“Rutten” – Skream


Skream

Skream

He’s only 25, yet a member of the respected ‘Magnetic Man’ band, has a successful solo career under the name ‘Skream’ and is widely considered as one of the initial pioneers and innovators of the dubstep genre. Oliver Jones (as he was born) released his first self-titled album ‘Skream!’ in 2006, of which came tracks like ‘Midnight Request Line’ and ‘Blue Eyez’. These songs alone were revolutionary steps, let alone the album as a whole. Jones took upon a more melodic beat and tone in his production process, marking a turning point in the dubstep genre away from mere ‘underground grunge’, as it was known.

Skream began his involvement in the music-industry during his mid-teens, working at Big Apple Records while mixing and recording his own tracks at home. He works closely with fellow artist Benga, who is one of the members of their dubheroes ‘Magnetic Man’ band. They frequently record and play live sets together, describing their process as a ‘creative competition’ between the two. Together they both credit ‘Digital Mystikz‘ as being a major influence, speaking of Mala & Coki as founding fathers of the dubstep genre.

His second album in 2010 titled ‘Outside the Box’ found more moderate success, giving us ambient melodies that ‘Perforated’ provides, yet balancing it with wonderfully scattered tracks like ‘Fields of Emotion’.

Skream’s solo track ‘Filth’, a favourite of his because of the hard to copy bass-line.

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