SBTRKT

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dubstep / electro

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SBTRKT - Interview with MistaJam

MistaJam catches up with SBTRKT ahead of his show at Koko in Camden.

Featured on BBC MUSIC SHOWCASE
 

Biography

SBTRKT (pronounced "subtract") is the musical project led by Aaron Jerome. Jerome began his career as a DJ in the east London club "Plastic People". SBTRKT has remixed songs by artists such as M.I.A, Radiohead, Modeselektor, Basement Jaxx, Mark Ronson, Underworld and Goldie, and has released singles, EPs, and a self-titled album. SBTRKT's music is a mixture of Future garage, two-step, dubstep, US R&B and Chicago house. His music has been placed in rotation by BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 6 Music.

SBTRKT refers also to the live musical duo of Jerome and his frequent collaborator Sampha. Their live show consists of Jerome utilizing electronic and acoustic drums alongside triggering samples and using a mixing desk, with Sampha playing keyboards, triggering vocal loops and singing.

The reason Jerome uses the project's title as opposed to him using his own name is to support the concept of anonymity. Jerome has explained "[I'd] rather not talk about myself as a person, and let the music speak for itself. The name SBTRKT is me taking myself away from that whole process. I'm not a social person, so having to talk to DJs to make them play a record is not something I want to do. It's more about giving them a record as an anonymous person and seeing whether they like it or not. If they play it, they play it."

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BBC Reviews

  1. LIVE 2013

    Review of LIVE

    Reviewed by Darren Loucaides

    Big, untamed and full of raw energy, this is the man letting go of his controls.
  2. SBTRKT 2011

    Review of SBTRKT

    Reviewed by Natalie Shaw

    What we have here is the promise of this decade’s Timbaland.

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