Dubbyman

BIO

José Manuel Alvarez, also known as Dubbyman, made his debut as a DJ in 1992, hidden under the name of José Vertice. Acid house, funk, drum&bass and hip hop were just some of the ingredients of his firsts sets, backed up by his collective Dogs Connected.

Latter incursions into dubbed house and electrofunk sounds took him to visit most important clubs in Madrid like Deep and Danzoo, while maintaining his own club, Freak. By 2002, and thanks to his new facet as a producer he became Dubbyman, moves his residency from Freak to Café Bar Las Descalzas and expands his sessions across Madrid, in clubs like Morpheus, Ohm, Taboo, Deep, Danzoo,or Goldfield and outside, in places like Le Club (Valencia), El Sol (Salamanca), Telefunken, House café, Foxx (La Coruña), La casa de la música (Badajoz).

In 2006 he finds the most highly recognition for his participation in Sonar festival 2006 making a powerful session mixing dub with black music. 2007 was a year of consolidation with his showcase in Observatori Festival in Valencia and a great comeback to Sonar 2007 sharing turntables with the cream of the Dubstep UK scene (Kode 9, Oris Jay and Mary Anne Hobbs.

The next years, he was playing and “exploring” in many different clubs around the world (London, Lisboa, Amsterdam, Berlin, Bratislava…) and festivals as Freerotation 2010. Before the summer break he finished the tour in a sucessful week in Chicago sharing decks with Bjak & Julio Bishop from RealDeep, Daryl Cura from Eargasmic and Specter (Tetrode music).

Nowdays he and his brother Above Smoke still running the Deep Explorer Music label since 2003, where release their music and other recognized artists as Alton Miller, Mike Huckaby, Nick Sole, Specter, Kai Alce, Rick Wade…and the list goes on and on…. They will reach the 25th in this year 2011.

Also his latest gigs over the world spreading the word, he keeps Djing at Sybaris club , where he shows his best selection of the latest funk, soul and Nujazz tendencies.

DISCOGRAPHY:

Releases

. Icarus Ep (Strike workout 2002)

. Into the dub Ep (Strike workout 2002)

. Love & hate Ep (Tranquilo 2004)

. Icarus (remixes) (Deep Explorer 2004)

. Endtropia (Deep Explorer 2005)

. Fire, sex & corrosion Ep (Signs of Authority 2005)

. Cancer city Ep (Dubhe records 2006)

. Crazy menu Ep (Bucketround 2006)

. Jazz polution Ep (Sybaris recs 2006)

. Roots & Culture Ep (Minuendo 2006)