G Notorious
Dubbed by URB Magazine one of "...five of the most promising up-and-coming (UK Garage) producers here at home", with two successful releases on vinyl and seven mixes gaining him exposure in other top music publications including, XLR8R, Mixer, Deuce, and Undercover, G Notorious has been pushing the sounds of underground UK based dance music in the United States since 1994.
Initially playing Jungle and DrumnBass from 1994-2000, with residencies at the seminal Jungle Roots/Sessions night and later his own night Langauge, G Notorious was one of the orignators of that sound in Boston. At the turn of the millenium, a new sound caught G's ear while visiting London. The sound was 2-Step UK Garage. On returning to Boston, G brought the music with him and ran three consecutive weekly club nights; DYNAMITE, LIVELY, and RUNNIN to expose the Boston nightlife scene to this new and burgeoning sound. Collectively lasting over a year and a half, the three nights exposed thousands of club-goers to the sounds of UK 2-Step and 4x4 Garage and built a dedicated local following for the music. G Notorious has continued to follow the twists and turns of the London underground sound, now focusing on Grime, Dubstep, Bassline House, and the re-emergence of the classic 2-Step sound.
As a DJ, G Notorious contrasts soulful elements with rugged beats and heavy bass. He plays with a bias toward Reggae and Hip-Hop style vocals but represents the entire spectrum of sounds within Underground Garage from bumpy 4x4 to 2-Step, dubwise sounds to Bassline House / Speed Garage to full-on Grime. A typical live set includes cutting edge promos, classic anthems, and unreleased dubplates. While it lasted, G Notorious was a member of the Push It Promotions Record Pool, serviced by Red Rose Recordings and Unit 5 among other labels. More recently he was chosen among the top 30 UK Garage DJ's in North America to be a member of the RINSE IT record pool. He has also written Garage record reviews for XLR8R and SoulChampion.com.
G Notorious has regularly rocked dancefloors all over New England and New York. In the spring of 2004 he played at TRANSATLANTIC 3, the only UK Garage and Grime event at the annual Winter Music Conference in Miami, Florida. G Notorious, also represented Boston at the first annual GARAGE CONFERENCE in Dallas, Texas in the summer of 2004.
As well as his releases on vinyl, two of G Notorious' Garage tracks and one he wrote in collaboration with DeepSix from Toronto, Canada, as GeeSixCru, were featured on URBAN RENEWAL RECORDS "TRANSATLANTIC BASS" compilation CD. Despite the lack of solid distribution or a sizeable buying audience for the music in the United States, his original Garage and Grime material has received critical acclaim from DJs and press on both sides of the Atlantic as several of his unreleased productions have been rinsed on UK pirate radio and charted by various DJs over the years.
G Notorious also built and runs SoulChampion.com, the home of UK Underground Garage, Dubstep, and Grime in the United States and Canada. SoulChampion provides a public outlet for information about the music but most importantly hosts the world's largest collection of North American produced original Underground Garage and Grime music. Since January 2005 the site's scope has begun to grow to encompass the overall US and Canadian Garage and Grime scenes and to provide a bridge of communication between the heavy hitters in the US, Canadian, and UK scenes.
For more about G Notorious or North American Underground Garage, Dubstep, and Grime, check out SoulChampion.com
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