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.
Nowadays he and his brother Above Smoke still directs the Deep Explorer music label where their productions are released along with other Spanish artists like W& P Hgg, Ernie, Ordell), and other international artists like Kai Alce, Marvin Belton and Scott Ferguson from Ferrispark, Mike Huckaby, Nick Sole, Rick Wade etc… They..ll reach the 20th release in this year 2010.
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)
. Dubtroit Ep (Deep Explorer 2007)
. Dubless Ep (Yore 2008)
. Rise of equality Ep (Ferrispark 2008)
. Strange days Ep (Deep Explorer 2008)
. Pressure days Ep (Dpress industries 2009)
. Tales from the deep (Signs of authority 2009)