When Dubspot brought Rx on board as a staff member last year, he had just begun making a name for himself in the dubstep community with his deep and innovative EPs on Subdepth Records. He was also showcasing his filthier take on things – as influenced by his roots in Philadelphia and the prominence of the street bass sound there – with records like those on Nightshifters and Abstract Logic.
But as this new podcast shows, his interest in music is much broader than bass music alone, much like that of the city he came up in. “There’s a wide variety of independent music going on there – my personal favorites being techno, disco, dubstep, hip hop, punk, and bass music – yet somehow everyone hangs out with each other and gets along,” he says. “All the art from there has its own Philly flavor, which I love and miss! I feel like the best of it is always confrontational, hype, and has a great sense of humor, which I try to bring to most of my music.”
Rx’s upcoming projects will further broaden the identity he’s been developing for the past three years, since he first took on the moniker.
DUSK Worldwide is a new blog, art collective, and label he founded. The first release on the label will be “Shower Scene”, a 7″ pressing from his upcoming album, Luna, a piece ranging from dark disco to deep dubstep that he finished a few months ago. Next will be his filthy bass collaboration with rapper DaQuan of Sgt. Sass called The W.A.R. That is an eight song album they are self-releasing on July 4th. In the meantime, keep up with him over at the Mishka blog, where he writes bass music reviews.
Tracklist:
- Air – Run [Astralwerks]
- Starkey – 11th Hour [Planet Mu]
- Siyoung – Protein [Exclusive - forthcoming Seclusiasis]
- Rx & Sonkin – Compton, Saturn VIP [SPECOPS]
- Kastle – I Know [Seclusiasis]
- DaQuan – I Am Alien (Produced by Rx) [instrumental] [Exclusive]
- Rx & Sonkin – Tamagotchi [SPECOPS]
- Siyoung – Let You Go [Exclusive - forthcoming Seclusiasis]
- Distal – Attempt At Yellow [Embassy Recordings]
- Crystal Fighters – In The Summer (Sepalcure Dub)
- Bombaman – mmeelloo ssttaarr [Nightshifters]
- Kaiser – Tasty Lazers (Kozee Remix) [Seclusiasis]
- Kito – Don’t Wanna Lose You [Disfigured Dubz]
- Skream – Rollin
- XI – ICARUSXXXE [Exclusive]
- Mr. Mitch – Skittles (Rx Remix) [Butterz]
- L-Wiz – Straitjacket [Kapsize]
- Rx & DJ Shiftee – Space Ace [Exclusive]
- Hooray For Earth – True Loves (Rx Remix) [Exclusive - forthcoming Dovecote Records]
- Cassius – I Love U So [Ed Banger Records]
- Sleepyhead – My Window [Exclusive]
- BD1982 – Utukku (Optimum & Ikonika Remix) [Diskotopia]
- Tiga – Gentle Giant (Martyn’s Heaven Remix) [Turbo Recordings]
- L-Vis 1990 – Forever You (Dub) [Nightslugs]
- Toro Y Moi – Fax Shadow [Carpark Records]
- Erykah Badu – Umm Hmm [Universal Motown]
