Nathaniel James Clarkson
NJC (born Nathaniel James Clarkson; March 8, 1978 in Ipswich) is a British music producer. Music career NJC had his debut in 2003 with Dispatches on British drum and bass label L.Plates. It was the guidance of British drum and bass don Digital aka Steve Carr (Drum and Bass producer and DJ) that gave Clarkson his first opportunity to release and develop his music. Over a three-year period Clarkson showcased his ability to fuse different genres like bhangra, reggae, hip hop and live music into his drum and bass productions, garnering him the support from several DJ's including Steve Lamacq, Bobby Friction & Nihal, Digital, Storm, Bailey, DJ Flight, Zinc and Breakage to name a few. Sativa Records was formed in 2003 by YT, NJC, Digital and Gordon Mulrain who later became the fourth member of Sativa Records collective. In 2004 Clarkson & Mulrain joined together as NJC & Innerheart, and went on to produce 7 of the 13 tracks on Straight Outta Britain the debut album of UK reggae artist YT (Mark Hull, nicknamed Whitey). Clarkson was also introduced to 'Ola' from the then Stage One Music publishing company in London. Clarkson put together a sampler of several productions