Flavor Overdrive is the sound of 2013 to me, in a nutshell. It's been a long time since I sat down and created a real "promo" mix - trying to demo the type of music I perform live when I get booked to play a party set. So this is it. I threw everything I could into it, and there's still so much that didn't make it - people just make too many damn awesome tunes!!! 

Enjoy the journey through Footwork, post-Footwork, Slow/Fast DnB, elastic Hip-Hop, Trap, Global Bass, Future Beats, Moombahton, Future Zouk, Dubstep, post-Dubstep, and whatever it is that you want to call the music with breakbeats at 130 bpm now-a-days. Spread the word on the mix and holler at me if you like it. Booking inquiries through SoundCloud, Facebook or gmail (KidKameleon for all of 'em). Look out for a redesigned website, radio show, and new label coming soon!

Much Love,
Kid Kameleon

TRACKLIST

01. JSTJR x Two Sev X Banginclude - Caxito [Self Release]
02. Fracture - Bad Habit (Om Unit Remix) [Astrophonica]
03. Dawn Day Night - Big Booty Girls [Astrophonica]
04. OneOne - Our November (BoeBoe Remix) [Saturate Records]
05. Moist Ghost - Witch Doctor [Astro Nautico]
06. Urple Eeple - Looking for Action (Olove Remix) [Far Arden]
07. Seiho - Wet Asphalt [Self Release]
08. Cali Swag District - Teach Me How To Dougie (Schlachthofbronx Remix) [Self Release]
09. Blackjob - Rise Again (Baobinga Remix) [Original Cultures]
10. Concealed Identity - Trouble [Tribe 12]
11. Om Unit & Sam Binga - Triffidz [Exit Records]
12. Chesslo Junior - Alpine Riddim [WotNot Music]
13. Shiver - Displaced [Protect Audio]
14. Snorlax - Conga [The Melt]
15. Ta-Ku - Hustle [Self Release]
16. Eloq - C'mon [Activa Benz]
17. Gillepsy - Da Boom Riot [Hyperboloid]
18. Rattraps & Subp Yao - Outlaw [Raise It Up]
19. Zebra Katz x Boyfriend - Winter Titty (Lenkemz Remix) [Senseless Records]
20. Lewis James - Mr. Cannibal BBQ [Original Cultures]
21. Ipaghost - Peach Slap [Self Release]
22. Manni Dee & Deft - This One, The Art of the Possible [2nd Drop]
23. Reso - Coronium (Doshy Remix) [Civil Music]
24. Deebs - Fillet [Pelican Fly]
25. Interface & Minus - Hardwork [Gutterfunk]
26. Lewis James - Anuk Krakatau (Instrumental Club Version) [Original Cultures]
27. 123MRK - Invisible Colors (Deft Remix) [Infinite Machine]
28. Frikstailers - Son de Paz [ZZK Records]
29. Headshotboyz - Glow Job [Urban Waves Records]
30. Jesse Slayter & Rattraps - El Diablo [Drop Dem Records]
31. J.Rabbit - Tequila [Self Release]
32. JSTJR x Hataah - Bomboklat [Self Release]
33. Major Lazer - Bubble Butt - Tenko Remash (JSTJR Edit) [Self Release]
34. Colin Domigan - Guns & Drugs (Zouk'n'Twerk VIP) [Self Release]
35. Oh Blimey - Make It Pop [Bad Shoes Records]
36. Diplo & Swick - Keep It Gully (Jesse Slayter Remix) [Self Release]
37. Thornato - Gaita Gaita [ZZK Records]
38. Ear Jerker - It Good (Bad Shoes Records]
39. Ear Jerker - Serious Fun (Bad Shoes Records]
40. Diinch - This Is (Printz Remix) [Voodoo Village]
41. Top Billin' - Disregard Females, Acquire Currency [Self Release]
42. Wayfarer - Fall of the Zulu [Tribe 12]
43. Toyc - Keyframe (Bloom Remix) [CrazyLegs]
44. Ipman - In Atari [WheelyDeal]
45. Volor Flex & Encode - Unbone [Forthcoming on Dark Clover]
46. Aleph - Crown of Slave [King Deluxe]
47. Warsnare - Red Lights [Seclusiasis]
48. Die & Addison Groove - HydroPump [Gutterfunk]
49. Metome - Paper Moon [King Deluxe]
50. Kamikaze Space Programme - Pyongyang [West Norwood Cassette Library]
51. Bobby Tank - Cybo [MofoHifi Records]
52. Whitney Houston - It's Not Right (Radixx Remixx) [Raw Tapes Bootlegs]

Flavor Overdrive

Like the stars that outline a constellation, this is a collection of tracks that sketches something while not quite being it. 

