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.

Release Date April 5th 2011

Bobo Saw - Restrain – COA-D-036

Label: Code Of Arms
Tracklist

1. Restrain
2. Ganja Princess

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.

Bobosaw - Restrain (COA-D-036 Snippet) by Code Of Arms Records

Nebulla - Ganja Princess (COA-D-036 Snippet) by Code Of Arms Records

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Release Date February 11th 2011

Code Of Arms is proud to announce the newest release from Glÿph featuring Maksim..

. 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 producing haunting & aggressive dubstep.  Their two first productions (African Junkie & Distrogena) enabled them to get signed and make a free release with Necroid Recordings. With the help of local event organizers, the duo grew and were able to expand to join forces with more labels including “F*ckin’ Beat” crew.  Other labels featuring Glÿph include Code of Arms, Krypled Brain, Gradient Audio and MonkeyDub.
Maksim is an MC/producer, originally from north London, writing and producing in the styles of Dubstep, Drum & Bass and Hip Hop. His experience in performing live sets has grown rapidly in the past 6 months, after hosting several nights and spraying bars for the likes of Cookie Monsta, DJ Fresh, Chasing Shadows, Skism, Document One, Funtcase, Broken Note, Ruckspin, Skrillex, Bare Noize and DC Breaks.

Work within the studio has allowed for collaborations with artists from around the world, including Document One, Filth Collins, Glyph, Bratkilla, Diesel, Harvest, Devnik, Eggchan and many more. 2011 will see several releases on numerous labels, including Code of Arms Records, Monkey Dub Records and Abducted Records to name a few.
Dropped on February 11th on Juno! http://bit.ly/fvdU1B
Glÿph - Sub Cubensis (ft. Maksim) [CLIP] by Code Of Arms Records
Glÿph - Shrimp (ft. Maksim) [CLIP] by Code Of Arms Records