It was formed by Ren� Verdult, Milan Heyboer and his younger brother Micha Heyboer. They have been making music together since early 1993 but after experimenting with various styles they found their musical direction around 1997, which resulted in the formation of Black Sun Empire. Heavily influenced by releases from the darker labels such as No U Turn, Prototype and Virus, drum�n�bass has been their main focus from then on. As more positive response was coming from around the world, they decided it was time to start their own label �Black Sun Empire Recordings�.