This mix not only celebrates nearly 30 years of DnB history, but also marks the first original Kid Kameleon mix in 8 years. I wanted to put it together to deconstruct what the genre has become to me, a sort of rhythmic skeleton to experiment with. A few of these tracks I've held on to for nearly a decade, though most are from the last couple years — the genre is alive and well and blazing the same science-fictional paths it always has. Enjoy 🚀

01 THY LVE - What We Promise
02 https://soundcloud.com/synkro and https://soundcloud.com/dyl170 - Empty Faces
03 https://soundcloud.com/dbridge_exitrecords and https://soundcloud.com/damoncnvx - Wij Zijn
04 https://soundcloud.com/j_a_n_k_a - Wszyscy Jesteśmy Bardzo Szczęśliwi Dub
05 https://soundcloud.com/dbridge_exitrecords & https://soundcloud.com/unclelew - Verloren
06 https://soundcloud.com/dbridge_exitrecords & https://soundcloud.com/instramentalofficial - What We Got
07 https://soundcloud.com/needformirrors - Verbal
08 https://soundcloud.com/heronflow - Emptiness Is Form
09 https://soundcloud.com/bop - Untitled Pattern #55
10 https://soundcloud.com/dee-bee-one - B1
11 https://soundcloud.com/dee-bee-one - Point Three
12 QNS (aka https://soundcloud.com/flxk1 ) - QNS#2 Version
13 https://soundcloud.com/joergmueller - DFM #6 (SIDE B - 7" Dubplate)
14 https://soundcloud.com/thing_estonia - Dub & Beyond
15 https://soundcloud.com/stillhead - Slow
16 https://soundcloud.com/synkro - Osiris
17 https://soundcloud.com/unclelew - Response
18 https://soundcloud.com/jon1st - Seems Like
19 https://soundcloud.com/sieren - Lies
20 https://soundcloud.com/bop - Spiral
21 https://soundcloud.com/kimyanlaw - Komorebi

Reintigration

Some favorite cuts from 2013 on the listening end of the spectrum. Dense beats, synth driven, slightly syrupy and psychedelic future sounds. All tracks from 2013 as far as I know. 

Original Post "10 Releases You Might Have Missed in 2013" is here - http://createdigitalmusic.com/2013/12/10-great-releases-2013-might-missed/

Post on the mix itself is here - http://createdigitalmusic.com/2014/01/new-leaves/

Thank you to all these artists for a stellar year. Support their music by buying directly from them or their labels. If you're feeling the mix, please heart/repost/tweet etc! Endless gratitude.

01. https://soundcloud.com/klatu - Ambievert [Self Release]
02. https://soundcloud.com/microburst - Flare (https://soundcloud.com/lotide remix) [Svetlana Industries]
03. https://soundcloud.com/shigeto - Detroit Part 1 [Ghostly International]
04. https://soundcloud.com/julien-mier - Je t'ecoute (https://soundcloud.com/alphabetsheaven Remix) [King Deluxe]
05. https://soundcloud.com/miyuki-sounds - Yume (https://soundcloud.com/bittertv After Death Mix) [Self Release]
06. https://soundcloud.com/yosi-horikawa - Bump [First Word Records]
07. https://soundcloud.com/the-bear-and-the-sea - Human Loop [Neuva Forma]
08. https://soundcloud.com/lapalux - Guuurl [Brainfeeder]
09. Vegpher - Parallel Depth [https://soundcloud.com/progressive-form]
10. https://soundcloud.com/omunit - Corridor 2013 [Civil]
11. https://soundcloud.com/ulrich-schnauss - I Take Comfort In Your Ignorance (https://soundcloud.com/ASC Remix) [Scripted Realities]
12. https://soundcloud.com/ferrein - Hover [Musik Gewinnt Feunde]
13. https://soundcloud.com/dfrnt - Moon [Echodub]
14. https://soundcloud.com/tilliander (TM404) - 202/303/303/303/606/606 [Kontra-Musik]
15. https://soundcloud.com/balan-florin Adverb - Sea Breath [Dewtone]

New Leaves

http://www.kidkameleon.com has relaunched, marking its 10 year anniversary!

