Darrell began his DJ career in the early 90's like many others, after being introduced to rave music by friends. Unlike his contemporaries, however, he was given an early insight into jungle from none other than Ray Keith with whom he worked at London’s now-legendary Blackmarket Records. From here Darrell’s passion for the music developed and grew and he went to release his first single on Ray’s own Penny Black label under the moniker “Uncharted Terrotory,” alongside Bugz in the Attic member Daz-I-Kue.
Slots across the London pirate radio scene soon followed and Darrell began working full-time in the record distribution industry. Next came a meeting with Matt Lord, a fellow producer and one of the other talented Bugz in the Attic. When Matt introduced Darrell to his cousin Leo, the Invaderz as we now know was formed. In 2000 The Invaderz introduced themselves and their label, Invaderz Transmissionz to the scene and immediately made an impact with releases on Advanced, CIA, Skunkrock and the much-respected Metalheadz. Regular support from major players including Goldie, Grooverider, DJ Hype, Fabio, Storm and DJ Marky saw them go from strength-to-strength and appear on compilations from J Majik, Goldie and DJ Trace.
Preferring quality over quantity, the Invaderz took a step back from production to focus on their future success and that of others by rebuilding their entire studio. They recruited up-and-coming artists like Break alongside stalwarts Total Science, Spirit and Klute to release an EP series on their own imprint and in 2006 announced their return to the forefront with the relaunch of their label as “I.T.” Two strong singles, titled 'Run Deep b/w From My Soul' and 'Simple Beauty b/w Mainline,' stood out from the crowd and alongside their Commercial Suicide debut "Ircam" on the Anything and Everything Vol 3 LP, really set them apart from the rest . The Invaderz followed up in style with a single for DJ Marky's label Innerground, 'Just Can't Give U Up b/w The Wizard Remix.'
Brazilian superstar Marky has since returned the favour and collorated with Bungle and XRS to remix the Invaderz track 'So Low.' Break also delivered his remix of 'The Source' by Invaderz and both tracks were released on I.T.in 2007, as well as the 'You Bring Me' which saw the trio's debut on Marcus Intalex's Soul:r label.
In 2008, the Invaderz released a single on Liquid V ('For all the People b/w Let's Try') before taking a break to focus on their upcoming LP. Now slated for release in 2010, this will surely bring the kind of quality we've come to expect from Invaderz.
