01. ultragamma - true to syntax
02. ultragamma - so sick
03. ultragamma - freezie ray
04. zeno - super duper duck
05. major lazer - hold the line (dz remix)
06. the widdler - froggy style (zeno remix)
07. foreign beggars - hit that gash (itchy naaan rerub)
08. crookers feat. wiley & tj - business man (dz remix)
09. datsik - crunch
10. a girl and a gun - send more cops (bombaman remix)
11. asher roth - i love college (bombaman vs lifeafter1984 remix)
12. darling farah - floaters (bombaman remix)
13. bombaman - exia
14. j courage - chicago (bombaman remix)
15. bombaman - eye spy
16. phatcat - my cpu (bombaman remix)
17. la roux + skream - in for the kill (bot edit)
18. diplo & laidback luke - hey! (bombaman remix)
19. beat assassins - direct hit vip (calvertron remix)
21. k.gol - big head
22. seductive - underground sound
23. tee ski & shab ruffcut - dirty shabz
24. the yank - living inside the speaker
25. chuckie - moombah (afrojack remix)
26. boltan - creepy (mighty fools remix)
27. s.o.s - heads up (nic sarno retrix)
28. the funk out - big dick (the bulgarian remix)
29. diplo & blaqstarr - get off (jackbeats remix)
30. kid komas - make the girls move (auxdrey remix)
32. shiny toy guns - major tom
01. goshi goshi - copy that
02. auxdrey - hey guys
03. steve gerard - the countdown
04. boltan - creepy (mighty fools remix)
05. goshi goshi - the lock shot
06. kid komas - make the girls move (auxdrey remix)
08. the funk out - big dick (bill f remix)
09. diplo & laidback luke - hey! (bombaman remix)
10. the yank - from inside the speaker
11. ghostman - 25th hour
12. altered natives - rass out
13. doc daneeka - shut up
14. scotty d - liberty
15. jalla - turbulence
16. apple - messed
17. fingaprint - night time
18. sole fusion - bass tone
19. dj naughty - firepower
20. jan driver - rat alert
21. crookers feat. wiley & tj - business man (dz remix)
22. phatcat - my cpu (bombaman remix)
23. darling farah - floaters (bombaman remix)
24. skream + la roux - in for the kill (bot edit)
25. chuckie - moombah (afrojack remix)
27. redman - i wear the crown (nic sarno remix)
28. alias - low life
29. smash hi fi - everything you need
30. secta chameleon - for the kids
31. beta - my culture (myagi remix)
01. vitalic - the 30000 feet club
02. bloody beetroots - warp (partysquad edit)
03. chuckie - moombah (afrojack remix)
04. egyptrixx - just say really (bok bok remix)
05. seductive - underground sound
06. diplo & laidback luke - hey
07. alias - low life
08. tee ski & shab ruffcut - finger midget
09. major lazer - mary jane
10. diplo & blaqstarr - get off (jack beats remix)
11. jcourage - chicago (bombaman remix)
12. heavy feet - one last time (cryptical remix)
13. cold blank - nasty & gaspar go to white castle
15. mikix the cat - trouble maker
16. bombaman - look behind you
17. paul devro - toads theme
18. mixhell - boom da (crookers remix)
19. dmndays - jvr
20. la roux - in for the kill
21. thomas schumacher - fickin (si begg remix)
22. rennie pilgrim - soundboy
23. oxia - check the m
24. leftfield - double flash
25. ben sims - poise here
26. dj rush - look & see
27. technasia - startracks
28. adam beyer - remainings 3
29. dave clarke - before i was so rudely interupted
30. underworld - king of snake (dave clarke remix)
31. dj hyperactive - reptilian tank
32. barletta - panther (sonic 86 remix)
33. sonic 86 - creek demo
34. sonic 86 - tech funk
35. dj c - body work
36. detboi - gunshot lean forward
37. radioactive man - ave that
38. zeus - zeus
