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!
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My most recent mix (August 09) is up. It's called "Rips, Tears, and Jagged Edges" and I did it for the Modyfier blog. All sort of new instrumental hip-hop/post-fly lo beats. Here's the Soundcloud link for tracklist and download.
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Very fortunate to be able to do the XLR8R TV piece with Mary Anne Hobbs for the West Coast Rocks special. I think it's the best XLR8RTV episode yet!
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.
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New interview up! This time with The Bug and Warrior Queen when they were out in San Francisco for the killer Surya Dub show.
ez friends Ficus Fresh Podcast 04 now en free Dl ;) Lazer jazz meets turbobeats !! FICUS Fresh Beats Podcast 04 by Ficus Playlist : - Abdul Alim : Find a way - Abdul Alim : Interprise < - Dam Funk : Toeachizown - Aeon : Loverz - Summer : Midnight cowgirl - 6Th Sense : Whereever you are, there u go - Tribute to Masakela : Fulgeance bicoquet remix - Grem's ft Wilde child : Mjc - Jay Prada : Bunks - Lunice : One of Me - Manndibull : Shape 8 - Nastynasty : movies - Lazer Sword : Koopa boss mode - Hovatron ft Flowdan : Slowdan - Electrons libres : Bestown state of mine - Cypress Hill + Missy Eliot - Hugg Pepp : Penguini rmx by Lando Kal - Gangsta Till the end : LL - Manndibull : Deniaz Funk - Dam Funk : Hood pass intact - Dorian Concept : The fucking formula - Dabrye ft Mf Doom : Air - Cryptical : Diamonds - Caterva : Lazer - Joker & Ginz : Basement jaxx raindrops rmx - Stereotyp : Somebody slow rmx&
DM12003: Poxxe - Iono EP OUT NOW! Darkmatter Soundsystem frequents their third visit to vinyl (DM12003) this time around with the Southern California native Poxxe. The 12" kicks off with a screaming dubstep floorkiller titled "The Malfunction" sure to incite soundsystems and crowds. Next up is the rattling tear out breakcore track titled "Funky Lizard" with Minion on the collab. On the flip side, the two tracks "Yellular" & "Plastic Hip" explore the more sparse rhythms and tones of Poxxe's sound. A strong follow up to the label's previous release (DM12001) "Minion - Bored In The U.S.A. EP." Darkmatter is exclusively distributed and sold by Praxis.
Amboss: Kompressorwahn/Avenida Paulista (Sub/Version 014) OUT NOW! The most relentless Sub/Version release so far! Two mighty tracks combining a wall of sound with rave hyper-energy. Side A "Kompressorwahn" kicks off with stepping tension-oriented rave-esque melodies quickly culminating in the most extreme pounding beats that throttle your nerves and whip the dancefloor into a frenzy with no end in sight. Amboss keeps up the pressure with the side B track titled "Avenida Paulista" in which hard industrial effects, intense frequencies and relentless beats are pushed to the limit. Deemed to be "too hard" for some, Sub/Version 014 by Amboss demolishes all other drum and bass tracks around thus demonstrating the possibilities for further explorations in hybrid extreme sounds. Sub/Version is exclusively distributed and sold by Praxis.
Pending the new release "Melotonine" (release date coming soon), i decided to offer you a part of my best recent works in a free EP, "Cupboard Replacement", downloadable in all numeric formats with special graphic art works by Flint on Music AutOmatiK's Website :
We can stay in contact on facebook now... Thanks for your support !
Several tracks including Subsequence and Tragic Hope available for you to download. Keep up the great work around here!! Check out this new band-> http://www.myspace.com/theismusic
Black Era is back, dusty and instrumental, dubby and noisy. Ghost samples of Dy_Darshan voice evolve the atmospheres into surreal winds shaken by gargantuan springverbs and driven tapes. Beat is the reason to live.
New album ARX KAELI - Highway. released on label Acidsamovar, Russia. Cd packed in wooden box with laser engraving, covered a grey varnish. Time 62 min. Tracks recorded between 2005 - 2008.
Alien Hand's debut release serves up seven salubrious slices of Celtic mashcore mayhem guaranteed to enchant young and old alike! Available now from Digital Vomit Records.
