How SUBTRONICS became the KING of Dubstep
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- čas přidán 28. 03. 2024
- Jesse Kardon, also known as Subtronics, is currently one of the hottest artists in dance music, but how did he get there? In this video we take a deep dive into the backstory of Subtronics, recounting his entire journey as a producer that got him to where he is today. Fans of Subtronics will greatly enjoy this video, as it's packed with obscure facts about the artist, stories of his struggles that helped him become who he is today, and so much more. This video is the most comprehensive documentation of the life and career of Subtronics that exists on the internet, so you won't want to miss this!
Big thanks to anyone who has conducted interviews with Subtronics, posted show footage, or contributed to the collective knowledge of the story of Subtronics, without you this wouldn't be possible!
Video Credits: Subtronics, Sweets Kendamas, LUCIU$, Trevor Gray, Patrick Vacek, duel duelson, Charly Jordan, dltm, Musical Streams, ewjxn, TheGreatMelonSaurus, Cyclops Recordings, Motortopia, HODJ Music, Sophia Chartrand, Husky Chats, Chomskie, Sean olmedo, CJEPhotography, Jordan Bush, Reds EDM, dubtart, Lost Soul, Brash Radio, fromthepits00
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i remember making this dude's album art back in 2012 haha czcams.com/video/kSW0ig5Rz5Q/video.html
Haha that's so sick
dayummm thts awesome!
wow not expecting dylan here,
CHAD!!! We thank you for your services!
the good old days :)
i am a hugeeeee subtronics fan and one thing not mentioned is that jesse was doing his headline tours with tour buses in 2018 and 2019 and selling out every single date !!!! i saw him on both of them. he was already blowing up then griztronics really made him more known outside of dubstep. great video love to see it 🫡🫡
Yeah I guess I didn't really go into detail of how much traction he had back then, he was really popular within the dubstep community, but where he's at now is definitely on a whole other level
Small channels carrying CZcams rn. Great editing, great niche. Amazing context on subtronics, keep it up my friend!
its true they really are
Also genuinely one of the most caring people in the dubstep scene. Always supports the underground and puts good art on the map regardless of artist size or notoriety.
yeah this just simply isn't true and cyclops recordings is great example of that
@@yikes710 buddy is clueless
@@yikes710can you elaborate bc im curious. I just think his sets suck
@@muerteisdead buddy made a career off trying to sound like svdden death
@@yikes710💀💀💀
Great video! I was part of his Anti-Fractal tour in 2023 and I have to say, the team he’s built around himself are excellent human beings! Reminds me of the saying “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.”
Yeah I've heard a lot of people speak very highly of him and his team, it's cool that you got to be a part of that!
Sad I missed seeing you on that tour! I saw him in Little Rock and Nashville last year.
The coolest thing I think about Subtronics is his musical style. He likes to try new things in electronic music and diversify his sound. He’s unafraid of playing unreleased music. Most of his set is original music.
He loves testing unfinished track ideas with the crowd first before he releases them as a finished song. He’s super innovative in his sets, and my favorite, he’s musical and understands current mainstream trends.
It’s insane how far Jesse has gone and how successful he is. One of the most humble human beings ever. So proud of him and will forever support him and can’t see what he has in stock for the next years ahead
people like subtronics are what we need in dubstep. as someone who is a music producer myself (been at it for 4 years), subtronics encapsulates the feel good energy that i get from his music. i can tell he loves what he does, he's true to his craft, and that he loves music -- especially with him making a record label to showcase underground talent (i was super surprised to see ppl like sharploud, junki, and vanfleet on there)
subtronics definitely left his mark and will continue to do so, nothing but respect for him
in a couple years this comment will hit different :)
I'll be on the lookout!
Aye I just got it
FAX
Big facts
“Oooooooh” me in a couple years proly
Been a fan of Subtronics since 2016...it's been amazing watching his sound design grow and change
This channel is gonna blow up bro keep going. Electronic music is still new to human history so your channel will have a lasting impact
Our school band instructor threw drum sticks at Jesse because he couldn't stop banging so hard on the drums lmfao, what a legend Jesse
Thanks for this! Amazing work on the editing overall brotha 😎
I was out of town but I had 2 of my close friends in attendance at the tesseract tour in Minneapolis night 1. They FaceTimed me when Subtronics opened and I genuinely have never been the same since. I have been obsessed with his craft and his sound since that night.
I discovered Dubstep/EDM when I was younger with artists like Deadmua5, Flux Pavilion, and VR and I was hooked. I then took a break/had a disconnect from the genre entirely. Jesse literally brought back my love for it when I found his music back in 2019. He’s been my goat! I’ve seen him twice since and on anti fractal tour I got to see him and VR same night. It was truly incredible and I gotta thank him for it one day. 💪🏽
Just curious, when you took a break from Edm what did you start listening to instead?
