Black Cadmium

Black Cadmium are Rotterdam duo Mike Richards and Joginda Macnack. Their alias is influenced by two things: their Surinamese descent, and a poisonous chemical they use as a metaphor for the gap between a person's capabilities and the world's view of them. Their own capabilities lie in mixing up everything from hi-tek to Detroit tech, London grime to Dutch electro, and they have landed on labels like Vault Wax. In the booth anything goes. They race through rave, bass, acid and club with relentless energy, mixing tight and quick, a jacked-up soulful house cut leading to a double-time bass workout, deep Motor City sounds giving way to head-wrecking bass futurism, always balancing mind, body and soul.