DJ/Producer Highlight - Crocodile

I've got a dirty secret and because i'm a nice guy i'm gonna share it with you. (cue dirty dubstep laugh)......

When I got sent a link to a crocodile track from magz (our resident talent manager) I knew he must be good....but this made me crank up my sub and skank out like a crazy demented limbless fool; Pure warpy madness and fresh samples for ya ears!!

This week our DJ/Highlight of the week is Crocodile, hailing from North London. Read below to find out a bit more about 'Crocodile' my filthy little Dubstep secret.

Christopher Rhys Field, a.k.a. Crocodile (or Crocs) is a North London based producer who has been
making dubstep since may 2009, armed only with previous experience in making techno/trance and
breakbeat tunes for fun.

A love of electronic music began with four years learning jazz saxophone from age 8, before starting
guitar lessons at 12. Several years later young crocs became enthralled watching Muse clips & DVDs,
collecting their albums and more importantly, becoming obsessed by the sound of Matt Bellamy's
custom Manson guitars with the embedded Fuzz Factories, proximity sensors, MIDI ribbons, laser
lights... which led quickly to an interest in circuitry and the technology side of music, however an
affection for electronica was truly established after dancing to Enter Shikari's Korg-riddled trance
rhythms at the Hammersmith Palais in March 2007.

To date, Crocodile has been in 8 bands, toured spain playing bass in a big band, written numerous
electronic tunes (across genres trance, techno, breakbeat, electronica, chemical, ambient, dubstep,
drumstep, dnb) and has so far made £25 from doing so.

Crocodile is currently expanding operations to include liquid funk and electro house (for each of
which a different alias will be assumed), whilst continuing dubstep.

The current kit list consists of a Korg Kaoss Pad 2, ESX-1 and microKORG, a Fender Jaguar HH, a
circuit bent casio, a Technics FGservo, a Behringer VMX200, Cubase SX3, Ableton Live Suite 8, Reason
4 and a number of VSTs and FX units, with plans to soon add a nanoKONTROL and APC20 for live use.

So now u know a bit about the man check below for a few links:

Here's a track to wet your tastebuds
Gilla - Crocodile
Gilla - Download

Links
Myspace
Soundcloud
Youtube

Enjoy

DJ/Producer Highlight - Nachos - Top 5 Dubstep Tracks and Exclusive Mix

Nachos is a Dubstep producer/DJ based in Canterbury UK. We asked him his top 10 and he gave them to us - This is them innit..

Nachos Top 5 Dubstep Tracks

Blue Foundation – Eyes on Fire(Zeds Dead remix)
I_jah - its alive (n1tex remix)
Nachos - Dirrty Bassline
Nachos – Come On
Nachos – Push it in

Then we said, Give us a mix mate so we can put it on our blog and he gave us this. Just for you. Enjoy.

Nachos Exclusive Mix Download

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DJ/Producer Profile - Nachos

This week we're introducing Nachos, a DJ/Producer based in Canterbury.

Today we're looking at where Nacho's has played and some other events he will be playing at shortly, as well as tracks Nachos has produced. So read on Rub-A-Dubsteppers.

Here's a list of clubs where Nachos has played recently or will be playing in the near future

UK and International Club List:

San Antonio, Ibiza, ES: Viva, Godfathers
London, UK: Pacha, Club Life, Cargo,
Canterbury, UK:
Chill, The Bizz - The Works - Baabars, Alberry's, The FarmHouse, The Run of The Mill, The Loft, The Lighthouse, The Venue
The Brewery Bar(Whitstable)
R Bar(Maidstone)
James's Bar(Ramsgate)
E11ens (Chippenham)
Thanet Festival (May 2010)
Canterbury Christ Church University Summer Ball (June 2010)
Timisoara, Romania: INCA, Jazz Club, Ringers, Papillon,
Potenza, Italy: Ill Café

Sound Art Works:
Open Ear (25 March), Broadstairs
J.G.Ballard Memorial in collaboration with Janek Schaefer, Canterbury

As a producer Nachos already has a healthy arsenal of dirty dubstep tracks and remixes under his belt some of which you can hear in the 10 minute mix we posted yesterday, Here's a list of just a few for you to seek out.

Nachos – Dirrty Bassline
Nachos – Heaven Hell Mixer
Nachos – Questions
Nachos – Come On
Nachos – He Has a Dream(Dubstep) & (VIP)
Nachos – Out the Window(Original Mix)
Nicole Jane – Is it Me(Nachos Funky Remix)
Pitbull – I Know you want me (Nachos Re-fix)
Everything But The Girl – Missing (Nachos Dubstep Remix)
The Scorpions – White Dove (Nachos Drum and Bass Remix)
And more...