This mix celebrates that - just a fairly quick thing I tossed of representing the sounds of my summer of 2014. Music to bump in the car on the way to the beach but also works in the club - at least the kinds of clubs I play at!

Much love and respect to all the artists, sounds, and labels represented here – and to all the DJs who keep finding innovative ways to perform live, repping the tunes they love. It's my sincere hope that 2014 is when people stop asking "Do you DJ or perform live?" 

Ever since Kool Herc, it's always been both.

Keep pushing music forward!

Tracklist:
01. https://soundcloud.com/submerse - Tapes (https://soundcloud.com/projectmooncircle Forthcoming)
02. https://soundcloud.com/konductorslab Bambooman - Knox (https://soundcloud.com/sonicrouter)
03. https://soundcloud.com/bl-pd-li Bläp Dëli - Darn (https://soundcloud.com/pragmatic-theory-label-1)
04. https://soundcloud.com/ikickedacloudonce - That Dimension (https://soundcloud.com/greased-up-records)
05. https://soundcloud.com/oddlogic - Dither (https://soundcloud.com/outlierrecordings)
06. https://soundcloud.com/pronouncedlove Afta-1 - Lil' Bit of Ice (Self Released)
07. https://soundcloud.com/sorrowgarage - Lover's Charm (https://soundcloud.com/fentplates)
08. https://soundcloud.com/evilneedleprod + https://soundcloud.com/sivey - Constructive Interference (https://soundcloud.com/soulection)
09. https://soundcloud.com/nikitchmusic + https://soundcloud.com/dj-mart-one - WNDBDWN (https://soundcloud.com/cosmonostro)
10. Chiefs + https://soundcloud.com/vaski - On That Fly (https://soundcloud.com/pilerats Records)
11. https://soundcloud.com/beat-pusher - Skyline (https://soundcloud.com/never-slept)
12. N.O.R.E. - Nothin' [https://soundcloud.com/wearekjss Remix] (Self Release)
13. Stank - Gode Pavao (https://soundcloud.com/kafundorecords)
14. https://soundcloud.com/filastine - Requiem 432 (https://soundcloud.com/post-world-industries)
15. https://soundcloud.com/gouda-hoop - Range Four Harry (https://soundcloud.com/dropping-gems Forthcoming)
16. https://soundcloud.com/syremusic vs. The Pack - Takuya Vans [https://soundcloud.com/kidkameleon Edit]
17. https://soundcloud.com/alphabetsheaven - New York (https://soundcloud.com/king_deluxe Forthcoming)
18. https://soundcloud.com/jacob2-2 - Riker's Beard (https://soundcloud.com/brokenbubble)
20. Kapok - Love is Clean (https://soundcloud.com/origamisound)
21. Kapok - Feel It (https://soundcloud.com/origamisound)
22. Jovian Path - Versailles (Unreleased)

Bumper Boats

My set from Sunday night at Priceless 2011. Much more dance-y than the previous year. This doesn't include the first part that was all drumstep and will get turned into a different mix. And it does include a few tracks that were left out because of technical problems.

Thanks to all the amazing artists who joined us on the Forest Stage.

1	Shigeto - And We Gonna (Samiyam Chopsticks Remix)
2	Shigeto - Ann Arbor Part 1 (Charles Trees Ypsi-Arbor Remix)
3	DJ Shadow - Hardcore [Instrumental] Hip-Hop
4	J Dilla - Make It Fast (Unadulterated Mix) (Featuring Diz Gibran)
5	Low Limit - Turf Day
6	LFO - LFO (Luke Vibert Remix)
7	Mosca - Tilt Shift
8	Shen - Overgrowth
9	Clause Four - Daze
10	Om Unit - Lavender
11	Om Unit - The Corridor
12	Om Unit - Encoded
13	DJ Food - Dark Lady (808 State Remix)
14	Flying Lotus - GNG BNG
15	Killing Skills - Van Dijck Brown
16	Shigeto - Sacrificial
17	Push Button Objects - Non Existant (Gescom Mix)
18	J Dilla - Make It Fast (Unadulterated Mix) (Featuring Diz Gibran)
19	Paul White - Hustle (Bullion Remix)
20	Bullion - Don't Talk
21	Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity (instrumental)
22	Gang Starr - Just To Get A Rep
23	Bastard Boots - Unknown
24	DJ Adlib - Uh-a-Ah!
25	Mexicans With Guns - Me Gustó (Instrumental)
26	Audace - Indestructible Soul
27	Easy &amp; The Centre Of The Universe - Yazid
28	Siriusmo - Das Geheimnis
29	Anti-Pop Consortium - Volcano (Four Tet Remix)

