Had the pleasure of seeing this guy perform live recently, at the Wonder Bar in Allston as part of Boston's Together Electronic Festival. Dude put on a pretty solid live set, as well as rockin' some killer visuals on the projecter. Even got a chance to ask him a few questions while we were both standing outside catching a smoke, although I didn't really have much prepared. Note to self: prepare more questions next time I'm at a show. He told me that he's been making music for over 10 years, and has released work under a couple different monikers, Bluetech being the most used. He didn't really explain it in-depth, but he's using a custom-made MIDI controller running into Ableton Live for his live sets. In case you've been living under a rock, Ableton Live is more or less the industry standard these days for live DJing and an extremely powerful tool that pretty much everyone seems to be using.
His music is chilled out, electronic dub with psy elements. "Psydub" is another tag used to describe his music. I really enjoyed his 2004 album, "Elementary Particles", that I am posting here. It's got some crazy ethnic vocal samples, swirling synths, and glitchy/dubby beats to keep things moving. Check out "Alchemie Dub".
Elementary Particles (2004)
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