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Also known as Liam McLean
Liam Sylvester McLean, better known by his stage name Joker, is a British record producer and audio engineer who creates music in genres such as dubstep and grime and was known for creating the subgenre "purple sound".
Occupation
musician
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Born
January 30, 1991
Notable quotes
“Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness.”
— Akiba ben Joseph, Pirkei Avot, 3:17.
“If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And, if I can persuade you to laugh at a particular point that I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge it as true.”
— John Cleese, as quoted in What Winners Do to Win! : The 7 Minutes a Day That Can Change Your Life (2003) by Nicki Joy, p. 113
“Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word.”
— Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State (1642), Of Jesting. Maxim II.
“As examples from history show, when jokes start circulating about a powerful leader, cracks in political legitimacy begin to appear.”
Liam Sylvester McLean (born 30 January 1989), better known by his stage name Joker, is a British record producer and audio engineer who creates music in genres such as dubstep and grime and was known for creating the subgenre "purple sound".
He has contributed to two releases produced by the London-based record company Hyperdub. He was named "2009, king of bass music" by XLR8R magazine. He also runs his own label known as Kapsize Recordings. His debut album, The Vision, was released on 31 October 2011, through independent label 4AD. His sophomore LP, The Mainframe, was released on 16 February 2015, through his own Kapsize imprint.
Since mixing Swindle's 2019, album No More Normal, Mclean has worked as an audio engineer in popular and underground music scenes, and has mastered recordings by Stormzy and Hudson Mohawke among others.