Kid Kameleon - Priceless 2011

Mix I did for Tom Ravenscroft's Dec 2nd, 2011 show.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00slvl3

Loops Haunt – Ark (Black Acre)
Danny Drive Thru – Eclipsemoonsun [Trevino's Front Remix] (forthcoming on Fat City)
Abjo – Stereocity (unreleased VIP)
Zack Christ – Iced Out (self released)
Sepalcure – Fleur [Sun Hammer Remix] (forthcoming self release)
Fedbymachines – The Place That Never Was (forthcoming on Falk Phonic)
Woulg – Elephant (enig’matik)
Recue and Jolea – We’re Not Like The Most (unreleased VIP)

Kid Kameleon on BBC6 - Tom Ravenscroft

I'm driving to LA tomorrow. I needed music to listen to in the car. I got sick of waiting for myself to records one of the 10 or 14 mixes I have to do. So I decided to just play lots of tracks that I currently like that aren't appearing on anything else. This is what happened.
1) Woah, everyone in dubstep seems to have discovered Hidden Agenda circa 1997
2) Woah, everyone in dubstep seems to have discovered Marcus Intalex circa 2002
3) This mix it totally 100% indebted to Ricky Def's new CD -- to the point where several of these tracks are on that mix and that's the only place I've ever heard them. It's totally blowing my mind and you should ask him for a limited edition copy:
http://www.myspace.com/rrnnrr
Indigo - Cosmos
Indigo - Let It Rain
Indigo - Home
Indigo - Fading
Synkro - Vacant
Blawan - Iddy
Ruckspin - Jibber
Ruckspin &amp; Quantum Soul - Venus Project
Kryptic Minds and Leon Switch - Minor Nine (Kryptic Minds and Leon Switch remix)
Dissident - Society of Silver Skeletons (Headhunter Remix)
16 Bit - Serum
DFRNT - Headspace (Scuba Remix)
Female - Cally 1	Female
Girl Unit - IRL
Girl Unit - Shade On
Benga - 808
Benga - Baltimore Clap
Benga - No Bra, No Panties
I.D. &amp; Baobinga - Man Down
Tayo Meets Baobinga - Style &amp; Trend feat. MC Spyda


Interesting Sounds

 Om Unit's been one of my favorite producers for the last couple years running. I thought I'd take a bunch of his tracks from this year and string them together as a sort of end of year thing. Hope you enjoy the result! Much respect to the master - let's get him to the US in 2012!

01. Om Unit - Naiad
02. Om Unit vs. Kromestar - Merkabah
03. Krampfhaft - I Needed You (Om Unit Remix)
04. Om Unit - Fibonnaci 10
05. Comma - Mezcal Hologram (Om Unit Remix)
06. Om Unit - An Eternal Way
07. Silent Dust - The Giant (Om Unit Remix)
08. Ital Tek - War of the Ants (Om Unit Remix)
09. Arp 101 And Om Unit - Dr Funkenstein
10. Om Unit - Cold World
11. Starkey - Lost in Space (feat. Charli XCX) (Om Unit Remix)
12. Take - Juniper (Om Unit Remix)
13. Pixelord - Cybernator (Om Unit Remix)
14. Om Unit - Prawn Cocktail
15. Om Unit - The Timps (Alternative Version)
16. Om Unit x Lorn - Obsidian

Om Unit 2011 Mix

My epic set from the beach stage at Priceless '16 - where I played tropical trap, danced with a stuffed otter on stage, and had my set described by someone as the soundtrack to being a kid in a candy store. #winning

