I get a lot of emails. It’s partly my fault for openly publicising my email address – and most of the time, my inbox is on the receiving end of complete garbage as penance. However, I do sometimes get sent stuff that is truly exciting… This project was one of those times. Back in November, I had a message, through from my About.me page, from a final year graphic design student from the University of Gloucestershire. Chris had contacted me … more
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It’s fair to say the GetDarker b2b Dubstep Bastards weekend two weeks ago got more then a bit messy. I’ve been pretty much a broken man since I got back to London – as some of you will no doubt have heard! Unsurprisingly, given the event had sold out, Cable welcomed a fairly massive crowd to the GetDarker launch party for ‘This is Dubstep 2012′. For those of you who couldn’t get a ticket or reach the event, fear not. … more
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This weekend‘s probably going to ruin me. But at least I can rest easy knowing I’ve finally broadened the focus of FatKidOnFire’s musical scope – by getting the first ever strictly 170bpm mix up and featured on the site. I’ve been meaning to start focusing on more than just the ‘dungeon sound’ that has apparently become synonymous with FatKidOnFire, and I’ve noticed that I’ve started listening to more 170bpm bits and pieces over the past 6 weeks or so. I … more
This weekend is gearing up to be one of the best(/ worst come Sunday) I’ve possibly ever had. It’s also worth noting (or not, depending on your viewpoint) how the last ‘Out and About‘ post I wrote about featured two of the events that I’m writing about tonight. To say I’m excited about the next three days is a bit of an understatement… For those of you based in Essex, tomorrow night sees my boys the Fused Forces and the Hoodlums … more
I know I bang on about this a lot (do stop me if it’s getting boring), but I still can’t quite believe how far and how wide dubstep has come over the past two years I’ve been running FatKidOnFire. Tuesday’s MakeItGood x FKOF feature was with Serbia’s
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Tony – otherwise known as esteemed Dartford-based progressive minimal tearout™ dubstep producer Content – has been slamming out some truly sensational tracks recently. He’s collaborated with some of the finest (both young & old) talent in the deeper end of the dubstep genre over the past few months and has been gaining more that deserved recognition along the way. His debut release (on one of my favourite new imprints, InnamindRecordings; artwork above) hovered around #2 on the Juno Download chart … more
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You may have noticed I’ve been banging out new content left, right and centre here on FatKidOnFire over the past few days – possibly more than I’ve ever done so before. Anyone been to Berlin? Thinking of booking a last minute week-long trip next weekend for my birthday… — Wil Benton (@FatKidOnFire) January 16, 2012 For those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter (and for those of you who missed the tweets), I’m off to Berlin tomorrow morning for … more
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We’re three weeks into 2012 and have already seen six MakeItGood x FatKidOnFire features; four exclusive mixes and now the first FKOF free download of the year. ICU:Audio and InnaMind Recordings’ Anex first featured here at the end of November for his debut MIG x FKOF mix and interview. I’ve been following Jon for a while now – and it seems a lot of you have been as well. He recently hit the big 1,000 followers on his SoundCloud account and … more
Every so often, a dub or two end up in my inbox. Nine times out of ten, I love what I hear and a bit of dialogue starts with whoever’s sent the bits over to me – and occasionally, the artist in question ends up here featuring in a MakeItGood x FatKidOnFire. That’s exactly what happened when Slaven sent me a couple of tracks back in October. I was pretty impressed with what I heard and we got talking. Luckily … more
2011 was a pretty amazing year for FatKidOnFire, the Facebook page broke 500,000 impressions, the SoundCloud, Twitter and Facebook accounts all surpassed 1,00 fans and the site had hits from 2/3 of the globe. And it’s only a few short months until the site’s second birthday; which is a pretty amazing/ scary thought! I thought it’d be a worth taking a look back at last year and see which updates you guys enjoyed the most. [2011 in pageviews] Tonight, I’ll … more