Since beginning to produce and DJ at a young age, Mav has worked across drum & bass, deep house, downtempo, ambient and dubstep. The Dutch producer and DJ, whose real name is Mischa van de Bilt, is based in Utrecht and has been active since 1991. Drum & bass is a recurring part of Mav’s work, with releases on Covert Operations, Camino Blue, Citrus, Fokuz, Kosmos, Soul & Ice, Warm Communications, Offshore and Red Mist.
Mav founded and owns the independent labels Scientific, Deep Science and Skylab. Scientific focuses on drum & bass, Deep Science on deep house, and Skylab on experimental and downtempo music. Scientific Radio has run since 2009, with Mav at its helm. Scientific Records’ artists include Seba, Chris.SU, Bungle, Future Engineers and Naibu.
Mav and Leon Du Star joined forces for the EP Know U Ever. On Deep Science, Mav released the EP Valley of Dreams. His 2013 single Oldschool Atmospherics EP, Part 1 appeared on Scientific. Deep Science released Mav’s Drift EP in 2026, as well as Valley of Dreams (Short Vocal Version). Death on the Balcony, Silence Groove and Ian Daniels each contributed a remix of Valley of Dreams for Deep Science in 2026.
