Dubstep » Passion of the Weiss

Dec
02

Sach O wants to smack the Grammy nomination committee till they stop nominating. And breathing. Legendary DMZ producer Coki’s predicament reminds me of Raekwon’s late 90s situation: what do you do when an entire musical Universe bites your style and proceeds to miss the point entirely? As the innovator behind Dubstep’s wobbling bass lines, Coki… Continue reading »

Nov
29

Sach O: Vilify Steps Up.

Sach O is going to grab a couple of tunes off of this one. Photo by Thorium Photography. Anyone can mix a couple of MP3s and call themselves a DJ this foul era – you find the hyped up genre of the day, jump on, have your lil’ 15 minutes and then you’re out the… Continue reading »

Nov
09

Sach O: Joker – The Vision (Free Instrumentals)

Sach O is currently wearing a purple T-shirt. Reactions to Joker’s debut album haven’t matched the thunderous of his early singles but this isn’t necessarily as dramatic as some would have you believe. Yes – he took a risk and it didn’t quite work out but why release an album otherwise? Underground dance music lives… Continue reading »

Nov
03

Sach O: Greensleeves’ Dubstep Vol. 1

Sach O has been charged with disturbing the peace. Say what you want about the current state of Dubstep but the genre and its variants have certainly captured the public imagination and caused a whole lot of bandwagon jumping by artists who otherwise would have no interest in the stuff. From Korn employing an army… Continue reading »

Oct
11

Double Vision: Joker & Freddie Gibbs Square Off

Bristol and Gary might be polar opposites, but purple connoisseurs like Gibbs and Joker can easily find common ground. Between “The Vision” and “Highway to Hell,” the former is fast becoming the go-to vanquisher for these electrocution bass cuts. The reasons are pretty simple. You need a wrath of God voice to cut through the… Continue reading »

Oct
05

Son Raw – J’Aime Le Dubstep 138

Sach O is strapped like a squirrel with a gat. Once again it’s on. The fine folks at J’Aime Le Dubstep have seen fit to release my newest studio mix (my first one in a minute actually) and it’s a scorcher if I do say so myself. Going by vibe rather by genre, I went… Continue reading »

Sep
29

Sach O: Stinkahbell (or how I learned to stop worrying and chill out, bro)

Sach O considers this payback for The Hives. Between Korn’s Skrillex-assisted bid for relevance and Pitchfork broadcasting James Blake’s claim that girls aren’t into Brostep, this hasn’t been a great week for hard electronic music, at least on paper. Numbers don’t lie however: when DeadMau5 and Excision have a 4 day residency at the biggest… Continue reading »

Sep
26

Sach O: Adult Swim – Unclassified

Sach O has absolutely nothing bad to say about this lineup. Kudos Adult Swim. Once upon a time, music was released by these companies called “labels” and people “purchased” it with pieces of paper called “money.” It was a heady era, dizzy with hubris: did you know that Drag-On actually released 2 albums through a… Continue reading »

Sep
05

Sach O: Teeth – Swarm/ Shift/ Sequence/ Spawn

Sach O is not looking forward to Winter. Hate it or love it, Dubstep’s sonic arc makes perfect sense in evolutionary terms. Born out of the UKG hangover into an era of skunk-fueled paranoia and empty clubs, its initial minimalism was custom made for the early days of the War on Terror. Gone are the… Continue reading »

Aug
17

Terror Danjah demands your Full Attention

Sach O is terrifying and dangerous on the decks. Terror Danjah had one of the most productive years in recent memory in 2010, going from “that other guy who invented Grime with Wiley” to a properly celebrated producer equally comfortable getting grimey on Butterz and Harddrive as he was dropping gremlin sounds on Planet Mu… Continue reading »