Ed Solo, the stage name of British producer Ed Bickley, grew up in east London and was drawn to dance music by pirate radio and acid house. He followed the music through hardcore and jungle into drum and bass, then began working as an assistant engineer at S.O.U.R Records in 1993. There, he learned production and made early releases with label boss Dave Stone as Click & Cycle. Around 1997, Bickley moved to Brighton and began working with DJ Brockie and Undiluted Records. Their tracks included Reprasent, Echo Box and System Check.
With Deekline, Solo established Sludge, a label focused on dubstep, and released music together. The pair also co-founded Jungle Cakes, which Solo said they had started roughly 15 years before his 2024 interview. Jungle Cakes became an outlet for their jungle releases. Solo’s work spans jungle, drum and bass, breakbeat and dubstep, and his associated labels include Emotive Records. His credits also include collaborations with Skool of Thought, Darrison and Krafty Kuts. In 2007, he and Skool of Thought released the album Random Acts of Kindness; his work with Krafty Kuts included the 2006 album Freakshow.
Solo’s later releases include the 2022 single Together 2022 Reloaded Pt.1, made with Dope Ammo, and the 2023 single Chapter One: The Gathering, with A Little Sound and Mandidextrous. In 2024, he released the single Swing My Way (Kleu VIP Mix) with Deekline and Kleu, and said he had started the SUPA SUBS label with Jessi G Shellz. His 2026 single Go All Night features 4K and came out on SUPA SUBS. Other collaborators have included Blak Twang, MC Det, Fatboy Slim, Roots Manuva, Shy FX, DJ Swift, DJ Trace and Elisabeth Troy.