After sold-out Shrine runs, Subtronics takes dubstep to Coachella's biggest stage
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Jesse Kardon has come a long way from his days as a teenager messing around with Ableton in his bedroom.The 33-year-old DJ and producer better known as Subtronics is now an established EDM star.
Over the last 15 years, he has built a career that has taken him from playing small clubs in his hometown of Philadelphia to a fall headlining set at the Sphere in Las Vegas and then a landmark run of six sold-out shows at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium in December.Back in 2022, he performed a surprise set at Coachella’s intimate electronic-focused Do Lab stage, but this year marks his proper Indio, Calif., debut where he is the highest-billed dubstep-rooted artist, playing the massive Sahara Tent on Sunday and April 19.He will also perform two Southland shows between his Coachella sets at the Fox Theater in Pomona on Tuesday and at the GV Surf Club in Palm Springs on April 18.While EDM has emerged over the years as a dominant force, comprising nearly 45% of this year’s lineup, artists from the sometimes polarizing dubstep/riddim scene are rarely given such a prominent platform.Subtronics’ sound has expanded in recent years.
His remix of John Summit’s “Crystallized feat.Inéz” has garnered praise, while “Fibonacci Pt.
2,” his latest in a set of math-inspired releases, interweaves the melodic with the heavy.“Infinity,” featuring fellow EDM DJ Grabbitz, and “Contour,” featuring vocalist Lyrah, stand out.Although his work has evolved to include more melodic soundscapes, Subtronics remains committed to bringing more people to a better understanding of the genre that first brought his life into focus.
He will never forget how playing drums for years as a kid taught him the foundations of rhythm, and he carries the gritty sounds of Philadelphia hip-hop and trap that shaped that sound into his work today.Dubstep has affected his life in deeply personal ways.As a kid, a s...