Many of today's DJ's perform wearing masks, like Mustard Pimp, Daft Punk, The Bloody Beetroots, Cyber Punkers, and many others. Among them is the french producer The Toxic Avenger. Known simply as Toxic, the DJ performs both masked and unmasked, blurring the lines, unlike many other producers. Toxic, while known for his trademark fast, pitchy melodies, has also become famous for his videos. They are more short films than music videos, and consistently amazing.
Toxic manages to gain mainstream level publicity, being remixed by huge names like the Beetroots, while staying true to the fundamentals of electro. He doesn't play huge arenas, instead he packs small clubs. He doesn't DJ on stage, but rather on level with the crowd. Toxic is about the music, not the hype.
Enough talking. Download the tracks.
Toxic is Dead - The Toxic Avenger
Toxic is Dead (Designer Drugs Remix) - The Toxic Avenger
Toxic is Dead (Owl Vision Remix) - The Toxic Avenger
Old School Toxic - The Toxic Avenger
Bad Girls Need Love Too - The Toxic Avenger
Superheroes - The Toxic Avenger
Escape (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) - The Toxic Avenger
And here is an example of those videos I was talking about..
With Love,
-dub//squared
This afternoon, instead of spending my time in a useful fashion, I was forcibly put in detention. While sitting here, not permitted to do anything but my homework, I decided I would start a new post. I began to think of what music I'd want to be listening to in detention. And these thoughts began to mesh with my current hatred of all authority figures. What do you get? We'll, I give you electro punk.
Probably made most famous by the Bloody Beetroots, electro punk is a subgenre of electro that takes all of the core ideals of punk (anti-rhythmic rhythms, harsh lyrics, and insane decibel levels) and meshes that with electronic synths and beats. The bloody Beetroots have achieved the epitome of this with their newest project, The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew '77, which removes Bob Rifo from behind the DJ tables and gives him a microphone.
Overall, electro punk is a very pertinent new form of electro and I highly recommend trying it out.
Check out these tracks from SLUTTT, Cyberpunkers, and Designer Drugs, all electro punk.
I Made This Song For Dim Mak Tuesdays in LA - SLUTTT
All Congo - All Leather
Warp 1977 - The Bloody Beetroots
Ill to Destroy - The Bloody Beetroots
Fly By Night (Cyberpunkers Remix) - Cerebral Vortex
Fuck the System (Designer Drugs Remix) - Cyberpunkers
Drop Down - Designer Drugs
Love Get Out of My Way (Designer Drugs Remix) - Monarchy
And if any of you were wondering, this is what a punk rave would look like. Fast forward to 1:16 if you wanna see only Beetroots
With Love
-dub//squared
