30 September 2017 | Rest in Peace Robert Dickeson aka Apex

Robert Dickeson (born August 16, 1981) known by his stage name Apex, was a British Drum and Bass music Producer and DJ from Kent, England.

You were quite simply one of the best producers out there Rob.

We had our ups & downs but we'd always pull through the tough times with our laughs. I'm gunna have meat & chips tonight, 'just one more' time man.
None of this would of been possible without you and hope you're looking back at all the great things you achieved.
You wrote some seriously emotional music that moved people in ways not seen before. You were Unknown Error.
You're not alone mate, it's time now to be with your family again & rest easy.

We miss you.

Unknown Error - Official

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Biography

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Prior to his solo career, Dickeson was the producer and DJing member of drum and bass duo Unknown Error. The first release, Shadows, entered the BBC 1Xtra D&B Charts at the 8th place, and was featured on the Hardware Chronicles (Volume 4) EP and the Guerrilla Warfare Compilation. This was followed by no less successful releases on the labels Renegade Hardware, Horizons, and the Moving Shadow EP Heaven and Hell which was selected as Mixmag's D&B release of the month.

After departing from Unknown Error he started up his solo alias Apex, with the first release, Space Between (feat. Ayah), published in April 2007 on Hospital Records, immediately hitting the BBC Radio1 D&B Top Ten. It was included in the Andy C's mix CD D&B Arena Mix and Hospital Records' Weapons of Mass Creation 3.

In the same year Apex was part of establishing the label Lifted Music with Chris Renegade, Spor, Evol Intent, and Ewun. In the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008 he toured around the world with a series of parties from the label Lifted Music Recordings. In February 2008, he released his solo EP Wall Of Sound on Lifted Music which was extremely well received.

In 2008 he won the Beatport D&B track of the year with his remix of Bachelors of Science's "Strings Track".

In June 2009 his remix of "Just One Second" from London Elektricity's Syncopated City album was released to great acclaim and was also featured on the Hospitality Drum & Bass 2010 compilation by Hospital Records. This track was very well received and even a few years after its release, in 2016, it was chosen by record breaking explorer Ben Saunders on the BBC radio show Desert Island Discs as one of his favourite tracks to listen to on his expeditions. This track was also used to promote and feature on the soundtrack of Gran Turismo 5.

Between Unknown Error and Apex, Rob has released on the following record labels: Renegade Hardware, Trouble On Vinyl, Hospital Records, Subtitles, Critical Recordings, Moving Shadow, Lifted Music, Cyanide, Horizons, Cymbalism, Defcom, Katakis, Universal Project, and Fallout Recordings.

In December 2016 and early 2017 he released four tracks via Mau5trap under his new alias Robert Oaks which focuses on Techno and House. His track "On The Run" was played by Deadmau5 on his Radio 1 show and also featured on the Mau5trap '16 compilation.

He released under the name Robert Oaks and also another experimental alias Midnight Lamp, through which he released a debut album called Coming Home on 20 July 2017. His Robert Oaks EP My Shadow was also released in July 2017.

Dickeson was a multi-instrumentalist with guitar as his primary instrument which he had played since the age of 12.


Links

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Discogs
Soundcloud
Rolldabeats
Robert Oaks on SoundCloud
Robert Oaks discography at Discogs
Robert Oaks Bandcamp
MidnightLamp Bandcamp