Look, Cosmonauts!


Cosmonauts by Grixis has everything that I love about dubstep wrapped into one song: a nice build up, a pretty good drop, a solid bass line, amazing strings & beat, and great use of samples. This track is definitely a must listen and download. It has such a well-rounded dubstep feel to it, it’s almost hard to explain. It calms you down, but gets you pumped up at the same time. Be on the look out for an interview I had with Grixis… that will be posted later on in the week! Enjoy.

Check out more by Grixis here: http://soundcloud.com/grixis

Glovebox


Such a great remix by The Clamps. I know this won’t disappoint you true dubstep fans out there because this track goes hard! It has a nice build up, just over a minute long, but believe me… the wait is well worth it. Enjoy this one, guys.

Back Up & Running.


Keep It Dub is now back up and running. I’ve missed making posts for this site. A few changes have happened since I shut K.I.D. down. One major one is that I purchased a domain… so now it’s just http://www.keepitdub.com! Alright, so enough of me talking about shit you don’t care about… here are two dope remixes of the same track. One remix is done by Xilent and the other is by Trolly Snatcha. Both of them are REALLY good, but of the two remixes, the one by Xilent is my favourite. Enjoy!

 

Raindrops (Tomba Remix)


Long time no post. I’ve been pretty busy recently, starting two jobs and going to my girlfriends cottage, but I finally have time to make a post. This track is still relatively new, only around 20 days old, but since I haven’t posted anything in a while I thought this would be a good track to post. If you haven’t heard it already then you’re in for a treat. Tomba kills this remix, such a gnarly bass. Enjoy.

Interview with Adventure Club Dubstep


Q: What are your names, where do you live and how old are you guys?

A: Yo! We are Christian Srigley and Leighton James. Both of us are from Montreal… In Canada. 23 and 22 respectively.

Q: How long have you been producing music/dubstep music for?

A: Producing Dubstep is actually pretty recent for us. I think Christian started toying around with synths late December, he showed me what he had, and I was in on that ish straight away. We started making/releasing tracks on Soundcloud in January 2011. Before that we were in various pop-punk/hardcore bands.

Q: How did you get started producing music

A: Like I said, we were huge band junkies, we played guitar in bands together since we were 16. The way we got into dubstep was kind of a fluke. We were at our buddies apartment, jamming out to a bunch of different hardcore bands. A Bring Me the Horizon remix came on (courtesy of Tek-One). Christian and I looked at each other and Omgwtfml… pretty much. That did it for us.

Q: Favourite restaurant (could be either fast-food or sit down classy type, or even ordering in)?

A: Christian:  Sushi St-Denis. BOOM. Leighton:  Meat Market (it sounds weird, but it’s fucking delish). Both are Montreal delicacies.

Q: Favourite alcoholic beverage(s)?

A: Anything and everything with Gin.

Q: Who/what inspires you to produce new music? 

A: Anytime we hear an artist pushing the envelop, in any musical style.

Q: Which artist/group/band are you listening to most now-a-days?

A: I’ll try to keep it brief… The Weeknd, Flux Pavillion, Greeley Estates, Eyes like Diamonds, Skrillex  (wizard sound engineer), 12th Planet, Mansions on the Moon, Kimbra, Bon Iver(stellar new album). We have been getting more and more into hip hop lately.

Q: Favourite song at the moment? 

A: Any song off House Of Balloons by The Weeknd.  (Best Album of the Year so far)

Q: What do your fans mean to you?

A: Love them as much as we love our families. Everything we’re able to do is because of them. We’re going to ride the cliche ’til we die on that one. Truly grateful for the fans we have.

Q: If you had to pick a pokemon to replace one another, who would you pick? 

A: Gyarados, use Hyper Beammmmmmm!!@@111%

Q: Favourite T.V. show and favourite movie? 

A: T.V show: The League / Community / Modern Family big on those genre of comedies. Movie: Boondock Saints (hands down)

Q: What do you guys think lies ahead for the ‘dubstep’ genre? Will it become more popular, or die out because people think its a fad?

A: It’s definitely still on the rise, don’t think it’s hit it’s peak yet. Some places haven’t even heard of it yet. It’s going to get it’s light in the mainstream.

Q: Favourite thing to do (besides producing music)?

A: Eating, Minecraft, Pokemon, Going to shows, Training, obviously we play a lot of Scrabble. Not saying who does what though…

Q: Any plans on releasing a full EP in the near future? 

A: You know it. Expect it too drop in a month or 2. Some sweet collabs on it as well.