Come back tomorrow for another mix and more about DJ Nachos.

USURP - Breaks, Beer and Shakespear 26th May 2010 Pics

Remember last week we told you about an event called Breaks, Beer and Shakespeare @ Trinity in Harrow. Well Rub-A-Dubstep passed through to show some love. Here's some pics from the night...


Natalie 'N-Core' Leer (event Organiser) poses for the camera


Rub-A-Dubstep Talent Manager Magmatic Magnanimous with DJ Jadman (Dubstep DJ)


This is a lamp...Looks good innit?


More DJ's In the booth

some more pics

Dubstep On Wheels

Check out this video...Dubstep and wheels nuff said. Don't say we never give you nuttin.

Enjoy

Dubstep on Wheels

DJ/Producer Highlight: Nachos

This weeks Producer/DJ Highlight originally born in Romania and now representing Dubstep from Canterbury. Going by the name of Nachos he DJ's and produces Dubstep and has played in clubs all over the world. We asked him to tell us a bit about himself...see below to see what he said.

"Born in Timisoara, Romania, in 1988, I’ve lived most of my life over there. I Started throwing hardcore/rock parties when I was 14 then progressed to DnB parties when I was 16. I left the country to study and started mixing seriously a little over three years ago in the US when I purchased my first DJ console, a Behringer BDJ 2000, and started throwing parties. I have mixed in the US at various parties and in Romania, my native country at local DnB Sessions on 100FM, a local radio station and in two local clubs, Metal Box and Jazz.

I arrived in the UK in September 2007 and I have tried to mix in some clubs but I was always too lazy to record a demo, so I started by holding outrageous parties in my university campus, Canterbury Christchurch University. After I got banned for throwing parties that had more than 150 people in student accommodations, I decided that it was time to take the next step and finally recorded a demo. Of course, the first demo wasn't any good so I never sent it off, but I didn't need to because I have gained reputation from the parties and my friends suggested I start a regular thing, so I sorted out a Romanian Night in The Loft, one of Canterbury's clubs. The night was a complete success, with 60 of us being thrown out after the club shut down because we wouldn't leave. After this night I said, ok, now I’m going to dedicate my time to actually doing something cool, so I finally finished the demo I wanted to send out. ...and I did. A week later, I received a call from the Music Manager of Alberry's, the DnB club of Canterbury, calling me for a test. I went, it went ok, everybody was happy and I got called again and again and again....
Since then I have progressed a lot with my DJ and production skills, I am currently member or organizations/promotion groups such as, Bass-Ment Drum ’N’ Bass & Dubstep, Corrupted Dj's, Fiday Deadly Sins and holding my own nights,the Invigor8 Nights as well as having my own promotion group called Trend Sound, aimed at promoting young artists that compose/sing/mix good music.

My sets and nights consist of styles that I play, including but not limited to:
RnB/Hip-Hop/UK Funky/Funky House/Electro House/Club House/House(all styles)/Dance/Pop/Urban/Dubstep/Drum and Bass/Mash-ups/Indie/Rock
My mixing skills rely on doing 2-3-4 deck mixes, mostly cd, but I can play vinyl if requested for DnB nights. These skills have been confirmed by various DJ competitions that i've entered in, and winning "The Battle of the Student DJ’s" competition, but the biggest one was King of The Decks DJ Competition in which I was the regional winner for the Urban category(rnb/hip-hop/house/dubstep).

I am currently a DJ in most of the major clubs in Canterbury, while being a full-time DJ and hosting my own nights in Alberry’s, Canterbury and playing there almost everyday.

During my club ventures I have played alongside artists such as: Aphrodite, Nicky Blackmarket, Simon 'Bassline' Smith, Slipmatt, Billy Bunter, Erb 'N' Dub, Dub Zero, Nicole Jane, 3rus TRG and others.

My current projects involve more than just mixing and promoting, I currently produce tracks and mash-ups for radio shows or other artists, create flyers/posters for events and also intros/outros/dj tools etc"

So there you have it an introduction to the man Nachos - He's definitely putting the work in..Come back tomorrow to find out more...Till then enjoy the mix and check out his Myspace/Soundcloud etc below.

Listen to a 10 minute mix
A little mix by Nachos of his own tracks

Nachos 10 Min Mix

Links

Facebook
Myspace
Soundcloud
Hi5