Bristol, U.K.-based electronic musician/composer Roly Porter started his career as one half of pioneering dubstep duo Vex'd, but his subsequent solo work under his own name ventured away from club-based electronic music, constructing dense, harrowing walls of sound utilizing classical instruments as well as heavy, distorted bass tones. Porter and Jamie Teasdale began recording as Vex'd during the first half of the 2000s, debuting in 2004 with two 12" singles on Subtext, a label co-founded by Porter along with Paul Jebanasam (of Moving Ninja) and James Ginzburg (30hz, later of ...