#TBT | Zeds Dead - Coffee Break

For this week’s Throwback Thursday, enjoy a “Coffee Break” from an era of filthy dubstep!

This Throwback Thursday, I would like to take it back to one of my favorite tracks with Zeds Dead’s “Coffee Break”. Six years ago, the electronic music community was getting down to some of the most epic, filthy dubstep that has ever been heard. Artists like Skrillex, Alvin Risk, and Zeds Dead were coming into the scene with a force and talent that the masses could not get enough of.

The incredible drops that rattled speakers and bodies alike were something to behold and be a part of. I was just getting into the scene, first listening to the artists I mentioned above. Six years ago in 2011, I went to my first ever Ultra Music Festival and got a taste of what was to become one of the largest gatherings of EDM in the world.

“Coffee Break” was one of the major dubstep anthems during 2011. The track comes from the two very talented Canadian producers, Dylan Mamid and Zachary Rapp-Rovan. They combined their signature hip-hop and dubstep to create heavy basslines and drops with a sample from Aretha Franklin’s “I Say a Little Prayer”.

The way they took such a timeless song as “I Say a Little Prayer” and managed to filter it through the most trembling basslines, creating something new and all their own, made this track the popular anthem it was. I remember hearing this song at The Hangout Festival when Zeds Dead performed and feeling every beat and drop in my body. What a party those two could throw!

Most recently, Zeds Dead have announced that their very own event at Red Rocks, Deadrocks, has been expanded to two days. It is surely going to be an event to check out so if you are in Colorado and want to immerse yourself in some good old fashioned dubstep, make sure to check them out July 2 and 3, 2018!