Cheers!
I’ve always loved watching documentaries about bands coming up or singers, rappers, genres of music, etc. so its super dope to see this on the dance music side! Thanks for all the time you put into this; sharing these stories are always so inspiring!
Thanks for watching, I've got a bunch of videos about other artists if you want to check them out!
love ur videos im so hype u uploaded a subtronics one finally!! 🙏
incredible editing and in-depth research! very informational video, thank you!
This is so dope!!! Love knowing his journey thank you for putting this together!
I'm surprised and honoured that Subtronics is still using the same logo I made for him over 10 years ago!
Awesome vid as always, man! Love me some Subtronics 🔥
I’ve been to so many edm shows and I have to say subtronics brings out the best people. He’s so genuine and the energy is amazing every time I’ve seen him 🙏🙌
My favorite part about DJs and Music Producers is the BTS on how the began and how the got to succussed. I got to see Subtronics live in Cyclops Dome at Tacoma Dome in Tacoma Washington State, but its always crazy and interesting to see how they where built from the ground up. This is what I inspire from as a Music Producer.
Awesome docu! 👏 I would have totally thrown in the Lollapalooza gig too, good stuff ;)
Seeing subtronics in 2018 on ganjas tour was life changing! I had no idea what I was getting into!
They missed the part where Jess hanged out with me every night after college for all my years of school. Was my favourite memories with Jesse when he was young and chillin at home making music every night
i love subtronics lore, so inspiring
ive been following his music since he dropped firedrill, and damn its been a journey. i dont ever follow anyone and just go with whatever is cool for me at a specfic time, but for subtronics i couldnt help but be a fan of.
Really well put together video. This is the one that’s gonna blow up in your channel congrats 🍾
i’ve been a huge subtronics fan since i found him in 2018 and i’ve watched him slowly climb festival lineups all the way to the top. i’ll never forget when i realized he was headlining one of the festivals i was going to a couple years and i was SHOOK. i’ve never been more proud of an artist or just a persons growth in general. next month, i’ll see him play kinetic field at EDC which is a HUGE accomplishment, engraining his name in the overall electronic scene forever. from the small stages ive seen him at, to edc main stage, his growth is truly inspiring. i will 1000% be crying 😭
This was sick bro! Thank you ❤
Your videos are underrated asffffff keep it going man, please!
Found you from insta, so glad you reminded me to watch this
I appreciate you watching it!
Im in my room, every day for the last 4 days grinding it out on my ddj200 trying to learn how to DJ and while im doing this i keep getting recommended your videos. This feels like a mfn sign. Please keep uploading dude, youre inspiring me so crazy. Id like to request Nia Archives or a prominent Jungle dj pls. Ive been a fan of jungle since 13 and the kid in me is on fire at the thought of me having a slice of jungle history for myself. Shes been inspiring me heavily as of late, even at age 31
so grateful for his influence & journey. BIG LOVE TO SUBTRONICS !! ❤️🍃
This is probably my new favorite channel! Love the deep dives into the mfers I been breaking my neck to for the last 15 years!
This channel is so underrated. Just waiting for it to blow up soon
Now that’s what I called riddim is how I found him in 2017 through a friend of mine. Crazy to think when I saw him at lost lands 2018 he was the open for the main stage day one. Now he’s a headliner. That 2018 LL made it clear he was gonna blow up soon when all of lost lands were at his set. Most packed opening set for a festival I have ever seen
Yep same for me, one of my friends sent me now that's what I call riddim vol 2 back then
Also the video of him coming out on stage at that 2018 LL set is insane, the crowd was going nuts
This is a fascinating story! As a newcomer to the EDM scene, I too recently discovered Subtronics and really enjoy the music he puts out there.
Dude I love skateboarding, Rubik's cubes, pen spinning, finger boarding, drums, piano, and making bass music! Subtronics is my spirit animal!!
Ayyy! Thanks for using my Okee 20’ vid :)
Thanks for uploading it! 🫶
Huge fan since 2016. It’s been awesome to see his growth over time. Can’t wait for the future
a friend showed me thermal expansion in like 2017,2018 when i was sophomore in hs. im 22 now, have been raving for the past three years. i finally got to see him live at cyclops dome back in november of 2023
awesome coverage - super inspiring!
I stumbled literally into the EF set in 2019 and have been hooked since
Great video man!
Amazing video, very well designed 👌
Cyclops army for life!
