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SDDUBSTEP.COM Exclusive Mix #11 mixed by Crix Saiz | (1:04:40) | 320 Kbps Mp3

Albuquerque, NM is home to some of my favorite DJs that I’ve ever seen. They don’t play for the crowd, they don’t play for themselves, they play purely for FUN. Everyone is involved. Every party/rave I’ve ever been to in Albuquerque has explosive energy, and people are talking about it until the next one. From pinatas with dried shrimp in them, to ‘bass buffets’ of flying plastic fruit, the parties in ABQ are definitely an experience like no other…

This episode’s featured disc jockey is Crix Saiz. Saiz knows no boundaries to bass music, and has exquisite taste in both worlds of dubstep and dnb. He’s a resident at Albuquerque’s renowned Atomic Bass Takeover, and holds it down alongside Ill Kid, DJ Vent, Mittenz, P Trick and others. Here’s an hour+ of pure vibes. Burn it!

-EshOne

Tracklist:

1. Cosmic Revenge – Hurricane Blues – Fortified Audio
2. EshOne – Anti Oil Spill Dub – SDDubstep
3. Guido – Shades of Blue – Punch Drunk Recordings
4. Rod Azlan feat. The Others – Selektah – Scion AV
5. Von D and DJ Madd – Its Over – Boka Records
6. Decidan, Teksteppa, and Onyx – Pumpkin Head – Sequence
7. Nuclearchild – Electrik Dub – Elastica
8. EshOne – Shakeweight – Dub
9. Distance – Jungle Fears – Chestplate
10. Nebulla and DJ Dore – Acro – Code of Arms
11. Rude Kid – Space Dance – No Hats No Hoods
12. Shackles and Rob Sparx – Cold Blooded – Sour Grapes
13. Matty G – Turf Warz – Dub Police
14. Argyle – F.D.A.U. – Dub
15. Jay Robinson – The Moon – Monkey Beats
16. Alert – Comorbid – Oblivion Fringe
17. Compound One – Get Loose – Compound One
18. Mensah and Eddie K – Steady as She Goes – HENCH
19. Don Goliath – Jah Come Right Now (S.Y.N.K.R.O. remix) – Dubstep Division
20. EshOne – U Boat – Dub
21. Aeroplane Dope – Love Is An Illusion – eight:fx
22. Gemmy – Maroon Chant – Earwax Recordings

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Crix Saiz took a minute to chat with sddubstep about Atomic Bass, El Patio, Man Candy Auctions, and more…

Tell me about Atomic Bass takeover and the Albuquerque scene:

Atomic Bass Takeover is a show we throw at a bar downtown Albuquerque called Atomic Cantina. It goes down two times a month on Thursday nights. DJ Vent, Illkid, P-Trick, and I resident the show and always bring in guest DJ’s from around town and out of town. This night ALWAYS goes off and people are always having fun and enjoying themselves dancing with a good crowd of people. Next big show for the Atomic Bass Takeover is a dubplate special with Joe Nice AND EshOne!

What sound/vibes are you feeling as far as new releases?

I’ve really been on a more mellow vibe as of lately. My latest new release I got has to be the Digital Mystikz LP ‘Return II Space’. Solid representation of dubstep.

What’s the craziest thing that’s happened to you at a show?

I would have to say the time when Vent and P-Trick sold raffle tickets to the babes in the crowd of an Atomic Bass Takeover. The prize of the raffle being a date with me… The crazy part is they actually sold a good amount of tickets and made a little bit of cash and I came out of it with two babes!

What’s Warehouse 508?

Warehouse 508 is a youth development center in downtown Albuquerque that offers open labs for a bunch of different activities. One of them being a beat production lab where you can go and get down on some beats! http://www.warehouse508.org/

Any producers/DJs we should know about from BQ?

Sebby Fresco and Ky have been at the buttons hard and turning out some good tunes.

New Mexico food. It’s good. What’s with El Patio?

El Patio is a dope little new mexican food spot that used to be someones house which they turned into a restaurant. Since its a little old house from way back you have to eat outside on the front patio hence ‘El Patio’. This always seems to be the spot to eat when headliners roll through and they never leave disappointed!

Best scene (besides BQ) in the southwest that you’ve experienced:

Denver for sure! Sub.Mission is doing some big things in that city.

Shouts:

DJ Vent, P-Trick, Illkid, Ferwerdatron, SFR, BOF, EshOne, Austin Speed, Puppy Kicker, Sub.Mission Crew, Nicole, and all the other beautiful bass faces I forgot to mention!

Ubiquitous – Live @ BrokenBeat 07/05/10 by BrokenBeat

More Brokenbeat madness…
I know it’s DNB. Deal with it. Wicked set!!

EshOne – Live @ BrokenBeat 6.05.10 by eshone

A few minor technical difficulties and some needle skips due to me spilling beer on some of the dubplates in Albuquerque a week prior – but who doesn’t love a raw ass live mix?

