Tantrum Desire is a DJ duo from southeast London made up of Jay Faleye and Devin Smith.

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Tantrum Desire originally met in 2004 at a small pirate radio station.

^[3]Before they met, Jay and Devin had individual careers DJing but decided to join forces and break into the drum and bass scene.

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In 2005, they started the label 'Heavyweight Records.

Through the label, they released tracks such as, The Red Pill, Dreamscape EP, The Inner moon and White.

^[1]Tantrum Desire also had bootleg projects, which gave Shortston another idea to accompany Heavyweight with a bootleg label named “Booty”.

This brought you releases such as, ‘Transformers’, ‘Jealousy’, ‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’ and ‘Can’t Stop’.

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In 2008, they received enough buzz to catch the attention of Simon Bassline Smith who signed them to Technique Recordings.

^[3]Almost immediately, the label released Tantrum Desire’s debut 12” – ‘Xenomorph’ & the ‘Last stand’, which was presented on BBC Radio 1 by the likes of Zane Lowe.

^[3]‘Reach’, which was released on Technique in late 2011, This included a 2nd mix with the tempo of Dubstep.

Both mixes instantly boosted their career over night, hitting over a million views on YouTube channels such as UKF, becoming one of the most rotated singles on the scene, grabbing the Number #1 spots in the Top 100 charts at Beatport, Trackitdown, D&B Arena, and entering into iTunes chart.

With support from Annie Mac, Benga & Skream, and Mistajam.

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