Feels like watching a video by sb with half a million subscribers at least! Those low subscription numbers are criminal! Keep up the good work and those will grow a lot
I appreciate it!
This is such a powerful video for me, I’m going through the same thing Jesse went through in his beginnings and I also have a dream of Subtronics and Svdden Death picking me up in a bus tour to go play with them, I hope God has this in his plans for me 🙏🏻 great video man, can you make a Svdden Death one?
Love subtronics from 2017, he always made unique riddim even from the beginning, so yah he is one of those artists that deserves way more then just blowing up. He deserves all the love for his music
Saw him for the first time on his Tesseract tour. Best show I’ve ever seen in my life!
June 2021 he also played b2b Slander aka Slandertronics at forbidden kingdom. That was my first Subtronics AND Slander experience and it was quite the intro to them both. Saw him at his fractals tour later in February 2022. Cool to see how his growth has just gone up exponentially from local dive bars while juggling college and multiple jobs to selling out arenas.
I know Jesse personally and used to hangout with him allot when he lived on Temple campus. Most of what the narrator said here is true. Jesse is one of the hardest working DJs I've met even when he was nobody. Jesse doesn't lie albeit we parted ways because of some underlying philosophical differences. I haven't seen him in years but wish him the best and pray he finds himself.
My first time seeing anything Subtronics was is Deb at lost lands 2017-19 ish I was hooked on him for over 8 years at this point he’s a genius for mixing riddim and bassy wobs I will keep that memory alive.
you are filling a great void in EDM content creation we didnt know we needed
🙏
I was at the feb16 Minneapolis show and i loved every second of both nights
now that's what I call riddim vol 5 was my most played track for not 1 year, but 2. Easily my favorite mix of all time
AYOOO NO WAY THIS VIDEO IN MY SUGGESTIONS! i saw my clip and was like wait is this my clip!? See you tagged me and appreciate the tag professionalism! Thank You! ❤🙏
Yo I appreciate you uploading that!
@@audioeatsof course fam! Was dope to see you use it, was sitting in my camera roll for like 3 years and I was like I think I should just publicly post this so I can clear up space on my phone 😂💪❤️🔥
I love Jesse, I saw him for the first time in 2019 at Big Dub, (BIG DUUUUUUUUUUUUUB!!!) I have absolutely loved every bit of his progress and can't wait for him to blow my mind again and again in the future.
Big DUB!!!
@@angelheart678 happy to find a fellow mountain lover in these comments ❤️
Wow I was able to help set up his show at downtown las Vegas events center & at the joint with ganja white night. Dope seeing him reach these levels
Never heard of johntronics and I’m huge on both of them. Obsessed with subjohnics
My thoughts exactly…
Deadly
Subtronics has been calling them Johntronics on his more recent social media posts, but he has used subjohnics before too
the first subtronics and john summit set at forest was nuts that evol henny rig is crazy iykyk
Quality content as always 🔥
went to lostlands2017 and my camp neighbor kept playing now that's what I called riddim vol 1,2,3.. and it stuck w me. I knew his sound was unique and that he'd pop off.
His tip about the Poi helping with social anxiety is so good
Man this made me cry, you fucking made it Jesse & us fans are so proud of you! Subtronics Forever!
Id love to see one of these about Boogie T
We just got a tweet saying I bet they don't shout out Prime Audio, we got called the "smaller label" would have been cool to be mentioned, I mean we've been around before disciple & NSD, S/O Jesse he's still humble & shouts us out. This was a good watch though, well put together! ✌️
I didn't mean any disrespect, I didn't mention Blacklight Audio, Chronos Records, or Riot Audio either (as well as others). In one of the interviews shown in the video, Jesse says "I had done an EP with Prime Audio which is how I got the local slots, but after doing an EP with the more established labels I started to get bottom tier festival slots and bottom tier support slots on some legitimate shows" so that's what I was going off of when writing the script.
Truthfully I'm not the best about being aware of the significance/history of various labels, so I was just going off of my research on Subtronics and what he has said in past interviews, I didn't mean to downplay the role you played in his come up. The only reason I mentioned the few labels that I did is because Jesse specifically mentions in multiple interviews that releasing on those labels was a big turning point for his career.
I do my best to tell the full story in these videos, but it's inevitable that I will make mistakes and misrepresent things from time to time. I appreciate you watching though, glad you enjoyed it even though you didn't get a mention.
@@audioeats Honestly it's all good, you did well, keep up the good work! 👊
Will do!
