Kush Arora
Kush Arora is a music producer and dj from San Francisco. His path through music draws influence from his beginnings around age 12 with industrial, metal, punk, goth, bhangra. In the late 90's his focus shifted to experimental, dub, and dancehall inspired creations. By the early 2000s Kush's productions have found a unique and special place in the swarm of reggae, tropical, and cultural bass music landscape of today. He refined his booming, percussive aesthetic as a punk band drummer and cultivated his subversive sound-design principles from his industrial projects.
In 2012 he started a radio show called Surya Dub Radio on Berekley's KPFA 94.1FM Radio, California's largest independent station with Maneesh The Twister. His current work is under the name Only Now, which combines cyberpunk asthetics with kuduro, industrial, and tribal experimental sounds and synthesis.
Discography
- The Sludge - Various - Ghos Busters III (2007)
- Hermetico (Dub Gabriel/Kush Arora Remix) Balkan Beat Box - Nu-Made (2008) ( J dub recordings)
- From Brooklyn to SF ( 2009)
- Dub Elements: Ocean (2009)
- Dub King Killah EP ( 2009)
- 2 Sips & Magic - Nickodemus - Sun People Remixed ( 2009)( Esl Recordings)
- The Dread Bass Chronicles (2009)[2]
- Boiling Over (2009)[2] ( KAP/RLR)
- Wicked Man (Kush Arora Remix) DubLoner & Isaac Haile Selassie - Wicked Man (12" + Vinyl, Ltd) (2010) ( D'efchild Productions)
- Pet Massage (Kush Arora & Bakir Remix) Blatta & Inesha - Pet Massage (2010) ( CRUX Records)
- The Dread Bass Chronicles Remixed (2010)(KAP)
- Voodoo Sessions EP - (2010) ( KAP)
- The Fight, The Spirit (Kush Arora Remix) DubLoner & Isaac H. Selassie* - The Fight, The Spirit (12", EP, Ltd) (2010)
- Dubblestandart, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, David Lynch - Chrome Optismism Remixes - Kush Arora Remix - (2010) ( Subatomic Sound)
- Island Loving Kush Arora UK Funky Rmx -Dreadsquad & Lady Chann - Island Loving (12" and digital ) 2011
- Elephant Man - Vampires and Informers Remixes- Kush Arora Crypt Mix (2011)(Subatomic Sound)
- Spanish Street Riddim EP feat. Lady Chann, Mega Banton, MC Zulu, UNda P, Jahdan Blakkamoore ( Top Billin) (2011)
- The Hacker 2010 - Various - Electric Carpets (2011)
- Time Runner - Various - dimmSummer Presents SUB Continental Bass (2011) ( High Chai Recordings)
- Juakali - DreadBass Soundsystem (2011)( Foreign Familiar) - Kush Arora and Nate Mars produced this disk
- El Ritmo - EP - J Boogie's Dubtronic Science - Kush Arora (2012) (OM Records)
- Kush Arora / Stereotyp/ Jahdan Blakkamoore - Kush Arora ´PonTime´rmx feat .:Jahdan Blakkamoore (2012) (Crunchtime Recordings)
- Wid Dem Remixes feat. Lady Chann ( Top Billin) (2012)
- Shake Sitten Remixes feat. Mega Banton ( Top Billin) (2012)
- International Currency Remixes feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore ( Top Billin) (2012)
- Zuzuka Poderosa - Carioca Bass ( Little Owl Recordings ) (2013)
- Mr. Vegas - Bruck It Down Remixes (Kush Arora Remix) - (2013)
- Silver Bullit feat Afrikan Boy - Show Me What you Made of Feat. Spoeke Mathambo (Kush Arora Remix) ( Urbanworld Recordings) (2013)
- Pops Jabu - Jabulani - Zim Zim ( Kush Arora Remix ) (2013) ( Urbanworld Recordings)
- Various Artist - Dutty Artz 6 Years Deep Compilation - Gyptian - "Wine Slow" (Kush Arora China White remix) (2013) ( Dutty Artz)
- Kush Arora and Jahdan Blakkamoore - International Currency ( Kuduro Blast) (2013)
- Kush Arora and MC ZULU - Witch Doctor (2014)
- Gappy Ranks - Carpenter ( Kush Arora and Bachelors of Science remix) (Royal Order Records)(2014)
- Kush Arora and Deejay Theory with Jahdan Blakkamoore - Definitely EP ( Discos Peligrosas)
- Dreadsquad and Kush Arora with Blackout JA - Last Tune
- Kush Arora and Gappy Ranks - Antyhing A Anything ( Kush Arora Productions) ( 2016)
- Kush Arora and Blackout JA - Can't Stop We
- Keeper - Next To Me ( Kush Arora Soul Abyss Remix )
- Gato Preto feat. Edu K - Barulho (Kush Arora Remix)
- Bison X Kush Arora X Squareffekt - Northern Migration
- ONLY NOW - Self titled ( Record Label Records)
- Kush Arora feat. Pops Jabu and Blackout JA - Rasta Azonto Riddim ( Dutty Artz)
- ONLY NOW - Hollow
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References
- 1 2 Kush Arora Nachmann, Ron (2009-10-07). "Kush Arora's sonic conflicts". SF Weekly.
- 1 2 3 Gallagher, Matt (2009-03-01). "Project Studio: Embarka Studios". Mix.
- ↑ Burk Wednesday, Greg (2006-03-15). "I Got Riddim Dr. Israel and Heavyweight Dub Champion at the Knitting Factory". LA Weekly.