12 Things You Didn't Know About Truth

Crazy to think that it's been eight years since Truth first got together, and five years of solid output before some started to notice. This New Zeala

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Crazy to think that it's been eight years since Truth first got together, and five years of solid output before some started to notice. This New Zealand production group has been doing the damn thing on a number of respected imprints, including Deep Medi Musik, Argon, Tempa, Smog, and Rottun, and is set to release their Hollow World LP on Firepower. Yet aside from their name being the perfect description for their music (if you're a real dubstep head), it's crazy that we're not that up on their history. That's about to change. We got the guys to hit us with some facts that people aren't up on. You should learn one new thing every day–here's the opportunity to learn 12 truths.

Their track "Birds" was made with Loefah and Coki

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From what we can gather, "Birds" was in fact an old collaboration with Loefah and Coki. By the time it was signed and set to be released, Loefah was on a different path musically and didn't want to be credited, and they could not get in contact with Coki to say one way or the other if he wanted to be included.

There were originally three members in Truth

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Tristan used to play the sax over Dre's DJ set

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Goldie once sorted them a trip to Sydney to party with him for his 40th birthday

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They made drum & bass for seven years before they made dubstep

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Dré once chased a thief out of his hotel room after a show in Istanbul

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Their track "30,000ft" was started en-route from London Heathrow to Denver Airport

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Tristan has degrees in law and history; Dré in political science

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Skream signed and released four Truth tracks to Disfigured Dubz

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They were once booked by a promoter who thought they were a reggae band from New Zealand

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They had never heard of Skrillex until they started touring America

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One member of Truth lives in New Zealand, while the other lives in San Francisco

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