12th Planet (musician)

John Christopher Dadzie (born June 7, 1982), better known by his stage names 12th Planet and Infiltrata, is an American dubstep producer and DJ hailing from Los Angeles.

12th Planet
Birth nameJohn Christopher Dadzie
Born (1982-06-07) June 7, 1982
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States
GenresDubstep, jungle, drum and bass, trap[1]
Occupation(s)DJ, record producer
Years active2006 - Present
Labels
  • SMOG
  • OWSLA
  • Disciple
  • Disciple Round Table
Websitehttp://12thplanetofficial.com/

Biography

Born John Christopher Dadzie, he grew up in South Los Angeles, the youngest of four children.[2] He was first introduced to the electronic music scene in high school. After forming Imperial Recordings with DJ Lith, he launched his production skills on his own terms, originally producing drum and bass under the alias Infiltrata. In 2006, he decided that he was going to make dubstep. It was then that his new alias 12th Planet was created, in reference to Zecharia Sitchin's book, 12th Planet. All production under the name 12th Planet is original.[3] As one of the first individuals to bring the dubstep culture to America (in one of the USA's electronic meccas, Los Angeles) 12th Planet has frequently been cited as the General of the Riddim Gang.[4]

12th Planet worked frequently with Orange County producer Flinch and LA Local Skrillex (on tracks "Needed Change" And "Burst" Along with Kill The Noise). He has also collaborated with various dubstep producers including Datsik, Doctor P, Plastician, Virtual Riot and Skream. Many well-known dubstep DJs (such as Rusko, Skream, Skrillex and more) use 12th Planet's productions and remixes in their live DJ sets.[5][6]

As a DJ, 12th Planet has toured globally in London, Sydney, Auckland, and across the US. He has also played at many American dance festivals such as Electric Daisy Carnival,[7] Together As One,[8] SXSW, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Ultra Music Festival, Nocturnal, and Beyond Wonderland. He is represented by AM Only, one of the largest agencies in the electronic music industry.[9]

In 2007, 12th Planet helped in the re-launch and re-branding of SMOG Records, which was previously an event production company, and has since been its head.[10] In 2009, 12th Planet was listed as one of URB.com's "Next 100", and had a special feature in their 25 Now! supplemental issue.[2] 2010 marked the release of his music video for "Reasons", presented by Scion A/V, which was premiered and cycled on MTV 2.[11] Diplo's label Mad Decent included 12th Planet's remix of Little Jinder's "Youth Blood" on their dubstep compilation "Blow Your Head", released in November.[12] 12th Planet has also been described by Skrillex as Skrillex's Mentor at a show at Ultra Music

12th Planet finished in 20th place in the 2013 America's Best DJ competition-a vote and promotion to find out the country's most popular DJ conducted by DJ Times magazine and Pioneer DJ.[13]

In 2017, he signed with Myro and Dodge & Fuski's Disciple Recordings, becoming the head of the sub-label Disciple Round Table.[14][15]

Discography

Albums
  • 2012 SMOG 023 - The End Album

Extended plays
  • 2008 RedVolume - 28 Hours Later EP
  • 2008 SMOG 001 - Smokescreen EP
  • 2008 SMOG 002 - Ptera Patrick EP
  • 2008 BASSHEAD 001 - Control EP (with Emu)
  • 2008 SMOG 004 - 68 / Be Blatant EP
  • 2008 Subconscious Recordings - Spliff Politics EP
  • 2008 Argon - Element 16 (Sulfur) EP
  • 2008 Noppa Recordings - Tonka EP
  • 2009 10 Bag Records - C-Sick / Are Ya Feelin EP (with Emu)
  • 2009 SMOG 005 - Texx Mars EP (with Datsik)
  • 2010 Bullet Train Records - Reasons EP
  • 2012 SMOG Records - The End Is Near EP
  • 2013 SMOG 035 - Transitions EP (with Protohype)[16]
  • 2016 SMOG 074 - Gully Squad EP
  • 2017 Disciple Recordings - Let Us Prey EP
  • 2018 Disciple Recordings - Swamplex Terrestrial EP[17]
  • 2019 Disciple Recordings - Swamplex ExtraTerrestrial EP
  • 2020 Disciple Recordings - Swamplex: Next Level EP

