Rising up from the gurgling belly of the underworld comes Disco of Doom AKA London-based DJ and production duo Tom Real and Ben Medcalf. With a shared appetite for destruction and a love of loose women Disco Of Doom sees the duo deliver sick electronic bangers to destroy dance floors across the globe.
'Cool sound, love it' (Rainer Weichold - Tasted Music / Great Stuff Records)
Their first release, cunningly titled EP1 was released in 2008 on Passenger Records and saw support from the likes of AutoKratz, Tronik Youth, Etienne De Crecy, Alex Metric, Meat Katie, Acid Jacks, Miles Dyson and many more, the second release Warpig / Spawn Again dropped this summer on super cool New York label Coco Machete home to artists like Fukkk Offf, Azzido Da Bass, Polymorphic and Scandal and saw feedback from artists including Fake Blood, Don Rimini and beyond.
''...Been playing Warpig all summer, It always goes down really well' (Fake Blood)
On the remix front the duo tore apart Fukkk Offf’s last single Love Me Hate Me Kiss Me Kill Me and have been busy delivering remixes for Etienne De Crecy, Foamo and SiBegg whilst unofficially they dropped a tech’d out remix of Chemical Brothers massive Do It Again.
'I can't DJ without playing The Click since I got it!' (Etienne De Crecy)
On the gig front their first EP has seen them play across the UK alongside headline gigs in Amsterdam and Helsinki and this summer has seen headline festival slots at this summers Glastonbury Festival and Glade Festival with Ireland’s mammoth Electric Picnic on the horizon
'Just got your remix ...it's amazing!! proper hit the spot, thanks so much' (Foamo)
This summer has also seen the duo launch their own sporadic London party; How’s My Raving? alongside Garridge bad-man Hot City the first, a roadblock free party featuring rave-legends The Ratpack alongside one of 2009’s hypest entities Zomby whilst the second featured Bolton kings of Donk Blackout Crew and UK’s leading exponent of booty-bass DJ Guy the duo are also residents for Out The Box, a month party at The White House in Clapham which has seen them play alongside the likes of Toddla T, Detroit Grand Pubahs, DJ Zinc, Shadow Dancer, Tomb Crew and more.
'Yeah!!! love the remix guys, can't wait for the release!!!' (Fukkk Offf)
With rumours of a new single ready to go and plenty more remix and production work in the pipeline, for more info on all things Disco Of Doom check links:
www.myspace.com/discoofdoom
www.samurai.fm/discoofdoom
Facebook Group: Disco Of Doom