88:88 – Audiocrack, Blood Orange Music
HM.T DM.T – Liquid Geometry soundcloud.com/hmt_dmt
Nino Señeris – eLan famLay Beat Tapes soundcloud.com/nino-seneris
Sleeve – Liquid Geometry
Hometown: Fairfax Station, Virginia Moved to San Diego: in 2004. No reason not to, change is great. Style: High highs, low lows – if Roni Size, Jimi Hendrix, Burial, Gangstarr, Zero 7, Miles Davis and the Neptunes had a musically philosophical conversation with beatniks in Paris in 2030. Citrus dopiate sex on the rocks à la mode with whip shaken not stirred, for here. Favorite place to eat: Big Kitchen Cafe. Feels like home. Local Artist inspired by: Gilbert Castellanos. SD cliché that is actually true: Uggz rocking, oversized shades wearing, big titty having, gold digging, drug using, fake caramel skin melting, one too many California burrito eating, shallow talking chicks are usually in the vicinity ruining the vibe. Misconception about San Diego: This project actually nullifies my own misconception. It is a small city with great potential and, in retrospect, will be a core influence in bridging the underground with the overground.
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT SD event affiliations: Liquid Geometry Style: Psychedelic bass? Extraterrestrial clubhop? Weird? Humor groove? Favorite place to eat: Toronado, Hamiltons, Pokez, Sipz, People's Co-op, Littickers. I love good food that caters to my vegan lifestyle as well as places with good craft beer. Artist that made you want to produce: Flying Lotus. I'd heard him a few times and decided he'd be a nice person to see and chill out with during We the People festival a few years back. Turns out it wasn't chill time at all. Thank god for that! Dude whipped my mind into a frenzy and showed me exactly what I wanted to be doing with music. Local artist inspired by: Sleeve - known the dude since high school and he's always been on the forefront of everything he's been into. Every track he's made has blown my mind. SD cliché that is actually true: We're all a bunch of burrito eaters. Misconception about San Diego: The Gaslamp is where it's happening.
Hometown: Ingelheim, Germany SD event affiliations: Critical Beatdown, Liquid Geometry Style: A baby in a blender or as emotional as cutting your wrist. Favorite place to eat: Saffron Song that made you want to produce: Company Flow - "Little Johnny from the Hospital." SD cliché that is actually true: Flip flops & beer pong. Misconception about San Diego: There is a lot more going on than you think.
Hometown: San Diego SD event affiliations: Liquid Geometry Style: Psychedelic Portal Fun. Favorite place to eat: Any taco shop around the house. Artist that made you want to produce: Pink Floyd Local artist inspired by: Frank Zappa SD cliché that is actually true: That San Diego is a bubble. Misconception about San Diego: The bubble can't pop.
checkoutthewebsite.com
TRACK 13 - DUB-HOP
Misk – Verminstreet, Rogue Dubs, Rogue Plates, Savory Audio, Dubkraft, Code of Arms / elkbeats.com
TRACK 03 - YOU KNOW
soundcloud.com/sleevealpha
TRACK 07 - TELEPATHICRISIS
Miguex – Accent Creative, Dataset, Modul8
Mike Gao – All City Records, Plug Research,
soundcloud.com/miguex
Galapagos4, Project: Mooncircle / mikegao.com
Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina SD event affiliations: Brokenbeat Style: Still searching for my own sound Favorite place to eat: Tajima for ramen, Raku's yakitori. What made you want to produce: Jungle/Dnb in the mid '90s Local artist inspired by: EshOne was the reason I started making music again, Eddie Turbo, Walker, and everyone I met through Brokenbeat. SD cliché that is actually true: A lot of people have year long flip flop tan-lines.
Hometown: Beijing, China Moved to San Diego: in 2009 for my PhD at UCSD with Miller Puckette. SD event affiliations: Critical Beatdown Style: Beats, boogie and juke. Favorite place to eat: Tajima What made you want to produce: Some shit in DOS. Local artist inspired by: eLan SD cliché that is actually true: Weather is dope. Misconception about San Diego: That there ain't shit poplin'
TRACK 14 - BREAKFAST HASH Austin Speed – Rogue Dubs, Phunkfiction, Sublife Recordings / soundcloud.com/austinspeed
TRACK 11 - LET'S GET BLOWN (RMX) TRACK 10 - NICE AND EASY
Hometown: Walnut Creek, CA Moved to San Diego: in 2000 - right after high school. It's a long story. SD event affiliations: The Lodge, Liquid Geometry. Style: I like my bass heavy, my beats weird, and my synths even weirder. Melody is a must. Favorite place to eat: Lucha Libre Artist that made you want to produce: Trent Reznor, Photek and The Prodigy Local artist inspired by: Most of my peers inspire me. They all bring something so different to the table, and whenever I hear something new, I'm inspired to push myself harder. SD cliché that is actually true: Let's just say that I've met a lot of blonde girls since I've moved here. Misconception about San Diego: That there's no real unique EDM scene here. We definitely have a lot going on, and there's plenty of people pushing unique sounds in our part of Cali.
TRACK 06 - GRAVITRON TRACK 08 - SNOT SONATA
Hometown: San Diego SD event affiliations: Dub Dorado and Dub Smugglers Style: One thing I strive for no matter what I'm playing or producing is to find a nice balance between the head and the dancefloor; music that keeps the listener intellectually engaged as well as moving their feet. Favorite place to eat: Santouka in the Mitsuwa marketplace. They only serve ramen and it's in a grocery store which sounds odd but I get cravings for it all the time. Artist that made you want to produce: Autechre, Speedy J, Future Sound of London and more recently Distance, DJG, Skream and Tunnidge. Local artist inspired by: Even though he's moving I would definitely say EshOne. The man can whip up killer tracks in an amazingly short amount of time which have a very unique and distinct sound, he sticks to his principles and he still cuts and plays dubplates. SD cliché that is actually true: The weather is almost always amazing. Misconception about San Diego: Everyone here surfs.
TRACK 15 - ARCADIA
DJ Pound – SATURATE!RECORDS, Kill
Dusty Nix & LEIF (kolt) – Bat Wing
Quanti / djpound.bandcamp.com
Throat Bling Records / dustynix.com, leifkolt.com
Hometown: La Puente, CA Moved to San Diego: when I was a kid. SD event affiliations: Critical Beatdown Style: Heavy instrumental bass, hip-hop beats. Favorite place to eat: Bonswar's Italian-French vegan cuisine deli Song that made you want to produce: Credence Clearwater Revival "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Local artist inspired by: Regis Philbin SD cliché that is actually true: Never heard any. Misconception about San Diego: The words 'San Diego' mean whale's vagina.
Hometown: San Diego SD event affiliations: Brokenbeat Style: Storytelling over smoked out electro pop, boom bap and bass. Favorite place to eat: My living room. Local artist inspired by: It seems impossible to choose just one. A lot of the producers that stand out and inspire us in this city are on this compilation. SD cliché that is true: Flip flops and board shorts. Misconception about San Diego: Every burrito is a good burrito.
TRACK 09 - PAVED PATHS
TRACK 19 - THE BINARY CODE 65