Brixton, London. Home of the old-fashioned Ritzy Cinema,
colorful markets, and a plethora of old-skool DJ’s. No other
area of Britain boasts the toast as the breeding ground for
our future spinners in training-cum-masters of the turntables.
The new boy with the new tunes is db+ (to educate you
further, that’s the magic music symbol for "decibel", that
groovy scientific term for measuring the intensity of a sound.)
And boy can this cat hold true to his name. He measures his
musical intensity with a giant jug full ‘o’ beats filled to
the brim, shaking his sound with more power than a cartoon
frog in a high-speed blender.
With his debut 12" EP "Not Invented Here" just out
on our ears, its easy to understand why the underground sound
is indeed the better sound. One listen to db+ and you
can support this theory whilst becoming enveloped in the beats
like spicy salsa beans in an extra-large burrito- Too hot
to handle!! With most tracks "written, produced, sliced, and
diced" by db+ himself, it’s an all-too impressive curriculum
vitae of DJ skillz that finds the born & raised "Saaarf" London
boy right at home in the land of international reputes. From
the depths of the decibels come the mightiest of tracks, and
these are they.
He’s been doin’ the deed on the decks since before his vocal
chords cracked, but the lower the octaves went, the higher
the brain power they produced. His talents soon took him spinning
around the world, from Budapest to Berlin, to the corners
of Prague, to a zillion pubs and clubs within the M25. Proving
that meek shall inherit the earth (or, at least the airwaves),
his debut single "Not Invented Here" has leaped from
a handful of hot slabs of wax to well-requested commercial
radio play on Xfm (mixed in fierce forces by the illustrious
duo Eddy Temple-Morris & James Hyman).
The video has even topped that, landing that often-tricky
but this time triumphant victory of frequent and festive MTV
rotations. Proof of this is visible on MTV’s saturday night
adrenaline show Partyzone, (over 21 plays in the first
2 weeks), MTV’s Chill (aired as an exclusive during
our homelands special), and frequent spot plays every day
on our digital sister station MTV Extra. And this is
just in the UK & Ireland. db+ and "Not Invented
Here" has even successfully transferred to MTV’s continent
counterparts, showing his sights an’ sounds in Germany, Italy,
MTV’s Nordic regions, and of course the European mainland
countries.
"So where can I see this video", you ask us? Well if you’ve missed it the first time ‘round or can’t stay up late to watch it on telly, fear not oh great lovers of dance. We’ve got it right here, as MTV.CO.UK brings you the cream of the crop and the latest of crazes with one of dance music’s hottest properties since Fatboy Slim re-decorated his Brighton abode. Learn ‘bout the man, dB+ himself, then watch him in action. Live an’ learn an’ check it out.