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Sasith Gamage, 25, also known as iClown, is a Sri Lankan Dubstep, Drum N Bass and a solo metal act. He’s considered as one of the pioneers in popularizing the genres in Sri Lanka. Having started to produce music in the late 2012, Sasith has been featured on International talent platforms such as EDM.com, Dubstep.net, Drumnbass.net, TYPE91, EDMTunes, Tracksfordays.com, EDMLead.com, Dropthebassline.com, Decibel.lk, BBC Asian Network and Ultra Music Festival. He also have remixed and worked with local as well as International Metal bands (Constellation, Arjun Dhas from Nevi’m, Coat of Arms, Svenghali – in the process) and his remixes have been supported by International Bass metal acts such as Zardonic (Venezuela) and The Arkitekt (USA). His remix for Ranidu’s Wahi Andure has been recognized as the first ever Sinhala Track to be featured on EDM.com and the first Sinhala Drumstep song to be featured at “The new music Showcase” hosted by Yasser at BBC Asian Network. Later, the same track was featured by Ranidu at Ultra Music Festival 2015. He has been supported by a plethora of promo networks such as Xkito Music, Berzox, OnlineRxD, HDDubRav3, Bass One Music, DnB Portal, Kyra, Trap Warrior, Popmuster Music, Diversity etc, accumulating to around 1 MN plays overall on the internet. Sasith has also been involved with mainstream acts such as Sanuka Wickramasinghe and DRILL TEAM.

He was the producer behind the ground breaking rap anthem CYPHER 2015, featuring a number of talented rappers from across the country (with DRILL TEAM). He is also considered the first Dubstep/Drum N Bass artist to be recognized with mainstream success in the Sri Lankan underground community, having featured in almost all the English radio channels including Criminal Records MOST WANTED, where one of his songs, “Explosive Dreams”, was #1 in the charts for 2 consecutive weeks, TV channels, and printed media,. Sasith is also recognized with the metal community, having released his first single “Falling to Eternity” featuring Eshantha from Constellation. The track was widely supported on Online as well as on printed media. Currently, he performs with Constellation, as their Keyboardist/sampler/producer. (Constellation won TNL Onstage in 2014 and are currently working on their debut album – iClown acts as a curator/producer for the album) He is also the first local artist to release a Drum N Bass/Dubstep EP by the name ‘Retaliation’, which has been downloaded around 800 times. The title track "Retaliation" was exclusively featured on EDM.com which was released under Round One Records, UK. The same also was featured on the EDM.com mix 002, mixed by MING and Fuzzi Kittenz (USA). The EP was premiered locally via Criminal Records MOST WANTED, hosted by Pranil. Currently, he is working on his second EP, “3xF”, featuring Arjun Dhas, Maria Soysa and Avanger, forthcoming on HEAVY ARTILLERY RECORDINGS LA, owned by URBAN ASSAULT USA.