Music is a drug. And Christian Legno from London aka Leg-No knows it very well. He has been addicted to it since his early childhood. With 15 he started playing the drums, lateron he began making remixes and in 1996 he released his first album "TeknoMobilSquad 05" on Ultrasuoni Records. At the age of 19 he brought out his first single and worked on remixes for Mos Def and Clipse. And in 2004 he established his own Label "Touch Response Records".Quite a lot of things in a short time, Leg-No is a busy man. But what about the music he plays, what keeps him going? Well - one thing for sure - Leg-No can't be fully defined, nor can he be labled. His music is a vast mixture of extreme bass lines combined with dubstep, wonky electro, wobbling house and glitchy hip hop. But it can be totally different, too.
His new album, “Dope&Hope” represents all his influences, but also involves some bits'n'pieces of Soul, R&B, Reggae and Grime. The vocals were recorded with well-known faces from the scene, such as Leeroy (Sain Supa Crew), Ghetto Priest & Spex Mc (Asian Dub Foundation), Emo Dada (singer of DJ Vadim) and the Finland collective Conscious Youths (Redrama, Paleface Mc e Capenape.). So, if addiction can be any positive to give hope, than Leg-No shows us how it goes. He creates a mixture that is dark, deep, soulfull and danceable at the same time. An eclectic mix of different bouncy genres.
By the way, apart from producing his new album, Leg-No also put his fingers on some fresh mixes for Spank Rock, Santogold and DJ Kentaro! So, check him out.
Have a listen & see here!
Rick Rubin - Spank Rock (Leg-No Remix)
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