PRESENTS..........
EMALKAY
Big, bad, heavy: three simple words to describe the sound of one of dubstep’s most complex artists, Emalkay. Certainly no stranger when it comes to playing left field, Emalkay takes his own innovative style to a whole other level! With support from the likes of Amon Tobin, FreQ Nasty and Mary Anne Hobbs - as well as prominent dubsteppers Benga and N-type, Emalkay has proven himself to be one of the most influential pioneers of the heavier dubstep sound.
With inital support in the form of grime veteran Plastician, “Birmingham’s finest” Emalkay - pronounced em-al-kay - gained the attention of South London based record label Boka Records, with the warped, future bass drones and epic strings of Gut Feeling in August 2006. Continuing the success, Testing The Waters EP was released later that year followed by Monsters in June 07.
The revolutionary sound of Mecha, released in the fall of 07, gained Emalkay support from the likes of Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs and breakbeat pioneer FreQ Nasty, as well as many of the leading figures of the current dubstep scene. It seemed Emalkay’s own potential as a pivotal dubstep artist was finally being realised. His final release on Boka Records was the reggae influenced My Story in April 08.
In the fall of 08, Emalkay produced Explicit - a tune that immediately captured the interest of such prominent dubsteppers as Benga and received major support from acts such as The Scratch Perverts and drum and bass duo Chase and Status. After being approached by Caspa however, Explicit was finally released on the Dub Police label in February 09 after much anticipation.
DISCOGRAPHY
Gut Feeling/Frequency (Boka Records, 2006)
Testing The Waters EP (Boka Records, 2006)
Monsters (Boka Juniors, 2007)
Mecha/The Rogue (Boka Records, 2007)
My Story/Crunk In Space (Boka Records, 2008)
Explicit/Heroics (Dub Police, 2009)
REMIXS
TRG – Killed It Dead (Emalkay remix) (Audio Freaks, 2007)
Two Fingers – What You Know About (Emalkay remix) (Big Dada, 2009) with Sway
http://www.myspace.com/emalkay
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