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Dubstep. I’m not an expert on the subject, I’m merely a catechized fan of the extraordinary and bewildering sounds. The chops and drops make my head spin. The lack of any human emotion in the music is both startling and riveting.
I will be honest, my first taste of dubstep (using the term loosely here) was actually found in Britney Spears’ impeccable 5th studio album, Blackout; the track in question: “Freakshow.” Even the almighty Pitchfork had a lot to say about the track, inciting me to explore this thing they called dubstep.
So it comes to no surprise that I found Joker by way of Pitchfork. They have reviewed two of his tracks, “Purple City” and “Digidesign,” both eliciting a rating of 8/10, the latter is even graced with “Best New Music.” I can do nothing but sit here and agree with them. This stuff is fantastic.
Joker – [download id="145"]
from Joker’Digidesign’/2000F & J Kamata -’You Don’t Know What Love Is’ (March 2009)
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via Purple City/Re-Up 12″ (May 2009)
Joker has also remixed Basement Jaxx’s “Raindrops” with crew mate Ginz. It’s pretty smooth. 
Basement Jaxx -[download id="147"]
And best for last, here is Joker’s 23-track mixtape, named after his crew, Purple Wow. Download it here
Purple Wow Tracklist:
1. Heny g – Delayed Style
2. Silkie – 7-1
3. Joker & Ginz – Purple City
4. Joker – Psychedelic Runway
5. Joker – Gullybrook Plain
6. Joker – Digidesign
7. Guido – Tango 140
8. Gemmy – Espaniola (SOMETHING LIKE THAT )
9. Gemmy – The Box Remix #2
10. Gemmy – BT Tower
11. Gemmy – Back 2 The Future 2012
12. Gemmy – ……
13. Joker – Do it
14. Joker – Early morning
15. Benga – Buzzin’
16. RSD – Naked Mario Kart
17. Skream – Unknown
18. Silkie – Weird Piano
19. Quest – The Unknown
20. Rude kid – Are You Ready (Instrumental)
21. Maniac – Three Crows
22. Joker & Rustie – Play Doe
23. Joker – Untitled
Joker – Purple Wow Mixtape (70MB + zshare) [via Hot Biscuits]
Tags: Basement Jaxx, Britney Spears, Favorite New Songs, Joker
omg i love the Raindrops remix
If it’s dubstep you’re after go straight to Burial . Do not pass go, do not collect £200…
Oh so that’s what I’ve been listening to
Haha, good to know. I was just calling it trippy electronic music.
That mix is huge! I had it playing in the background at work, it’s fantastic. It didn’t distract me, but it kept me from going insane.
Digidesign is a monster track, great find.
Caspa, Benga, Skream, Cookie Monsta, Chase and Status….all things to check out if you’re a fan of dub. It’s massive in the U.K, just check out events like detonate in nottingham….
They actually play digidesign in a place called stealth every week and I was looking for it today. Here it is!