complicating matters since 1978
Originally, Lost Dubs 010 was going to be a chill rework of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. As much as I loved that version, the unlicensed vocals meant it had to stay in the vaults. In its place comes something that never … Continued
By 2007 I’d been living in Seoul for three years, and had already spent a decade playing aggressive, bass-heavy music in dark clubs. Maybe it was time to chill out. Years earlier, when I was looking to travel, I deliberately … Continued
2008 was my Dubstep era. What I loved about Dubstep (before it became the dirty word of Brostep) was its versatility. Coming from Ragga Jungle, which stood so far apart from most 4/4 genres, Dubstep gave me an access point … Continued
2006 was the year I first went to Movement in Detroit — my favourite festival in my favourite city. At the time, minimal techno was everywhere. I’d never worked at 120 bpm before, and I honestly had no idea what … Continued
2006 was a year I was digging deep into dub — not just as a sound, but as a philosophy. Freedom Will Come samples the words of an activist dub poet, echoing with the urgency of struggle and the promise … Continued
2008 was a turning point. I felt like I was standing on the edge of something bigger, chasing a sound I could finally call my own. My Sound was exactly that — me drawing a line in the sand and … Continued
Bla Blam isn’t glorifying the gun — it’s condemning it. The main hook lifts from Dr. Dre’s Let Me Ride (1992) — “Blam-blam, blam ’til dem fall / Listen to the shots” — while the breakdown drops into dialogue from … Continued
Some rooms demand a different kind of track. This one was made for the shadows. Built in 2007 and rinsed out at Club Cargo in Hongdae, Seoul during my residency with Konkrete Jungle Seoul, Certain Dubs for Certain Clubs is … Continued
This one’s a manifesto. Vinyl static. Acid line arpeggios. Crisp hand-coded drums. It’s pure accomplice — programmed in Sonic Foundry Acid, with a 303 emulator squelching over breaks and vocal samples from Beat Street (1984) laying down the ethos: “I … Continued