised drum’n’bass singles while launching the Audio Zoo label. After spending ten years inside that scene, Pescod launched the Redlight project to pursue the other directions he had already tested privately, committing himself only to material he personally favored and refusing any commercial constraints.

Intent on sidestepping any fixed category, he deliberately avoided repeating a single style across tracks, an approach that initially puzzled listeners yet won support from devotees of many genres and was amplified by his regular work with an assortment of guest vocalists. The Lobster Boy EP marked his debut in 2009, but broader notice arrived with the electro-focused 2010 single “What You Talking About?” that featured Ms. Dynamite. After signing with Universal in 2012, he scored his first major hit with the garage-flavored “Get Out My Head,” which reached number 18 on the U.K. chart; its follow-up, the ’90s-styled “Lost in Your Love,” climbed to number five. Pescod devoted most of 2013 to club dates, live sets, and studio sessions, releasing only the single “Switch It Off.” Early the next year he issued the 36 EP, again displaying stylistic range: the title track with Lotti unfolded as lush house, while “Get Money” placed Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon over a minimal techno framework reminiscent of Richie Hawtin’s Minus output.