This winter Code Of Arms will be releasing the long awaited remix of one of our biggest hits, Bobosaw - Chip Off The Iceberg Remixed by Soundboy Pussy. This ones heavy so watch out!!!
Devon Clarke (Bobo Saw) was born in Kingston 12 in Trench Town, Jamaica. Over a long career he has shared the stage with Sizzla Kalonji, as well as the legendary Burning Spear, Bounty Killer, Frankie Paul, Pam Hall, Mikey Merican and Jigsy King. Today he is still a prolific producer and talented performer. Clarke’s success is a product of two decades of unyielding devotion to his music. His career first launched in 1986 when he formed Declaration Music, which released its first recording “Color Kodak” in the same year. Other producers quickly took notice of his talent, and by 1994 he had released tracks with various artists & labels, including World A Spin, Lambada, Days of School, Mek Some Money and Killing Feeling.
Check out our latest single–my first solo release on COA since 2009!
Available on Beatport May 27th, 2011.
Belgium-born producers Glÿph take the tune into a whole different realm, bringing the deep tribal vibes on their killer remix. Have a taste of the tracks below.
Resonating out of Brooklyn, New York, Soroka is one of NYC’s premiere dubstep producer/dj’s. Since collaborating on the Dirtystep Mixtape II in early 2007, he has had 16 releases on labels Code Of Arms, Filthy Digital, Gamma Audio, Babygrande and Betamorph Recordings. Built on a foundation of reggae and hip-hop, his production is constantly evolving and breaking new ground, bringing raw energy and hard bass tightly woven with melodic structure. Recent projects include tracks with Lenny Dee, Wu-Tang, Brand Nubian, The Alchemystics, and the Lithuanian Top 40 artist, Gacho. In 2009 he gained recognition worldwide for his top-selling remix on the double CD “Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Culture Vol. 2: Enter The Dubstep”. This was followed up in 2010 with the second Enter The Dubstep album by hip-hop pioneers Brand Nubian on which he co-produced 5 tracks. Representing Konkrete Jungle Origination, he has been smashing it at clubs and warehouse parties in NYC and elsewhere for years, spinning alongside Plastician, Datsik, Antiserum, Noah D, Reid Speed and Caspa to name a few. From performing to producing, and an onslaught of new solo material on the way, 2011 is sure to be a big year for the architect of bassweight.
Glÿph is the collaboration project of Lixkä and Myosïs, two DJ/producers from Belgium. Glÿph was created in November 2009 and as the project grew, they began turning heads with haunting & aggressive dubstep. Their two first productions (African Junkie & Distrogena) enabled them to get signed and make a release with Necroid Recordings. With the help of local event organizers, the duo grew and were able to expand their reach, joining forces with more labels including “F*ckin’ Beat” crew. Other labels featuring Glÿph include Krypled Brain, Gradient Audio and MonkeyDub.
Title: Soundkeepers – Rasta Monsta Label: Code Of Arms (COA-D-037)
A. Soundkeepers – Rasta Monsta B. Soundkeepers – Flatline
Soundkeepers, which was conceived as a two-person Electro DJ/producer team evolved in 2010 to become the solo, mainly Dubstep, project of Ricky Medina. Although mixes and sets will include house music of all sorts where appropriate, Ricky plans to focus most of his energy on his blooming array of Dubstep productions. With prodigious success, his debut release on the US label, Filthy Digital, reached the top 50 on the Beatport Dubstep Bestsellers List in its first week. Soundkeepers is clearly on the right track. Artists like Reid Speed, Hellfire Machina, Somejerk, Nebulla, and Soroka have already shown interest in his music. It is, after all, hard to expect anything else from someone who, from a very young age, has experienced and been involved with the New York City dance music scene. These roots influence his productions which tend to be huge, body-shaking bangers at 140bpm, that are both melodic and agressively sinister. His love for all things below 80hz, however, extends past that description with productions of all sorts including tech house and electro house. At the end of the day one thing is clear, 2011 and beyond will be the age of Soundkeepers, so look out for this guy’s tunes in a club near you.
Devon Clarke (Bobo Saw) was born in Kingston 12 in Trench Town, Jamaica. Over a long career he has shared the stage with Sizzla Kalonji, as well as the legendary Burning Spear, Bounty Killer, Frankie Paul, Pam Hall, Mikey Merican and Jigsy King. Today he remains a prolific producer and talented performer. His career first launched in 1986 when he formed Declaration Music, which released its first recording “Color Kodak” in the same year.
In 1994, he migrated to the U.S.A and was awarded the 91.5 FM Youth in Progress award for his hit song Stop The War, produced by Bobby Konders of Hot 97. Also produced were a host of other songs such as Make Dem Gwan Talk, Ganja Man & Moving in a Very High Tempo.
In 2002 Clarke toured France, Switzerland, and the UK with Sister Carol, who recognized his potential for pleasing European crowds and helped him make the connection.
