Liam McLean (born 30 January 1989), better known by his stage name Joker, is a British record producer who creates music in genres such as

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". He was named "2009 king of bass music" by ''XLR8R'' magazine and was featured in the September 2009 issue of ''

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'' magazine. He has contributed to two releases produced by the London-based record company

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. He also runs his own label known as Kapsize Recordings. His debut album, ''The Vision'', was released on 31 October 2011 through independent label

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. His sophomore LP, ''The Mainframe'', was released on 16 February 2015 through his own Kapsize imprint.

Discography

Studio albums

*''The Vision'' (

, 2011) *''The Mainframe'' ( Kapsize, 2015)

Singles and EPs

*''Kapsize EP'' (Earwax, 2007) *"Holly Brook Park" / "80's" (Kapsize, 2008) *"Play Doe" / "Tempered" (Joker & Rustie / Rustie) (Kapsize, 2008) *"3K Lane" / "Modem" (Jakes vs Joker / Jakes) (H.E.N.C.H / Terrorhythm, 2008) *"Snake Eater" / "Move Dis" (Joker / TRG) (Soul Motive, 2008) *''Top of the Game EP'' (Terrorhythm, 2008) *"Do It" / "Psychedelic Runway" (Kapsize, 2009) *"Digidesign" / "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Joker / 2000F & J Kamata) (

, 2009) *"Purple City" / "Re-Up" (with Ginz) (Kapsize, 2009) *"Untitled_rsn" (

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, 2009) *''Hyperdub 5.2 EP'' (Joker & Ginz / Zomby /

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) (Hyperdub, 2009) *"City Hopper" / "Output 1-2" (Tectonic, 2009) *"Tron" (Kapsize, 2010) *''Gully Goon Estate EP'' (with Terror Danjah & Illmana) (Hardrive, 2011) *"The Vision (Let Me Breathe)" (featuring

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) (4AD, 2011) *"Slaughter House" (featuring Silas of

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) (4AD, 2011) *''The Vision Instrumentals'' (4AD, 2011) *"On My Mind" (featuring William Cartwright) (

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mixes) (4AD, 2011) *"Lost" (featuring Buggsy & Otis Brown) (incl. Redlight Remix) (4AD, 2012) *"Skitta" / "I Think You Should Know" (featuring Newham Generals) (Kapsize, 2012) *"Old Era" (Kapsize, 2012) *''Face Off EP'' (Kapsize, 2013) *''Headtop EP'' (Kapsize, 2014) *"Midnight" (Kapsize, 2014) *The Phoenix EP (Kapsize, 2016) *XXIV Bit EP (Kapsize, 2016) *''Fantasy'' (Kapsize, 2017) *''Mad Night / Melkweg Bass'' (Kapsize, 2017) *''Anamorphic / Forever'' (Kapsize, 2018) *''Marching Orders / Polka Dot'' (Kapsize, 2018) *''Boat / Deploy'' (Kapsize, 2018)

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References

External links

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