Vaccine (Christine Clements) is a female

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record producer based in California, United States.Women in dubstep – Time Out London
/ref> She was one of the first women signed to a dubstep related record label (

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), which was up until then, a genre whose producers were almost entirely male. Before she started producing, she was promoting other people's music. Vaccine's style has been recognised as being considerably more melodic and ethereal, with ''

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'' magazine noting her "subtle melodies and echoed vocals", as well as stating that "(Vaccine's) constructions aren't necessarily main floor rave fodder, but rather, comedown music for a 6 a.m. all-back-to-mine", as well as mentioning "jittery electronic elements with

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ambient nuances."XLR8R. Vaccine readies new dubstep album, releases mix on Hotflush

magazine. Clements is a self-described

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and Portishead fan. Her influences are "

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, Skinny Puppy,

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, Technical Itch,

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, Helios,

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, Portishead,

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, Tricky, friends, lovers, label mates, colors, sounds, places, feelings." In 2014, she released the ''Decryption'' EP on ASC's label, Auxiliary Transmissions.

Discography

* "Wishful Thinking" / "Signal to Noise" 12" (

/ Scuba 006, 2007) * "Anaesthetic" / "Destroy" 12" (Hotflush Recordings HFO15ii, 2007) * "Breathless" / "Side Effects" 12" (Hotflush Recordings HFO 17, 2007) * "Fever" / "Wishful Thinking VIP" CD (Hotflush Recordings HFCD001, 2007) * "Fever" (high grade mix) / "Concussion" 12" (Vaccine Recordings 002, 2008) * "Skadi (Vaccine Dubstep Remix)" (Subtle Audio, 2009) * "Sweet Spot" / "Radiate" 12" (Offshore Recordings OSR022, 2009) * "Ochre" / "Cascade Failure" 12" (Nonplus Records NONPLUS 007, 2010) * "68 (Vaccine Remix)" File (Car Crash Set C/C/S2018, 2011) * "The Axiom (Vaccine Remix)" 12" (The Agriculture AG053, 2011) * "Machines" 12" (Samurai Red Seal REDSEAL006, 2011) * "Irradiate" 12" (Veil VEILUN001, 2013)

References

External links

Vaccine on MyspaceVaccine on DiscogsVaccine on Hotflush Recordings
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