Afro Monk

There is one DJ that I can’t get out of my head on how much he has done in the dubstep scene. The king of gorestep… Borgore.

Borgore reigns from his throne in Israel but has graced us with a US Tour not long ago. He brought fourth some serious energy and a tour that left us all wanting more. Never had I seen a DJ rush into the crowd and start a pit mid set. The man then closed his set with a stage dive and complete mayhem on the dance floor. I won’t ever forget that night. He came up to me and asked if I’d grab him when he dove off stage. It was epic.

Borgore is hard at work producing grimey dirty beats. He has put out Gorestep Volume One and Gorestep 1.1, go pick them up! He also has Ice Cream / Act Like a Hoe coming out on the Trillbass label. Not to mention the creation of Ultragore with Ultrablack. He has recently put out a mix tape that has given us a small taste of what is forthcoming from him.

I can’t express to you despite all the hating done on Borgore and stickers out there, GO SEE HIM LIVE. The dance floor explodes when this guy is on the decks.

Borgore’s Latest Mix Tape
Tracklist:
01: Borgore – Cry Me A River
02: Borgore – Ambient Dub Shit
03: Jelly bass & brother culture – No Love (Borgore and Jazzsteppa Remix)
04: Borgore ft. Ranking Levy – Rub A Dubstep
05: Borgore – Ice Cream
06: Borgore – Borgore Ina Trouble
07: Borgore – Act Like A Ho
08: Borgore – Mamas Boy
09: Borgore – Go To Bed V.I.P
10: Borgore – Birthday And The Black November
11: Borgore & Jazzsteppa – Shamen
12: Borgore – One Step Ahead
13: Borgore – The Bitter Orchestral Girl
14: Borgore – Guided Relaxation Dub
15: Borgore – Perversion
16: Borgore – Love
17: Borgore – Foes V.I.P
18: Rusko – Wooboost (Borgore Remix)
19: Britney Spears – Womanizer (Borgore Remix)
20: Borgore – Money
21: Borgore – Saturday Night
22: Borgore – My Favorite Tingz

UPDATE: I’ve almost decided to take this post down. The image that is conveyed is a bit disgusting. The more I thought about it this, it’s a disgrace. The idea that this guy can make anywhere near 10k a show is quite impure. Women have stripped down and gotten naked to his sets and plays aggressive vulgar tunes. It just doesn’t resonates with me well. If it were up to me I’d put out Lovestep Killed Brostep mix now.

I wanted to write an actual post. The past couple of months have been life changing. Mid 2009 I decided that I was going to follow one of my dreams of learning how to DJ. The past 2-3years of my life I spent too much time listening and finding music (dubstep) that it really took most of my energy. It even affected me at home because I was so obsessed. 2009 was a new beginning for me and things had to be rebuilt. I had so much emptiness that I needed to fill.

The thrill of finding new tracks and ordering the latest dub on record took on a whole new purpose. The music was all that could fill the void. All this energy transformed me into a whole new person. I would go out almost every night to catch every DJ set I could from locals and international DJs who spun dubstep.

It had been years since I had begun to party like this. Eventually I began to see familiar faces every night I went out. Facebook and MySpace are quite powerful tools and eventually started networking quite a bit. Kept my distance but would have a conversation here and there.

It really dawned upon me that all these years of following the music I was one of the few. It became apparent to me that the scene was now at its prime and getting ready to explode. The time was right and I had already invested so much time into the music that it only made sense to begin DJing.

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