On the local music scene, punta, brukdown, dancehall, reggae and soca artists reign - dominating radio stations and local music channels. Well, one young Belizean artist, Leo Matura, wants to throw a new sound into the mix. Dubstep is a type of electronic music that employs the deep bass of reggae music and adds the din of electronica to create a distinctive sound that rolls like reggae while pulsing like club music.
Matura has been creating this kind of music under the name of D!rty Jok3s because, he says, like a dirty joke, some people probably may not like it- or understand it. Still, he has produced an EP with songs that each took almost 20 hours to produce because of the complex, layered sounds that he created.
He says he did it to expose the Belizean public to a new style. He stopped by our studios today where he explained more about the kind of music he works with and what Belizeans can expect from the EP.
Leo Matura
"This project is a EP which means it is an extended compilation of singles that I have made over the past month so far and the genre was primarily dubstep and brostep which is a genre of electronics music. I don't think it very familiar here in Belize as yet but it is my mission to bring it out so it's one of the main reasons I made this EP."
"I fell in love with the music, the complex way of making the music and the hype that it brings. I have included one artist in it so far; Brady Thomas and that's the only vocals I've had in this EP so far. It's a free download."
"It's just the beginning because I am just touching the surface of producing this type of music and I expect after this EP release I want to work on projects with different local artists and incorporate our style of music like bruk down and punta and other forms of music and take electronics into a different level."
The album will be released for free at Thirsty Thursdays this Saturday in an event called "Why So Serious?" The show will feature a range of electronic music, with a focus on Dubstep.
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