39. dj deeon - gimme head (sonic 86 remix)
40. sonic 86 feat. dj nasty - raw
41. cue tek - drums & horns
42. schizophonics - break free (sonic 86 remix demo)
01. tri-funk - 624
02. xi - unfair
03. mutt - heavylidded
04. xi - drip
05. ludwig coenen - green movement (xi bass vapor mix)
06. tri-funk - 618
07. zero g - universal dub
08. mk2 - one moment please
09. juakali - nah understand
10. pacheko vs. capleton - lockdown (6blocc refix)
11. ludwig coenen - green movement (xi dangerous technology mix)
12. xi - dreaming void
13. xi - 32eks
14. skream - trapped in a dark bubble
15. badness f. gappy ranks - 10 out of 10
16. durrty goodz - axiom
17. pinch - punisher vip
18. xi - melt
19. martyn - yet
20. data - rapture pt. 2
21. fake blood - mars splashing (lifeafter1984 edit)
22. rah digga - party and bullshit (cryptical remix)
23. white punks on dope - destination: house (aniki remix)
24. busta rhymes - i love my bitch (dz remix)
25. heavy feet - one last time (cryptical's gangsta remix)
26. k.gol - wooblymonsta (calagan refixxx)
27. a girl and a gun - send more cops (bombaman remix)
28. la roux - in for the kill (skream remix) [bot edit]
29. k.gol - get dawn
30. bryan cox - let's go to work (pitch lab re-edit)
31. audiodakt - ghetto nonsense (udachi remix)
32. rico tubbs - slap the bass (audio stalkers remix)
33. lady sovereign - love me or hate me (pitch lab remix)
34. s.o.s - heads up (nic sarno retrix)
35. barletta - panther (sonic86 remix)
36. k.gol - bounce dem
37. egyptrixx - just say really (bok bok remix)
38. the waitresses - i know what boys like
39. joe satriani - souls of distortion (steve gerard reconstruction)
01. zomby - gloop
02. dj food - inosan (neohead phone head fuck)
03. mala - bury da bwoy
04. tri-funk - huntsman
05. xxxy - reflections
06. jus wan - submersive (scuba remix)
07. xi - unfair
08. martyn - yet
09. tri-funk - 616
10. xi - gravity
11. tri-funk - 620
12. egyptrixx - just say really (xi remix)
13. xi - 32eks
14. 2562 - kontrol
15. cotk - we are the glitch (eskmo remix)
16. starkey - murderous words
17. juakali - crows (stereotyp remix)
18. skream - trapped in a dark bubble
19. zomby - aquafresh
20. xi - 000
21. xi - light fm
22. von d - so many faces vip
23. dj mujava - township funk (trg remix)
24. robbie williams - south of the border (187 lockdown remix)
25. consistent - midday blend (oliver $ remix)
26. dj slider and blazv - prototonic
27. cirez d - tiger style
28. junkie xl feat. lauren rocket - more (tommie sunshines degeneration devastation)
29. pink is punk - ?? (nic sarno remix)
30. raffertie - sugar
31. bombaman - gone for hours
32. dragonette - i get around (midnight juggernauts remix)
33. k.gol - get dawn
34. wongo - hear again (mikix the cat remix)
35. udachi & jubilee - paypur
36. k.gol - brain oser since 78
37. ed rush, optical & fierce - alien girl (bombaman re-edit)
38. piddy pi - giggle riddim
39. mikix the cat - outlaw
40. clark able - lemon head (crookers remix)
41. bok bok - no need to front (egyptrixx remix)
42. ladytron - destroy everything you touch (tom neville remix)
43. tiefschwarz - ?? (alter ego remix)
44. visage - fade to grey
45. the aztec mystic - knight of the jaguar
46. the presets - girl and the sea
47. green velvet - red light green light (switch remix)
48. spektrum - kinda new (tiefschwarz remix)
49. silverlink feat. badness & jammer - message is love (starkey remix)
50. enur feat. natasja - calabria (bombaman remix)
51. buraka som sistema - sound of kuduru (drop the lime remix)
52. ?? - ??
