About me.

I’m Shawn Nice and I make old-school jungle. I started DJing when I was 13 or 14. A mate added pitch controls to some old turntables we’d salvaged, and we made our own slipmats. I’d skip school in the mornings, head to Groove Attack in Cologne and spend all my money on records. I recorded mixtapes and handed them out at school.

After that, I spent years putting all my energy into producing hip-hop. Jungle was on hold for a while.

In 2020, Hans Solo asked if I wanted to make something for his Klingon-language EP NuqneH. That turned into “Area 53,” an old-school jungle track that came out under the name David Dollar Beats. That got me back into making jungle.

I’ve been making jungle as Shawn Nice since 2024. Old breakbeats are my thing.

These days, I put out most of my releases myself on Bandcamp. If you want to sign a track, you can contact me directly.

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