ILL.GATES - AUTOPIRATE - Out Today on Muti Music!
ill.gates is a well-known producer from Toronto Canada. His previous productions as ‘The Phat Conductor’ and co-productions with Robb G have made waves in the Electro House and Breakbeat genres, as has his work with Bassnectar in the growing crunky midtempo breaks genres. Past production work includes remixing the likes of DJ Dan, Myagi and Si Begg and has led to top selling tracks on Beatport and also a mention in URB as one of their ‘next 100’ top artists.
His versatility is evident in the variety of genres covered on ‘Autopirate’, everything from Hip Hop, Electro House & Techno to Breakbeat, Grime and Dubstep. This debut album as ‘ill.gates’ pushes the envelope and creates some very fresh new perspectives.
‘Autopirate’ includes remixes and collaborations with Bassnectar, Myagi, Meesha, Dept. of Motion, Stephan Vera, Mutt, Little John, Friction, Malaya, Clara Venice and Hip Hop sensation Masia One.
Exclaim Review
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Ill. Gates
Autopirate
By Sarah Ferguson
There is something so distinctly Toronto underground (yet slick as hell) about this CD. Quick story: the Phat Conductor has been inspiring kickin’ dance moves among kids at backwoods events like the Om Festival since the late ’90s. Old sets encompass seamless flows of funky breaks, bounding hand drums, Missy Elliot, Eminem (via Armand Helden), even a looped sample of the secretary in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. A moniker-change to Ill. Gates brings us Autopirate. This Ottawa-born DJ/producer’s debut artist album shines bright lights on new school hip-hop and South London dub-step, plus there’s a superabundance of bassed-out audio that would fit right in at Ninja Tune. “Irma Vep” introduces hip-hop pro Masia One, and the only low point of this LP is that there aren’t more tracks with this Singapore-born, Vancouver-raised radical female MC. Keep your ear to the ground for Ill. Gates. Autopirate is a bassed-out, instinctive tech journey. (Muti)
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