Professor Dubstep

It would either be audio or Photoshop documents or sometimes there were internal memos like promotion plans for upcoming releases and things. And just being able to get kind of a look into the inner workings of these labels and management companies of how they function, how they put their things together and make their plans, which was really interesting.

It would either be audio or Photoshop documents or sometimes there were internal memos like promotion plans for upcoming releases and things. And just being able to get kind of a look into the inner workings of these labels and management companies of how they function, how they put their things together and make their plans, which was really interesting.

On Reddit, Reddit also has direct messages. And a message came through to my inbox from a guy called Jay Brown. He added me on Skype as well. We got to talking. He was a different kind of person. He was what's known as a dubplate trader. Now, dubplates are a nickname for unreleased music. And in more modern times, that's just come to be on an MP3 file, basically.

On Reddit, Reddit also has direct messages. And a message came through to my inbox from a guy called Jay Brown. He added me on Skype as well. We got to talking. He was a different kind of person. He was what's known as a dubplate trader. Now, dubplates are a nickname for unreleased music. And in more modern times, that's just come to be on an MP3 file, basically.

Just an MP3 file that's not released to the general public. And there is a whole scene of trading these files in small circles. It's kind of like Pokemon cards. Less valuable cards are treated... way differently to ones that are rarer. And it's the exact same with dub plates. So this guy called Jay Brown comes to me and he says, Oh, I've got some stuff. Do you want to check out what I've got?

Just an MP3 file that's not released to the general public. And there is a whole scene of trading these files in small circles. It's kind of like Pokemon cards. Less valuable cards are treated... way differently to ones that are rarer. And it's the exact same with dub plates. So this guy called Jay Brown comes to me and he says, Oh, I've got some stuff. Do you want to check out what I've got?

I've got this and that and this and that. Kind of presenting it as if he was some kind of drug dealer or something. I wasn't really interested in anything he had. There was one specific track, which was Knife Party's Suffer. And I didn't have anything that I wanted to give him because I wasn't a trader. I had my couple of things that I found on my linked shorteners.

I've got this and that and this and that. Kind of presenting it as if he was some kind of drug dealer or something. I wasn't really interested in anything he had. There was one specific track, which was Knife Party's Suffer. And I didn't have anything that I wanted to give him because I wasn't a trader. I had my couple of things that I found on my linked shorteners.

And I decided that I would try and make something out of nothing. So I took a clip of this radio recording and I kind of chopped it together into something that sounded semi-reasonable and presented it to him.

And I decided that I would try and make something out of nothing. So I took a clip of this radio recording and I kind of chopped it together into something that sounded semi-reasonable and presented it to him.

an original source file when it actually wasn't a source file. So it's trying to make something seem real that wasn't so that he would believe it and send me the thing that he had that was real. It was quite a scheme. It was quite a scheme.

an original source file when it actually wasn't a source file. So it's trying to make something seem real that wasn't so that he would believe it and send me the thing that he had that was real. It was quite a scheme. It was quite a scheme.

you know what you're not gonna know if this is from knife party or not but i'll put a little clip in there from knife party just to kind of make you think it is but then i'm just gonna make it up after that yeah that's that's pretty much how it went and um if you were good at this um you know making something sound semi-legitimate these traders didn't really know much better it was it was quite easy to convince them of something and to kind of ignore what their own ears were telling them and it worked

you know what you're not gonna know if this is from knife party or not but i'll put a little clip in there from knife party just to kind of make you think it is but then i'm just gonna make it up after that yeah that's that's pretty much how it went and um if you were good at this um you know making something sound semi-legitimate these traders didn't really know much better it was it was quite easy to convince them of something and to kind of ignore what their own ears were telling them and it worked

Well, that's the thing. It's unspeakable. You never speak of that you did an edit to it or something because it would give the whole game away. And me and Spintire kind of kept doing this between ourselves.

Well, that's the thing. It's unspeakable. You never speak of that you did an edit to it or something because it would give the whole game away. And me and Spintire kind of kept doing this between ourselves.

We thought this was quite a good idea that we would make some more fake things or edits and we could use them to float in these trading circles and kind of just drain their whole collection of rare things. without actually causing any damage ourselves to any of these releases. Because the dub plate trading scene, it does cause massive damage, no matter how big or small the artist is.

We thought this was quite a good idea that we would make some more fake things or edits and we could use them to float in these trading circles and kind of just drain their whole collection of rare things. without actually causing any damage ourselves to any of these releases. Because the dub plate trading scene, it does cause massive damage, no matter how big or small the artist is.

If the unreleased track gets leaked online in some way, depending if it had a release planned or not, you know, once it's leaked, it's over for that track forever. So, you know, it really, it's not something to, well, it's just not a good thing for the music scene, really.

If the unreleased track gets leaked online in some way, depending if it had a release planned or not, you know, once it's leaked, it's over for that track forever. So, you know, it really, it's not something to, well, it's just not a good thing for the music scene, really.