Tracklisting:

1) Under Pine Skies – Some Strong Wine (Dubplate)
2) EshOne – Shakeweight (Dubplate)
3) EshOne – CK VIP (Dubplate)
4) Truth & Bulletproof – The Know (Dubplate)
5) Sukh Knight – Slang Instrumental (Dubplate)
6) EshOne – Carnival Food (Dubplate)
7) Undertow – Untitled Grime (Dubplate)
Project Pat – Rinky Dink II – EshOne Refix (Dubplate)
9) Bulletproof – Risque (Bulletproof Music)
10) Sukh Knight – Hand of Buddha (Dubplate)
11) Cyrus & Tunnidge – Ding Ding (Origin Audio)
12) El-B – The Romp (Dubplate)
13) Bulletproof – The Game (Dubplate)
14) Second II None Ft. Raggs – Pressure (Dubplate)
15) Under Pine Skies – Tease Me (Dubplate)
16) El-B Ft. Raggs – She’s a Ghost (Dubplate)
17) EshOne – Foil Eyes (Dubplate)
18) Bulletproof – Samcro (Bulletproof Music)
19) Djinn – Darkness Falls (Dubplate)
20) Bulletproof – Imagine (Bulletproof Music)
21) Truth & Bulletproof – Bad Boy Dubby (Bulletproof Music)
22) Clone A Side – For the Paradise – Puppy Kicker Remix (Dubplate)
23) El-B – Club Music (Dubplate)
24) EshOne – You Won’t (Dubfront)
25) Truth & Bulletproof – One by One (Bulletproof Music)
26) Hollie Smith & Bulletproof – If You Fall – Club Mix (Dubplate)
27) EshOne – Take a Number (Dubplate)
28) Bulletproof – Jupitereight (Dubplate)

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SDDUBSTEP.COM Exclusive Mix #10 mixed by CRMNL | (55:14) | 320 Kbps Mp3

CRMNL has been an essential part of the San Diego dubstep scene since it’s early days. Together with Austin Speed, the two are the Sublmnl Sound System, and they have thrown some of the most influential parties in SD yet. If and of you have been to these parties… you know what I mean. Sublmnl has brought amazing talent to SD: Joe Nice, DJG, Antiserum, SPL, Noah D, Kutz, Sukh Knight, not to mention many others. I’d say CRMNL’s style is pretty representative of the San Diego lifestyle, laid back with lots of reggae influence and big basslines. Twist one up and turn up the volume.

-EshOne

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Tracklist:

Ekaj & TJ – Jah (Subdepth)
Mensah - Sahara (Lo Dubs)
Monkey - Emmanuel I (Sonic Lodge)
Roommate – Mercy (dub)
Tunnidge – Higher Forces (Boka)
Djunya feat. Stevie Culture – Dubscout Soundbwoy (dub)
Darqwan – Ghost Not Memory (Planet Mu)
Fused Forces – What’s Going Down (Substance Abuse)
Jelly Bass and Brother Culture (Borgore vs. Jazzsteppa RMX) - No Love (Air)
Distinction – Brok Owt (Argon)
SPL and Gino Cochino – Holy War (Hollow Point)
Mark Instinct (Metaphase RMX) - Sketchy Maxx (Betamorph)
Fused Forces – Back Fire (Substance Abuse)
Jahdan Blakkamoore (Marcus Visionary RMX) – The General (Liondub International)
EshOne – CK (dub)
Cyrus – Vengeance (Random Trio Productions)
Antiserum – Mofo (dub)
Subscape – Hardcore Members (Dub Police)
Emu & Pawn feat. Werd2Jah - Headshot (Smog)
Emalkay – Solid State (Storming Productions)
DJG – Breathing (forthcoming on Pure Filth Recordings)
Triage - Datashrapnel (Shift)
Rod Azlan (Unitz version) – Selektah! (Scion Audio/Visual)
Babylon System – Regardless VIP (forthcoming on Terminal Dusk)
Noah D & No Thing (Noah D VIP) – Unknown Suspect (Subway)
MRK1 – Last Drop (Eight:FX)
Antiserum & No Thing - Kamikaze (forthcoming on Tuba)
Stenchman – The Process of Elimination (dub)
Widdler - Walking My Dog (dub)

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CRMNL took a minute to chat with sddubstep about food, beer, techno, and bikinis…

What are your hobbies outside of DJing?

I love being outside with my dog, and I love to read. Right now, I am still working on fixing my face. Once that happens, I will cry tears of joy when I can resume the hobbies that I love: surfing, yoga, and most of all snowboarding… Make that weep tears of joy… preferably on some soft powder on a slope up in Utah

You used to play techno right? Tell me about your music background.

Yeah it’s true! when I first moved to San Diego I was part of a crew that did Techno shows called Broadcast, coincidentally where I met Austin and some other really cool cats. That ran for about a year and was a lot of fun. Quick history: my first mixtape in 7th grade was N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton. I was all about hip hop and still am to this day. Then I went through my Grateful Dead/Phish phase… saw the Dead a few times before Jerry kicked it… am I dating myself ? Then one day, my buddy came back from a road trip to LA (we were in Indiana) with some crazy mixtape… cant even remember the dj … listened to it straight for months on end, bought phat pants and started raving (we called it partying)… At that time I got fully immersed into hardcore/gabber… Lenny D, Bloody Fist, Delta 9, Tron… this was in the mid 90s… when that subculture died, I turned to techno for my fix… the harder the better! The Advent was a fav back then along with all the swedes, DJ Surgeon, Dave Clarke… As you may know, techno (de)evolved into MNML and lost its bassline… bass is always something I needed to hear in electronic music. Around this time, I remember going out with a buddy to reggae nights looking for something… a different sound.

Tell me about Sublmnl, Dub Smugglers, and San Diego dubstep music:

Funny thing is that as MNMNL was takin over, I refused to some extent, to give up believing in techno. So one halloween in 2007, me and Austin went up to a DROID party in LA. JPLS was I think their headliner. You know the type of dj that you waited 55 minutes for the bassline to drop (MNML)? Little did we know that this was actually a two room party. In the other room was some crew I’d never heard of called SMOG. I distinctly remember this dj with a skeleton t-shirt playing absolutely THE MOST intense, dynamic, bass-heavy, dripping with venom shit I’d ever heard (turned out to be Knife Dreams). I spent almost the whole night in that room absorbing this sound I’d never heard before, but in some ways had been searching for for a long time. I knew where my heart was on that night.

