Datsik "Light the Fuse" HD 1080p Album: Vitamin D, 2012 Datsik is the alias of Troy Beetles, a Brostep DJ and music producer from British Columbia, Canada. He frequently works with fellow Canadian dubstep producers Excision and Downlink. His first release was in the spring of 2009. He began producing Brostep music after hearing Excision (Jeff Abel) perform at Shambhala electronic music festival in 2008. Soon afterward the two began collaborating and had several releases in 2009 and 2010. He performs internationally and continues to produce music in Canada. In 2009 Datsik had several number one releases on Beatport. He has remixed and collaborated with artists such as The Crystal Method, Noisia, Wu-Tang Clan, and Diplo, and has performed with Steve Aoki, Rusko, Bassnectar, Skream, DJ Craze and Nero, among others. Beetles cites a wide range of musical inspirations, including Wu-Tang Clan members RZA and Method Man. He has described his sound as "dark and robotic," while trying! to remain "funky and gangster" and "dirty." Beetles' artist name "Datsik" was inspired from his former Xbox Live gamertag. He released his debut album Vitamin D, on Dim Mak Records on April 10, 2012. The album features 12 songs, as well as appearances from Downlink, Z-Trip, Infected Mushroom, Jonathan Davis, Messinian, and Snak the Ripper. For copyright and more information: en.wikipedia.org www.datsik.ca www.last.fm