Borgore at The Factory in Deep Ellum

Borgore’s enthusiastic disruption of current electronic music is backed up by sterling musical credentials, proving the old saying that you have to know the rules before you can break them. Formally trained in jazz at Tel ’s Thelma Yellin music academy — Israel’s answer to Juilliard — he was a saxophone prodigy and composed for big band ensembles. The depth of Borgore’s musical knowledge is reflected in his varied influences, which range from Bach and John Coltrane to Aphex Twin and Ella Fitzgerald. Borgore’s introduction to the bass-driven dubstep genre came one night in a Tel indie club where the DJ was spinning what Borgore refers to as “all the Croydon guys” — Skream, Benga, Mala, Coki, etc. Borgore describes that night as life-changing; “I loved drum and bass, trance, and hip hop… for me, dubstep brought all of that together.” Borgore immediately began making his own tracks, which he uploaded to the internet accompanied by simple videos. His early work went “all viral” as he consistently gained bigger play counts than any of his more established contemporaries.

– insomniac.com