CHLLNGR X DOCTOR ECHO "Last Call"

03 ComeAround Feat. JOSIAHWISE IS THE SERPENTWITHFEET

02 First Time Feat. DELS

01 For The Books Feat. JOSIAHWISE IS THE SERPENTWITHFEET

07 Yes Feat. Grace Hall

05 Without Yours Feat. JOSIAHWISE IS THE SERPENTWITHFEET

08 Art, Science, Love Feat. Blaqstarr

04 Inside My Skin

06 Fall Feat. JOSIAHWISE IS THE SERPENTWITHFEET & Nikolaj Manuel Vonsild

11 Save Me

What You Used To Know

10 Waiting Feat. JOSIAHWISE IS THE SERPENTWITHFEET

CHLLNGR's take on the xx "islands."  I created this one in an apartment in Copenhagen when it was very cold outside.
Dr. Echo did the final mix of the track.

The XX "Islands" (CHLLNGR remiXX)

This is a cover of a track that I really love that was originally done by Wayne Jarret.  The Wackies label has always held a special place in my heart and I really love the original production of this song.  I slowed it down a bit and made it a bit more dark but I hope you will check out the original as well!

I recorded the vocals at night when everyone was asleep at our house so I just whispered into the computer mic and decided to keep it as it is.  The whole track is a bit raw but I really want to start putting music out again so this is my first step in a long time.

You and I

Here is the first collaboration that I did with Ticklah when I was in NYC  in 2010. We had a really good time with this one, enjoy!

M.I.A "Steppin Up" (CHLLNGR meets Ticklah DUB)

First tune off of the EP "Datter"

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/datter-ep/id498813102

CHLLNGR "Datter"

This is another tune I found on an old hard drive of mine.  This one came out in early 2011 I believe?  Originally this was premiered on the now defunct RCRD LBL website.  So this story with this was I was watching Jamie Woons live session that he did for Boiler Room back in the day and during his set the PA went out and he did an impromptu acapella version of his song "lady luck."  He sang pretty much the whole song and so I thought...hmm, I should just take that and make my own music under his vocals and that is just what I did and I think it turned out pretty nice.

Jamie Woon LADY LUCK (CHLLNGR Boiler ROOM edit)

Back in 2007/2008 I was living in NYC and made many friends that I still am in contact to this day.  Blaqstarr was always super cool to hang out with and he worked with me on a track on my second LP called "art, science, love."  Here is a dub we made from a Tom Waits cover Blaqstarr did with M.I.A.  I made the tune with my good friend Young Aundee and Doctor Echo did all of the final touches in the mix.  I hope you enjoy.  This has been sitting on a hard drive for 12 years and now it can finally see the light haha.

Blaqstarr, M.I.A and Rye Rye "Down In The Hole Dub" (Doctor Echo mix)

This is the first EP CHLLNGR put out on Time No Place out of Los Angeles California.  The EP is named "datter" in celebration of the birth of Steve's first child.

Change Reprise

Well, Good

Dusty (feat Jessica Brown)

Sundown (feat. Coco O.)

For booking contact: chllngrdub@gmail.com

Unified by dub's loose sense of space and deep sub-frequencies, CHLLNGR's unique amalgam of soul, pop, stripped-down beats, and decaying atmospheres has earned the Copenhagen-based artist, Steven Jess Borth II, adulation from press and peers alike. The nocturnal, murky worlds of his debut 'Haven' and it's follow-up EP 'Datter' alluded to subtle pop possibilities featuring Borth's soft-touch vocals woven into structures indebted to modern R&B's sleek minimalism and the techniques set forth by dub reggae's chief architects King Tubby, Scientist, among countless other legends. An artist who shines in the collaborative process, Borth's acclaimed debut 'Haven' featured Coco (of Quadron), Aku (of Dragons of Zynth), Teachers, and he has been a consistent cohort of South African MC Spoek Mathambo partnering in composing, production, and touring as Mathambo's multi-instrumentalist secret weapon over the past few years.

Over the past year, CHLLNGR has been working on his next full-length for the LA-based Time No Place label. Recorded at the newly built Red Bull Studios in Copenhagen, Borth took a different approach by recording most of the new record at a legitimate studio as opposed to his previous DIY methods. Again, a collaborative effort: the new album features contributions from up-and-coming vocalist JOSIAHWISE IS THE SERPENTWITHFEET, Grace Hall of Skin Town, Doctor Echo, Dusty Brown and the UK based-MC Dels. Keeping much CHLLNGR's signature moody starkness, his forthcoming LP strives for brave eclecticism, digging deeper into his future-minded soul music explorations.

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