Chris Reed, also known as The Plastician (formerly Plasticman), connects east London grime to the south London dubstep scenes as DJ and producer from Thornton Heath in the London borough of Croydon. His participation in the Rephlex Grime compilations, his primetime pirate radio shows on Rinse FM and his recent BBC Radio One Residency slot on the 'In New DJs We Trust' show have contributed to the rise in popularity of dubstep and grime. The Plastician has released records on labels such as Rephlex Records, Soulja, ROAD, Slimzos, A.R.M.Y. and Southside Dubstars. The Plastician also runs his own label; Terrorythm Recordings. Read More...
Chris Reed, also known as The Plastician (formerly Plasticman), connects east London grime to the south London dubstep scenes as DJ and producer from Thornton Heath in the London borough of Croydon. His participation in the Rephlex Grime compilations, his primetime pirate radio shows on Rinse FM and his recent BBC Radio One Residency slot on the ‘In New DJs We Trust’ show have contributed to the rise in popularity of dubstep and grime. The Plastician has released records on labels such as Rephlex Records, Soulja, ROAD, Slimzos, A.R.M.Y. and Southside Dubstars. The Plastician also runs his own label; Terrorythm Recordings.
‘Plastician AKA Plasticman was what got me into dubstep AND grime for real, and I think he remains my favorite producer in the scene, for the combination of three reasons: 1) Because he kind of falls in both and at the same time neither scene and 2) His stuff is genuinely weird, it goes all over the place, mashes up strange samples, makes use of crazy synths and patches that no one else does and 3) is totally geared around making people DANCE.’ ’ Kid Kameleon
