The acclaimed face of underground British electro, Actress - aka Darren
Cunningham - creates an industrial, post-dubstep, apocalyptic meltdown of beats
that is the chilling, icy and experimental antidote to the slew of cheesy,
dance-floor fodder. A former youth team footballer with West Bromwich Albion,
Cunningham took up DJ-ing after seeing Roni Size and Adam F at the Tribal
Gathering festival and set up club night Werkdiscs, which grew into an
independent label run by him and a gang of mates. His debut Hazyville (2008) was
murky, nocturnal and sinister - a soundtrack to inner c...