Mike Palm, better known as Palmatron, started using electronic music production software in 1999. His musical influences were fist in rock and metal music and he played guitar at a young age. Being in Northern Ontario he was faraway from the electronic music scene. Palm got his first taste of jungle music in 1998 listening to a DJ Hype mixtape supplied by his friends Kruptah and Illa D. He was instantly taken over by the hardcore and abstract sounds and a junglist was born. Open-mindedness and a love for new flavours took his exploration through many genres of music over the next few years including Goa-Trance, Gabba, Neurofunk, and Jump-Up. Experimenting with music production as a hobby through 1999 - 2003, Palm became more and more involved with his love for music. Working in London, Ontario, Palmatron met a co-worker and fellow junglist by the name of SolCrusha(r.i.p.). SolCrusha took Palm to some of his first jungle parties and was the first person to put Palm on turntables. The memory of this friend's wisdom will forever push Palmatron forward in his music. By 2004 Palmatron was deeply rooted in the nuskool ragga-jungle genre and had developed a love for all forms of Reggae music. Upon teaming up with Bro in 2005, Palm has become a skilled producer whose styles have branched off into breakcore and dubstep, while still progressing his involvement within the jungle and drum'n'bass spheres. Palm then formed the Northern.Ontario.Breakcore.Squad with Bro in 2005, to promote and expand the electronic music scene and its artists in Northern Ontario. This same year was the year that Palmatron started to DJ when he and Bro bought a set of turntables and their first ragga-jungle records. Palmatron currently spins old-skool Drum'n'Bass (the tunes that first got him deeply involved in the music) as well as ragga-jungle and some breakcore. His focus on DJing has now turned towards the Dubstep and Grime genres. Palmatron's musical production has given birth to some bangin jungle tunes such as 'Poor People', 'Dem Move', 'Come Together', 'Call to the Grave', and the smasher 'Babylon DC' (which was produced with Bro featuring vocals by the Ital Roots Players and released on the Survival Story compilation). Now with some quality productions in the dubstep genre, including 'The Morning', 'Frost and Flame', and 'Darkside of the Force', Palmatron is sure to continue expanding and progressing his sound.
MIXES
Urban Hardcore (Digital Thugstep) 2008 70:25 min 192 kbps  93.6MB Palmatron - Robin Dub (preview) Babylon System - Dancing Shoes 8Ball and MJG feat. Notorious BIG - Relax, Take Notes (xi Dubstep rmx) Babylon System - Everyday Hustle Badness - 10 out of 10 Babylon System - Loaded Loefah - Mud VIP Roommate - 50 Blocks Away Loetech - Lighters Terror Danjah - Give It To 'Em Candyfloss (Loefah Remix) Virus Syndicate - Dead Man Walking VIP DZ - Shake That The Bug ft. Warrior Queen - Poison Dart Dizzee Rascal - Stand Up (Stivs & Ed Cox rmx) DZ - Whoa! Lemiwinks - Fuckin Gangsta The Independents [dz vs loetech] - Bring the Rukkus V1
UPCOMING RELEASES
2008 Elements EP (nobsdep002) 4 track EP on the northern ontario breakcore squad netlabel pure grime/dubstep/electro madness   2008 TBA Benefit CD (not on label) Featuring Bro N Palmatron's "We Are At War". Also included are Evidence, Golden Lion Marmoset, The Archangel, Baby Demo, Wayne Lonesome and many other ragga jungle heavyweights.