Earl Falconer is a British

United Kingdom

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 bass

Bass guitar

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 player and singer, currently working with the British reggae

Reggae

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 band

Musical ensemble

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, UB40

UB40

UB40 are a British reggae/pop band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records.Their hit singles...

. Falconer also co-runs the Dubstep

Dubstep

Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....

 label Circus Records, with Flux Pavilion

Flux Pavilion

Joshua Steele, known professionally as Flux Pavilion, is an English dubstep producer and DJ. He is the co-founder of Circus Records, along with Doctor P and DJ Swan-E. He is best known for his 2011 single "Bass Cannon", which peaked at number 56 on the UK Singles Chart, and was placed on the Radio...

, Doctor P

Doctor P

Doctor P is the stage name of the English dubstep record producer and DJ, Shaun Brockhurst. Shaun also produces drum and bass under the aliases Sounds Destructive, Slum Dogz and DJ Picto...

 and DJ Swan-E.

Early life & Career

Falconer attended St. Benedict's junior school and Mosely Road School Of Art. He was an unemployed plasterer

Plasterer

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 at the time of UB40's formation.

In 1988 he was imprisoned for six months as a result of a car accident that killed his brother Pablo Falconer

Pablo Falconer

Ray "Pablo" Falconer was a reggae producer from Birmingham, England in the 1970s and 1980s.Brother to Earl Falconer from UB40, Falconer later went on to produce many singles and albums for that band.Falconer died in a car crash in Birmingham in 1987...

, who was also the band’s producer.