Tom Derryman aka "Breakah" is a professional drummer and producer, having graduated from BIMM Bristol in 2012 as one of the most successful students in his year. Throughout his time studying, he developed his own unique approach to playing drums, combining electronics with acoustic drum kit thus allowing him to recreate digitally produced beats live.



Since graduating, Tom Derryman has gone on to officially endorse Roland UK, become Drummer magazine's resident technology expert with his own monthly feature 'The Future Drummer' and has most recently secured a signing to one of Bristol's most exciting underground dance labels 'Run Tingz Recordings'. Throughout his time playing in different projects, Tom Derryman's shared the stage with the likes of Toots and the Maytals and Sly and Robbie to name but a few.



Tom Derryman's own live project Breakah portrays a reggae flexed mix of bass music styles ranging from dub and dubstep through to hip-hop, drum'n'bass and ragga jungle.