MT Eden

            Jesse Cooper and Harley Rayner hail from New Zealand,  specifically, Mt Eden. The duo started making dubstep, more  specifically, drum and base, at around 12 years old. They started to  post some of their music, notably “Sierra Leone” and two remixes, one  “Silence”, by Sarah McLachlan and “Still Alive”, by Lisa Miskovsky on a  Youtube account, created by Rayner’s brother. They released their first  EP, “Med’s”, in 2010, and in 2013, Cooper and Rayner signed to Ultra  Records. Their “Walking on Air” EP was released in June and they should  have a full length album done by the end of this year. While it’s not  grimey, it’s more like chillstep with synths and various drum beats.  Some of their songs are upbeat like Air Walker and Chasing, others are  slower. Don’t expect any crazy bass drops from the like of Skrillex or  Datsik, but more like Zeds Dead. The duo is known for introducing people  to the dubstep genre, but their music is pretty basic.

-Tera Meschino

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