So me and Austin tuned into this sound right away and starting absolutely wolfing down all the dubstep we could get our hands on. Around that time was a weekly called Elev8 which was our outlet, our chance to get out and play, meet like minds, develop… We threw out first show ONE YEAR later from our introduction to dubstep on halloween night 2008… Dead @ Dawn. Warehouse style. Don’t know how we pulled it off, but it was BANGIN’!!! Stoked on the freshness of that, we put together a night called Dub Smugglers in Jan. 09. We’d heard a guy named Joe Nice crush a show in SF called Dub Clash with Mala and saw him backstage and pretty much booked him on the spot. So Joe came down and inaugurated Dub Smugglers for us, truly a blessing. The concept was that we wanted something San Diego, which is a border town and you constantly hear about drug smuggling, human trafficking, national border type shit and the music we wanted to expose to this town was so dope, maybe it should’ve been illegal!

Right now, San Diego is bursting at the seams!! It’s almost too much to keep track of, but it is a really rewarding feeling to know that we helped cultivate this scene and now its bearing fruit. All the artists we’ve brought have been stoked on the energy down here… people FEEL this. There’s still plenty of headroom and I can’t wait to see San Diego make its mark on the worldwide scene.

Who’s the best DJ you’ve ever seen and why?

This is a great question. What goes into someone’s best dj experience ever? Expectations, anticipation, the venue, the show, the actual track selection and mixing skills, the sound system, the crowd energy. All this came together for me in one brilliant, perfect moment when Dave Clarke played an underground cemented out industrial ass stage in the middle of downtown Detroit at a show called Detroit Electronic Music Festival. I’d already been partying for 48 hours and Dave Clarke ended the festival in absolutely epic fashion. 2000 kids completely packed in, dialed in, and tuned in to his wizardry. That man can cut as fast as anybody and his tunes were the best and he barely ever played in the U.S. The sound was insane, people were feeling every single second with their entire being… lovely.

Where is your favorite place to eat in SD?

Manaman, what type of question is that ?! My favorite !?! Depends on the time of night, who I’m with, what I crave. Top 5 are Hane for sushi, Sipz for vegetarian (strong contender for numero uno, I could eat there probably every night), South Beach for fish tacos, Lucha Libre for pre- and post partyin, and shiyattttt… Sicilian Thing has the BEST deep dish pizza whoa…

For readers outside of SD, and people who live here and love it, what are your favorite things about this city?

Wow, this city… let me just say that San Diego is the most perfect trap you could ever stumble into. The longer you stay, the harder it is to leave Right now, the first thing that comes to mind is beer hehehe… I could seriously start a touring business taking people from around the world to all our Top Rated breweries and beerhauses… AleSmith, Stone, Port, Lost Abbey, etc, etc, Hamiltons, O’Briens, Toronado… I could drink a different belgian on tap for days on end before having to repeat.

For me, the ocean is something I will never get over… I go to the water several times a week with my dog just to take in its magnificence… with the beach comes the bikinis… it’s true that there are beautiful people in San Diego…

I also like the different hoods, San Diego is very diverse, Ocean Beach for hippies, PB for the animals, North Park for the hipsters, East Village for the genteels… each community brings a unique attitude and vibe and presence.

Shouts:

Much love to my fam, my girl Serena who puts up with me, Austin and Lisa, Joe and Marriah, Donnie and Erica, Justin, Paul, Jon, the entire Kava family, Jamie and Walker and Jackie, the Broken Beat fam, Eric and Sarah, my friends who look at me funny when I play em some dubstep, everyone who’s shown me love, all the artists we’ve brought out and everyone who has been there to support and help us grow this beautiful scene that we have here in SD!!

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SDDUBSTEP.COM Exclusive Mix #9 mixed by SNF | (1:12:09) | 320 Kbps Mp3

I have been up to the bay area a few times, and each time I’ve caught SNF on the floor at some dubstep show or another ( Big Up Magazine – whaaaaaat! ). He’s a pretty chill guy, likes to have fun, and has a hell of a musical taste. He also has a great show on dubstep.fm – and does a way better job than I do on his local scene site, dubstepped.net. I bothered him for quite a while to give me a mix for sddubstep, and he finally did. Like a month ago. I’ve just been listening away and not sharing it with anyone. Now is the time, when I decide that everyone can hear what’s been in the car for the last month. Deal!

-EshOne

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Tracklist:

DVA – Ganja (Hyperdub)
Deadboy - U Cheated (Well Rounded)
Scuba – On Deck (Hotflush)
Geiom ft Marita – Sugar Coated Lover (Brackles & Shortstuff Remix) (Berkane Sol)
Sines – Z Riddim (Funk Eh)
Roska – Squark (Rinse)
Ikonika – Psoriasis (Hyperdub)
Helix – Toaster Riddim (unreleased)
Distal – Space Graffiti (forthcoming Tube 10)
Hypno – Over The Top (unreleased)
Bok Bok – Citizens Dub (Blunted Robots)
Shorstuff & Mickey Pearce – Coconuts (Ramp)
Ikonika – Idiot (Hyperdub)
Distal – Boss of the South (forthcoming Grizzly)
Addison Groove – Dumbshit (Swamp81)
Jack Sparrow – Terminal (Tectonic)
Scuba – Three Sided Shape (Hotflush)
Numa Crew – Tuff Africa (Erba)
Cosmic Revenge – Hurricane Blues (forthcoming Fortified Audio)
EshOne ft Erica Putis – Tease Me (unreleased)
Bakir & DZ – Into the Fog (forthcoming Brap Dem)
Cardopusher - Schematic Blocks (On The Edge)
Mosca – Square One (L-Vis 1990 Remix) (Night Slugs)
Kingdom ft Shyvonne – Mind Reader (Bok Bok remix) (Fool’s Gold)
Sepalcure – Love Pressure (forthcoming Hotflush)
Mayhem & Distal – Frozen Barnacles (unreleased)
The Widdler - Lady Dub VIP (unreleased)
Yong – Test (unreleased)
TMSV – Future History (forthcoming Tube10)
Starkey – Neck Snap (forthcoming Planet Mu)

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Steve took a minute to chat with sddubstep about the bay, music, and islands of trash bigger than your head…

Why dubstep?