Big thanks to the guys for doing this interview with me! Here’s some links to where you can check them out:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AdventureClubDub
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/AdventureDub
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/adventureclubdubstep

Ordure Music Interview


Hey guys, sorry for the lack of posts over the past few days, but I think this will make up for it! I was lucky enough to get in touch with the guys from Ordure Music and ask about an interview. I was very pleased when they agreed to do one! So here’s the interview with the two sweet dudes from Ordure:

Q: What are your names, how old are you and where are you guys from?
Jelle: my name is Jelle Geus, 20 years old and I’m from Groningen. I live in Hilversum right now for my study (Sound Design). The Netherlands that is..
Jesse: Hi, I’m Jesse de Rooy, I’m 19 years old and I used to go to the same school as Jelle in Groningen, probably the most interesting city in Holland, especially when talking about electronic music. I moved to Tilburg for my ‘Keys’ study at The Rockacademy. Since I do a lot more producing this year I decided to quit and have the year off to focus on our music.

Q: How did you guys start producing music?
Jesse: I used to sample Michael Jackson on my tape deck when I was seven or eight or so, which was pretty damn awesome. I started producing my bands’ and solo songs a few years ago and made some weird lounge music in Garageband. After messing around in Ableton  Live a bit with Jelle (june 2010) I made my first dubstep track in Ableton on a rainy vacation in Sweden. From there we started together and I learned a lot on the way!
Jelle: I started at the age of 15. I was living in this hamlet where there was nothing to do, so when someone gave me a copy of FL Studio I started spending all my time making music, first hiphop and house, but after a year drum’n’bass aswell.

Q: Who/what inspires you to make music?
Jelle: back then just other guys on the internet inspired me to do it, and as soon as I got in touch with the lively drum’n’bass scene in Groningen guys like Noisia and other producers they invited to their parties really inspired me. Nowadays everything inspires me to make music. Like now, I’m sitting in a train and it’s accelerating sound triggers me to sample it and make some strange dirty bass sound of it.
Jesse: That’s true; the accelerating sound of a double deck train.. I always want to make a sound out of that sound.. Lets do that some time Jelle! For me, I just don’t know any better. Where the types of music I used to make (I went from pop to jazz, through rock to funk rock) have fairly changed, I’ve always had my own music in my head. This has always inspired me to make songs that expressed what I liked. When I started listening to drum and bass – and going to those parties Noisia threw in Groningen – I discovered a whole new world with a whole new way to make music. Nowadays I just usually hear stuff everywhere and that inspires me to make tunes that are either catchy or really dirty and filthy. Wether it is in songs, in my head or just out in the world – I take them home in my head and let them come out. It just gives me a kick and makes me go on and on playing around with sounds where I get that kick from again..

Q: What programs do you use to produce your music?
Jesse: In the past I worked with Cool Edit Pro and it’s follow up Adobe Audition. For electronic music I started off with Garageband and FL Studio. Since I work with Jelle I work in Ableton Live. It just works in an instinctive way and you can do almost anything in it. Several artists that make awesome music use Ableton too. For instance, German producers Phace & Misanthrop made their track Desert Orgy (and their other tracks) completely in Ableton. To quote Misanthrop: ‘That should say enough.’ I would love to make the UI even better using Max for Live, where you can actually ‘program’ plug-ins that you can use in Ableton. I make my bass sounds usually in Native Instruments Massive for the same reason. It works the way you want it to work. Some other plug-ins I use are Ableton’s Overdrive and Compressor, NuGen’s Stereoizer, B4 II, Guitar Rig, NI’s FM8 and Absynth and Izotope’s Ozone, Trash and Vinyl.
Jelle: this Program is one to get ready with: http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DsbaBTMkZ9A4. For our music I use Ableton. For over a year now. Before that it was FL Studio, a few tracks in Reason and I learned some Logic and Pro Tools in school aswell. I can work my way around in any sequencer really, Ableton is just the best way for me to convert my ideas to actual sound. And of course some plug-ins like FM8, Albino, Massive, Ableton’s “Operator” and many others!
Jesse: Yeah that Program tune (by Phace & Noisia) surpasses every Program it ever could’ve been made in. I’m suspicious that they have a device that extracts music directly from your brain…

Q: What is your favourite fast food? (or any food for that matter)
Jelle: French fries. With “Joppie saus”. Period.
Jesse: My mums Lasagna. Period. Oh, and my girlfriends ‘hoelaburger’, a self made hamburger (just the flesh, no bread) with molten cheese and that same Joppie sauce. Whenever you might happen to be in Holland. Go try Joppie Sauce. I’m serious. Fuck the legal weed and hookers, go get some Joppie sauce.