Tracklist:
Tek.lun - TAnGS
Maga Bo - Tempos Insanos feat. BNegão (Copia Doble Systema vs. Dixone remix)
Hai Karate All Stars -  You Got Soul (Smalltown Remix)
Gappy Ranks - Stinkin' Rich (Thornato remix)
Diplo & Swick - Keep it Gully (Jesse Slayter Remix)
Appleblim & Komon - Silencio
Syre - Takuya
Ghosts On Tape - Equator
TOK - Let It Shine
Ward 21 - Player Haters
Capleton - Real Hot
Ce’cile - Hot Like We
Red Alert Riddim
Run DMC - Peter Piper
Jokers Of The Scene - Juggle It
Souleance - Secoue
Thornato - Chapinero
Masego & Medasin - Bounce
Snoop Dogg - Drop It (Diplo Remix) (PRICELESS 2K16 KID KAMELEON EDIT)
Randomer - Freak Dub
Friend Within - The Renegade
Emynd and Bo Bliz - A Bit Patchy Club Theme
Batata - Macaco Mata El Toro (So Shifty Remix)
Tampa Tony - Can't Juke (Tactic Edit)
Sh?M and Fortune - Deal With It
Bandshell - Rise ‘Em
Cut ’n Paste - Forget It
Nikitch - Breathin’
Sam Gellaitry - Long Distance
Disclosure - You & Me (Flume Remix)
Trick Daddy - Shut Up
Eloq - Horny Loop
Major Lazer - Hold The Line (Mexican’s With Guns Remix)
EPROM - 64 Bytes (Boreta Remix - DJ Space Invader Flip)
The Lonely Island - I'm On A Boat (Ill.Gates + Freedom Danish Remix)
Lil’ Mama - Shawty Get Loose (KBACA Mix)
Alborosie - Kingston Town (Uproot Andy Remix)
Uproot Andy - Arroyo En El Barrio
Celia Cruz - Pun Pun Catalu (Canyon Cody Remix)
Uproot Andy - El Pescador
DJ Shotnez - Orimonika (Thornato Remix)
Om Unit and Kromestar - Merkabah (Moresounds Dub)
Skrude - の男BVRNの男
Dr. Toast - We Saw Color (Genji Remix)
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (WRLD Remix)

Live @ Priceless 2016

On A Boat

SANGUINE SOUL ON PIRATE CAT WITH HONEY KNUCKLES 6/13/2010
Shigeto - There Is Always Hope
Swede:art - Change
Shlohmo - Naps
Anti-Pop Consortium - Volcano (Four Tet Remix)
Gold Panda - You (Seams Remix)
Seams - Glitch
Pearson Sound - Wad
Kode9 - You Don't Wash feat. The Spaceape
Mista Men - Lengthy Riddim
Sam Tiba - Barbie Weed
Joe - level crossing
Marcus Visionary - St. Vincent
Terror Danjah - Menace
LD - Inferno
LD - The King of Kong
Samuel H Simpson - Spronkle (F Remix)
Noah D &amp; Roommate - Street Sound
Chrissy Murderbot - Poison
El Fata - El Fata Ina The Dancehall
ASC - Phobos
Bop - Forms, Ideas and Chips
Scuba - Tense (dBridge Remix)
Pearson Sound - Down With You
DJ Elmoe - Whea Yo Ghost At, Whea Yo Dead Man
Paul White - Marshen Signals
Paul White - Pride


Sanguine Soul 2010.06.13

TASTY CYANIDE RADIO ON SUB FM WITH MAD EP 4/26/2010
Aardvarck - Bloom 3-3
Unknown / Hate - Bad Organs
Chase &amp; Status - Eastern Jam (Strangeloop revolution mix)
Taal Mala - Garish
David Starfire - Cobra (Sub Swara remix)
Señor Stereo - I am the Beat (Salva remix)
Benga - 26 Basslines (L-Vis 1990 Dubble Step Edit)
Untold - Anaconda (Chopped and Screwed by L-Vis 1990)
Project Pat - Keep It Hood (Bird Peterson Remix)
Numan - 7th Key (501 Remix)
Snowman - Street Corner Music
Kuedo - Joy Construction
NastyNasty - Damn Girl
Cataracs feat. The Pack - Blueberry Afghani (BD1982 Remix)
BD1982 - Shotta Pon De Corner
BD1982 - Water Faucet Rhythm
Kid Cudi - Day 'n Night (Blenda Sound Remix)
Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (Blenda Sound Remix)
Unknown - Cuss Cuss Remix
Robot Koch feat. Manya - While Fade Out (Blue Daisy Remix)

Tasty Cyanide Radio 2010.04.26

My first set using Ableton. It's a sort of conglomeration of ideas that will become their own separate mixes. But fun to play with for sure. Superchill stuff.