I first started listening to electronic dance music with a Jungle comp on Moonshine in the Speed Limit 140 BPM+ series in 1995 or so, from there it was an intense love affair with jungle and dnb for years.  I moved along to Reggae, then IDM and Hiphop and pretty much anything percussive with complex rhythms.  Around 2007 I found Hyperdub and Rinse.FM (out to N-Type, Youngsta, Distance, Chef, Skream) and two killer monthly events in San Francisco: Narco.Hz and Grime City.  I was immediately sucked in by the synthesis of bass and rhythm in dubstep, like a more modern version of dub reggae.  Narco.Hz in particular exploded my interest in dubstep with residents DJG aka Genome, JuJu, Jus Wan and Djunya constantly bringing the finest in dubstep to a small venue.  It’s been love ever since, though the recent dominance of “filth” has me teetering

What do you do as a real job?

I’m a graduate student at UCSF studying Biophysics, spend most days in lab doing experiments.  I trick bacteria into making proteins for me, slaughter the bacteria en masse, and then study the isolated proteins using giant electromagnets (NMR).  Been doing this for almost five years now, eep!  Gotta say that having a smartphone has been crucial for listening to radio shows and music constantly, both to help the days go by faster and to keep up on new sounds.  Probably about a year left, and then who knows where I’ll end up.

Do you collect things or have something that you make/draw a lot of in your spare time?

I’d love to figure out what this “spare time” is you speak of haha!  Between work, writing posts for dubstepped.net and exploring new music I’m pretty constantly busy.  Steve Goodman (kode9) recently lectured here about his new book “Sonic Warfare” and I spoke with him afterwards about how it is to be a university professor, label head, producer and DJ.  He commented that it basically meant you work constantly, which I can completely relate to.  That said, living in San Francisco means there’s constant opportunity to enrich yourself in a huge number of ways, and I love bicycling around the city, visiting any number of museums & galleries, and cooking.  I love food and drink and cook up a fantastic meal using ingredients from an amazing farmer’s market almost every week.

Something that’s been on your mind a lot lately:

The end of the world man!  I’m having a really hard time with what we’re doing to the Earth, both in obvious ways like the current oil situation in the Gulf, and in less obvious ways like the massive amount of plastic we use for short-term packaging that ends up in landfills or the giant trash island the size of Texas in the Pacific.  It’s a bit depressing I know, and I try to not let it weigh on me constantly cause it drives you a bit nuts, but I think it’s very important for people to try to do their part.  Reuse plastic bags & containers when you can, use cloth bags instead of plastic ones, get large bags of chips instead of the single-serving ones, consider bicycling or walking instead of driving!  Drink tap water: it has better quality control and it’s cheaper and more eco-friendly than its plastic bottled alternative.  Also, people should be valued by who they are, not what things they have, so try to divorce yourself from a consumer culture and derive pleasure from just being alive instead of buying things.  Think about where your food comes from, support local businesses, and try to be a citizen of the world!  Small things you do in your community can make a big difference.

Tell me about the bay scene.

The dubstep scene in SF has been transforming since the early monthlies I mentioned earlier.  First off, it’s grown massively, with something like 5000 people RSVP’d to a recent Rusko show when a big night used to be 100 or 200 people.  There are dubstep nights at a big club downtown (103 Harriet aka 1015) almost every weekend that are rammed every time. Outside of these monster shows, there are many smaller events (that tend to be better!!) almost every night, so it’s really exploded.  This explosion was what led me to start dubstepped.net in February 2009 since I wanted to help the sound get exposure and help people easily find dubstep nights.

Recently the sound has been dominated by the aggressive side of dubstep, so-called brostep, with many nights being almost exclusively songs that sound like a fight between a chainsaw and a power drill.  I get jackhammer noises from the construction going on across the street from my apartment, I don’t need it in music.  I’ve always been more on the “dub” side of dubstep, so this has led me to pursue new sounds that are exploratory dubstep or more broadly “bass music”.  This trend isn’t only true of San Francisco but the fusion of dubstep and glitch here has definitely contributed to the dominance of this sound.

This isn’t the only sound in town though, and there are many events that continue to bring excellent & diverse lineups.  Grime City and Surya Dub were both great for this, but both are irregular now, and Surefire has stepped up exceedingly well, bigup Miro & crew!!  The mid-week monthly Fixup also has a history of solid lineups and has a great show coming up in June with Headhunter, DJG & Dubsworth.  Katya always nails it with the Big Up Launch party lineups, so keep your eyes out for a Big Up party every time.  2010 was greeted with a new and very exciting monthly called Icee Hot, where Disco Shawn, Ghosts on Tape, Rollie Fingers and Low Limit bring a headliner in the fertile ground between funky/house, garage and dubstep that always goes off.  Look out for a new monthly at the Knockout focusing on “future underground dance music” coming soon!

Current top five:

Impossible!  Here’s ten:

Distal
EshOne (U BOAT)
Cosmic Revenge
Jus Wan
DJG (look out for the new dnb styles!)
Simple
Ramadanman
Girl Unit
Deadboy
Sepalcure

Can you describe the best show you’ve been to?

