Mixes
HITMAKERCHINX 750 503 s
08.11.2018, Words by dummymag

Dummy Mix 523 // Hitmakerchinx

The flex dance music pioneer steps up for a hi-NRG blend…

Flex dance music (or FDM), a genre specifically created to soundtrack a dextrous kind of dance battling known as flex, has swept through the Brooklyn neighbourhoods it was birthed in and out to the world.

NY-born, LA-based Rafael Chinx Martin aka Hitmakerchinx, pioneered this fire-paced, sample-heavy genre that he DJs and dances to. The world-renowned dancer and beatmaker has been championed by everyone from Nicki Minaj to Total Freedom to Rihanna, who hired him as a dancer on her ‘ANTI’ world tour.

Last year he dropped an EP on Fade To Mind/Night Slugs, titled ‘Shades & Monsters: FDM Classics’, which earned praise across the board for its infectious, high-octane stylings. He was recently selected as one of the remixers to rework Kelela’s ‘Take Me Apart’, and has also dropped more bone-breaking anthems this year on his ‘RoyalBass’ project.

Kicking off with an edit of Ella Mai’s ‘Boo’d up’, Hitmakerchinx’s Dummy mix veers between the raw, dancehall-fuelled stylings that flex has always been associated with, a dubplate of Red Rat’s 1997 hit ‘Tight Up Skirt’, Afro B’s ‘Pull Up’, and plenty of airhorns.

Strap in for the mix below.

Listen to the mix on Soundcloud.

You might like
10 Best
Videos
Playlists