Steve Kielty has been involved in both production and engineering since the inception of drum & bass back in 1993/94 when he kicked off his musical career as a studio engineer. Around this time he paired up with Roy McCabe under the guises of Akustic Research and Banaczech and released on the prolific Vinyl Addiction and Partisan Recordings between 1995 and 2003. Having taken a break from drum & bass to work as studio manager for London’s West Row Studios, Steve re-emerged in 2005 under the alias Survival.

With a plethora of well received releases on labels including Creative Source, Exit Records, DNAudio, Quarantine, Critical and Shogun, Survival’s deep, organic sound has rapidly earned him a reputation as one of the true craftsmen of modern drum & bass.

Collaborations with D-Bridge, Break, Silent Witness, Fierce, Sabre and Alix Perez clearly illustrate the respect he commands from his peers. With his newly launched Audio Tactics label providing a focused outlet for his productions and a highly anticipated debut album recently completed for dBridge’s Exit Records, his fan base is expanding as rapidly as his discography.

Dispatch Recordings Releases

2006 – DIS022 – Alpine / Caught On Me
2007 – DIS026 – First / Exile
2008 – DIS028 – No More / 15-02
2008 – DIS029 – Sick / Warnings
2008 – DIS030 – Stress Level, Ant TC1 & Chris S.U – Waves (Survival Remix)
2009 – DIS031 – Sky
2009 – DIS032 – Find / Not Board
2009 – DIS033 – Betrayed
2009 – DIS034 – Tec
2010 – DIS037 – Survival Tactics Part 1
2010 – DIS041 – Alien / P45
2011 – DISLP002 – Sky (Break remix)
2011 – DISLP002 – Mistakes – Featuring Christina Nicola
2011 – DISLP002 – Sunshine
2011 – DISLP002 – High
2011 – DISLP002 – Find a Way
2011 – DISLP002 – Clone
2011 – DIS042 – Your Time Will Come / Harsh Language
2011 – DIS044 – Go Back / Rationale
2011 – DISLTD001 – Cash
2011 – DIS048 – Anty / Ever Clear
2011 – DISLTD004 – The Year 2133
2012 – DISLTD005 – The Others
2012 – DIS052 – Oh the Horror (Survival & Ant TC1 Remix)
2012 – DIS057 – Mode Destruction (Xtrah’s Moondust RMX) / Locked
2012 – DIS062 – Stano / Going Over / The Year 2133 VIP
2012 – DISSSLP001 – In From the Wild LP
2013 – DIS068/DIS069 – Dub Soldier EP