For the past few weeks we’ve been running a competition on Mixcloud to win a set at one of the UK’s leading electronic music festivals - BLOC Weekend.

The main prize is a set warming up for Joy Orbison and a couple of free tix to the event. We also have £20 mp3 download vouchers for the top 5, courtesy of Juno Download.

The comp finished last Monday, votes are in, and it’s taken everyone a while to go through the huge volume of high quality submissions (over 100). The judging criteria is a combination of community feedback (plays and favourites) and final editorial decision from the MMM team. Check out all the DJs who took part here.

We are now pleased to announce the winner - 20 year old South London dubstepper, Dodger Man. Here’s Sam from MMM:

After a long stint of deliberation we have settled on Dodger Man as the winner. Dodger Man’s entry is a beautifully constructed moody dubstep mix which moved through shades of bass with all the grace and skill we were looking for. Dodger Man’s mix had coherence without being monotonous or static. It also had a plosive energy that was reined in on some occasions whilst being let free on others, this gave the mix direction and variation. Although it wasn’t a requirement, the inclusion of some self-produced tracks gave the mix some added uniqueness. Well done Dodger Man, we look forward to having you down at BLOC!




Interview with Dodger Man:

Introduce yourself please.

My name is Sam Cassman and I’m from South West London in Twickenham. I’m 20 years old and have been producing/mixing for about 15 months now. I learned my tricks during a music college course, bought a pair of cheap CDJ’s and started a weekly set on radio station DubTerrain.net. Soon after that my first Dubstep release on Shift Recordings came out in early August 09.

Talk us through your winning entry for the BLOC DJ competition.

For the mix I entered, I spent about a day planning out then it was just a matter of getting it tight! I spent most of the time figuring out which tunes really fit together well, musical key and rhythm wise. I wanted it to show music i thought was boundary pushing stuff, 90% of the tunes i used were released in the last couple of months. I also included some of my own productions that no one had heard before to keep things exclusive.

How would you describe the music that you make and mix?

Most people would call me a dubstep producer but when I think of dubstep I think dark, smokey room with one light on and some serious moody low sub. I’d call the stuff I make 140bpm dance music. I’ve made garage tracks, housey bits, bluesy/jazz bits and all out wobble bits, I haven’t quite settled down on my style yet! Recently mix wise I’ve come to appreciate the deeper side of dubstep, my recent mixes have all been quite moody, i like to start off moody and build into the more uplifting stuff.

How did you go about promoting your mix and making sure it got noticed?

One word. Facebook, and I hit it shamelessly hard.

What else is happening right now in the world of Dodger Man?

A lot of stuff is going on. I have about 6 tracks forthcoming on various labels. The main one being a 12” on Awkward Movements a new label im really feeling right now, pushing all areas of the dubstep sound. You can check some sneak previews on my myspace and it should be out around March time. I also have a 4 track EP with SubDepth recordings on the cards in the near future.

What are your musical tips for 2010?

In 2010 my hot tips artist wise are James Blake, really feeling his stuff, an artist called the K system who has some really big things coming and Mr lager who I’m really feeling at the moment.

Check out Sam, AKA Dodger Man’s winning mix here:

Also congratulations to Sabotage, Tomasan, Dubase and Charlie Dundeen for getting the top 4 spots - £20 mp3 vouchers all round!

That just leaves one final thing to say - bring on BLOC!