Culturally in the US we’re really inhibited when it comes to dancing.  Even when you go to dance music shows there’s usually a contingent of folks in the back just hanging out.  I literally never danced at shows until I saw the afrobeat band Antibalas back in 2001 or so, and I’m going with that as the best show I’ve been to.  They had the entire venue moving with their infectious percussion, horns, saxophones, and incredible stage presence.  This to me is the ultimate in dance music, a show that gets you dancing involuntarily because the groove is just that infectious.

Yell outs:

First I have to send a big thanks to everyone that sends me music, it makes all this possible since I don’t produce myself.  Out to Joe @ Blipswitch, Sam @ Brap Dem, JJ @ Rogue Dubs, Emily @ Haunted Audio, Ed @ Multiverse, Alex @ Surefire, Ric @ Dubs Alive, Dodger @ Filthy Digital, Kial @ Sub Pressure, and everyone else.  Bigup to Helix and Yong, these two have seriously bright futures, keep a lookout.  Shouts to my partner in bloggage Shortstack out of Atlanta, great guy.  Thanks to Katya @ Big Up Magazine for putting together an excellent quarterly magazine that’s an essential read for anyone interested in new music & art in an age where print media is rare.  Out to Miro, Eva, Aaron, Katya, Sam, Tommy Lexxus, Joe Rogers and all the promoters in SF for making it one of the hottest cities for dubstep and bass music in the US.  Thanks to Alex and Todd at Dubstep.FM for the opportunity to do a weekly show for the last six months that focuses on the evolution of dubstep and bass music, tune in Monday nights at 6pm PST.  Lastly, out to the listeners and readers!

Photo: Robin Aglietti

- sddubstep

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SDDUBSTEP.COM Exclusive Mix #8 by The P Man | (1:13:16) | 320 Kbps Mp3

The P Man makes me laugh… A lot. When I go to his house for radio shows there is lasagna and cookies. He’s extremely knowledgeable with anything music or food – and those are two of my favorite things. He’s very respectful, and if I’ve had a few beers I’ll tell you repeatedly that he has a lot more records than you. Which he does. Check the selections… This is one of my favorite mixes so far on SDDubstep.

-EshOne

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Tracklist:

1. LV – Turn Away (Hyperdub)
2. Aleks Zen – Cold Outside (Dub)
3. EshOne – Float (Dub)
4. H*O*D – Runnin’ (Dub)
5. Stagga & Don Leisure – On Horse (Dub)
6. C23 – Time Is The Fire (Urban Graffiti)
7. Monkey & Mask – Close Enough (Dub)
8. Hyetal & Shortstuff – Ice Cream (Punchdrunk)
9. DJ Orien – Strawberry Kiss (Forthcoming Dub Police)
10. Ill Diddy – Memory (Step2)
11. Monkey – Badness (Rudeez)
12. Fused Forces – Skuffle Shuffle (Eyez Down)
13. Fused Forces – Skuffle Shuffle (M2J Remix) (Dub)
14. Untold – I Can’t Stop This Feeling (Pangaea Remix) (Hemlock)
15. M2J – Bogged Down (L2S)
16. F & Headhunter – Dedale (Transistor)
17. Max Romeo – Crisis (Stagga Remix) (Dub)
18. F – Night Dive (Transistor)
19. Fused Forces – Subway (Dub)
20. Threnody – Jacked Up (Dub)
21. L-Wiz – Syrup Feeling (Blasta Raspberry Syrup Remix) (Argon)
22. Smith & Mighty feat. Niji 40 – B Line Fi Blow (Unearthed)
23. Daluq – Supafine (Soulja)
24. Wiley – Club 5 (Earth 616)
25. D1 – Jus Business (Tempa)
26. Roxy vs. El-B – Endorse & Set It (Bump Mix) (Ghost)
27. Skream – Hallowerd (Southside Dubstars)
28. Pinch ft. Yolanda – Get Up (RSD Remix) (Tectonic)

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A Q&A with P Man

Louis Damian – Are you coming to the show at Casbah March 30th and are we gonna eat before or after the bands play?

P. Yes I am, And I think a trip to El Comal before the show might be in order.

Louis Damian – What are 3 non-musical things influencing yer sounds?

P. Everything in the world of the arts from cuisine, architecture, painting and just culture in general are an influence in the way I listen to music. The same qualities and values that attract me to a piece of music are present in other art forms.

Kyle E. Steinberg – Okay, I know EVERY interviewer asks this but, be concise original and COMPLETE in your answer. How do you find your cuts, beats, sounds, and rhythm, and what, who, and where do find inspiration for your mixes?

P. As far as the tunes that get selected, I’m always looking for new things to play. I listen to a few radio shows. The Fused Forces Show on CybaFM, The Terrafonix Show also on CybaFM, and The Poizend Audio show on InnacityFM.com are a few that I listen to pretty regularly. I’m always pestering friends of mine who produce and run record labels for new and unreleased tunes. I record shop (mostly on the internet) very regularly. I’m an unrepentant trainspotter as well, any time I can get a look at what other DJs who I enjoy are playing I always try and avail myself. As far as the inspiration for what tunes to mix at any given time, it’s a little different depending on the situation (radio, playing out, podcasts). Playing out is usually the most spontaneous situation. I always try and find the right tune to play a given time and place. Most important of all for me though is this, I play the tunes that I like, there’s not too much point otherwise. DJing for me is just an extension of my desire to share music I love with other people. This podcast is of a snapshot of some of the tunes I’ve been playing out and on radio lately.

Cameron Pryor – How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?

P. 3

*** enjoy ***

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EshOne talks about the SD dubstep scene and lays down some heavy dubs on Solipsistic Nation’s weekly radio show. Check it.