Devon is credited with the releases Color Kodak, World A Spin, Reggae Lambada, Days of School, Mek Some Money, Killing Feeling, Stop The War, Moving In A Very High Tempo, Revelation, Bits and Pieces, Worry Dem, Cry Fi Yuh Loving, New York Blues, Tenor Saw Dead and Gone, Belly of The Beast, Rock Solid, Mek Dem Gwan Talk (with Jigsy King) and Ganja Man Tune (with Yankee B.) He has also performed and released a song with one of the godfathers of Reggae, Sugar Minott, who promoted artists such as the late Tenor Saw, Yami Bolo, Junior Reid, Half Pint, Pinchers, and more.
Clarke’s first album, Against All Odds - Tribute to Tenor Saw & Nitty Gritty, was released on his label Declaration Music in the 1990s and was recently repressed by Deadly Dragon Sound System. He is currently working on a second album, but in the mean time has been taking in the success on his most recent single, Chip Off The Iceberg on Code of Arms Records.
Producer, DJ and vinyl enthusiast Pulsar hails from Exeter, Southwest UK. His first releases dropped in May ‘10, including a remix for UK hiphop legend Daddy Skitz, and an EP on Subdepth Records. The same month saw him win “Best Southwest dubstep producer” in the 24/7 magazine awards, voted for by the public.
While his main output is dubstep, he also produces grime and garage as well as house and funky. His style varies from deep to heavy, from meditative to dancefloor, with a signature feel and genuinity that runs through all of his music. Pulsar is also an accomplished remixer, having done remixes for a wide range of artists from breakbeat duo Ben and Lex, to Melbourne’s indie electro pop band Polygon Palace. While his main focus is on his solo productions, he also finds time to collaborate with other producers including DJ First Aid (Rags/Gettin’ Better) and rising dnb star Fred V (Hospital/Mainframe), with a Pulsar/First Aid collaboration called ‘Bombaclat’ forthcoming 12″ on DJ Die’s label Gutterfunk.
Pulsar’s music has gained support from some of the biggest names in the game, including Headhunter, El-B, Jakes, Mensah and DJ Craze amongst many others, with tracks played on GetDarker TV, airplay on Rinse FM and radio shows across the globe. The international attention hasn’t stopped at radio airplay, with Pulsar recently signing to New York City’s original dubstep label Code Of Arms.
Pulsar’s DJ sets are known for being varied and technical, with occasional three-deck mixing plus plenty of his own productions and dubs. He is a proud resident at Exeter-based dubstep night the Deep End; the Southwest Peninsular’s original and pioneering dubstep night. You can also catch him DJing on the Deep End’s weekly show on the award-winning SWU Radio via southwestunderground.net. He also gets about on the festival circuit, having played at the award-winning Beach Break Live as well as Glade and Devon’s best, Aeon festival. As well as performing as a headliner, he had played alongside some of the scenes biggest names, including Skream, Loefah, Coki, Distance, Silkie, Hatcha, Plastician, Ms Dynamite and many more.
COA is proud to announce the release of two heavy tunes from Requake–’Slopmotion’ and ‘Overdose VIP’. Requake is a dubstep trio from Brussels, Belgium and is comprised of Sebastien, Adrian and Vincent. The childhood friends began producing Drum and Bass in their teens and in 2008 Adrian and Vicent starting DJing at local venues, under the name Requake. The next year Sebastien joined them and soon after added dubstep to their arsenal. Sebastien heads the production of their tracks as well as serve as the main contact for their label work. After smashing into the dubstep scene with releases on Filthy Digital, including the banger of a tune “Fools Gold”, Requake is headed for greatness. They will have new EPs out on Bassclash Records and Code of Arms Records in the coming months. They also have a Drumstep track forthcoming on Stupidfly Record‘s, their first drumstep release. Requake - Overdose VIP [CLIP] out March 1st! by Code Of Arms Records Requake - Slopmotion [CLIP] out March 1st! by Code Of Arms Records
Code Of Arms is proud to announce the newest release from Bombaman.
Bombaman (Matt Carl) is one half of the dubstep duo Loetech with XI from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As Kid Kameleon put it in his
column “Basic Needs” in the December 2007 issue of XLR8R, he makes dark, weird, boundary pushing music for you to meditate to in a club with large speakers. Always looking for a new way to mangle sub bass, you can find him pushing out new music every week in the form of 4/4, electro tinged dubstep.
He has forthcoming releases on LA Dubstep, Nostra, Code of Arms, Lo Dubs and Badman Press, and releases already available on Lo Dubs, Aufect Recordings and Dubplatelet. Working with XI for the past two years producing music and performing on their radio show STREAMIZM!, he has traveled up and down Ontario and Quebec and will be venturing all across North America in search of the perfect sound system to play his music on.
