Roni Size

Roni Size, born Ryan Williams in Bristol, is one of those artists who didn't just ride a genre but helped define it. Winning the 1997 Mercury Prize for New Forms with Roni Size & Reprazent put drum and bass on the cultural map, and that record still sounds restless and alive decades later. What I value most is that he came up through Bristol's fiercely original scene and trusted his own sound rather than chasing trends. The intricate breakbeats and deep, rolling basslines feel like a signature. He's a genuine architect of a movement, and that earns my lasting respect.

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Name (English)

Roni Size

Name (Japanese)

ロニ・サイズ

Reading

ろに・さいず

Born

October 29, 1969 (age 56)

Origin

Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom

Occupation

club DJ / disc jockey / composer / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

• Official sitehttps://www.ronisize.com
• Xhttps://x.com/ronisizebristol
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roni%20Size
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964002

Tags

• Avon
• club DJ
• disc jockey
• composer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.