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The Cover Mix: Ivy Lab

A dubstep legend roars back.

When dubstep ruled the roost in the late '00s, electronic music had no shortage of icons and spinoff variants to rally around. But one rumble from  Bristol stood out: the Purple sound. Popularised by Joker, AKA Liam Mclean, with Guido and Gemmy in support, it hit like a beam of bright light flooding through the basement dank.

When America cottoned onto bass quakes in the next decade, Mclean's taste for chiptune-coded synths and maximum intensity kept his vision alive at arena level, even while he retreated from view as an actively touring performer.

In 2023, "Tears," a collaboration with Skrillex and Sleepnet, helped remind the world just how much Joker's juddering sound could put us in a headlock. True to form, this year's gargantuan "Juggernaut"—Mclean's first solo single in six years—crashes through the speakers with as much glorious crunch as earlier classics like 2009's "Purple City."

Mclean has kept busy in the studio applying his perfectionist streak as a producer and engineer to many sound system anthems, which means his influence is never far from a dance floor being turned inside out. The fact that Joker had never laid down an RA Podcast before was, being honest, a blemish in our copybook. RA.962 fixes that in style.

@jokerkapsize

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RA Podcast

RA.962 Joker

A 140 masterclass from two of the scene's leading figures, Skream and Mala.

Skream B2B Mala | Boiler Room: Denver

Photo by www.instagram.com/nimboprime

A fun set for you all

Plastician - 4 Deck Set - Live @ Travs Presents x Jammz Launch, Peckham Nov 2024

Another Stella Session's mix this one from 2006 featuring myself,Loefah and Sarge Pokes...BIG SESSION!

Skream b2b Loefah & Sgt. Pokes 16-Aug-2006

1985 Music invites Paige Julia - 25 June 2025

Bass weight and sound system musik from DEEP MEDi - sharing styles from the label's new crop of producers, and picking out gems from their 150+ releases back catalogue.

KEEP YOUR MEDi DEEP  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/deep-medi/episodes/deep-medi-4th-july-2025

DEEP MEDi x Criso 040725

Bass weight and sound system musik from DEEP MEDi - sharing styles from the label's new crop of producers, and picking out gems from their 150+ releases back catalogue.

KEEP YOUR MEDi DEEP  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/deep-medi/episodes/deep-medi-29th-august-2025

DEEP MEDi w/ Youngsta & Distinct Motive 290825

All these choices in life and I still managed to fuck everything up

my fault.wav

► Bass scene standouts Sicaria Sound with a Skream-approved heavy selection of flavours across the 140 spectrum & beyond
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Sicaria Sound | Boiler Room London

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Chris Reed, also known as Plastician (formerly Plasticman), is a Producer / DJ from Thornton Heath in the London Borough of Croydon.

Plastician is unique in that he is respected as one of the true pioneers of both the Dubstep, Grime and most recently Wave genres. 

Always reputed for selecting from a broad range of bass heavy styles and seeking out the genres that emerge from between established scenes.

He plays a monthly radio show on Rinse FM, where he has been credited for breaking many artists and collectives on his show, some artists who had their first plays on his shows include Joker, Om Unit, Klasey Jones, Mura Masa and countless more.

In 2006 he spent 18 months on BBC Radio 1, making him the world's first DJ to have a specialist dubstep and grime radio show on national radio.

Running @Terrorhythm record label - follow @rinsefmfor podcasts