Hope subtronics see this and appreciate your hard work
Still dislike his music but I love him as a person and for what he does.
how could you dislike his musiccc...alr lemme give you some of his best works which will make him likeable: puzzlebox, spacetime (normal and vip), gassed up, funcked, cottage gore, amnesia, black ice, mind pluck, take flight vip, escape remix BLA BLA BLA
@@hoveruler8722some of his stuff is good but it’s just nothing too special imo, still a great producer and shit but the way it’s just a regular heavy dubstep drop isn’t really all that special
@@hoveruler8722some ppl just don’t like some thing and that’s ok.
@@Psilomyde yeah but these are exceptions
@@hoveruler8722 Not really. There’s lots of ppl that aren’t fans of his music. Just look at the comments on this video or look through electronic music subreddits or music production subreddits. There’s a lot of ppl who are fans and a lot who aren’t and neither side or correct or incorrect. Everyone is entitled to respectfully hold an opinion.
I don’t understand how you don’t have at least 100k subscribers. You’re a legend mate. Great job on your documentary work.
I appreciate it, I'll get there eventually!
I remember reading someones post where they said that they were eating at some fastwood restaurant and Subtronics was sitting at table next to them. The poster overheard Subtronics saying that he's going to bring riddim mainstream again. And he did.
grateful for subtronics
You also missed that subtronics played an early slot in 2019 at lost lands festival presented by excision which also put him wayyyyyyyyyy more on the dubstep scene
Exactlyyyyyyyy
This is some cool shit. I remember meeting him at webster hall at that trollface show and he was so young. I dont remember much of our conversation but im happy as hell for him and all his success.
I played bass in the Paul Green SOR in Philly... THATS why Jesse looked so familiar when I saw him again 10+ years later
Oh no way that's wild!
One thing I will say about Jesse is he is a sound design master
What’s underrated here is your channel.
Thank you! 🙏
definitely not overrated, lmfao... his musical background and mixing is great, one of the most talented bass artists of our time
Can’t stand his music but he definitely seems like a genuine good guy and I’m happy to have more ppl like him in a somewhat toxic industry like this. Great video as always my guy :)
Yeah it's definitely not for everybody haha
Rehab for weed is insane
Rehab for Marijuana always rubbed me the wrong way, Rehab in general is not what it seems even the really nice ones.. theyre all the same. He was way too young to have that option over his head, but it did shape out in his favor thankfully.
Honestly. I had a friend who attended a mandatory NA/outpatient rehab group and I remember them saying everyone in there was there because of narcotic abuse, except for one person who was there because of weed.
It blew my mind. They really clumped in someone who got into trouble for weed with people who have narcotic addiction.
That’s literally insane.
I wanted to see him so bad and he played twice at beyond (surprise set instead of zed dead) and I had never been happier in my life 😭
I remember another at the time talking about this guy sneak dissing his brand, crazy how this guy is probably way bigger now
Is it SNEEK from Space Rangers? Or someone else?
My first time seeing subtronics was at a free show.
You forgot the sullivan king remix he did which got him his first lost lands set, then thats where he really blew up. Def a couple years before griztronics
THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING!!!
How could you not mention that collab and no mention of lost lands what so ever!! He played there every single year since the start and closed out 2022! Bruhhhh
Jesse deserved every bit of this 🔥
It's wild to know that this man wasn't Scranton and I was in Binghamton...
I’m shocked y’all didn’t mention lost lands at all. He’s played there every single year since the beginning with all his industry friends, playing music b2b with them, and closing out main stage in 2022 and headlining on main stage 2023 ?
I’m very happy for Jesse and the work he puts into his craft ❤️
Do one for Ganja White Night plzzzzz
Oooo a 30 minute video essay about Subtronics???? Easiest click ever
I heard about this guy waaayyy before i heard about him
LEGEND
0:32 KENDAMA! Love you Jesse!
Jesse if your reading this, it sucks a bit that there was no talk of the underground scene with all of us in basements in philly. Bro I remember you went on after me and we talked for hours about music. Even though it was a very shitty part of dub cause of all the free range drugs rolling around but I will never forget the chill time we had just picking each others brains about music. Keep killing it dude.
Just off beyond wonderland
Big up Subtronics hopefully one day we can get high make something sick together :)
Gotta do Wooli next dude!!
I'll get around to him at some point!
@@audioeats aye bro weird question but were you at beyond wonderland this year? lol cause some dude in the crowd during subtronics set looked at me and said “you know why his name is subtronics?” Then proceeded to explain exactly the way you did in this video lol
Great video!.. didn't he also have a bunch of music stolen from him when he was just starting?
I'm not sure to be honest, but I wouldn't be surprised
What a fun video
I honestly can’t wait till my discography is on this channel mark my comment.