.STREAMIZM! XI + Bombaman feat. Contango - March 17 2009.
01. fuzzy logik - in the morning
02. dennis ferrer - p 2 da j
03. karizma - broken beats
04. hardhouse banton - the music
05. lil silva - the power
06. marcus visionary - get funky
07. jera - untitled
06. fuzzy logik - turn & twiss
08. donaeo - devil in a blue dress
09. conan liquid - one time
10. roska - feeline (pioneer base drop mix)
11. lil silva - nitro
12. buraka som sistema - kurum
13. karizma - icu
14. tadow - rising sun
15. vybz kartel - k.i.l.l.i.n.g refix
16. lil silva- funky flex
17. kenny dope & terry hunter - monopoly
18. perempay - hypnotic
19. benga & coki - night (geeneus remix)
20. contango & xi - masquerade
21. swift jay - toppa
22. dj technic - gabryelle
23. fbom - raw and filthy
24. 2562 - kontrol
25. xi - coercion
26. martyn - yet
27. cotk - we are the glitch (eskmo remix)
28. egyptrixx - just say (xi remix)
29. cotk - psychobabble (rozanski psychotic dub)
30. skream - trapped in a dark bubble
31. xi - alkemi
32. caspa - lions roar
33. stenchman - tortured brain
34. freq nasty vs propa tings - peacemaker
35. prestige & nik itch - m.u.s.i.c
36. ultrablack - hookers & ice cream
37. grimelock - 744 (bombaman remix)
38. vitalic - fanfares
39. miss kittin - requiem for a hit (ge-gm mix)
40. ed rush, optical & fierce - alien girl (bombaman re-edit)
41. wongo - hear again (mikix the cat remix)
42. a number of names - shari vari
43. the human league - don't you want me
.Bombaman Studio Mix - Bombamix003 - January 2009.
01. egyptrixx - phones
02. nic sarno - hot jack (congorock remix)
03. bombaman - look behind you
04. twisted - dirt cluster
05. clark able - lemonhead (crookers remix)
06. she & the robots - i love you and i hate this (straaatch remix)
07. 12th planet - be blatant
08. xi - come back
09. bombaman - one of everything
10. loetech - hard wave (what the fudge mix)
11. bombaman - eye spy
12. silverlink feat. jammer & badness - message is love (starkey remix)
13. sasquatch feat. asher don - hang man (bombaman remix)
14. egyptrixx - reconnect (kanji kinetic remix)
15. buraka som sistema - sounds of kuduru (drop the lime remix)
16. sukh knight - knightlife
17. times neue roman - to die (bombaman remix)
18. esser - satisfied (egyptrixx remix)
19. rico tubbs - gets no better (udachi remix)
20. egyptrixx - ??
.Bombaman Exclusive mix for Media Contender - July 2009.
01. bombaman - rear end
02. bombaman - one of everything
03. xi - genesis
04. j courage - chicago (bombaman remix)
05. syntonics - material (bombaman remix)
06. bombaman - eye spy
07. bombaman - gone for hours
08. bombaman - exia
09. crookers feat. wiley & tj - business man (dz remix)
>> major lazer - hold the line (dz remix)
10. asher roth - i love college (bombaman vs. lifeafter1984 remix)
11. bombaman - episode
12. la roux + skream - in for the kill (bot edit)
13. lazy ants - crabby
14. crookers + congorock - untitled
15. the funk out - big dick (the bulgarian remix)
16. chuckie - moombah (afrojack remix)
17. diplo & laidback luke - hey! (bombaman remix)
18. nonewyork - dead (bombaman remix)
It’s getting caned in mainstream clubs, but dubstep’s star system is still emerging — and T-dot’s Bombaman could be one of them
By Denise Benson for EYE Weekly
“Sub-bass is where it’s at,” proclaims low frequency–loving Torontonian Bombaman.
