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History
Barrett grew up more interested in film s and film soundtracks rather than music, and still cites Wendy Carlos 's A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange soundtrack album and the Vangelis soundtrack for Blade Runner as defining musical influences. Whilst studying film making in Newport , he heard J Majik 's Arabian Nights which turned the then 17-year-old Barrett on to drum and bass music. Barrett used to work in Cardiff's only electronic music|electronic record shop , Catapult. A short time after he began to make music, he was given a DJ residency at Cardiff's drum and bass night, named Silent Running. During his residency at Silent Running, Barrett played alongside artists such as Grooverider and London Elektricity .
In June 2002, Barrett's debut album , True Colours (High Contrast album)|True Colours , was released on Hospital Records , with "Return of Forever" and "Global Love" finding their way into the UK Singles Chart .cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=252 His second album was High Society (High Contrast album)|High Society .
On 6 April 2003, High Contrast was featured on the BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix show. His mix included liquid funk mostly from the Hospital Records Record label|label . On 9 January 2005, this Essential Mix was replayed on Radio 1 when another drum and bass artist, Andy C , was unable to deliver his mix. In October 2005, Barrett launched his own record label, The Contrast. The first single, "Days Go By" / "What We Do" was released in early November 2005.
In 2007, he delivered his second effort, selected as 'Essential Mix of the Year' by Pete Tong . http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/tracklistingarchive.shtml? 20071007 BBC.co.uk His third album '' Tough Guys Don't Dance (High Contrast album)|Tough Guys Don't Dance was released in October 2007. The second single from the album, "If We Ever" was supported on BBC Radio 1|Radio 1 by Annie Mac , Zane Lowe and Jo Whiley helping it to reach number 1 in the DnB chart, number 1 in the dance chart and number 4 in the Indie chart.Citation needed|date=April 2011
In 2008, High Contrast remixed the #1 single " No Way to Say " for the Japan ese Ayumi Hamasaki 's remix album, Ayu-mi-x 6: Silver . He also made successful remixes of " Hometown Glory " by Adele (singer)|Adele and " Pjanoo " by Eric Prydz , which were later included on album, Confidential (High Contrast album)|Confidential . He has started producing house tracks under the alias, 'Two Fisted Tales' with tracks released so far including "Fugue State" and "Rushmore" He played them during his take over for the Rob Da Bank show on BBC Radio 1 in January 2009.
He played at the 2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival . Barrett currently is a resident DJ at the following clubs: Hospitality as part of Hospital Records at Matter in London (previously at Heaven), Aperture at Clwb Ifor Bach (The Welsh Club) in Cardiff, at Roxy in Prague. He is also on regular rotation at Fabric (club)|Fabric in London.
Personal life
His father, Paul Barrett|Paul 'Legs' Barrett , used to manage Shakin' Stevens . His mother, Lorraine Barrett , was the Welsh Assembly member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Assembly constituency)|Cardiff South and Penarth until May 2011.
http://www.hospitalrecords.com/artists/highcontrast/ High Contrast official biography at Hospital Records .com
http://www.highlycontrasting.com/ High Contrast blog
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Hospital Records Persondata | NAME = Lincoln Barrett | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = High Contrast | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Musician | DATE OF BIRTH = 18 September 1979 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Penarth , Cardiff , Wales | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:High Contrast Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:People from Penarth Category:Drum and bass musicians Category:Hospital Records artists Category:Welsh record producers
