Dynamix II

Miami natives David Noller and Scott Weiser, recording as Dynamix II, rank among the scant handful of pioneering American electro and bass acts who carried their foundational expertise forward into lasting contemporary visibility. Responsible for the foundational floor-burners “Bass Generator,” “Ignition,” and “Just Give the DJ a Break,” the pair forged a distinctive early-electro lane through an anything-goes megamix method that heightened the music’s kinetic charge, reinforced its sub-bass weight, and emphasized its mechanical aesthetic via plentiful vocoded voices and squirting synthetic textures. The project originated in 1985 once local DJ Noller, already producing tracks, crossed paths with Weiser and the two pooled resources to construct a shared studio. At that moment Noller held a deal with Bass Station Records; Dynamix II subsequently surfaced on several additional Miami imprints before launching their own self-titled label in 1988. After electro receded behind rap at the close of the 1980s, the duo attracted little attention outside South Florida until nearly ten years later, when the British imprint Rephlex—operated by Richard James, better known as Aphex Twin—re-released the career-spanning anthology Electro Megamix: 1985-Present, a compilation first issued by Joey Boy in 1997. Fresh output followed, among them the Joey Boy singles “We Are Your Future” and “The Plastic Men.” A 1999 joint effort with British producer Ian Loveday, aka Eon, appeared via Wax Trax/TVT. The duo also supplied remixes for fellow Florida artists Rabbit in the Moon and Expansion Union, while the bulk of their long-playing and short-form catalog from across the decades stayed available.