Skream

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  • 2003
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Ollie Jones had the good fortune to be working at the Big Apple record store when he first started making beats at age 15 and armed with a cracked copy of the Fruity Loops music-making software. Big Apple was at the center of the early development of U.K. garage's dark, half-speed offshoot dubstep before it was even called dubstep, and it was at Big Apple that Jones, who recorded as Skream, met fellow beatsmiths Benga and Hatcha. Hatcha was a DJ at the seminal club Forward and was only too happy to debut the dubplates of both Skream and Benga's early recordings. Their music took the tension and release formula of dance music, removed the release and layered in more tension instead. With slow and pounding basslines and wobbly treble they were creating a kind of music that summoned and summed up feelings of urban paranoia, but in an enjoyable way. Emphasizing the sub-bass made them popular with clubbers, but they were also popular with bloggers. Championed and spread by word of mouth on the Internet Skream went straight from being a name in Croydon to being known around the world. When the owner of Big Apple founded a label to give a home to the albums of dubstep artists, Skream was one of those who released material on it, including his breakout classic track "Midnight Request Line." His first full-length album, Skream!, was released in 2006 on the Tempa label. ~ Jody Macgregor, Rovi

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    Listen: Skream Remixes Bat for Lashes
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    Photo by Kirstie Shanley On Bat for Lashes' great album Two Suns, "Pearl's Dream" is a gorgeously gauzy goth jam. But when dubstep dude Skream gets do...
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    Win Tickets to Hard Fest NYC (M.I.A., Die Antwoord, Skream + Benga, Sleigh Bells...)
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    The NYC edition of Hard Fest takes place on July 24 at Governor's Island. We have a pair of tickets to giveaway to the party. To enter this contest, s...
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    Hear Skream's New La Roux Collab
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    London dubstep dude Skream's 2009 remix of La Roux's "In for the Kill" is already classic material, and now La Roux has returned the favor, singing on...
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    La Roux Gets Remixed By Skream
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    La Roux knows how to rock on their own, but add a dash of British dubstep producer Skream and you've got yourself a splashy, stupendous remix. (And we...
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    Watch Diplo, Four Tet, Nicolas Jaar, Skream, More in New Warehouse Project Documentary
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    Today, Pitchfork.tv on YouTube and Yours Truly present a new documentary on the Warehouse Project, the annual Manchester club series. It features inte...
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    Rudimental - "Hell Could Freeze (Skream Remix)" (Feat. Angel Haze) (Stereogum Premiere)
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    of rapid spitfire flow and enormous bass with a surprising Haze-sung hook gleaned from '90s R&B. Rudimental are slated to re-release their massive LP ...
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Tour Dates

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  • May 22 Wednesday
    Vancouver, BC, Canada Celebrities Nightclub
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  • May 23 Thursday
    Victoria, BC, Canada Club 9one9 Nightclub, Strathcona Hotel
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  • May 24 Friday
    Brooklyn, NY, US Srb Brooklyn
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  • May 24 Friday
    Brooklyn, NY, US Srb Brooklyn
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  • May 24 Friday
    Brooklyn, NY, US Srb Brooklyn
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  • Jun 7 Friday
    Inverness, UK Loch Ness, Clune Farm
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  • Jun 7 Friday
    Inverness, UK Clune Farm
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  • Jun 7 Friday
    Amsterdam, Netherlands Trouw
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  • Jun 23 Sunday
    Cornwall, UK Unknown venue
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  • Jul 18 Thursday
    Benicassim, Spain Unknown venue
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  • Jul 18 Thursday
    Dour, Belgium Dour Fest
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  • Jul 26 Friday
    Stratford-upon-avon, UK Unknown venue
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  • Aug 2 Friday
    Columbia, MD, US Merriweather Post Pavilion
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  • Aug 23 Friday
    Daresbury, UK Unknown venue
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  • Aug 30 Friday
    Chicago, IL, US Union Park
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Discography

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  • Outside the Box (2010)
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    Outside the Box (2010)
    Tempa
  • Skreamizm, Vol. 5 (2009)
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    Skreamizm, Vol. 5 (2009)
    Tempa
  • Skream: Watch the Ride (2008)
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    Skream: Watch the Ride (2008)
    Harmless
  • Rinse 02 (2007)
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    Rinse 02 (2007)
    Rinse FM
  • Skreamizm, Vol. 2 (2006)
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    Skreamizm, Vol. 2 (2006)
    Tempa
  • Skream! (2006)
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    Skream! (2006)
    Universal Distribution
  • Loefah Remixes (2006)
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    Loefah Remixes (2006)
    Tempa
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