Biography
Canadian composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist & Nine-time Juno Award winner/nominee including 2019’s Juno Award Win for his outstanding & critically acclaimed Sly & Robbie Meet Dubmatix release.
Canada’s premier & most celebrated Reggae recording artist, Dubmatix first burst onto the music scene and into the heads of reggae and bass music fans worldwide with his debut release Champion Sound Clash in 2004. The Toronto-born Dubmatix, who is celebrating his 19th anniversary this year, is firmly established as one of the top reggae producers in the world, with no less than six chart-topping releases in a row. They include the 2009 Juno nominated “Renegade Rocker”, the 2010 Juno award win for Best Reggae Recording, the Juno nominated ‘System Shakedown” in 2011, his 2012 Juno collaboration with Jamaican heavy-weight Luciano for “Seeds Of Love & Life” and the Juno nominated (2014) “Rebel Massive” Canada’s #1 Reggae release of 2015.....”The French Sessions” was nominated for a Juno in 2016, followed by 2017’s Juno nominated “Roll Dem” featuring Gappy Ranks.
As the above clearly shows – Canada loves Dubmatix and continues to honour his vast collection of recordings year after year!
Dubmatix – the journey so far:
It is the years spent experimenting and learning that have honed Dubmatix’s sound, be it with his own material or outside projects. Dubmatix has developed a unique signature sound and style that is immediately recognizable – a Phil Spector-esque full sound utilizing heavy bass, majestic horn lines, and thick-set percussive grooves. It is this unique style and sound that has made Dubmatix a household name in Reggae and he is busier than ever, launching yet another phase of his career that of a much sought-after producer, engineer & radio host with his syndicated show the “Bassment Sessions” (10 years) along with releasing the best-selling loop sample packs his label Renegade Audio & AIM Audio wiith UK’s Beatport / Loopmasters. His unique rich full-bodied sound has made Dubmatix the go-to for those artists and bands looking to add that depth of sound to their own records, such as on new releases by Billboard Chart toppers the Easy Star All-Stars & John Brown’s Body.
Internationally Dubmatix has done Canada proud, having won several best album awards from Germany, France, Portugal & Italy. Few Canadian Reggae artists have done as much for the genre, both in making music and promoting & playing it on stages all over the world! He found a global audience with his breakout album of 2008 “Renegade Rocker” which made him stand out and earned him rave reviews & praise from musical pioneers Don Letts (BBC Radio/Celebrated & Award-Winning Documentarian) as well as Dermott Hussey (Award Winning/Influential BBC Broadcaster).
2013 was a banner year of many firsts for Dubmatix that included a debut performance to the masses in Moscow, Russia where he has a large following along with no less than five tours completed, crisscrossing Europe to Mexico and capping the year off with a US tour with Billboard chart-topping band The Easy Star All-Stars.
In 2014 Dubmatix leapt onto Billboard Magazine’s Uncharted Top 50 Artists (making a list of the fastest-growing and developing artists around the world) a mainstay on the charts for over 20 weeks!
In 2016 - The accolades continued with yet another honour awarded by Billboard Magazine (September
2016), who crowned Dubmatix "Is This Love" rendition as the #1 Bob Marley Remix of
all time! .......To date, the track has garnered over 35 million streams & growing!
2017 was another milestone year for Dubmatix' fans (a staggering 2.9 million followers on Soundcloud along with 26 million streams!........270,000 fans & counting on Facebook....AND ...6 million streams on Spotify!!) and if that wasn’t enough the multi-talented & hardworking composer completed a remix project for 2016 Grammy Winners Morgan Heritage. The recently released two-disc deluxe edition of "Strictly Roots " - contains the Dubmatix Blaze Up Remix of "Light It Up”, receiving rave reviews from outlets like:
Big Shot DJ Magazine - " On his interpretation, the JUNO award-winning mixmaster maintains
the original's infectious quality while managing to turn up the heat a few more degrees for
maximum dance floor enjoyment.".
2018/2019 has been yet another stellar year for the Canadian behemoth with multiple Dubmatix releases including the years biggest multi-award winning release with the legendary duo & 2017 Grammy-nominated artists Sly & Robbie . The CD entitled "Overdubbed - Sly & Robbie Meet Dubmatix" ( released on Echo Beach), going on to win Dubmatix the Canadian Juno Award for Best Reggae Recording in March 2019.
Find Dubmatix online:
http://www.dubmatix.bandcamp.com
http://www.facebook.com/dubmatix
http://www.soundcloud.com/dubmatix