Tracklist:
1. EshOne & Misk “Facedown In The Muck”
2. King Slaff “Neinte”
3. Interview with EshOne
4. Shahin Badar & The Nasha Experience “Distortion”
5. Undertow “Tribalism”
6. Pete Lawrie “Panic (Monkey RMX)”
7. Interview with EshOne
8. Bulletproof “Imagine”
9. Squarewave “Zulu”
10. Monkey “Ninth Life”
11. Spektrum “Hotstepper (Bulletproof Remix)”
12. The Thirst “Could This Be Real (Ghost Remix)”
13. Ghost “Think Ur Greezy”
14. EshOne “Malbec”
15. Bulletproof “Samcro”
16. Ghost Ft. D Twist “Club Music”
17. El-B “The Romp”
18. EshOne Ft. Erica AP “Fast Enough”
19. EshOne “Texas Pete”
20. Bulletproof Ft. Rugged Teck MC “Step 2 U”
21. EshOne “Faux Beau (D-Fab VIP)”
22. Bulletproof “Soundtrack To Forever”
23. Interview with EshOne
24. EshOne “Float”
25. Misk “Alabaster”
26. Rachel Bennet “Tell Me (EshOne Dub Mix)”
27. Djinn “Solace”
28. Interview with EshOne

Lots of dubs on here.

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SDDUBSTEP.COM Exclusive Mix #7 by Searchl1te | (47:45) | 320 Kbps Mp3

I have been showcasing a lot of local talent in the last 6 podcasts, but I felt it was time to branch out. We get to see a lot of local talent at our shows… But rarely any stateside talent from outside California. I got a chance to chat with Searchl1te, who’s a very busy man in the Chicago area. Searchl1te has been making moves in the scene for over a decade, has been playing shows all around the US, hosts an FM radio show in Chicago, and keeps a full time gig helping the community. A pretty inspiring dude… Not to mention, he has some really sick tunes, and knows how to put them together properly. A proper start to showcasing some other US talent!

-EshOne

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Tracklist:

1. NTRLD – Hallucinations (The Bassist Rmx) — Brap Dem!
2. SkinzMann – Ginger Dread Man (Doomtrooper Rmx) — Squitty Bubbler exclusive
3. Wachs Lyrical – Butters — forthcoming Holding Pattern
4. Eshone – You Won’t — forthcoming Dubfront
5. Mr Curtamos – Blah — forthcoming Subdepth
6. Dess – Lost Highway – forthcoming Dead Homies
7. AbZ – Shake — Dubfront
8. Ghosthack – 4-FMC — unreleased
9. David Starfire – Cobra (Sub Swara Rmx) — forthcoming 6 Degrees
10. The Prodigy – Warrior’s Dance (Benga Rmx) — bootleg
11. Kush Arora ft MC Zulu – Lose Control (Searchl1te Rmx) — forthcoming Dread Bass Chronicles Remix Album
12. Wall of Denzell – Black Jesus (Searchl1te’s Crucifixion Rmx) — unreleased
13. Nit Grit – Squits and Giggles — Squitty Bubbler exclusive
14. Deftones – Change (In the House of Flies) (Claw Rmx) — bootleg
15. Erykah Badu – Didn’t cha Know (Biscope Rmx) — bootleg
16. Searchl1te – The Healing — forthcoming Betamorph Dubsteppers for Haiti Vol 3

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A Q&A with Searchl1te

by EshOne

What did you grow up listening to?

In chronological order, C is for Cookie by the Cookie Monster, Animal massacring the drums on the Muppet Show. Disco, the Oak Ridge Boys, Bob Segar, and ZZ Top courtesy of my parents. My first 45 was Eddy Grant’s “Electric Avenue”. Then tapes… Lionel Richie, Grandmaster Flash, Fat Boys, Run DMC. Classic rock radio, German techno, early electronic music like Edgar Varese. True school hip hop, Whiny indie shit. Industrial and noise. Jungle and breakcore. Kuduro and cumbia. Lately, all music in the dub and breakbeat diaspora as it travels and gets reinvented. This list is really endless.

What is your day job?

Director of the Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy Program. I teach reading, creative writing, music production, and I program arts experiences for youth incarcerated in the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center. Check out the site and some of my students’ work – www.freewritejailarts.org

Best party you ever played?

One gig I remember fondly was the first big party I threw. January 1999 @ a VFW in Morgantown, West Virginia. We packed 1200 people into that place…thirsty ravers, metal heads, indie freaks, my parents. I played at 2am in the basement, where all the jungle was, and ran ragga and amen bizness until the drop-ceiling panels started to crumble, the vets sipping Iron City in the bar caught the ghost, and the kids on the floor sweat through their pants. My dad was running around with a camera getting groups of candy kids to pose by telling them he was a photographer from “Rave.com”.

Describe your local scene:

I’m not much of a scene whore, but I can tell you that Chicago is SOLID. There are so many opportunities to get involved with music on every level. At this moment, I help run two radio shows (Part Time Sucker Radio on WNUR 89.3 Fm and www.Dubstep.Fm), dj out somewhere in the city a few times a month at various venues (Smartbar, Lava Lounge, Empty Bottle, Darkroom, Double Door, Rodan, etc), do big sound for parties, run recording sessions for musicians, am helping to build two studios, help run a label (Dubfront Records), do live collaborations (Chicago Sewer), throw events (Dubfront Sessions @ Darkroom). The fact that so many viable opportunities are available to me makes me feel like this scene is pretty damn healthy.

Where do you think dubstep and bass music is headed for the rest of 2010?

Bass music is gonna continue to stay LOW as it makes it’s way around the world. I want to hear obscure traditional music combined with the bass music production aesthetic.

Who are your favorite producers right now?