Q: Favourite drink? (alcoholic or non-alcoholic)
Jelle: during our studio sessions we love energy drink mixed with all sorts of drinks; ice tea, coca cola, “Raak” lemonade, Limondaine, and of course beer. Fav drink when I’m out is whiskey bitter lemon. And milk kills everything.
Jesse: Oi, shut up! We never – ever – mixed energy drink with coke! That’s just an horrendous and repelling idea. But we mixed it with a lot indeed! Regarding alcoholic drinks I really enjoy a good, expensive whiskey.

Q: Which song/artist/band are you listening to most now-a-days?
Jelle: not a week goes by that I don’t listen to Stigma by Noisia. But recently I’m listening to guys like Phace, Rockwell and KOAN Sounds a lot, inspiring freshness..
Jesse: Noisia has been my favourite artist ever since I first heard Block Control, which was the first drum and bass song I ever heard. Also Phace, Misanthrop, Rockwell, Calyx & TeeBee, Spor / Feed Me, Skrillex and Koan Sound make interesting music. Also there’s a special place in my hart for the Foreign Beggars, the most awesome UK hip hop ever who also make the best raps for dubstep and drum and bass tunes.

Q: If you guys could perform live with any artist/band who would it be? 
Jesse: Performing live is a bit hard for us to do, since we don’t make our music playing instruments. But I’d love to do a collab with with those people I mentioned above, especially Foreign Beggars. Also this South African chick Tasha Baxter has the most amazing voice in the world for dubstep vocals.
Jelle: I love Tasha Baxter. Doing a collab with her or performing live would be the best thing on Earth. And I’d love to work live with one of those sickass drummers on Youtube, that would go off!
Jesse: Best thing on Earth indeed.. I dream about it sometimes… 😉

Q: Favourite thing about producing music?
Jelle: creating that sound you’ve dreamt of, or hearing someone say “shit! I wish I made that!”, but the best thing is all the fun, especially together. Half the time we’re fucking around watching Family Guy, doing bullshit. It’s awesome.
Jesse: for me it’s the intriguing way of how a sound can ‘work’ or not for your song. Especially when you’re creating the most ‘unreal’ sounds that you can think of and how to still let them sound like music! It’s just really cool. And working together is even more fun and more productive and therefor more satisfying. And Family Guy is way funnier when you watch it together!

Q: Any plans to release an EP/Album in the near future?
A: We’re releasing an album next month featuring 18 tracks, it contains dubstep, drum and bass, electro and some breaks, and it’s what we’ve been working on for the past year. If you wanna know when, where, what colour and the reason of your life, like us on http://www.facebook.com/Ordured and you’ll be informed when somethings up or when we have a silly picture we want you to see.

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I’d like to thank Jesse and Jelle for taking the time to have an interview with me! They were amazing enough to release a new track that is premiering right here, right now, on KID! FREE DOWNLOAD AND ALL! So here it is:

Monday with Ioqe – Interview/Music


Today I logged onto soundcloud and saw that Ioqe favourited his track that I  had uploaded. Immediately after seeing this I messaged him asking if it was okay that I had posted it then I proceeded to ask for an interview. He happily agreed to the interview which got me really pumped! Here it is: 

Q: What’s your name, age, and where are you from?
A: My name is dustin, and i’m 17.. and from berlin/germany
Q: How did you get started in making/producing dubstep music? How long have you been doing it for?
A:I started, dont know.. a good year ago now, to (actively)produce dubsteppish stuff, i began with hiphop/rapbeats when i was 13 or so but it wasn’t such a big hobby back then.. 
so i’d say i’m doing it for 4-5 years now, but not really active


Q: What or who inspired you to get started?
A: There’re just a few people who really inspire me.. ruckspin, untold, truth and planas were just the bigger ones.. i often ‘support’ unknown producers which do the same highquality-stuff like the pros..

 

Q: Favourite beer?
A:Heineken
Q: Favourite food?
A: Pizza? kinda unusual questions! haha 😀
Q: Favourite artist(s) or song(s) at the moment?
A: ATM i really adore pangaea – You & I and eliphinos remix of kidkanevils ‘floating world’
Q: Any plans to release a mixtape/EP in the future?
A: I‘m not planning on a specific ep or album, because i just released the free-ep ‘my way’ together with two artists about 2 weeks ago.. but don’t worry, i’ll do music in the future, too 🙂
Q: What’s your favourite thing about making music?
A: The best thing about producing is the fact, that you’re able to do exactly the music that satisfies you. you don’t have to search for a huge track which makes you happy for just 90%.. no, you’re able to do 100% the stuff, you like to. and if other people (like you) like my stuff, it’s just the double awesomeness!

Thank you very much for letting me interview you and for you taking the time to answer these questions, Dustin! I really appreciate it! I, and I’m sure a lot of the people on this blog, are looking forward to listening to your stuff in the future!
Check out Ioqe’s stuff [here].