Son Of Kick
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CONTACT:
management/remixes/production: anton@trailermedia.com
Bookings:saleem@tfabookings.com

Producer, DJ, vocalist and multi instrumentalist Son Of Kick is making waves with his bumping, super-charged live set.  A bass-feast packed full of electro, dubstep, heavy grooves and the insanely unpredictable.  Catch him dropping acapella’s from Method Man or rocking snippets from the Violent Femmes alongside his own productions.  On a playing field of his own right now, it was friend and vocalist RQM that recently coined his new ‘bass’ style, ‘Psychostep’.

Based in West London, S.O.K.’s sound & style has already been picked up by various labels including the Stanton Warrior’s own Beat’s and pioneering London imprint Botchit and Scarper.  Recent remix credits include work for labels such as Equinox Records and Man Recordings in Germany, ESL Music (Washington DC), Civil Music (UK), and Om Records (San Francisco). Head of his label Way Way Records, SOK has a bunch of releases about to be unleashed. Out early December his current single release “Guacha” on Equinox (Germany) which is receiving major props from Rob Da Bank at Radio 1 through to Simbad in France as smashed air waves and dancefloors across the glob.

Not a man to sit about, S.O.K. is co-producing an album right now, alongside the French dj/producer Simbad for the new collective project “Klub Sandwich” with Grems & Disiz La Peste (ex-Rouge A Levre). Also producing a bunch of EP’s with the Foreign Beggars’, Pav and Ebow out in Berlin.  There’s also the matter of his first solo album scheduled for july 2011 on his own label Way Way Records.  Remixes for the Go! Team, Husky Rescue and Tokyo Police Club will also be dropping mid 2011 and his new solo EP “Playing The Villain” featuring: Machinedrum, Chris De Luca, Jantsen and Bang On! on San Francisco top Glich label MUTI Music.

When not shooting videos for his label or making music for TV and film documentaries he’s working hard on new material for forthcoming European shows as well as next summer’s Gilles Peterson Worldwide Festival; having recently toured dates in Germany, UK, France and Switzerland alongside Bar9, Foreign Beggars, Bar Noize, Distance and Baobinga.

XTRA BACKGROUND
In 2008,two of his remixes (Justin Timberlake “Like I Love You” & Jay-Z “Ignorant Shit”) were hand picked by the fresh NYC bootleg website “Palms Out” to figure on their classic “Remix Sundays” (108 & 109).  He also won the year after at “Palms Out Again” with the Kotchy “She Made It Easy” remix.

Also in 2008 Son Of Kick was selected in the top twenty talent search for Gilles Peterson’s World Wide Festival and invited to play with the winner Emilie Chick and in the top 5 for “Les Printemps De Bourge”.  Going on to play two years later as one of the headline slots on the Sunday night, at this year’s 2010 Worldwide Festival in Sete, France.

He has released work in the past under the name D.A.T.A (Ditox At The Asylum) aka Micro Coz including composing the theme tune for The Digital Music Awards, The BBC - The Greatest Race On Earth, The L-Word,Vibe 3on3, Sky TV and more.

Over the years he has shared the DJ booth with artists such as : Beat Torrent, Scratch Perverts, Detroit Grand Pubahs, Foreign Beggars, Gilles Peterson, Diplo, Simbad, Laurent Garnier, Roots Manuva, DJ Lefto & Mr Fish to name a few.

His acoustic project with Alice Gobets as “Allover” is on hold while he concentrates on the world of Son Of Kick. 

APPEARS ON THE FOLLOWING RELEASES
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Buy  Released 2011-10-24

Son Of Kick’s ‘From Here’ features the deep vocal stylings of RQM who’s voice adds just the texture the tune needs in all the mixes. The original rocks out with a wonky and distinctively US west coast flavor, Pixelord gives added depth with a 2-step influenced take, Night Drugs brings in House flavors and Rose Ryot takes things really experimental.

Son Of Kick is becoming known to bass heads globally, the video for his recent EP ‘Playing The Villian’ release went viral and is at over 2 million views, he has toured festivals globally this year and been featured alongside artists like Flying Lotus, Borgore, Gasslamp Killer, FreQ Nasty, Mimosa and many more.

Son Of Kick is based in West London, his sound & style has already been picked up by various labels including the Stanton Warriors own Beats and pioneering London imprint Botchit & Scarper.  Recent remix credits include work for labels such as Equinox Records and Man Recordings in Germany, ESL Music (Washington DC), Civil Music (UK), Om Records (San Francisco) and of course Muti Music (San Francisco).

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Buy  Released 2011-04-25

While being tagged ‘psychostep’, Son Of Kick is taking future bass to another level. Support for Playing The Villian is coming in from varying sources because of the epic variation of sound included in this package.
Machinedrum, Chris De Luca and Jantsen all pitch in with their signature sounds, while Son Of Kick supplies and additional vocal mix featuring Big Dada’s BANG ON! that truly takes things to another level.

- Starkey: “Be Playing the Bang On! version on 1Xtra.”

Son Of Kick is based in West London, his sound & style has already been picked up by various labels including the Stanton Warriors own Beats and pioneering London imprint Botchit & Scarper.  Recent remix credits include work for labels such as Equinox Records and Man Recordings in Germany, ESL Music (Washington DC), Civil Music (UK) and Om Records (San Francisco).

Head of his label Way Way Records, Son Of Kick has a bunch of releases about to be unleashed. His current single release ‘Guacha’ on Equinox (Germany) is receiving major props from Rob Da Bank at Radio 1 through to Simbad in France has smashed air waves and dancefloors across the globe.

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  •    sonofkick
      Wed May 16 16:15:44 +0000 2012
    Hello Paris!!! Tonight at the Nouveau Casino... BIG!!!

  •    sonofkick
      Wed May 16 11:50:32 +0000 2012
    Last week of the Spring tour!! Then massive studio session for 3 weeks!

  •    sonofkick
      Wed May 16 11:49:05 +0000 2012
    @VictoriaPhoque hope to see you soon my pti phoques! Xx

  •    sonofkick
      Wed May 16 11:47:49 +0000 2012
    @VictoriaPhoque AH enorme!!! :) mafia reprezenta! <3

  •    sonofkick
      Wed May 16 09:23:17 +0000 2012
    @BunkSETetMATCH t es a ripa?

  •    sonofkick
      Wed May 16 01:02:30 +0000 2012
    @SetMatchBand @MIKIGREMS plutot Krilin meme...ahahah

  •    sonofkick
      Tue May 15 15:06:51 +0000 2012
    Nouveau Casino Paris tomorrow!! Well excited :)

  •    sonofkick
      Sun May 13 12:45:35 +0000 2012
    Yes biiiiiitches! I'll be missing you not. <3 http://t.co/gVBHaZvc

  •    sonofkick
      Sun May 13 09:58:18 +0000 2012
    "@FloreMusic: Happy mother's day to those lucky people who still have their mums. xoxos" YES!

  •    sonofkick
      Sat May 12 17:36:17 +0000 2012
    Hello Athens! #partytime