Dark and reflective dubstep with healthy IDM influences

Greg Skidmore is quite possibly one of Seattle’s most under-rated DJs. A well-known favorite of “chin strokers” and dancers alike, he is a sound enthusiast whose earliest electronic music influences include Aphex Twin, Luke Vibert, Richie Hawtin, and most notably, Anthony Rother. His musical palette is deep and his skill is precise with key elements of electro, IDM, breaks and other forms of dance floor electronics. Not everything he plays is meant for the floor, however, as mentalism, ambient, glitch and other experimental music is exposed as well.

The Stranger had this to say about Skidmore’s last contribution to Plasmodium Radio (also known as Desperate Measures):

Local DJ Greg Skidmore has a new mix up here. It’s a gut-wrenching journey through some of electro’s crunchiest, darkest realms, with side trips into merciless dubstep alleys. The mix’s title—Desperate Measures—reflects the overall atmosphere of this 23-track lesson in highbrow, low-end, electro brutality. The segues are seamless and the selections impeccable: typical Skidmore quality.

Skidmore’s sets revel in darkness and menace, yet there are times of grace and optimism. Challenging the sonic sensibilities of an audience is the main objective. Bring your first-aid kit and plugs, but don’t forget your happy feet.

1. Nebulo - 123 Kill Me - Hymen
2. Cloaks - Rust On Metal - 3by3
3. Marching Dynamics - Detuning Purposes - Hymen
4. Meat Beat Manifesto - Hellfire - Planet Mu
5. SLAM 52 - FROSD - Hymen
6. Roel Funcken - Lajor Mazer - Ad Noiseam
7. Distance - Fallen - Vex'd Mix
8. Scorn - Insert Waggler - Ohm Resistance
9. HPC - Tranquilliser - Hymen
10. Matta - Willow - Pflichtkauf
11. Tobias Lilja - Blood Tracer (Architect Remix) - n5MD
12. Somatic Responses - Tickling The Machines - Hymen
13. Matta - Outlaw - Ad Noiseam
14. Broken Note - Dubversion (Hecq Remix) - Ad Noiseam
15. King Cannibal - Flower Of Flesh And Blood - Ninja Tune
16. Niveau Zero - Evil League (Hecq Remix) - Ad Noiseam
17. Septic Insurgent - Box Of Dreams (The Teknoist's Box of Nightmares Labotomy Mix) - Ad Noiseam
18. Architect - Attack Ships on Fire - Hymen
19. Mobthrow - Rainwolf - Ad Noiseam
20. Broken Note - Flood - Ad Noiseam
21. Cloaks - Detritus - 3by3
22. Defrag - Infinitely Horrible - Hymen
23. Hecq - Sura - Ad Noiseam
24. Access To Arasaka - 400 Bloc Overground - Tympanik Audio
25. efrag - Element L1 - Hymen