Kid Kameleon live at Priceless - July 4th, 2010

My First TRUE promo mix that I really shopped around and pushed on people in Summer of 01. First mix I did where I really consciously tried to mix styles together in one CD. Hip-Hop, DnB, and Breaks (at the end). Again, a good snapshot of what I thought Soundlab was about at the time, turntablism, jungle, instro-hip-hop (and straight hip-hop), and the eclectic British break-y sound (the only things missing is Dancehall/Dub, which would come later for me, and techno, which never came.)

Funny tidbit was that Andy C's absolutely triplet anthem Body Rock had come out THAT DAY ... wasn't originally going to be on the mix but I stopped by Breakbeat Science on the way home to pick it up, and it made it on. From then on I always tried to include one tune that I'd gotten in the last day or so when I made the mix.

Anyway, this is the first mix I think stands the test of time, the first I'd want on my grave, so to speak. :) Enjoy.

PS - I just found the album artwork on an old promo copy the other day. It had a picture of Death (from Sandman) slyly saying "... and I heard a song and went in a taxi..." on it ... if I can find it again I'll upload it. Hence the titles pun, that Death is kind of Affected, but also this music was profoundly effecting me as well. 

Tracklist
01 Ming and FS - Hell's Kitchen
02 Trinity - Wild Funk
03 DJ Q-Bert - Sneak Attack
04 Phrack R - The Beatfreak #1
05 DJ Shadow - Changeling
06 The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony (James Lavelle Mix)
07 TeeBee - Stolen Documents (K remix)
08 TeeBee - Dynasty Warriors
09 Mos Def - Oh No (John B Smooth Mix)
10 Swoosh - Ya Rockin'
11 Missy Elliot - Get Ur Freak On
12 East Flatbush Project - Tried by 12
13 Nightmares on Wax - Capumcap
14 Anglezero - Double-Edge
15 Echo - Drop Dead
16 Cause 4 Concern - Strange Nature
17 Shimon & Andy C - Body Rock
18 Datcyde - Naughty Ride VIP
19 Klute - Tranceformant
20 TeeBee - Meet Your Maker
21 DJ Hive - Surreal Killer
22 2 Bad Mice - Bombscare
23 Squarepusher - My Red Hot Car
24 Rei Harakami - Schw
25 Coldcut - Atomic Moog 2000 (Cornelius Mix)

Profoundly Affected (2001)

Oh boy, now it gets good.

Part 1 and Part 2 of Cut with Care (I think the name was based on a phrase I saw on something I bought from Bed Bath and Beyond) were the things I worked on for a long time, and were my crown jewels forever. I even got a friend to make complimentary artwork for both of them, and burned 100 copies to give out to folks. Probably one of my more proud accomplishments, this is THE chill thing that I measure all others against. And I still think it sounds pretty good even 8 years later. And I even have the track list.

Spread the word far and wide on this one, and look for Part 2 in a couple days.

01 - Ink Spots - If I Didn't Care
02 - We - If They See
03 - Hidden Agena - Quiet Days
04 - Pieter K - Lateral Pressure
05 - Photek - The Margin (Doc Scott mix)
06 - Die - Reincarnations + Stoned Groove
07 - Horace Andy - Skylarking (Tubby Dub)
08 - Frank Bretschneider - Walking On Ice
09 - Massive Attack - (No) Protection (Mad Professor Remix)
10 - The Irresistible Force - Nepalese Bliss
11 - Boards Of Canada - Kid For Today
12 - Funckarma - Supa Speees
13 - Bomb The Bass - Clearcut (Arovane Remix)
14 - Future Prophecies - Hybrid
15 - Red Army - Rudeboy Dub
16 - Tosca - Chocolate Elvis
17 - Prefuse 73 - Point to B
18 - Luke Vibert - Filthy Drummer
19 - Eardrum- Low Order (Sofa Surfers Remix)
20 - Blackalicious - Shallow Days
21 - Afrodelics - Kruder and Dorfmeister Remix
22 - Radiohead - Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors
23 - Ulrich Schnauss - Passing By
24 - Aphex Twin- Ageopolis
25 - Polar - White Walls (Part 1)
26 - Telefon Tel Aviv - Farenheit Fair Enough
27 - Static - Tsim Sha Tsui
28 - Gramm - Ment
29 - Kid606 - Whereweleftoff
30 - Antonelli Electric - Unintense
31 - Burning Spear - Down By The Riverside

