Vaccine (musician)

Vaccine
Vaccine , 2007
Background information
Birth name Christine Clements
Also known as Vaccine
Born United States
Origin Del Mar, United States
Genres Dubstep, electronica, ambient, IDM, Dance
Occupation(s)

musician, composer, singer-songwriter

record producer, arranger, programmer
Instruments Vocals, keyboards, piano,
Years active 2007 — present
Labels Hotflush Recordings, Vaccine Recordings
Associated acts ASC

Vaccine (Christine Clements) is a female dubstep record producer based in California, United States.[1] She is the first female dubstep producer. She was the first woman signed to a label (Hotflush Recordings) within, what was up until then, a genre whose producers were almost entirely male.[1]

Before she started producing, she was promoting other people's music.[2]

Vaccine's style has been recognised as being considerably more melodic and ethereal, with XLR8R magazine noting her 'subtle melodies and echoed vocals', as well as stating that '(Vaccine's) constructions aren’t necessarily main floor rave fodder, but rather, comedown music for a 6 a.m. all-back-to-mine', as well as mentioning 'jittery electronic elements with gothic ambient nuances'.[3]

Clements is a self-described Skinny Puppy and Portishead fan. Her influences are "Nine Inch Nails, Dom & Roland, Skinny Puppy, The Prodigy, Technical Itch, Sasha and Digweed, Future Sound of London, Akira Yamaoka, Helios, Harold Budd, Surgeon, Zero 7, Portishead, Massive Attack, Tricky, friends, lovers, label mates, colors, sounds, places, feelings." [3]

In 2014, she released the Decryption EP on ASC's label, Auxiliary Transmissions.[4]

Discography

  • "Wishful Thinking" / "Signal to Noise" 12" (Hotflush Recordings / Scuba 006, 2007)
  • "Anaesthetic" / "Destroy" 12" (Hotflush Recordings HFO15ii, 2007)
  • "Breathless" / "Side Effects" 12" (Hotflush Recordings HFO 17, 2007)
  • "Fever" / "Wishful Thinking VIP" CD (Hotflush Recordings HFCD001, 2007)
  • "Fever" (high grade mix) / "Concussion" 12" (Vaccine Recordings 002, 2008)
  • "Skadi (Vaccine Dubstep Remix)" (Subtle Audio, 2009)
  • "Sweet Spot" / "Radiate" 12" (Offshore Recordings OSR022, 2009)
  • "Ochre" / "Cascade Failure" 12" (Nonplus Records NONPLUS 007, 2010)
  • "68 (Vaccine Remix)" File (Car Crash Set C/C/S2018, 2011)
  • "The Axiom (Vaccine Remix)" 12" (The Agriculture AG053, 2011)
  • "Machines" 12" (Samurai Red Seal REDSEAL006, 2011)
  • "Irradiate" 12" (Veil VEILUN001, 2013)

References

  1. 1 2 Women in dubstep - Time Out London
  2. ↑ "What to Ask Women Composers: Feminist Fieldwork in Electronic Dance Music". dj.dancecult.net. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  3. 1 2 XLR8R. Vaccine readies new dubstep album, releases mix on Hotflush, XLR8R magazine.
  4. ↑ "Vaccine (2) - Decryption EP". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-11-11.


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