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Jonny L, real nameJon Lisners,[1] (born November 1970) is a Britishdrum and bassproducer. He has also released music under thealias ofMr. L and was one half of theUK garage duoTrue Steppers.
Lisners first came to prominence with thesingle "Hurt You So" in 1992, popular in therave scene. The single was sampled and looped in the 1997 track "Oh Boy" by the Fabulous Baker Boys.[2] He signed toXL Recordings, the same label asthe Prodigy andSL2. He produced more singles such as "Ooh I Like It" and "Make Me Work".
In 1995, he produceddrum and bassrecords, beginning with "I'm Leavin'". With that, he produced two other EPs before his firstalbumSawtooth in 1997. From this album, thehit single "Piper" proved to be a success even though it was extreme in its sound, although on the album there were other electro-influenced tracks. In 1998, the next album,Magnetic, carried on in a similar vein.
He left XL to form his ownrecord label, Piranha Records in 1999. He continued to produce singles, but these had a darker sound to them. He released a single on the record labelMetalheadz in 2002 titled "Synkronize" / "Phreak". "Synkronize" featured vocal sampling speculated to be fromBrian Harvey ofEast 17. Another album,27 Hours a Day followed with theGeorge W. Bush-sampling single "Let's Roll" in 2003.
As part ofTrue Steppers, Lisners co-wrote and produced the top 10 hits "Buggin" and "Out of Your Mind", featuringDane Bowers andVictoria Beckham, as well as the No. 25 hit "True Step Tonight" featuringBrian Harvey andDonell Jones. Lisners also co-wrote and produced the garage track "Who Do You Think You Are" and "Do It Till We Drop" forS Club's 2002 album,Seeing Double.
Lisners set up Mr L Records in 2005, paving a more experimental sound for his Mr L alias. In 2007, he started a project with vocalist Paul Cumberbatch (a.k.a. Paul Vibe, who had appeared on some of his earlier singles) called Lo-Rider. They released two singles; the first, "Skinny" was released in 2006, with "Watch Me" being released in 2008.
After a brief stint on another label, Munk Recordings, Lisners produced a track called "1 N 2" onHospital Records, for thecompilation albumSick Music 2, released on 26 April 2010. The following year, he signed to Spearhead Records.
On 26 November 2012,Sick Music 3 was released by Hospital Records, which contained his track, "Moon".
In November 2013, his fourth albumIn a Jungle was due for release on Spearhead Records. Much of the album, as the title suggests, is a throw-back to thejungle music movement of the mid-1990s.
In 2015, he started a digital drum & bass label known as 23:22. It currently has five releases.
As Jonny L, on XL Recordings:
As Jonny L, on Piranha Records
As Jonny L
As Mr. L:
In Lo-Rider
Appears on:
Unreleased:
