Dubstep producer Christine Clements, AKA Vaccine, dies aged 43

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A post shared by James Clements (@ascaux)The California-based artist is regarded as a key name from dubstep’s heyday, and was also one of the few women to break into the then-male-dominated industry by signing to renowned dubstep label Hotflush recordings.She released three records with Hotflush in 2007, before going on to set up her own label, Vaccine Records the following year.

Her last official release was 2014’s Decryption EP on Auxiliary Transmissions, and in recent years, she had been making music for video games and running a bakery business.“She was the light of my life, and life seems so much darker since she departed.

I can’t even begin to try and put into words what I’m feeling right now, or begin to understand the void her death has left for me and her family,” the post continued.“I will never forget how you changed my life and made me a better person.

You will always be with me in my heart and mind, and I will love you forever. I miss you so so much.”Other tributes came from Rob Booth of Houndstooth Records, who described Clements as “a force of nature”, and “the first ‘producer/DJ’ in a 99.99% dubstep scene of boys in its infancy”.Find more tributes to the musician below.stunned to hear Christine Clements has passed away.