Cut with Care Part 1 - Chill (2002)

Kid Kameleon is a Oakland-based performer pushing an eclectic mix of genre-defying bass music. 

He’s an electronic music veteran who’s been performing since 1997, recognized internationally as a tastemaker and energetic innovator with over 100 mixes to his name. He performs live with Ableton and APC40 – cutting and layering loops at lightning speed, blurring the line between a live and DJ’d set. His signature “future bass” sound is filled with tricked-out drums, head-nodding beats, heavy bass, and full spectrum synths that tug at your heartstrings. His style hits the sweet spot between dance floor madness and headphone listening. As a world-renown music journalist and performing DJ, he’s on a mission to expose international listeners to fresh new sounds from rising artists.

Drawing sonic connections and blending styles is part of the Kid’s DNA – that’s why “Kameleon” fits him perfectly. His current sound is a mixture of glitched-out and cutup instrumental hip-hop, slow/fast drum and bass, intricate post-dubstep, global beats like digital kudoro, footwork, trap, dub, and even the broken end of garage and techno. He’s always on the lookout for tunes from unexpected places – like “Pixelhouse” from the far corners of Japan, club tracks from Africa or “VHSwave” from the heartland of America. A sense of humor and theatrical spirit are big parts his live shows – they give him a unique ability to connect to his fans. Kid Kameleon is a reminder to the universe that no one can connect to a dance-floor crowd like a great DJ.

A born traveler who's been touring internationally since 2002, he first planted roots in ‘90s New York City warehouse culture with DJ Spooky and the Soundlab crew. Together they explored a fusion of underground hip-hop, jungle, techno and dancehall. Next he spent 9 years contributing to the vibrant San Francisco scene, throwing genre-bending events of future beats, downtempo, dubstep and global bass with his crews Surya Dub, False Profit, and The Den SF. In total he’s played in over 25 countries and with 1000s of artists – a tiny slice include Mala, Porier, Starkey, Richie Divine, Dizzee Rascal, Squarepusher, Machinedrum, Kode9, Pole, Bassnectar, The Glitch Mob, Tycho, Flako, Robot Koch and even Coxon Dodd.

Kid Kameleon’s mixes have been going “viral” since before YouTube existed. People still point to 2004’s Absolutely Shocking and Even More Shocking as an important moment in eclectic bass music culture, on par with mixes by Coldcut, dj/rupture and The Gaslamp Killer. Featured on Kid606’s Shockout label, they were praised by influential music writer Simon Reynolds, who went on to interview the Kid about technology in DJ culture for his seminal book Energy Flash. Career highlights include the 2nd ever XLR8R Podcast, a unique mix of “discarded loops” for Electronic Explorations (Rob Booth lists Kid Kameleon as a major influence), a guest spot for Tom Ravenscroft on the BBC, the raucous Must Love Loops on Cock Rock Disco, and dozens of others for Percussion Lab, Mashit, Modyfier, Spannered, Dublab, Memekast and more. Kid Kameleon has also been a music journalist for the past decade, writing under his given name Matt Earp. Often “calling” groundbreaking performers years before they become international stars, he’s interviewed 100s of artists including The Bug, James Blake, Flying Lotus and Mary Anne Hobbs. He spent 6 years as a staff writer at XLR8R in the 2nd half of the ‘00s and wrote the world’s first column dedicated to bass music (‘Basic Needs’). He currently writes for Create Digital Music and Vice’s Thump.

Kid Kameleon moved to Berlin in 2013 to further explore his “future bass” sound and connect with boundary-pushing artists and shows in Europe. After 3 years, he returned to Oakland in the Spring of 2016.

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