Leviathan Jones - "Barracude Style"

Barracuda style by Leviathan Jones

Recent DJ set I recorded live, no editing.

Bluetech - "Elementary Particles"

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)

Kaly Live Dub - "Electric Kool Aid"

This is literally on top of my last.fm charts, out of some 1,500 artists..They're a French live dub group, I got turned onto them by my Mexican friend Selene in Chile this past summer.... This album was my favorite, but their whole discography is siiiick...I played this on repeat non stop for days when I first got it, just so nasty.

There's something about these French guys, they know their dub/reggae - Kaly Live Dub is only one of many French dub artists putting out good music, along with High Tone, Dub Addict Sound System, Metastaz, etc... The Kaly Live Dub sound is a mix of electronic and live instruments, forming an electro/psychedelic dub sound unlike anything I'd heard before. There's some crazy vocal samples, extreme drum delay processing, pulsing bass lines, but overall this crazy, swirling, galactic dub style with live instruments...check em out.

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http://www.myspace.com/kalylivedub