mp3: SIDE9000 dhun
mp3: KARAOKE MOUSE shanghai reggae (dj side’s alternative take)
the fat planet global dubstep tour continues, this time we park up in the czech republic. side9000 caught my attention on a dubstepforum post about the use of traditional, indigenous sounds in dubstep. heading over to side’s czech web site (part of an ‘ultimate skateboarding portal’), there’s not a great deal of explicit information available – however, it would seem that side9000 is the dubstep project of hip hop producer, dj side. ‘dhun’ is the main attraction, deep bass hammering underneath a mesmeric, rolling journey through the middle east.
elsewhere in side’s back catalogue (much of which is freely available for download), we find a 2005 album of “abstract hip hop beats” entitled ‘the renaissance’, as well as a collab with czech mc CABA entitled ‘the album’ and a track with european ITF champion, dj trafik aka dirtyking. there’s also a 2004 album ‘sideology’ which can be downloaded seemingly in its entirety via the site.
side has also just delivered a remix of karaoke mouse‘s latest release ‘shanghai reggae’ – a project featuring czech sound artists karaoke tundra and MMtm – a harder beat than the sideology takes, deploying dust and scratching over a midtempo stepper.
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