This month on the 17th of December we bring you for the first time in NYC the mighty EMALKAY (Dub Police), east coast legend DIESELBOY, Bass Fueled Mischiefs HELLFIRE MACHINA and local hero Liondub.
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EMALKAY [www.facebook.com/emalkayofficial]
With initial support in the form of grime veteran Plastician, “Birmingham’s finest” Emalkay gained the attention of South London based label Boka Records with the warped, future bass drones and epic strings of Gut Feeling. Continuing the success, Testing The Waters EP was released in October 2006 followed by Monsters in June 2007. The revolutionary sound of Mecha, released in the fall of 2007, gained Emalkay support from the likes of Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs and breakbeat pioneer FreQ Nasty, as well as many of the leading figures of the current dubstep scene. It seemed Emalkay’s own potential as a pivotal dubstep artist was finally being realised. His final release on Boka Records was the reggae influenced My Story in April 2008. In the fall of 2008, Emalkay produced Explicit – a tune that gradually captured the interest of such prominent dubsteppers as Benga and received major support from acts such as The Scratch Perverts and drum and bass duo Chase and Status. After being approached by Caspa however, the track was finally released on the Dub Police label in February 2009 after much anticipation.
DIESELBOY [http://www.djdieselboy.com/]
Dieselboy is the stage name of Damian Higgins, an American drum and bass DJ, producer, remixer, founder of the Human Imprint music label, and co-founder of its sublabel SubHuman launched September 2010.
On New Year’s Eve 2009 during a 3D Productions event at Club 24 in Washington, D.C., Dieselboy played a 3-hour multi-sub-genre set including drum and bass, dubstep and electro. The enthusiastic crowd response encouraged him to continue experimenting with this new format into 2010. Dieselboy is the best-selling American drum and bass musician, was the first American to be voted into the UK-based Drum & Bass Arena Top 10 DJs 2004 online poll, and has played events on six continents. He was also the first d&b artist to chart a single on Billboard’s dance chart with Invid in 2000. (Source: The Washington Post) Dieselboy is sponsored by DC Shoes and Pioneer Pro DJ.
Currently based in Brooklyn, Dieselboy has also performed at rock festivals and extreme sports exhibitions. Dieselboy tracks have been heard on MTV and ESPN, and in videogames. Higgins has also designed graphics for T-shirts, logos, fliers, buttons, CD’s and record sleeves. Dieselboy is represented by William Morris Electronic, the high profile booking agency’s electronic artist division, and Circle Management.