Five Tracks: Noah D

Noah D might be one of our favorite dance music producers from the United States. While he's known as one of the bass music scene's shining stars curr

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Noah D might be one of our favorite dance music producers from the United States. While he's known as one of the bass music scene's shining stars currently, we first heard him in the late 2000s dropping drum & bass bangers for imprints like Renegade Recordings, Trouble on Vinyl, and Dieselboy's Human Imprint. We weren't surprised when he started dabbling in dubstep, as he had already been providing dub-wise tracks for a while, but it seems like his transition to dubstep felt more at home to both himself, and to listeners.

Since that move, dubstep support came from everywhere: DJ Hatcha, N-Type, Skream, Bassnectar, and many more. He has since signed to LA's SMOG label who releases his Perspective album in 2012. This past December saw him providing a vast amount of dubby sounds on his Fire Alarm EP, which we highly recommend if you don't want the brash, in-your-face dubstep that is the champion sound stateside.

For his "Five Tracks," Noah D speaks on his background; he gives us tunes that influenced his drum & bass side, what got him into dubstep, and one classic hip-hop track that you all should know. Here are Five Tracks, from Noah D.

Boymerang - "Where It's At"

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Boymerang's Balance Of The Force album was the first electronic music album I ever bought. That CD really blew my mind and started to lead me down that path that I'm still on now.

Photek - "Ni Ten Ichi Ryu"

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Photek was my next step in electronic music. I still remember being at my friends house watching the video for "Ni Ten Ichi Ryu" for the first time on MTV's late-night electronic video show, Amp.

Kode 9 & Spaceape - "Kingstown"

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This was the first tune I heard that got me listening to dubstep. That deep, dark, brooding and almost sexy sound just grabbed a hold of me right away.

Luke Envoy - "Honor Kill"

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I'd say this is probably the first dubstep tune that really knocked me on my feet when I heard it on a big rig. After hearing this, I knew I wanted to shift more into the dubstep realm.

Run DMC - "Peter Piper"

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This is just one of my favorite beats of all time. Gets me hyped every time I hear those bells. I love thinking of the early days of hip-hop when things were more about having fun.

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