PEARSON SOUND (aka Ramadanman) at Countdown NYE

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Friday 30 Dec |

David Kennedy's work as Pearson Sound, Ramadanman and Maurice Donovan
has been a positive scourge on the airwaves over the past few years. The best starting point for either a connoisseur or newcomer to his sound is this RBMA video interview hosted by Benji B:

Lecture: Pearson Sound (Madrid 2011) from Red Bull Music Academy

His current deviation from any kind of conventional 'dubstep' template hasn't come as a shock for anyone who's been following his career from the start - he's always had a particular slant and a percussively textured style all of his own that's often layered with thick and potent bass frequencies and synth washes - but it seems like with recent material like 'Work Them' (released on Loefah's Swamp81 imprint) Kennedy is simply toying with the world's expectations of him.

As a key component behind some of the most daring dancefloor music released in the last year, both as a producer and as a label owner - Kennedy co-runs the Hessle Audio imprint, alongside Pangaea and Ben UFO - he's travelled the world numerous times over releasing music by key producers like Joe, Elgato and James Blake as he's done it.

Scoring his label a well respected residency at London club, fabric and more recently, starting his own vinyl only night called Acetate in Leeds, his knack for working over a dancefloor shows no sign of waning. Finding the perfect space between bass bin and monitor he's constantly innovating, refusing to sit still and feeding off all kinds of temperate influences - from old house to Chicago juke music - 2010 saw him hording an array of productions that are absolutely battering soundsystems, radio shows and eardrums alike.

Pearson Sound has had an absolutely storming 2011 - starting things off with his white label remix 12" on the mighty Night Slugs label, which included his refix of Harddrive's classic 'Deep Inside':

Following on from this he released his critically aclaimed FabricLive album, which has unsurprisingly popped up in pretty much every self-respecting 'Best of 2012' poll:

Just bounce to FABRICLIVE 56: Pearson Sound / Ramadanman from Fabric London

2011 also saw the appearance of a new alter-ego, Maurice Donovan, who burst onto the scene with a remix of Julio Bashmore's 'Battle For Middle You'. This was promptly followed by the 'Babeh' 12" and most recently by the one-sided 12" 'Call My Name':

SSSSS02 A - Maurice Donovan - Babeh by Hemlockrecordings

And to end his year on a massive high in December Pearson Sound's BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix was broadcast:

Pearson Sound BBC Essential Mix (03-12-2011) by PearsonSound

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PEARSON SOUND plays at the massive COUNTDOWN NYE 2001 event - alongside Mensah, Subscape, DJ Fresh, Friction, L-Vis 1990, Mistajam, Youngsta, Sub Focus, DBridge, Hudson Mohawke, Klute, Ms Dynamite & lots lots more!

For the full lineup check out the official Countdown NYE Facebook Event!

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