Kid Kameleon has been mixing, mashing, and maximizing bass genres for over 10 years, ever since he got his start with
DJ Spooky and the
Soundlab collective in New York in the late 90s. A champion of outsider music styles and eclectic mixing techniques rooted in a core of hip-hop, jungle, and dub, these days the Kid’s sets take in ever-widening genres from breakcore to b-more, dubstep to dancehall, club, pop and even rock. He’s proudly performed in over two dozen countries, from Canada to Estonia, and has shared the stage with
Kool Herc,
U-Roy,
Asian Dub Foundation,
Alec Empire,
Squarepusher,
Dizzee Rascal,
The Bug and
Warrior Queen,
Vex’d,
Plastician,
Flying Lotus,
Kid 606,
Maga Bo,
Ghislain Poirier,
Daddy Freddy,
Drop The Lime,
Mathhead aka Passions,
Flosstradamus,
DJ C,
WayneandWax, and
Ripley, just to name a few. As a staff writer for
XLR8R magazine, both his interviews and monthly column "
Basic Needs" take readers to the furthest extremes electronic dance music, as do the numerous mixes he’s made for
Shockout,
Mashit, and dozens of other sites. He’s also a founder of San Francisco’s eclectic club night
Surya Dub at
Club Six, which won
SF Weekly’s Best Club Night award in 2007 and the
SF Bay Guardian’s “Best Ambassadors of Dread Bass” in 2008. As a
blogger and
scholar, his work ranges from measuring the social interactions of online networks to the implications of file-sharing on music business models, and he has worked with the
Electronic Frontier Foundation to assess the laws and policies that affect the connection between creative communities and technology. Ultimately, his eclectic sets have bar tenders dancing on their own bars, and they put smiles on faces of all types of club goers. Check out
Kidkameleon.com for his blog and and more mixes, but make sure to come with an open mind and an appetite for bass!
Now that it's been incubating for several months, I'm proud to present MUST LOVE LOOPS to the world, direct from the Cock Rock Disco label! It pulls together a lot of my favorite Baltimore tracks of the last couple years... there's a few classics in there but a lot of it is from some of the names that have gotten big in the last little bit. Folks like Tittsworth (thanks for all the tracks over the years, Jesse, and congrats on the album!) and the Flamin' Hotz label. Click on the graphic above to be taken to a page where you can download it. Tracklist is here at the Birthday Party Berlin blog. Thanks as always to Inkcore for the awesome art!
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Check out the two part dubstep mix, split between Mashit and Spannered! Some of the best tracks of 2007 on there, with a few other bits throwin in here and there. Click on each of the photos above to be taken to pages where you can download each. More info here at my blog. Big up to Inkcore for the art!
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Here's a mix I did in March for XLR8R for my Basic Needs column. B-more, Baile, Glitch, Dubstep, Acid, Club, and straight up crazy ... it's a good representation of what my sets sound like now. Enjoy!
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Check out the interview I did with Flying Lotus for XLR8R TV! Apparently one of the highest hit rates for any of XLR8R's webisodes. That's because my man Fly Lo rocks! Check out Los Angeles on Warp, album of the year so far.
Hey friend!!..check out RuNTs latest aural pleasure offering :: uBer Djs with :: 4o'clock in the morning.. Njoi Lani:) CLICK here to view our content on Beatport. com also avail @junodownload, djdownload, trackitdown, itunes etc etc..
The next Rowdy! will be Friday, October 10th at the Lucky Cat!
Special Birthday Edition!
We're rockin' a special Rowdy! this round to celebrate the birthdays of Rowdy! crew members Secret Agent Gel and poo dub with an all-friends lineup and classic acid house set for a proper bday rave!
Come celebrate with us! There will be cupcakes, you know it!
Hi ! – I’m sorry that this is a bit spammy but I just wanted to let you know my album’s now available to download from iTunes, Amazon and the other major online stores. You can also listen to the whole thing for free on Last FM. There’s a link on my page with all the info! – Thanks very much!
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