Also going by the name Matt Carl (which still differs from his birth certificate, but hey, everyone wears a mask of some sort these days) the fast-rising producer tells me he digs it “clean, clear, loud and in your face.”
The St. Catharines native grew up listening to music heavy on both the drums and the bass, namely hip-hop, metal and jungle. He’s been a drummer for 13 of his 26 years, having played “everything from Godspell to jazz” while in high school. Carl played in rock bands, learned to DJ and experimented with music software, going on to study at Recording Arts Canada in 2003.
It was after he’d graduated and moved to Toronto that Carl met people like Brandon Sek and producer XI, got deep into dubstep, and started making music he cared to share.
“I had been making jungle for a while and for some reason it just never sounded the way I wanted it to so I never played it to anybody,” he says. “When I got [production software Ableton Live] four years ago, things turned around and I could finally make stuff the way I wanted to because Ableton works the way my brain works.
“Then, when I started making dubstep, it all just clicked. Everything I started making two years ago made me feel like, ‘Yeah, this is sick.’ It was music I was proud to give to people around me.”
The man who became Bomba is also deeply into the music of producers close at hand, specifically XI (the two collaborate as Loetech) and Egyptrixx.
“Those two blow my mind — they make some of the best music,” exclaims Carl. “I’m heavily influenced by what they’re doing, although it may not come across in my music. I’m always reverse-engineering their tracks to see, ‘How the fuck did [they] do that?’”
Other producers are increasingly asking themselves the same of this expletive-prone producer. Bombaman’s thick, booming productions — generally clocking in at dubstep’s core tempo of 140 beats per minute, the happy middle ground between house and jungle — have been released on a number of underground labels, including La Dubstep Nostra, Lo Dubs, Aufect and Electrostimulation.
“I do this because I’m really tired of what I hear,” Carl says. “I get sent a lot of really bad music so when I make this shit, it’s so that I can go out and play it. It’s not that I don’t have any interest in putting out music, it’s just not the reason that I make it.”
Spoken like a man on the cusp. These days, Bombaman tracks like this year’s “Exia” and his bootleg remix of Enur’s “Calabria” are receiving play from international biggies like Crookers, Rusko and Diplo. The latter, in fact, put forward Bombaman’s name for remixing duties on Laidback Luke and Diplo’s single, “Hey!,” newly released on England’s Southern Fried. This heavily-blogged reworking showcases the dubstep-electro hybrid Carl has lately been attacking dancefloors with.
“That was the first track I’d made in two years that wasn’t 140bpm. I totally went for something different and it turns out to have worked in my favour. A whole bunch of guys are playing it, so I think this is the path I might want to start taking. Everything has been on a real upward slope lately. It’s all falling into place.”
Not only is Carl being asked to create remixes — with mixes for San Fran dubstep artists DZ (originally from Ottawa) and The Spit Brothers in the works — his DJ bookings have picked up. He’s gone from “playing once or twice a month” in T.O. to touring much of North America and now being booked in large local venues including The Guvernment and This Is London.
“I never pictured those crowds having any interest in what I’m doing because I thought my shit was too weird,” Carl laughs. “At This Is London though, everyone was dancing. Apparently it’s not that weird.”
Given that his sets consist largely of his own material, Carl is looking forward to producing more originals. He’s just finished a track with Chicago producer Steve Gerard and is currently contemplating “new ways to mangle sub-bass.”
“It seems to me that every time I try something new, it turns into something bigger,” he says. “Hopefully that foreshadows where things are going to go. I’m kind of A.D.D. about everything; I do what I’m interested in at the moment and I’m always thinking ‘What’s new?’”
Releases
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12" - Dubplatelet - SSBLOOD001
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NSF - Big time
Sumone - Jah jah we are Waiting
Loetech - Unity Gain
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