The ever swelling Dubstep scene continues to pulse from its UK heart sending beefed up bass fuelled waves across the deepest of oceans and producing new talent popping up all over the world.
Two of the most exciting new producers come in the form of Canadian duo Zeds Dead who have stamped their mark on the scene with an innovative selection of gripping tracks and remixes.
Dubbed “The hottest new deuce on the scene” by Radio 1’s wizard of electro Kissy Sellout, the boys are creating a hot fuzzy buzz of arousal amongst some of the finest DJs of the moment.
Their style is a vivid compound of many forms of electronica with subtle glimmers of funk and mashed up indie. Combining luscious and lingering vocals with evil sounding splintered synths and warm growling bass is the basic foundation of their style which is then beaten and battered with pulses of wobbles, blips and beeps. The result conjures up visions of malfunctioning electronic household appliances coming to life and wreaking messy havoc upon their terrorised owners.
So far the majority of their work is remix based similar to the way that UK DJ and producer Jakwob has made his name. Their rework of Blue Foundation’s Eyes On Fire is both beautiful and disgusting at the same time which works to splatter a frenzy of pleasure across the musical tastebuds. Lazy sounding female vocals over a tenaciously plodding beat with spikes of electro jitters and jabs has never sounded better.
Their remix of Massive Attacks Paradise Circus is a particular favourite. Here The duo demonstrate their ability to create a energetic rework of a chilled out track whilst maintaining it’s original moodiness and laid back flavour.
They have already been coaxed away from the snowy hills of their home town of Ontario to the UK where they played alongside Bare Noize at Sound Control in Manchester last month, lets hope this will be the beginning of many more visits to come.
Their Bi-monthly brainchild event Bassmentality alongside their Toronto peers The Killabits has recently took a surge of power as it moves to new venue Wrongbar pumping thick blankets of bass through it’s Funktion1 soundsystem all summer. They were joined recently by UK Dustep maestro NERO.
Check out their Myspace for their latests tracks and remixes
MASSIVE ATTACK – PARADISE CIRCUS (ZEDS DEAD REMIX)
BLUE FOUNDATION – EYES ON FIRE (ZEDS DEAD REMIX)
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