An interview with USC’s own Jason Brantingham
Underground Columbia, the bass shakes. Speakers quiver as the music by Subtonic creates vibrations that infuse the room.
The mastermind behind these infectious beats is Jason Brantingham, a third-year political science student.
Brantingham is from Charleston and began mixing his freshman year.
“I’ve been seriously practicing for about a year and a half, maybe even less than that,” Brantingham said.
He started off creating sounds by keyboard then progressed into investing professional DJ equipment. Brantingham’s music will have your heart thumping, head banging and cup shaking.
Music can often make or break a social situation, but Brantingham never fails to create an edgy, appealing atmosphere. Only extremely talented and musically oriented deejays can let a crowd become emotionally responsive to their work, and yet again Brantingham succeeds.
The waves of music weave together and allow people to physically and emotionally connect to the sounds they hear.
SUBTONIC performed a paid gig in Five Points in April along with other DJs, like Gardnsound, Lucid and Moody. His most recent event was mixing at a Phi Mu Alpha black light party on Sept. 20.
Brantingham is passionate about his mixes, and it shows in his ability to create complex, intertwining sound frequencies. He mixes in his apartment and at Electric Blue Records in Charleston.
His mixes can be found on SoundCloud. His account has over 2,000 plays, with 250 plays on his first original track. Brantingham enjoys spending his free time DJing and writing electronic dance music, he said.
Check him out on SoundCloud at soundcloud.com/jasonbrantingham