You can hear Crookers, Rusko, Diplo, 12th Planet, DZ, Starkey, Stenchman, the Trouble & Bass crew and many other top shelf DJ’s playing his music these days, so heads up.
Code Of Arms is proud to announce the latest digital release, Chip Off The Iceberg by Bobosaw. Iceberg is the essential track to listen to this winter and will send you on a lyrical journey experiencing reggae rooted dub beats and Bobo Saw’s unique and appealing vocals. The release features a dubstep remix by NYC based duo Hellfire Machina which puts a heavier and harder bass twist on the track.
Devon Clarke (Bobo Saw) was born in Kingston 12 in Trench Town, Jamaica. Over a long career he has shared the stage with Sizzla Kalonji, as well as the legendary Burning Spear, Bounty Killer, Frankie Paul, Pam Hall, Mikey Merican and Jigsy King. Today he is still a prolific producer and talented performer. Clarke’s success is a product of two decades of unyielding devotion to his music. His career first launched in 1986 when he formed Declaration Music, which released its first recording “Color Kodak” in the same year. Other producers quickly took notice of his talent, and by 1994 he had released tracks with various artists & labels, including World A Spin, Lambada, Days of School, Mek Some Money and Killing Feeling.
Hellfire Machina is a duo dupstep team including Jody Shires aka ‘Mechabot1′ (One half of Sunz Of Mecha and Uncouth Youth/ Label boss at Mechamusic/ Owner of Breaksfm) and Tom Williams aka ‘Chosen Substance’ (Founding member of Junglist Movement and Raw Groove UK). Prior to the birth of this project in late 2008. Jody Shires and Tom Williams collectively had over 60 releases under their belts, along with production work for grammy nominated artists, numerous UK top ten remixes, 5 Breakspoll Awards, Best International Dj in the Spanish EDM awards 3 years running and a history in bass culture that is second to none. The year is now 2010, sonic exploration in the realm of bass fueled riddims is the primary mission for Hellfire Machina. Since migrating from London, Tom and Jody have firmly made their presence felt in New York’s bass music community. Constantly touring and promoting parties, this deadly team of subsonic soldiers don’t show any signs of slowing down, slaying shows from LA to Brooklyn with wave after wave of block rocking panty dropping next level riddims. With production and project management credits on last years Enter The Dubstep WU TANG album, they are currently crafting an album for Brand Nubian, which is due for release at the end of this year. With an ever constant stream of digital and vinyl releases Hellfire’s trademark but diverse sound has embedded itself deep into the landscape and their own artist album is due for release spring 2011, which is being developed in their now famously named studio ‘Planet Twisted’.
“New York is cold… when it gets cold it’s so cold”
January 11th on Beatport presented by Code Of Arms
FrankRadio and iHipHop Distribution are proud to announce the highly anticipated follow-up to 2009’s “Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Culture: Enter The Dubstep Vol. 1.” Out on December 21st, the freshest sounds in underground electronic music have once again encountered the classic hip-hop stylings of the foundational group of legends: Brand Nubian.
After the wild success of Vol. 1, it only felt right for its producers and A&R’s to embark on a new journey down the same road. Meanwhile, Lord Jamar had found himself becoming more and more interested in heavy bass music and had seen this as a new avenue for the groups lyrical expression. Brand Nubian holds a unique position in hip-hop history. Universally respected as pioneers of a new way of thinking during the “golden-era” of the early 90’s, Brand Nubian’s political, social and cultural messages were delivered with a heavy dose of hardcore. With this 2nd installment in the ground-breaking series, “Enter The Dubstep” continues to trailblaze the collaboration between Dubstep and Hip-Hop, bringing hard bass and gritty lyrics together as none have done before. As Dubstep continues to push itself into mainstream ears, this album continues to push the boundaries of both genres, and in doing so, eliminates the borders all together.
The album features live new vocals from all three MCs (Grand Puba, Sadat X and Lord Jamar), and brand new production by Hellfire Machina, Dem Soul, hardcore legend Lenny Dee, and the COA badmen Soroka and Nebulla who collaborated on an completely original song- “Dopestep” featuring Lord Jamar and Petey Green. It also features, for the first time, a tune by Code of Arms, entitled “Revolution”, which was a collective effort by several COA artists and musicians.
Check out the first two singles now:
Here are a couple videos taken in the studio with Brand Nubian:
New yorks favorite renegades of bassweight, Hellfire Machina and Code Of Arms team up for a new monthly in Brooklyn. With strong influences from boom bap Hip Hop, dancehall and the glory days of Jungle, these boys have taken Dubstep to new territory and they aint stopping.
Weather your a bass culture veteran or a new recruit, there’s no better way to end your month, basking in the low end frequencies with total abandonment. This is your HEADSPACE!
This winter Code Of Arms will be releasing the long awaited remix of one of our biggest hits, Bobosaw - Chip Off The Iceberg Remixed by Soundboy Pussy. This ones heavy so watch out!!! 
