Emalkay

Bringing together elements of grime, garage, reggae, and drum’n’bass, Emalkay’s suspenseful tracks made him a favorite among dubstep DJs during the late 2000s. Birmingham, England’s Martin Knowles first began releasing garage tracks during the early 2000s, with a couple of EPs appearing on his own Morphic Sounds label in 2005. He signed to dubstep label Boka Records in 2006, and his sound soon became slower, darker, and more tense, with booming bass and spacious yet busy arrangements.