Vaccine (Producer)
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Vaccine is a female dubstep
Dubstep
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 record producer
Record producer
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 based in California
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, United States
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. She is notable for being the first female producer signed to a label (Hotflush Recordings) within, what was up until then, a genre whose producers were almost entirely male

Vaccine's style has been recognised as being considerably more melodic and not necessarily as dancefloor-orientated as her male cohorts, with XLR8R
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 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
Gothic rock
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 ambient nuances'.

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

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)

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