Joe Nice (born c. 1976) is a
dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style emerged as a UK garage offshoot that blended 2-step rhythms and sparse dub production, as well as incorporating elements of broken ...
DJ from
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the List of United States ...
.
Nice was the first person to put on dubstep nights in America and founded New York's irregular Dub War club night, which has hosted performances by British dubstep artists such as
Hatcha,
Youngsta,
,
,
and
Loefah.
He performs regularly in New York, London (including at scene pillar
DMZ),
and elsewhere.
He first heard dubstep in 2002, at the Baltimore venue Starscape, and began playing it that same year.
He has been praised for his charisma and stage presence.
In 2005, music journalist Martin Clark also praised him for his access to new
dubplates (in contrast to other American dubstep DJs) and willingness to play tracks by lesser-known producers.
In 2007, Nice was selected as one of URB magazine's "Next 100". In 2015, he founded the label known as Gourmet Beats, pushing content from the likes of Moonstones, Fill Spectre & DJG.
Early life
Nice was born in
Southampton
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,
England
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to
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in ...
ian parents, but moved to Baltimore at the age of two.
References
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American dubstep musicians
Living people
American people of Trinidad and Tobago descent
Date of birth missing (living people)
Musicians from Baltimore
American electronic dance music DJs
1976 births