Fabio and Grooverider played orchestral versions of drum and bass classics with the Outlook Orchestra, in what was billed as their biggest show to date.
Fabio and Grooverider, the DJ pair regarded as originators of drum and bass, played the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington with the Outlook Orchestra on Friday 14 March 2025. It was billed as their biggest show to date.
Fitzroy Heslop and Raymond Bingham met in the mid-1980s at Mendozas, a club in Brixton, while both were on the pirate station Faze 1. In 1991 they took up a residency at Rage at Heaven, as breakbeat hardcore took off.
They hosted a show on Kiss 100 from 1994 to 1997, then moved to BBC Radio 1 in 1998. That programme is credited with bringing drum and bass to a mainstream audience.
The Hall date followed a sold-out UK tour earlier that year. The orchestra played arrangements of the scene’s best-known tracks, and guest vocalists joined the duo for the main set, from 20:25 to 22:25.
Charlotte Devaney, the singer, dancer and DJ, opened the evening.