About Cerbera: Electronic Music Producer & Youth Music Worker
Cerbera's journey in music has always existed in two distinct realms: sonic exploration and social purpose: heavily influenced by his parents who dedicated their lives to bringing equality of opportunity to the arts. This exposure to music and social justice from such an early age has shaped the person Cerbera is today. As a 20 year old electronic music producer and community outreach youth music worker, he's spent the past four years developing his own music in the niche genre of 'Dubstep' whilst working voluntarily for a performing arts charity.
Career duality: The Producer's Path:
Cerbera's relationship with electronic music began when he was 14 using Garageband. What appealed wasn't just the music itself, but the community it existed in: diverse, accepting, and built on the principle that anyone with passion and persistence could participate. His production work spans experimental bass music, with a particular focus on Dubstep and Tearout, subgenres characterised by aggressive sound design and distorted basslines with melodic elements. Cerbera views his productions as a bespoke craft in sound design, drawing from the lineage of Jamaican Dub music to UK garage and grime and the contemporary sounds emerging from collectives across America and Europe. The studio became his laboratory for exploring rhythm, texture, and the visceral power of sub-bass, and it also became the foundation for something more meaningful in his youth work.
Music as Positive Intervention for Youth Work:
Four years ago, Cerbera began volunteering at a charity in a Liverpool community experiencing high levels of economic deprivation and health inequalities. What started as informal beat-making sessions with young people on GarageBand on a food poverty relief programme has now evolved into a structured, youth detached outreach music project that reached over 700 young people providing free access to a 'pop-up' music studio 'on the streets.' His weekly sessions blended technical instruction with creative freedom; working with professional equipment and teaching the fundamentals: drum programming, sampling, synthesis, arrangement, and mixing. Cerbera's role is to help young people translate their musical instincts into production skills. The project facilitated music production equipment, DJing, mentorship, and open mic opportunities, culminating in a live performance to an audience of over 100 young people.