C_dr_c (Cédric Brunet), an old pal of mine from our time at the conservatory in Den Haag.
He started out as a kick-ass fusion drummer and now he’s busy on the Amsterdam dubstep/glitch-hop scene (mainly within the viral radio network).
C_dr_c – Chilling Before Hell
Moresounds’ track was originally dug up by C_dr_c himself; I’d like to thank and welcome both to da fammily.
I am very proud to introduce our first German artist on stripewaves: Joney (Jonas Schiffmacher), a Hamburg-based producer/DJ/factotum. Check out the “ridiculously loud bass” on this little jewel of a track, entitled “Elect the Unexpected”.
If you would like to experience more of Joney’s music, I have taken the liberty of selecting his “around 140 BPM” compilation for your aural delectation.
Wonky Wednesday is an initiative prompted by the infatigable Charly & Gallus (Antilounge, Dirty Agga Crew, B.A.F,…) in collaboration with our very own DJ Tomlaan (Stripewaves) and the good people of Cafe’ De Vinger in Den Haag.
It’s gonna be an intensive session – Charly & Gallus, Tomlaan, and other DJ’s will be mixing the deepest, chewiest dubstep with the musical phenomenon officiously tagged “stuiterbeats” by Gallus himself (other sources refer to this as “glitch-hop”, others “experimental hiphop”, yet others as “fidget beats” although the latter is closer to the minimal scene).
“Stuiterbeats” is an array of techniques for producing asymmetric incomplete measures: the musical result is a downtempo “stuttering” or rather “limping” rhythmic pattern (technically, the beats would have time signatures like 15/16, or 21/16, or worse).
The decomposition techniques are often applied to hiphop-backbeat-like samples, and I seem to recognize an aesthetic agreement on accentuating the vinyl noise on the beats.
These techniques are being pioneered by artists such as Flying Lotus, Slugabed, Hudson Mohawke, Dorian Concept, Joker, and to some extent, historically, on some Richard Devine experimental tracks [could someone fill me on this one please?]
The first Snare Bear tune i ever heard was Rex, and i was an instant fan of his music from that point. He possesses a true and genuine ability to structure a song in an interesting manner, developing each tune with the relaxed precision of a man with a vision. And what tunes they are. With great melodic tendancies and wobbles that will literally rattle your teeth, he was offering me everything i love about Dubstep.
I asked him to share a bit of information with himself with us here and i have picked some of his works for you to listen to, including his intense and epic Bass Lift Mini Mix. Set your faces to stunned.
How is it that you got into music production and Dubstep in particular?
“Well, been really interested in music since about halfway through high school, around 2004-2005, when I heard Wu-Tang’s Enter the 36 Chambers for the 1st time. Was hooked from there. That was in New Jersey, going to university in the UK really opened my eyes to electronic music. In the summer of 2008 I was doing an internship in NYC and my friend gave me a cracked copy of Reason 3 he had come across, and I began to just play with it, try to get to know the program.
Dubstep, heard alot about it from friends up at St. Andrews during fall of ‘08, but whenever I listened to it, it all sounded the same…until a bunch of us decided to go see Benga in Edinburgh in March ‘09. Blew me away, I have been addicted to dubstep ever since…the sub-bass and their interplay with everything else really makes the difference, especially live…that chest cavity shudder, I couldn’t believe music could physically do that to you.”
Are you aware that you have one of the coolest names in music?
“Haha, thanks for the props about the name, people always say I remind them of a bear, and I do enjoy a good rhyme, so the name just kind of came out of that.
What have you got on the boil at the moment?
“As for right now, I have around 30 tracks in production phase, some more hip hop, a couple housey ones, but the majority are dubstep. still using reason 3, but ive been able to find a shitload of samples so it keeps it from getting too redundant.
I play around St. Andrews here and there, we’re bringing up Marchmellow and some others for Bassface Nov. 27th in St. Andrews, I’ll be playing a set there too. Have an offer to play at the Glasslands in NYC Ddecember 20th, I have to see if I can make it though, with christmas and my family back up in Buffalo NY (by Niagara Falls Canada)….”
When you are not doing music, what ARE you doing?
“When I’m not doing music, I’m big into contact sports…used to play street hockey and american football in high school, and some lacrosse, now i do some shinty at school. Love movies, always getting into anything I can find. Going to shows is really fun, I just wish I had the money to go to more…poor-as-shit student, you know? studying terrorism and political islam, the midle east at St. Andrews, should graduate summer of 2010…”
Do you have any releases on the horizon?
“Releases and sets-wise, gonna focus on production as opposed to sets for a while, I’m really trying to work some more melody and soul into my tunes, Hyperdub’s 5:5 collection has really inspired me to try and make some emotional, meaningful dubstep, as opposed to just heavy noise. Saw Goth trad, DMZ, loefah, kromestar last saturday at Mass in Brixton (was visiting my sister in London, never really been down there), and that was just unreal. got to meet the guys, got some autographs, and was too cool to meet these dudes. just kept thinking how badly I’d want to be able to be up there spinning with them…
and yea, thats my story, in short. I’ve got the producing jones, now that I know what an LFO is and how to automate a bassline, I don’t think I’ll stop on this production tip anytime soon. Much love Shatterfreak, stay in touch and don’t let that dubbin’ fiyah die…”
Rex
Bass Lift
Kodiak Moment…..a Dubstep Mix
Hereby a nice collection of tracks and sets that are worth checking out.
Dbox Records from Italy is a digital label based in Bologna after the meeting between Geeno Bronx from Hallucinator and Dj Cocco from Link Club, both with a long experience in producing and promoting dance music in the Italian clubs scene. The label promotes new and fresh music from upcoming producers all around the world like drum’n’bass, dubstep & breakbeat with an open mind attitude to all fresh genres and new sounds. After the Italian bassline 4 venture ( a dnb compilation ), Dbox records lauch its new project with the 3 forthcoming ep of Italian Dubstep producers.
DB Records – Noiza Get Mad
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Oprating from Copenhagen, Denmark “insert name here” drops a nice dubstep dj-set every once in a wile.
[insert name here] – Takin’ It Home
[insert name here] – The Weekend
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Decree (Dylan Marcus) from New York City likes his tracks a bit dark and are worth checking out.
Decree and Enuf – Blue Lagoon
Decree – Denied
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Item 9 is a collaboration between DJ Alias and Duba Fett. After months of talking about collaborating the two met up to throw together this mix. These are a lot of their favorite dub tracks over the last year or so. The Bees Knees is their first set and as a fellow DJ I have to so say they did a pretty good job mixing 36 tracks into these 90 minutes. Worth checking out.
Item 9 – The Bees Knees
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Diakon is a Dubstep and Electronic music producer/DJ living and working in York. Diakon and his girlfriend Demeter are the resident Dubstep DJs on Radio Equinox. Diakon has also recently co founded the Digital Murder Collective with Shatterfreak, KFSFK, siriken and GenericMeds. Besides dubstep Diakon also produces Glitch Hop as Breakmagos and is also a member of Breakcore outfit 1/4master, Electronic Drone Behemoths STR255 and bleepy glitch crew Mutant Algorithms with Ghostwriter. Check out some of my favorite tracks below.
Diakon – Oh My Word
Diakon – Tear ‘Em A New ‘Un
Diakon – Laying It On Thick
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