Today's post is directed at Toronto, it's music fans and it's promoters. Electronic nights in Toronto may be quite numerous, but none of them really explore the kind of sound I like. On that note there is now an oppurtunity for someone to pick up a Novamute recording artist for a gig. He'll be in Toronto for a few days before he heads else-where and I'd like to see him get a chance to play.
Debasser w/ releases on: Novamute & Input-Output
related URLs:
WIDE (Productions/Promotions)
Debasser Discogs Link
Download Debasser Live Set
Download Debasser Novamute Press Pack (contains favourable reviews of his Novamute releases in virtually every major music magazine)
Debasser will be in Toronto Thursday July 27th to Sunday July 30th so this is last minute, but still not that hard to do up!
WIDE Bio
It all really kicked off in the dance tent at Glastonbury Festival some 8 years ago when DJ Rap stepped up to the decks. Prior to this, when Debasser's clubbing experiences had been parties thrown by Black Sheep, Pendragon and Escape From Samsara he'd always thought the Jungle scene was for ruffnecks and rude boys. The moment DJ Rap's sub frequencies hit the bass bins and the crowd erupted it was clear to Debasser that he needed to change direction.
Living in York, far from the hub of Drum and Bass, his appetite was fed by mixes from his brother Cutlass Supreme who would invite him down to London for seminal club nights thrown by the likes of Metalheadz, Tru Playaz and Ninja Tune. Relentless shopping and ale sessions at London's finest pubs and record shops Black Market. Ambient Soho and Atlas Records ensured Debasser returned to the north with a bevy of nose bleeding bass. debasser
Having been a musician and producer for some time already, starting out on an Amiga 500 back in early 90s, it didn't take long for Debasser to relocate his sound to the lower frequencies. He was soon churning out bass tracks and premiering them at maximum volume wherever a party was thrown.
After 1998, when the Drum and Bass scene lost its jump up vibe in favour of a more industrial sound, Debasser began looking for other ways of making bass music without surrendering the party attitude he had experienced at Glastonbury.
This came in the form of a chance meeting with Detroit's DJ Godfather and an exchange of CDs and records. The ghetto tech sound which he had pioneered was a filthy concoction of Miami Bass, Electro, Hip Hop & Old Skool Jungle. Armed with mix CD "The Bomb Volume 3" he set out to create his own interpretation of the sound.
The result was Fat Girls, an electro/ghetto tech track with a processed 808 bass drum so meaty that original test presses had to be ditched when the needles bounced. Picked up by Detroit's Disco D for his GTI Recordings label the record was released in the US with mixes from Disco D and Electrofunk's Mr De. It was Techno legend Ritchie Hawtin who took Debasser to the next level when he brought Fat Girls to the attention of Novamute Records. The tune was re-mastered and re-released with a new Debasser remix and two extra tracks, Step Up and Funk Tube. Fat Girls had witnessed its second coming and the critical acclaim that followed ("Not far from genius point" - Record Collector) threw Debasser onto the international club scene.
Not being one to rest on his laurels, Debasser followed up Fat Girls with a whole new sound. Having enjoyed the success brought by Fat Girls but not wishing to be pigeon holed or perceived as an impersonator of the US sound he produced Dark Smile. First played to Cutlass Supreme on the car stereo of a Rover Metro, the track melded his musical influences with a dynamic new sound that would launch the UK Bass movement.
In 2004, after a year of touring and recording Debasser was asked to collaborate with the Delta-9 Collective on their debut compilation for Delta 9 Plastics. The result was If You Gonna Do One, "a heavily distorted Mr Oizo-style stomper" which had dance floors destroyed with its build ups of bass. debasser mugshot
Debasser's first offering for 2005 was a serious attack of sub frequencies in the form of Gunk which was released on WIDE's off-shoot label WIDER Records. He is now finalising his next release with Sweden's Input-Output Inc Records which will feature his new track K.L.S along with a remix from Si Begg.
Presently Debasser is working on a remix for Radioactive Man's new album, along side new tracks (due April '05) and is about to start on a joint project with The Institute Of Ape Culture.
So get in touch and book him up Toronto!
bleep@isoprax.com
