Scuba dives deep into Berlin bass
Like the sound of garage that it evolved The mix represents Scuba’s sets over
from, there was a time a few years the last 12 months, emerging from
ago when dubstep seemed like, if the deepest, dubbiest depths of
not a London thing, then defi nitely a Sigha before hitting the post-rave
UK phenomenon. So when producer and two-step of Joy Orbison and
Scuba, aka Paul Rose, moved to Berlin, Untold — all three signed to his superb
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OVE
home of all things techno, in 2007 it Hotfl ush label — but it also packs in
might have seemed a rather perverse the dark glitchy techno of Surgeon and
career choice. Instra:mental.
Cut to the present day, however, and It’s this schizophrenic identity that’s
Scuba’s new compilation, ‘Sub:stance’, given birth to SCB, his alter-ego for
(released on 25th January by Ostgut “much slower, straight ahead house
Ton), marks a year in which his club of and techno. When I’m not playing a
the same name has celebrated the fi rst Sub:stance set, I tend to play more
birthday of its monthly Friday night house tracks, so SCB stuff would fi t in
residency, at the infamous Berghain. those kinds of sets.”
Dubstep has entered waters previously
only patrolled by techno, and it’s Scuba While this ability to effortlessly
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leading the way. transcend genres is what makes Scuba
“It was a pretty wild stab in the dark to so compelling, constantly shifting into
put dubstep on in an enormous club,” uncharted territories makes fi nishing
he admits, initially surprised to have an album particularly challenging.
A
been offered a Friday night. “When we After scrapping much of his fi rst
went to meet them we were expecting album before rewriting it, the clichéd
a Thursday or a Monday! The fact it’s ‘diffi cult’ second album seems to be
done well is amazing.” proving just that.
“I’ve done it again!” he says. “I have
While he cites record shop Hard Wax a mastering appointment booked for
stocking dubstep as having a huge next week so the computer is on at the
infl uence, “it’s vital as it’s such an moment. I’m thinking I need to fi nish a
institution in the city, and got it few tunes!”
noticed in the wider music community,”
it’s his own roots discovering dance In the meantime, however, the album
music through ’90s techno that shine launch on 15th January at Berghain
through in both Scuba’s productions sees Kode 9, Martyn, Shackleton and
and Sub:stance’s diverse line-ups, Pangaea amongst those helping him to
capturing the imagination of all continue bringing the bass to Berlin.
manner of fans of electronic music.
“We always try to have a proper
dubstep DJ playing, like Distance, but
we also have more 4/4 DJs. Martyn
played pretty much straight house
when he was there,” he explains. Old
school techno dons Stacey Pullen and
Dan Curtin even joined Appleblim when
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Panorama Bar also opened for their
birthday.
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