AC Slater is named after a character from the 90's high school comedy 'Saved By The Bell', an unexpected pseudonym for a producer renowned for his hard-hitting bass line brutality - he's anything but a preppy pretty boy.
AC Slater has been on the scene since 2001. He emerged from the UK-inspired 'rave scene', was one of the biggest American hardcore and freeform DJ's, and fronted his own record label 'Pitched Up Records'. He got bored and bailed on his original direction to pursue what he calls "rave meets house meets hip-hop". Check out the interview below for more of the low-down.
Scion Radio Interview - AC Slater
Slater only came on my radar earlier this year following the release of his aptly-titled 'Banger', and has consistently continued to impress me with his brand of 'tough-as-sh*t' electro-rave-house, or whatever you want to call it. Today, he struck my attention, and my funny bone, with his track 'Play The Record Again' - A track that uses an excerpt from a Henry Rollins monologue, which effectively takes the piss out of electronic music. This bass-line is slammin'!
AC Slater - Play The Record Again
He is most well-known for his club-slammer 'Jack Got Jacked', which was released in September, 2008 and marked his triumphant return to the scene. Even though he never really left, this track cemented his place as one of the most dangerous players in the electro business. It was remixed to death, resurrected on the third day, and still lives as one of the most face-melting tracks of the last few years. This remix by Jack Beats is epic, featuring a little more wobble, and a little more pork sword and beans (... if that is even possible).
AC Slater - Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)
AC Slater will definitely not be liked by everybody... his music reminds me of a bad-ass British gangster from a movie like 'Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels'. It's heavy, it's got attitude, and you feel intimated and uncomfortable when you're in the same room together. However, dropping an AC Slater track at the right time at the right place is going to send any club or party into a mind-numbing frenzy.
