DIRTYPHONICS:
With their incredible production level, a unique live PA recognized as one of the most energetic to be seen, an unstoppable way to innovate in several styles of bass music and a “best newcomers producers” award under their belt, Dirtyphonics is with no doubt one of the most exciting bands in today’s electronic scene.
“If you’ve seen these five French originators live, you have witnessed the future of live drum & bass perfor-mance that leaves competitors in the dust.”
KNOWLEDGE MAGAZINE
Charly, Thomas, Pho and Pitchin started touring the world in 2006 with their incomparable live act, combining the efficiency of a DJ set to the spirit and energy of a rock concert.In 2008, the band takes a new scope when “French Fuck” gets signed to Shimon’s label (AudioPorn). After its release, the 12” climbs the charts to reach the firstplace and stays number one for a couple of weeks, bringing them immediatly at the forefront of the scene.
“In this day and age and with how far we’ve come with music, it’s hard to do something new and that’s exactly what they’d done right from the start.”
SHIMON
Quickly after, comes out a series of 12”s, reaching systematically the top 10 charts:“Quarks”, “The Secret”, “Teleportation” “Lottery”, “Tarantino”, “Vandals”, “Oakwood” show the band’s versatility and production quality. All those tracks got heavy support from the world’s most famous DJs of the electronic music scene: Pete Tong, Steve Aoki, Skrillex, Rusko, Benga, Datsik, Flux Pavillion, Doctor P, Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, Kissy Sell Out, Annie Nightingale, Andy C, Chase & Status, Subfocus, Pendulum…
All at the same time, the band keeps to intensively tour the world from trendy clubs to the biggest festivals : Electric Daisy Carnival, Glastonbury, Mon-egros, SXSW, Dour, Plages Electroniques, Solidays, Starscape, Les Nuits Zebrees, Beatpatrol, Audioriver, Together As One, Nordik Impact, Arena, Government, Metrocity, Brixton Academy, Pirate Station, Beyond Wonderland, Big Chill, Global Gathering… In the summer 2010, moved to Los Angeles for their acclaimed “French Do It Better” tour around the USA and Canada.
Since then, the band has been asked to remix tracks for big names such as Benny Benassi, Skrillex, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Crystal Method, Krafty Kuts, Nero, The Bloody Beetroots… and appears on labels such as Warner, Ultra, MTA, Virgin, Ram Records or Dim Mak.
“Parisian crew Dirtyphonics are bucking the trend with a tranche of heavyweight music and an incendi-ary live show.”
MIXMAG
Back from their acclaimed world wild tour which took them around Europe, America, Asia, and Oceania over 4 months, the future looks bright and busy both on the road and in the studio as the band is putting the finaltouches on genre defying music for their debut album.
“Dirtyphonics have in the past year created some of the most boundary pushing, genre hop-ping records in dance music”
VIPER RECORDINGS
CRIZZLY:
Anytime he hits the stage, Crizzly has no choice but to go hard. Channeling hyperactive energy and uncontainable swagger, the San Antonio DJ and producer ignites crowds with an intoxicating, infectious, and inimitable blend of dubstep and hip-hop, which he affectionately terms, "Crunkstep". In 2011, he released his own takes on Waka Flocka Flame's "Hard in Da Paint" and "Snap Back Swag" from AJ Hernz, and suddenly he set the blogosphere ablaze. In addition, Skrillex, Diplo,Excision & Datsik all began playing his remixes in their sets. In February 2012, he embarked on a highly successful tour with 12th Planet and Flinch, and he followed that up with shows alongside Zed's Dead. Currently, he's confirmed on the bill for the 2012 installments of Nocturnal, Electric Daisy Carnival [Las Vegas & New York], Atlantic Impulse, Electric Forrest, Global KC and Denver, and many more. One thing's for sure: there ain't no party like a Crizzly party.
NERD RAGE:
Nerd Rage's music, hand-in-hand with his stage presence, is loud, aggressive, and right in your face. Playing everything from Moombahton and Dubstep to Drum and Bass in action-packed sets, Nerd Rage has gained quite a following in the electronic dance music scene.
Starting his music production career in 2010, Nerd Rage has quickly risen to the top of the heap beginning with his first single, "Real Life," hitting top 10 on the Beatport charts. One of the tracks was featured at number one on Beatport's "Top 10 Must Hear Dubstep Tracks."
His followup EP, “Elbows of Fury,” featuring collaborations with Sluggo & Terrabad, has topped out at #2 on the beatport charts. Korn Frontman Jonathan Davis also listed the track, “Dark Crystal,” as one of his top 5 favorite EDM songs for Revolver Magazine.
His tunes can now be heard on dancefloors and radio around the world, with top DJs such Evol Intent, Pendulum, Excision, Funtcase, Datsik, Downlink, SKisM, Bare, and Dieselboy playing his musical creations.
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