Karim

The inimitable Karim has successfully carved out his own niche in the hardcore underworld of dance music for more than a decade and a half.
The Extreme Machine is a relentless promoter of his passionately held musical beliefs, and he has been championed throughout his career by everyone from the late, great Tony de Vit to Paul Glazby.
As uncompromising as the name of his record label Do Not Bend suggests, the far-sighted Karim has relentlessly pioneered his own exceptional style which has been often copied but never equalled.
The French native of Moroccan origin has amassed a cult-like following of staunch supporters for his ability to push peak-time dancefloor disorder to its most anarchic and enjoyable.
Karim sets are unwavering: nasty and filthy pleasure trips of unique music more often than not created or re-created exclusively for his masterfully moulded mesh.
No tune is safe from being Karimified: from Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean to Joe Inferno’s Tribal Church, the list of anthems freshly remodelled for the ace’s club excursions is endless.
As a producer and remixer, the fierce funkster is responsible for more than 250 forays into turbo-charged pandemonium including seminal hard house hits such as Don’t Fuck With Me, Cheap Rent, No Women Allowed, You Have Control and Clean & Heavy.
What’s most admirable about his staying power is the fact that this lengthy career has been carved out chiefly through his own three independent powerhouses: Tuff Trax, Unfknblvbl and the aforementioned Do Not Bend.
A true clubbers’ DJ with an innate sense of what works on a hardened dancefloor, Karim’s a party animal at heart, a larger-than-life character born to take centre-stage.
In 2007, the hard-NRG hero has taken his brand of intense raw filth to Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, and added SNAT and Insekt to his British residencies.
His long-term pole position at London’s premier after-hours party Twist is running at five years and counting. Few turntable technicians can surpass such consistency.
But consistency has always been a crucial component in Karim’s constant progression, and with the launch of an eagerly-anticipated album of rarities ‘Unreleased Projects Volume 2’ and a new digital label towards the end of 2007, he will show that he is a more formidable force than ever.