TOXIC SICKNESS TRACKLIST
01-SARIN ASSAULT - BREATH - KRXT
02-THE DJ PRODUCER-JOURNEYS NEVER END-TTM
03-ACID DIAPER-MENDING MONDAY-PRSPCT
04-THE CRASHBREAKER-HI BREED-FRENCHBREAD
05-ZARDONIC, OMAR SANTANA & EVAN LEWIS-DOMINATE (ANGEL REMIX)
06-THE CLAMPS-THE REAL ENEMY
07-TRAFFIK-INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE (PRODUCERS 2013 RETROFIT)-NOISJ
08-GRRR-OPEN THE VORTEX-INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH
09-THE DJ PRODUCER-MODUS OPERANDI-TTM
08-THE DJ PRODUCER-THE ABOMINABLE-PRSPCT XTRM
09-THE DJ PRODUCER & DEATHMACHINE-HALLUCINATIONS EDIT-REBELSCUM
10-THE DJ PRODUCER-EASE UP SELECTOR-PRSPCT XTRM
11-KHAOZ ENGINE-GOOD INTENTIONS & EVIL DOINGS-HONG KONG VIOLENCE
12-THE DJ PRODUCER-RIDE OF YOUR LIVES-TTM
13-DOLPHIN-ZERO DARK-KOMKOMS
14-DETEST-THE HUNTER
15-THE DJ PRODUCER-YOU AINT FRESH!!!!!
16-THE DJ PRODUCER-SOMETHING (EVEN) STRONGER
17-THE DJ PRODUCER & DEATHMACHINE-HELL-E-VATOR-REBELSCUM
18-THE DJ PRODUCER-HELL-E-VATOR (PUNK FUNK SLAM DUNK VIP)-PRSPCT XTRM
19-THE DJ PRODUCER-NO TIME TO WAIT (EDIT)
20-THE HARDCORE FIEND-REHABILITATED (PRODUCERS REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS MIX)-BLOWN
Please welcome to the stage, Luke McMillan aka The DJ Producer.
If you've been ANYWHERE near the dirty end of techno in the past 20 years, you may know the name. If you've been anywhere near a UK or European festival in the last 10 years, its more than likely you know the name. BUT - If you've had any dealing with the underground hardcore techno scene since its conception, then you DEFINITELY know the name.
REWIND.
Keeping it simple, The DJ Producer 1st "came into relevance" September 11th 1992.
At the age of 18, Luke was already Resident for the south west of England "Universe" organization, playing the sped up, rave infused, breakbeat bangers of the time. But on this night they were to import a European hard techno DJ, something rarely seen at the time in UK events. Luke saw this as an opportunity to play a more techno orientated set that night, something he had never done before, and as resident felt obliged just to "make the German guy feel comfortable". A move, that if the public disliked, Luke may never have gone down that path again.........as it turns out, it was that set that put The DJ Producer on the map, and from that day forward proclaimed himself "a hardcore techno DJ (which at the time you could count the amount in UK on one hand). That proclamation in 2013 remains. And so do the breakbeats
PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE FUCKING AIR.
Luke has been in the game long enough & strong enough to have played pretty much EVERY relevant underground organisation there is to play for. Over 20 years in over 20 countries. Damn straight. But Luke's motivation is beyond purely clocking miles, or scratching notches on bedposts. His passion for music stems way, way back, and his hunt for the elusive & exclusive cuts made him what he is, couple this with a devastating mixing technique that rivals most computers & his over keen spidey sense to adapt to the dance floors demands, and you have one of the most enthralling jocks ever to emerge from the UK's murky underground depths........The music may be filthy, but Luke understands its every nuance intimately, and his performances demonstrate this....control freakery within chaos --- and no sync button in sight
Countries played include - UK & Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech republic, Poland, Russia, Canada, U.S & Australia.
Highlighted gigs through time include - Lowlands Festival NL, Glastonbury Festival GB, Glade Festival GB, Boomtown Festival GB, Night of Awesome Power GB, Techno Parade FR, Astropolis Festival FR, Pulsamix Jazz festival FR, Kinetic Festival CANADA Thunderdome NL, Mysteryland NL, Breakcore Gives Me Wood BE, Berghain DE, Defqon1 NL, Nightmare NL, Dominator NL, QORE 3.0 - Q-dance 2012 NL.
WHEN THE DJ - BECAME "PRODUCER"
Always unintended, as Luke always said "DJ’s who make music is just a cliché".....and for a long time it was.....but in 1994 Luke met with the owner of the legendary EDGE records label, Gordon Matthewman, whilst DJing, a just proposed maybe he come to the studio in London & try at a couple of tracks. Luke jumped at the chance.....they soon after reconvened, knocked out 2 tracks in 4 days, with Luke's ideas on notepads & Gordon at the helm....the end result.. Edge Records #13..... 13 unlucky only for some it would seem.
After this encounter, and the buzz of receiving the final finished 12"", Luke was well & truly hooked...& the DJ-PRODUCER was born.......again.
PRODUCER AS PRODUCER
Even from his very first production attempts, it was a combination of kick drums & breakbeats. after buying basic home studio equipment in 95 he arranged & produced 4 tracks for the
Scottish "Storm Breaks" label, and self produced "The nightmare on b-kore street" (an early acronym for breakcore - hence referring to the breakbeat & kick drum combination), so from day one, once he had learnt his equipment, he already understood how he wanted to forge his musical identity.
As the DJ, he was receiving all flavours of hardcore techno on wax from all corners of the planet, and was particularly drawn to the high velocity kicks of early industrial French hardcore, and the dirty half-speed breakbeats of Australian industrial hardcore, so started messing with elements from both styles in the studio.
Around this same time period, whilst DJing at a large Helter skelter event he was approached by a guy, who armed with a white label "dared" him to play it there & then.
That someone would turn out to be Julian Cobb - owner of Deathchant records......and about 1 year later those tracks would become Luke's 1st Deathchant release.
Since those early, heady days, Luke has racked up an impressive back catalogue on a myriad of labels, featuring his historically revered Deathchant releases, collab albums with Hellfish on the mighty Planet Mu, His doomsday Mechaniks album on Bloc 46, releases on The Third Movement, Killing sheep, Industrial strength, Neurotoxic, Psychic Genocide, and all aside from A&Ring & managing the Rebelscum Label since 1999, which has nurtured both his experimental side as an artist & in recent years become the springboard for a whole host of new artists who are only just now becoming big deals in there own right. . . .
2013 ......still more to come......New Third Movement Release in May, Rebelscum 033 with Deathmachine in April, couple of remixes & some undisclosed super undercover projects.
Now taking UK and other bookings through MethLab, The DJ Producer is here to stay. You've all been warned.
Music/Social/Bookings Links
Soundcloud - @soundcloud.com/the-dj-producer
Mixcloud -
www.mixcloud.com/TheDjProducer/Facebook Artist Page -
www.facebook.com/TheDjProducerTwitter - twitter.com/Lukus909
The Third Movement -
www.ttmbookings.nl/*Book The DJ Producer* via methlab-agency.com/
https://soundcloud.com/toxic-sickness/the-dj-producer-exclusive-guest-mix-on-toxic-sickness-radio-29th-august-2013
