| Artist based in Rotterdam, 17 Releases now available |
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Fusing the laid-back deepness of Detroit techno with the cutting edge rhythms of dubstep, Martijn Deykers has been one of the stand-out producers of 2008. His wealth of recent productions, be it his releases for his label 3024, remixes for the likes of Shed and TRG, or his debut album 'Great Lengths', have earned universal praise and are widely considered as genre-defining.
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Selected as Artist of week #42
| Artist based in Berlin, 7 Releases now available |
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An integral member of Berlin's Mojuba Records crew, Sven Weisemann explores deep and dubby house and techno in his productions as well as in his DJ sets. Playing piano, acoustic guitar and percussion, all of which were self-taught, Weisemann's musical influences are not only comprised of house and techno, but encompass jazz, film scores and classical music. He also records under numerous aliases,...
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Selected as Artist of week #19
| Artist based in London, 9 Releases now available |
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Alex Green and Damon Kirkham are the London-based duo behind Instra:mental, one of the freshest and most unique electronic music acts to come out of the city in recent history. Handling dubstep as well as two step & grime production duties, Instra:mental's sound focusses on the magic that happens when the bass and the deep thud of the kick drum, nicely decorated with roomy, distant percussion and...
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Selected as Artist of week #15
| Artist based in London, 9 Releases now available |
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David Kennedy, a.k.a. Ramadanman and Pearson Sound, has lately become one of the leading figures in a new movement within the dubstep world: artists like Martyn or Appleblim who are eager to pick up house and Detroit techno influences in their sound, while staying true to the advanced beat structures that made dubstep great in the first place. Besides production and DJing, Kennedy has his hands in...
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Selected as Artist of week #12
| City Focus: Bristol by Sebastian Schlachter |
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Headhunter and Pinch are our very special guests this week when our City Focus homes in on the UK's secret dubstep capital: Bristol.
The British harbour city has been a stronghold of alternative music since the 1970s. From bands combining punk, funk, dub and political consciousness, such as Mark Stewart's The Pop Group, the Bristol trip-hop sound of Tricky and Massive Attack, to drum'n bass artists like Roni Size and DJ Krush.
For the past few...
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| DJ Mix by Gravious |
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Our podcast this week comes from one of the most interesting Scottish producers in the field of dubstep: Glasgow's Ali Jackson a.k.a. Gravious.
Socialised by diverse styles of electronic music, from ambient to drum'n bass, Jackson got hooked on the sounds of the emerging dubstep scene at the start of the millennium and took to producing his own music shortly thereafter.
One of Jackson earliest supporters was Hotflush Recordings label boss Scuba,...
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| Artist based in New York City, 11 Releases now available |
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Also known under his Beat Pharmacy and Echologist guises, Brendon Moeller was originally the drummer of a South African indie band, who tried to convince his band members to move to New York, but eventually ended up moving there by himself. To compensate for the loss of his collaborators, Moeller involved himself in electronic production, and when house music legend François K heard a demo of Moeller's...
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Selected as Artist of week #36
All I Have Is Memories
(Track 02 on this Maxi-Single)
| Label based in Bristol, 17 Releases now available |
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Started in 2008 by Laurie Osborne a.k.a. Appleblim, Apple Pips has already established itself as one of the UK's most promising forward thinking labels, pioneering the fusion of dubstep with influences drawn from techno. Contributions come from like-minded artists like Martyn, Peverelist, Ramadanman and Berlin's T++.
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Selected as Label of week #19
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