Essence of Chi was born in Brixton, South London in February 2004, and since its beginning has become one of the fastest growing Drum & Bass promotions of the last few years.

Essence of Chi Launch Party @ Plan B, Feb 2004 Photo by DNA

Essence of Chi are quickly becoming renowned for throwing parties that combines all angles of drum n bass from deep to dancefloor with an electric atmosphere, whilst paying special attention to sound, light, space, and of course the all-important quality DJ and MC line up fused together to achieve the perfect balance. EOC held a residency at Plan B in Brixton for 12 months, one of South London’s finest small venues. Fully kitted out with wall to wall Funktion One sound, Plan B proved to be the perfect first home.

Healing Crew @ EOC v Momentum - Leeds, July 2006 Photo by Sandi

Essence of Chi has come a million miles since its humble beginnings in Brixton, with successful tour nights around the UK in locations such as Brighton (Ignition), Oxford (Kinetic), Portsmouth (Aura), Guildford (Rotation) and most recently Leeds (Momentum).

EOC left Plan B in February 2005 in preparation for their massive First Birthday celebration alongside London Zu at The Scala Kings Cross which took place on Saturday 19th March 2005. Headline guests included Zinc, Friction and a world exclusive back to back from Calibre with Zero Tolerance. With a 900 strong crowd this was in many people’s opinions the party of the year. EOC went on to assist London Zu in a further two events at the Scala in October 2005 and June 2006.

London Zu/EOC 1st Birthday @ Scala - The Queue! , March 2005 Photo by DNA

EOC Free Party @ Herbal, July 2006 Photo by T.Vassallo

From June 2005 Essence of Chi’s new regular residency was at Herbal in Shoreditch where they were to stay for a year and a half moving from a monthly Wednesday slot like they had been in Plan B, to a Friday night which had double the capacity through the doors of the club on two occasions.

Essence of Chi were fast becoming known not only for their ability to throw a great party, but also their promotional skills both on and off the street. Several established promoters had began to call upon them to host rooms at their events. The first of these was Moondance at the end of 2005 where EOC hosted an arena at SE One on New Years Eve. This was among their biggest achievements to date and paved the way for them to work with other big name promoters in 2006, namely Ministry of Sound twice where they hosted the Baby Box with great success, and Renegade Hardware where they hosted a 1000 capacity arena on Carnival Weekend. Other notable events in 2006 include their Second Birthday bash at Hidden in Vauxhall, and also two of the Healing Crew’s “Healing Soundz” nights at Ginglik in Shepherds Bush which were co-promoted with EOC.

EOC Arena @ Moondance – SE One, New Years Eve 05 Photo by T.Vassallo	DJ Storm – EOC 2nd Birthday @ Hidden, April 2006 Photo by Jessi Jones
Sabre - EOC in the Baby Box, Ministry of Sound, April 2006 Photo by T.Vassallo	EOC Arena @ Renegade Hardware/Valve - Aug 2006 Photo by Jessi Jones

Amongst its regular artists Essence of Chi has booked some of the finest names not only in drum n bass but across the dance music spectrum, including the likes of Fabio, Marcus Intalex, Shy Fx, Bryan Gee, Bailey, Flight, Breakage, Equinox, Blame, Storm, Goldie, Doc Scott, D Bridge,Rohan, Kenny Ken, Norris da Boss Windross, Deekline, Atomic Hooligan, Slaughter Mob, Stamina MC, MC Fats, SP:MC, IC3, Deeizm… the list goes on.

At the end of 2006 EOC had their last event at Herbal with a 600 strong crowd, then proceeded to promote their New Years eve Arena at Moondance for the second year running, which was headlined by High Contrast and a great success.

2007 sees EOC working with Ministry of Sound once again at their in house Drum n Bass event "Fuse", this time in the Bar, on Friday Feb 9th. EOC's new regular home will be North London's freshest venue "Clockwork" in Angel, where they will run bi-monthly from March 3rd.

LowQui - Kane - The Healing Crew (Dozer, JRS, Mel De'Vil & Sandi) - T1 - Artificial Intelligence - TC1 & Stress Level - Nookie - Zero Tolerance - Emtek - Five Alive - Ken Mac - K Eye - Bassline - Stu on Sax - Hoopz - Jessi - Subterra - Zo - Mark Allain - Bagz - Funki Moondance - Will Paterson - James Starling (RIP) - Chris McMuck - Wilsh - Madcap - Londondnb Crew - Rohan - Beta 2 - Calibre - Breakage - Flight - Bailey - Sabre - Alix Perez - Stamina - SP - Future Thinkin Family - Mercury - Rage - Fats - Bouncer - Fatboy - Influx UK - Outlaw & Wize - Commix - Mach 4 - Ben Obiphonics - Paul Dubai - Orifice - Gav THTC - Gooree - Bryan Gee - Wrekka - Keeley - Eksman - Blame - Jubei - Kasra - Stirlin - Danny Shutdown - Storm - Syras - Storm - Alley Cat - Mark @ ESP - Repercussion Crew - System - Equinox - IC3 - Raise - J Rolla - Hyjack - Breaks FM Crew - Friction - Illogic & Raf - Sky - Control Z - Jenna & TNT Dancers - Shy FX - T Power - Goldie - Azonica - Joker D - Flashback - Snypa - Total Science - Klute - Craggz & Parallel Forces - Benny V - Master X - Ascension - Miss Trouble - Incyte - Slaughter Mob - Norris da Boss - Rose Windross - Creed - Deekline - Marcus Intalex - DRS - Doc Scott - Kenny Ken- London Zu Family - Earl - Dan Intrinsic - Jenna G - Bex 1X - Sparky - Clayton TOV - Kinetic Crew - Rotation Crew - Cyndi & Emily - Logistics - Bekah - Chris Su - Marc & Martyne Utopia - John Utopia - Network - Bazil - Matt Domino - Lean - 3rd Generation Digital - Knowledge Magazine - Paul & Mel @ Life FM - Philippa - ATM - Drum n Bass Arena - Dogs on Acid - Haze - Ollie K - Lady - Rhythm Beater- The Gallagher Clan - Rory - Ashley - Jen -Tasha - FD - Hybred - Lottie - 'B' - Hannah - Steve - Rachel - Bonnie Blaze - Dave Funk - Gemma - Ells Bells - Paul "Aliens"

& all those who have attended our events and contributed to making Essence of Chi what it is - Thank You!