Singles
  • 2011 SMOG 007 - Westside Dub (with Plastician)
  • 2011 Dub Police - Purple & Gold (with Antiserum)
  • 2011 SMOG 009 - Lootin 92 (with SPL)
  • 2011 SMOG 011 - Who Are We?
  • 2013 SMOG 027 - Whoops/Murdaaa single (with Mayhem) [18]
  • 2016 SMOG 070 - Name Bran (with LUMBERJVCK)[19]
  • 2017 Knights of the Round Table Vol.1 - Send It Single (with Barely Alive and PhaseOne)
  • 2018 Disciple Alliance Vol.4 - Slaughter Them All Single (with PhaseOne)[20]
  • 2018 Disciple Alliance Vol.4 - Get Lemon Single (with Barely Alive, Dodge & Fuski, Eliminate, Fox Stevenson, Hatcha, Modestep, Myro, Oolacile, Panda Eyes, PhaseOne, Truth and Virtual Riot)
  • 2018 Disciple Round Table - Bongo Boi Single (with Oolacile)[21]
  • 2019 Disciple Round Table - Bubzstep Single (with Barely Alive and PhaseOne)[22]
  • 2019 Disciple Alliance Vol.5 - Rubber Band Boiz (with Bandlez)[23]
  • 2019 Disciple Alliance Vol.5 - We Don't Play Single (with INFEKT, Barely Alive, Samplifire, Bandlez, Virtual Riot, MVRDA, PhaseOne, Dodge & Fuski, 12thPlanet, Dirtyphonics, Oliverse, Eliminate, Fox Stevenson, Modestep, Terravita, Chibs)

Mix compilations
  • 2010 MISHKA Keep Watch Volume XXI [24]

Remixes
  • 2009 Grand Puba - Get It (12th Planet Remix) [Scion A/V]
  • 2009 Dave Nada - Apocalypse Theme (12th Planet & Flinch Remix) [Tits & Acid]
  • 2009 Little Jinder - Youth Blood (12th Planet & Flinch Remix) [Trouble & Bass]
  • 2009 Ladybox - Cookies Fly (12th Planet & Flinch Remix) [Party Like Us]
  • 2010 Villains - Victims (featuring Whiskey Pete) (12th Planet & Flinch Remix) [Dim Mak]
  • 2010 Le Castle Vania - Nobody Gets Out Alive (12th Planet & Flinch Remix) [Always Never]
  • 2010 Rusko - Hold On (featuring Amber Coffman) (12th Planet Remix) [Mad Decent]
  • 2010 DJ Sneak - Southern Boy (12th Planet & Flinch Remix) [Scion A/V]
  • 2010 Rye Rye - Sunshine (featuring M.I.A.) (12th Planet Remix) [Interscope]
  • 2010 MSTRKRFT - Heartbreaker (12th Planet & Flinch Remix)
  • 2011 Skrillex - All I Ask of You (featuring Penny) (12th Planet ft. Skrillex Remix)
  • 2011 Echo Park - Fiber Optic (12th Planet & Flinch Remix)
  • 2012 Foreign Beggars feat. Donae'o - Flying To Mars (12th Planet's Martian Trapstep Remix) [mau5trap]
  • 2012 Dirtyphonics - DIRTY (12th Planet Remix) [Dim Mak]
  • 2013 Felguk - Slice & Dice (12th Planet Remix)
  • 2013 Pretty Lights - Go Down Sunshine (12th Planet Remix)
  • 2016 Pegboard Nerds - Heartbit (12th Planet Remix)
  • 2018 What So Not and San Holo - If You Only Knew (featuring Daniel Johns) (12th Planet Remix)
  • 2019 Excision and Sullivan King - Wake Up (12th Planet remix) [25]

Other appearances
  • 2010 Dubsteppers for Haiti Volume 3
  • 2010 SMOG Scion CD Sampler V.30

References
  1. Stolman, Elissa (September 13, 2013). "Hear 12th Planet's Genre-Jumping Trap Burner 'Paper'". spin.com. Buzz Media.
  2. Ohanesian, Liz (February 23, 2012). "12TH Planet is the Johnny Appleseed of Dubstep". laweekly.com. Los Angeles Times.
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  4. "12 Things About 12th Planet (and his new music video too!)". URB. 2010-10-19. Archived from the original on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  5. "12th Planet Interview « Made You Look Radio". Madeyoulookradio.com. 2011-07-28. Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  6. "12th Planet Interview « Made You Look Radio". Madeyoulookradio.com. 2011-07-28. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  7. "Friday June 25 & Saturday June 26th 2010". Electric Daisy Carnival. 2010-06-26. Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  8. "Bassrush Arena New Year's Eve". Newyearsevela.com. 2010-12-31. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
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  10. SMOG Records. "About: The SMOG Story" Archived 2014-05-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 16 May 2014.
  11. 11/9/10. "12th Planet & Juakali 'Reasons' | Video". MTV. Retrieved 2013-06-23.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. "Beatport". Beatport. Archived from the original on 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
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