Karl K Needs (Y)our Help!

by | Jul 27, 2019 | News, Spotlight

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If you’ve been around the drum ‘n bass scene in the late 90s – early 2000s, you’ll remember Karl K‘s collaborations with the likes of Jae Kennedy, Kaos, and Siren. His smash hit, Synapse, was remixed by the boys behind the cult classic, Messiah — Konflict. Karl K’s tracks were also remixed by Concord Dawn and Basic Operations and, in 2004, Dieselboy, Kaos, and Karl K remixed Dom & Roland‘s smash hit, Moulin Rouge from Chronology on Moving Shadow. He is additionally featured on DJ Dara‘s mix series, Breakbeat Exercise.01.

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Karl K also joined residents, Dieselboy, Kaos, Method One, Sine, Icon, Mason, and MC’s Dub2, Messinian, Armanni Reign, Sharpness, and Illy Emcee for Philadelphia’s first 21+ drum ‘n’ bass weekly Thursday club night entitled Platinum at Club Fluid, which went through until October 14, 2004.

He was also well known for being in cover bands and playing multiple instruments at mastery level. In 2017, Karl had a life-changing stroke and was unable to continue his day-to-day ‘normal’ activities. He is currently on disability, unable to work and is not making the cut for rent payments.

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Over $19,000 has already been donated as of this writing, and we at Best Drum & Bass are so pleased to see our community coming together and supporting such a wonderful person.

To donate, please follow this link.

Maximum respect to all who have donated!

Article Written by: BhagavateZero
A junglist before he even knew what 'jungle' was, Bhagavate Zero was instantly hooked onto the sound of rave around the age of 10 while dancing around to artists like 2 Unlimited, 2 Bad Mice, Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era, Cosmo & Dibs, and so many more. As radio play changed, so did his tastes. As 1999 came around though, BZ was slayed by the sounds of AK1200, Dieselboy, Dara, Ganja Kru and DJ Rap, which later turned into an obsession with amen breaks and techstep. With published works hosted by Dogs On Acid, Rinse Mag, and Bassline Magazine; while also writing for the likes of Disturbed Recordings, Guerilla, Blu Saphir, Killing Sheep, Influenza Media, Sublunary Artist Management, and N2O – Bhagavate Zero (then known as Sykophiend) dove into the performance art of DJing, opening for Omar Santana in 2005 at Headstrong 5 (noteworthy part of that set – a mosh pit of epic proportions to Audio & Mackie's remix of Master of Puppets). Known for a wicked selection of mostly 1993-2005 music, he would then go on to play all over California. This headbanging, slam-dancing, screaming maniac will stop at nothing to get a crowd going. Now in 2016, he is a staple writer for Best Drum & Bass Blog, and is focusing on DJ gigs and original production material.

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