Dub Plate dropped in Club Environment 2020-07-17 @ Sheridan Park Secret Sam's.

My version of the timeless club anthem by DJ Jean and the Klubbheads, released in Europe in 1999. The original track has always been one of my all-time favorites, as i danced and tripped the night away to outdoor raves and underground parties in the early 2000's. I've been wanting to give it a remake for some time now...and finally...here it is!

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How i got here:

As a kid with older brothers - Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Motley Crue, DEO, Mercyful Fate...among many others.

Middle School - Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Sepultura, Anthrax...among many others.

Sophomore in high school - THE DISCOVERY OF HARD INDUSTRIAL MUSIC. Front 242, Chemlab, Ministry, Frontline Assembly, KMFDM...and my favorite band of all time...Godflesh. Now Godflesh is on a completely different level than any other type of music i have ever heard...and i have heard them all. Godflesh was on Earache records out of Britain...and i basically pledged allegiance to Earache. I was not disappointed. Bolt Thrower, Carcass, and Scorn were some of the heaviest and most influential music known to man (in my twisted opinion)...all coming out of England.

My next couple years of high school progressed into a passion for more pure electronic music as i attempted to follow what was hot coming out of Britain. It was TECHNO. Back then there was no trance, no house, no subcategories. it was all labeled as techno. I couldn't get enough of it, and i loved the hard stuff. Always have. There was no internet, no MP3s, no relatively easy way to keep up. There was a lot of hand letters and phone calls to record companies and radio stations to hunt for new music. 

After high school I went to college and graduated. It did nothing for me. I started rolling with a new group of friends that were all local DJs at the clubs in Milwaukee and i loved the scene. Huge parties, VIP at clubs, and a free pass to all sorts of you things you can imagine. I dabbled at spinning records myself, but didn't really take the time to practice enough...so that never came to fruition. By this time jungle breaks had evolved and that was primarily the scene with myself and my crew. Instead of being behind the turntables, i started MCing their sets at the clubs. It was an amazing time. Then came HARDSTEP...then TECHSTEP...

The Metalheadz crew was a group of uber talented D'n'B producers from England. Doc Scott, Dillinja, Adam F, Grooverider, Photek, Johnny L...among many others. Then Doc Scott released SHADOWBOXING under his Nasty Habits moniker, and it turned the world upside down. Shadowboxing is the single most important and influential electronic music production in my life. It is quite rudimentary, but brilliant at the same time.

In the late 90's and early 2000's i played around with putting tracks together using Sound Forge and music samples from other tracks, and recorded sounds from every day life. I still have them...maybe i will dig them up and post them.

Many years passed as i focused on my career. I no longer kept up with the scene. I did, however, continue to listen and enjoy the classics that molded me and also the new styles that were evolving. There was a brief period in which two-step was born from drum'n'bass and and pure breakbeat.  Over the years two-step progressed into what everyone familiarizes with what is now called Dubstep. I love Dubstep. Good Dubstep. the early productions of Datsik and Excision are what wanted me to come back to making my own tracks. 

Oh, and let's not forget about hip-hop. i began to understand and enjoy hip-hop and rap at a much later age. I still love it, and some of my favorite artists write and produce hip-hop music. YG, Tyga, G-Eazy, AD, Rae Sremmurd, E-40, A$AP Ferg...among many others.

I am tired of typing. Cheers to all of you and good luck on your path to stardom. Let's all support each other ;)

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