Troy Beetles is from British Columbia, Canada. He was playing a lot of Xbox and making hip hop beats, but after seeing Excision live at Shambhala electronic music festival in 2008, he tried his hand at being a dubstep DJ and Producer. He made it! His Xbox gamer tag was Datsik and he ended up just using that name. Lots of collaboration with Excision seriously helped him refine his talent, and now Datsik is a big name in the dubstep world. While he does create dubstep, you could define it as more hip hop inspired, a bit dark with the meanings and aura of the tracks. One of Datsik's biggest influences is Wu Tang Clan especially Method Man, he says he loves the flow and how filthy the sound is, striving to attain that in his own productions. He also has a bit of a robotic side, describing a few of his track as "robostep".
He released a string of solo and collobration EPs from 2009 to 2011, a lot out on Rottun Records, but most recently has been signed to Dim Mak Reocrds and is planning to release his debut album,
Vitamin D, on April 10th.
I saw him perform a DJ set just before Steve Aoki on the Deadmeat Tour, and while a lot of his tracks had a dubstep feel to them, it was overall a much more hip hop/rap inspired set. He kept the crowd dancing and dropped some awesome songs, overall a good mixture of hip hop and dubstep.
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