false 2 101413 101536 300017 2008-10-16T23:30:00+02:00 /system/photos/0028/2434/mala_thumb.jpg 2008-12-04T13:43:28+01:00 2 300114 0 101413 Step it Dub: Mala (DMZ), Mark Pritchard true 2008-10-05T17:30:01+02:00 false http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com DJ Mala's life and inspiration flashes before you every time you hear him. In a second you are back in the early '90s, at a party in a pitch-black room, dancing to music that no one else in the world knows about apart from the people right there with you-the very ones making it. Between his beats you can hear the Ragga Twins, Kenny Ken and Grooverider. But also Misty In Roots, Burning Spear and Sizzla. Mala's tracks are all of that at once and still something else and, as a member of Digital Mystikz and host of the DMZ clubnight (with Coki and Loefah), he is central to a dubstep scene that continues to punch above its weight. He teams up tonight with Mark Pritchard, born-and-bred machine head with a total mastery of the tones, textures and tempos. Joining Mala and Mark are Cardopusher and Mushug: Though born in Venezuala, Cardopusher lives in Barcelona and has releases through quality dubstep labels like Terminal Dusk, Lo Dubs, Murder Channel and Peace-Off. Describing himself as "that ugly fish that lives in the most sub-aquatic place," Mushug is all about the bass waves at the lower end of the grime spectrum. Don't say we didn't warn you. /system/photos/0028/2434/mala_thumb.jpg 2008-10-16T20:00:13+02:00 282434 /system/photos/0028/2434/mala.jpg 282424 /system/photos/0028/2424/mala1.jpg