Usual Suspects

Usual Suspects was a group of three people, Carl Hovland, Lawrence Hughes and Chris Lavin which produced drum and bass music. 
The Usual Suspects formed in 1998 and started releasing material in 1998 on the label Renegade Hardware. Carl and Keaton (Lawrence Hughes) met while studying Sound Engineering in Kingston, London, while Chris was already a rising DJ and a face on the local scene. Their most successful piece of music was Killa Bees, which sold over 14,000 copies. This success led to them DJ’ing all over the world and releasing tunes on Metalheadz, 31 Records, and Timeless amongst others. Other important tracks made by them were Spawn, Hole Punch, Shrapnel, Sawn Off with Fierce, and Ja Bless. 
The Usual Suspects have sort of dissolved, continuing to produce music together up to at least 2003. Keaton moved towards a more solo-oriented career, and Carl teamed up with Klaus Heavyweight H. to form 2 Sinners, and later released breakbeat music on his own as One Sinner. Chris has continued to DJ under the Usual Suspects moniker. 
Chris and Carl have done a number of tracks and remixes in recent times.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played tracks from the group on his radio programmes between 1999 and 2002, according to available tracklistings on this site.
==Shows Played==
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*04 March 1999: Spawn (12") Renegade Hardware
*10 March 1999: Spawn (12") Renegade Hardware
*11 March 1999 (Radio Eins): Spawn (12") Renegade Hardware
*28 September 1999: Doorway (shared 12" with Konflict - Bad Acid / Doorway (Armageddon Sampler)) Renegade Hardware
*September 1999 (FSK): Doorway (shared 12" with Konflict - Bad Acid / Doorway (Armageddon Sampler)) Renegade Hardware
*30 November 1999: Shrapnel (album - Armageddon) Renegade Hardware
*22 December 1999: 'Killa Bees (12")' (Renegade Hardware)
;2000
*03 October 2000: Sceptic (v/a 12" - Essential Rewindz LP Sampler) Renegade Hardware
;2001
*10 January 2001: Synapse (2x12": Syndrome EP) Renegade Hardware
*14 January 2001 (BFBS): 'Synapse (12"-Syndrome E.P.)' (Renegade Hardware)
*18 January 2001 (Radio Eins): Synapse (2x12": Syndrome EP) Renegade Hardware
*05 July 2001: Ed 209 (Lunacy EP 12" single) Renegade Hardware
*12 July 2001: Therapy (Lunacy EP 12" single) Renegade Hardware
*12 July 2001 (Radio Eins): Therapy (Lunacy EP 12" single) Renegade Hardware
*25 July 2001 (Radio Mafia): Ed 209 (Lunacy EP 12" single) Renegade Hardware
;2002
*30 April 2002: Stalker (Danny C remix) (2x12” EP – The Four Elements: Earth) Renegade Hardware
*16 May 2002 (BBC World Service): Stalker (12") Renegade Hardware
*May 2002 (FSK): Stalker (2x12" - Earth EP) Renegade Hardware
==External Links==
*Last FM
*Discogs
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