Now for a post I’ve wanted to do for a while but unfortunately have been a bit busy lately. For our last podcast / artist feature of 2011 we have tapped San Francisco’s ‘Skriptah.’
Skriptah’s sound keys on deep, so-called ‘eyes-down’ or the particularly loathsome term ‘dungeon.’ Perhaps resulting from his oft-cited hearing loss, his productions and selections call for the tracks you feel before you hear.
Skriptah has provided a mix for us, available for streaming or download via Soundcloud below. For the full track-list of the mix and the short Q&A we got with him check beneath the fold
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Shortstack: Tell a bit about yourself for readers who are not familiar with you yet.
Skriptah: I have produced for around 7 years now. Back around the 8th grade I wanted to be a drummer really bad, but I am -50dB deaf and my parents knew I would shred too loud.
Shortstack: Who are your main influences when it comes to production, what was the stuff that compelled you into the sound you’re on now?
Skriptah: Would say back around ’05 that I was really into Dillinja, Phace, Spor, Noisia, and Evol Intent.
I produced a lot of DNB; it was really one of the only genres that really interested me. The default project bpm of FL Studio is 140, and I use to love doing half time dnb in FL Studio…one day I forgot to up the bpm, ended up doing half time 140 and it felt right. Don’t get me wrong, this was when dubstep had been around for a while – I just hadn’t heard it yet.
Shortstack: Now that you have been listening a while, where do you see your sound?
Skriptah: Pushing the more deeper darker sound — the whole “dungeon” sound is growing now, I like this fresh take on older sounding dubstep.
Shortstack: Favorite food for inspiration in the studio?
Skriptah: When sitting down to make a grand tune, I enjoy eating a Philly cheesesteak slathered in Frank’s Red Hot sauce. It gets the juices flowing.
Large up to Skriptah for taking the time to answer some quick ones and put together this mix for us. Pass it along, share with a friend. It makes a great stocking stuffer.
Tracklist:
Skriptah – Deep Breath
Skriptah – Mean Disposition
Perverse – Glacier
Reamz – Untitled
Distance/Icicle – Exhale
Skriptah – Rollerz
Skriptah – 1234
Skirptah – Untitled
S-X – G Shock
Will Dirt – Cuddy Snatch
SP:MX/Lx One – Hunted
Sleeper – The 2nd Step
Skriptah – Emergency
Soap Dodgers – No 6
Truth – Birds
Biome – Pum Bum
Skriptah – Untitled 808