Maga Bo is helping to bring seemingly disparate elements into intense cohesion. Douster’s wobbly stuff is off the chain. Sub Swara is completely killing it with their musicianship and dancefloor sensibility. Wachs Lyrical tactfully merges the beautiful with the devastating. I’m always getting something fresh and inspiring from Claw / Trillbass. Kush Arora is a maaaad thinker. The Abominable Twitch, who is my partner in the live PA project we call Chicago Sewer, is a fuckin’ savant. Also, MC Zulu does collabs with many on this list…most any track he touches turns into a partysmasher.

DJs?

Chrissy Murderbot, Jeekoos, Dj C, Chris Widman of Abstract Science, Ryan Organ and Craig Monkeytek, Joe Nice, Dj Rekha dropped some hot bhangra/dancehall biz in Chi last weekend, The Heatwave, El G as he’s dropping all the ZZK family badness, m50 aka Area with the minimal techno fuckery, MC Zulu is getting into dj’ing and I can’t wait for his palette of tunes to see the light of day…all these folks teach me things each time I hear them play. Of course there are many more…

A few of the top dubs in the bag atm:

I included a gang of my favorite dubs in this mix….the rest are TOP SECRET bwah. Nah, there is one more that has been in nearly every set of mine for the past few months: Mochipet – Complex Players (Sub Swara RMX) forthcoming on 6 Degrees. Holy shit this tune.

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Tracklisting:
1. Notch & Puppy Kicker – Blue Steel
2. EshOne – Toast Burned
3. Argyle – Funk Funk
4. Puppy Kicker – Abysmal
5. Clone A Side – For The Paradise (Puppy Kicker Remix)
6. EshOne – Float
7. Puppy Kicker – Cosmic Orgasm
8. Argyle – I’d Call It Dope
9. Puppy Kicker – Deionized
10. Puppy Kicker – New Guinea Voodoo
11. Rachel Bennett – Tell Me (EshOne Dub Mix)
12. Puppy Kicker – Everyone’s Happy
13. EshOne – Texas Pete
14. EshOne – When I’m Around

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I first met EshOne through myspace sometime around late 2007 early 2008. I was introduced by a few different mutual friends. Shortly thereafter he sent me a bunch of tunes he had made and asked for my comments on them. I sent him back honest critiques on all the tunes he sent me, half expecting not to hear back or to get back some nasty message explaining to me why my critiques were faulty and what a great producer he really was (as has happened to me many times when commenting on tunes that people have posted on the dubstep forum asking for critique). To my surprise and pleasure, I received a message back thanking me for the critiques. Since that time he’s been very generous in sending me tunes, and his production skills have improved consistently. He’s an affable guy, an excellent DJ and producer, and a pretty good skater I’m told. If you haven’t already done so, go cop Rogue Dubs 10 http://www.digital-tunes.net/releases/roguedubs_ten and be checking for future releases and DJ appearances.
-The P Man

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Tracklist:

1 ) EshOne – Deco
2 ) EshOne – Toast Burned
3 ) EshOne – Texas Pete – Forthcoming Rogue Plates
4 ) EshOne – You Wont
5 ) EshOne – Bearcave
6 ) EshOne – Wine-0
7 ) EshOne – Malbec – Forthcoming Dubfront
8 ) EshOne – Grahm’s Lamb – Rogue Dubs
9 ) Misk & EshOne – Facedown in the Muck – Forthcoming Rogue Plates
10 ) EshOne – When I’m Around
11 ) Argyle – Dark Krystal
12 ) EshOne – Marsbox
13 ) EshOne – One Thru
14 ) Misk – Night Out – NotPublic Records
15 ) PuppyKicker – Cosmic Orgasm – Forthcoming Rogue Plates

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A Q&A with EshOne

by Puppy & P Man:

What’s the deal with Argyle ?

Argyle is quite possibly the hottest new deal on the SoCal dubstep circuit. In a nutshell, it’s just two producers from San Diego who are trying to close the space between people on the dance floor. This is a very intricate process though, it involves bringing excessive amounts of bass, Leggitt cigarettes, Folgers, and MicroKorg.

What are your plans for the future ?

Ohhhh… Watch for myself along with Austin Speed and PuppyKicker if you are in the southwest US, we are doing a mini tour starting in Albuquerque on November 19th.

As far as production goes, I would like to keep making tunes at the rate that I have been recently, as well as work on some other collabs that I have going. I’m working on tunes with PuppyKicker(we are Argyle), The P Man, Miguex, and hopefully Austin Speed here in SD – and across the pond, I’m looking to work with Djinn on a tune or two in the near future.

Release wise, I am looking forward to hearing Texas Pete, and a collab with Misk, Facedown in the Muck on 12″. They will make up Rogue Plates 001, the vinyl arm of Rogue Dubs based out of KC. The label is headed by FSTZ, an SD local who we need to bring back for a set very soon.

So you’re a vinyl purist… no serato or anything. Is there a specific reason you choose not to use the new digital options for Dj’ing ?

I don’t only play vinyl! I play a lot of dubplates too, hahahaha. It’s not that I’ve chosen not to use them, it’s that I’ve not chosen to use them… I have nothing against them, and sometimes I envy the ease of taking a tune that you just got, and playing it for a crowd on the same day. A few of my reasons would have to be that I like to have some drank when I play, and that just won’t mix with a computer, so that’s out… and also I need the hands on of vinyl, so CDs are out. Getting a box of records or acetate in the mail is a good feeling as well. Dubplates smell really good. Plus it seems that every show I have been to lately the computer crashes, falls off a table, or the CDJ overheats or something… I just like to keep it easy and throw a disc on the platter. You already gotta deal with those needles, and cables and stuff.

Who are some of your favorite producers right now ?

I’m really feelin El-B and the Ghost Recordings camp. That organic style is just incredibly good and simple. Why didn’t I think of it!?!? Quantum Soul, Bar 9, Hatcha, Synkro, Kromestar, Monkey, Orien, Dubfiction, Richie August, Kutz, Djinn, 12th Planet, as well as Tapir and all the SD locals… Some serious heat is building down here.

How would you describe your style to someone who was unfamiliar with your music ?

Complex rhythms, big bass, techy and makes you want to move. I like to think that painters decorate canvases, and musicians decorate time and space with vibrations… I like to think the vibes my music puts out are good, but a lot of the time I’m working out my frustrations and disappointments through some angry basslines or something. It’s really all about intentions and how the listener receives it, I just wanna make people dance!

Didn’t you used to play DNB and Hip Hop ?

Yes! I recently did a dnb set at the AC Lounge. I got into that stuff when I was in high school growing up in Albuquerque. I did a few shows here and there, but got more into the production side of things because I wasn’t 21 at the time and couldn’t go out to the bars and such. I also practiced turntablism for a while and did a few studio cuts for some local hip hop artists (8 West) – I never really played hip hop out though, just at house parties and things like that.

When did you start Djing / producing dubstep ?

I started making dubstep tunes in 2006, when I got word of the dubstep forum. It’s [the forum] been essential for networking, and was a basic inspiration for a lot of what I have been doing. I will say that I was pretty into dnb and hip hop at that time, and was not all that impressed by the dubstep I had heard until I heard one of Excision’s mixes(06 summer mix – you all know it). After that I was hooked and started digging into the UK sound for more. Djing came later, in 2008 because I didn’t have all that much vinyl, and wasn’t really aware of the dubstep scene in SD – I thought I was alone! I still really don’t play that much though.

Have you ever produced in other styles besides Dubstep ?

I originally started with dnb, but I’ve made tracks of all sorts: techno, house, hip hop, breaks, ambient… I have not released anything besides dubstep, although there is a full length DIY sort of album that Misk and I did a couple years back with painted artwork and everything that had some experimental type tunes on it. It’s floating around SD somewhere.

Any plans to do so in the future ?

Sure! I’ve got some serious minimal techno stuff that I never show anyone, but I feel so out of touch with that scene that I’m not sure if the listeners will be accepting of my tunes. I think they sound like they are from ten years ago.

What’s your drug of choice ?

Can’t say till it’s legalized here.

Talk about some of the events you’ve helped put on in SD .

A couple years back I was working with Misk and doing a monthly show at the Whistle Stop in south park. We’d play dubstep and downtempo, and occasionally some dnb. We ran into some complications with bookings and stuff and let that one die. Now, I like to promote all the San Diego dubstep events i know about on this site – but in particular, the two shows I have put on with Sublmnl were Dub Smugglers:UK with DJ Kutz and The Invasion with Sukh Knight. Both of these events were insanely fun, and I want to do more in the future.

Do you play any instruments ?

I played acoustic and electric guitar starting when I was 7 years old. I got serious about it and started a few bands when I was around 13, starting with punk rock and moved forward to a ‘blues/metal fusion’ that was the signature sound of my band throughout high school. We played in our garages and around Albuquerque until I moved back to San Diego in 2004.

What other music scenes have you been involved in ?

I’ve done some recording for local punk bands in New Mexico, most recently I recorded a demo for The Twenty 2s in Las Vegas, NM. I also like to check out different scenes here in SD, I have friends in a few indie bands, including Recordable Colors, Buried Under Carrots, The Morning on Fire (I promise I’ll make it to a show soon) and a few others. I always have a good time when there’s music playing and I’m holding a pint!

How long have you lived in SD ? How do you think the places you’ve lived have affected your music ?

I was born here, but grew up in New Mexico. I lived in the mountains of northern NM for 5 years or so when I was real young, then in Albuquerque for 10 years. I have always had family and friends in SD, so I was back and forth all the time. I think growing up in NM gave me a sense of self at a pretty early age, so I branched off into listening to weird stuff quite a bit earlier than most people I knew at the time. I think that, combined with living on the west side of Albuquerque and going to West Mesa HS has definitely put some creativity and a dirtier edge to some of my music. Moving back to SD has smoothed out my sound a lot, as well as put in a lot of danceability. I’m trying to make sexier, bouncier, club style tunes now, and it’s a lot of fun.

Top 5 dubs in the bag

El-B/Ghost – Think your greezy
Clone A Side – For the paradise (PuppyKicker remix)
Richie August – Smash dat
Djinn – Solace
Argyle – Dark krystal

Top 5 vinyls in the bag

These are all old, but I like them a lot:
Cluekid – Hovercraft
Hatcha & Kromestar – 1919
Monkey – Volume VIP
12th Planet – 68
Skream – Stagger

Dog person or cat person?

Doggers all day, I love Pickel.

Coffee or tea?

Espresso or Oolong.

Favorite rave you played at?

Dub Smugglers:UK closing for Kutz. I was having the worst night – stress from the event, and loads of personal drama, and I didn’t even want to play. I had a few of those famous Jamaican Red pints, and threw down the Roguestar(I think?) refix of Come Around, and when the bassline hit I instantly forgot about everything that was bothering me, and I just killed it. It was unreal- Kutz wheeled back my tune You Wont, I never thought shit like that would happen in my life, it has been a laptop hobby for some time now… It’s amazing when things build to something larger than life! I was stoked on how the system at Kava sounded that night, and I had a lot of friends there who had never even heard dubstep before… It was a great session and definitely stands out for me. Kava Lounge.

What’s your favorite fast food ?

Taco shops all day. I love hot sauce. I love burritos. I love Mexican food period. Only thing better is New Mexican food, but that’s a whole new interview.

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