Listen and Download at Blog to the Oldskool…

Here’s the show from last Sunday… this one was an all 10″ record special, so obviously all vinyl. Lots of bigger tunes in this/remixes of big tunes, thanks to the fantastic 10″ output of labels like Moving Shadow. Apologies for the dumb computer voice shout outs, the mic input on my mixer is still broken but the chat was pretty lively and people were asking for shouts so I obliged the only way I could!

Tracklisting
Foul Play – Open Your Mind (Foul Play Remix)
Underrhythm – My Sound (Crackhead Mix)
DOPE – Dope on Plastic (Original Rugged Mix)
International Rude Boyz – Drum Programme (remix)
ECP – Riot Beats EP
Hyper-On Experience – Lords of the Null Lines (Foul Play Remix)
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Wardance – Sleeplessness
Zulu Recs – Hold Me
DJ Solo – Darkage (All Night Remix)
Underkut – Both Ends (DJ Fusion Mix)
Krome and Time – Virtual Reality
Original DJ Vibes- Warm & Eazy
Trip – The Crack
Foul Play -Being With You (Foul Play Remix)
Aladdin’s Quest – Dreams of Reality
Bay B Kane – On a Star
Dancemaster – Don’t U Feel It
Phantasy and Gemini – Feel Free
DJ Rescue – Surround Sound Vol 1
Omni Trio – Soul Promenade (Nookie Remix)
Eddie – Intelligent Drummer (Steve Gurley Remix)
D’Cruze – Heaven N Dark
4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Drowning in Her (4 Horsemen Mix)
Hyper-On Experience – Disturbance (Tango Remix)
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Trip – the Snowball EP
DJ Nut Nut & Pure Science – Virtual Reality (Evil Dead Mix)
Heavyweight – Vol 2
Johnny Jungle – Johnny (DJ Dextrous Remix)
DJ Trax – High Time (Nookie Remix)
Doctor Jay + DJ Rush Puppy – Respect
Bay B Kane – Bagpipes In Effect
Combination 2 – Can You Reach
J+H001 – Rollin’
Tom + Jerry – Maxi (Mum) Style (Nasty Jungle Remix)
DJ Gunshot – Wheel & Deal
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Potential Bad Boy & Chatter B – Street Fightin’ Soul Boy
Tight Controller – Ruffin It Up
Formula 7 – Voodoo
Distortion – Oh Gosh

Listen and Download at Blog to the Oldskool…

How did you get involved in the Hardcore and Rave scene?
I was already producing Hip Hop type stuff anyway. Then a mate of mine took me out to Shelly’s in Stoke-on-Trent. And that was that basically.

When was that?
1991 or ’92 I think.

So you were producing music before you were raving?
Yeah, yeah. I’ve been messing around with stuff since about ‘88 or ’89.

What inspired you to get into production in the first place?
Into production? My Dad’s a musician. He was an acoustic guitarist. He had stuff like a keyboard and sequencer and I kind of got into it from there.

So no background in Soundsystems in London then?
No, I was a DJ even before that anyway, I just used to play Hip Hop. But with my Dad still having all that musical equipment around, I wanted to have a go with it and went from there really.

Full interview at Blog To The Oldskool

6 years of music
6 years of blood sweat and tears
6 years of love for what we do

Still going strong as one of Boston’s most underground and influential nights, BASSIC steps up to celebrate 6 massive years with the return of a special guest (and a very special 6th anniversary t-shirt).

J:Kenzo (Artikal Music, Tempa) UK
Returning to us from Kent, UK J:Kenzo has been crafting his own unique productions for some time now. Since his first official release in 2007, J:Kenzo’s jungle and techno influenced tracks have seen the light of day through labels such as Tempa, Dub Police, Argon Records, 2nd Drop and his very own imprint Artikal Music UK. His career took a critical turn when DJ Youngsta became aware of his talent and took J:Kenzo under his wing. Since then tracks like ‘The Roteks’ and ‘Ruffhouse’ have had an even bigger impact on the international dubstep scene, gaining him support from selectors such as Hatcha, N-Type, Distance, DJ Laurent Garnier and Emalkay. 2012 was a huge success for J:Kenzo when he dropped his self-titled album on Tempa recordings and launched his own label Artikal Music. Expect a night of serious low-end business.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/JKENZO/115497756739

http://twitter.com/JKenzo

http://www.discogs.com/artist/J:Kenzo

http://www.discogs.com/label/Artikal+Music+UK

AxH (Tuba, BASSIC) Boston
AxH, (formerly Grizzly), has been dedicated to bass music and DJ-ing for over a decade. Based in Boston, MA, AxH got his start as Prodigal Son, producing Ragga Jungle that received praise and plays all over the world. AxH caught the Dubstep bug in 2006 while serving overseas in the U.S. Military, and has been pushing forward ever since! He has been releasing music digitally and on wax since 2004, and has played coast to coast in North America, supporting his releases. 2008 saw AxH perform in Kiev, Ukraine, a set that people are still talking about today. He has become a prolific producer as he’s honed his deep, dark, and heavy style with his tunes have been receiving support by the one and only DJ Youngsta on RinseFM. AxH is one of the residents for BASSIC Boston, (Boston’s premiere Dubstep night), where he can be heard dropping entire sets of his original tracks. You can also hear him on BASSIC’s Sub.FM show every Saturday night.

http://twitter.com/AxHdubstep

Spliffolian (SUBduction) Boston
Spliffolian AKA Selecta Folian has been spinning records for the past nine years. Always an avid music listener, musician, and fond of a vast diversity of styles, he began djing at his college radio station in Portland, OR as a conscious roots, reggae, and dub selecta. Holding down a radio show at KRRC for 6 years he fine tuned his DJ skills and in the process became exposed to new styles and flexes which eventually led him to the sounds of dubstep and future dub. Upon moving to San Francisco in 2007 he became more fully immersed in the SF dubstep scene and style, playing local dubstep nights such as Brapdem! as well as reggae nights such as Jah-Warior Shelters’ Bless Up weekly at Milk and other underground venues. Departing San Francisco for Utrecht, NL in August 2008, Spliffolian quickly linked up with local dubstep crews the Randstad Rollaz and DUBieus, holding down a residency at the Rollaz’ monthly Wobble Trouble and making appearances at other parties in the Utrecht/Amsterdam areas including LED at SJU, Gute Laune! (Eat This!) at ACU, and Dub City at Club Bitterzoet. Now residing in Boston, Spliffolian has continued to murk whatever scene he finds himself in playing at local dubstep nights Bassic and Dubwise with more appearances to come alongside his new local crew subDuction.

http://subduction.posterous.com/

BASSIC Boston 6th Anniversary w/
J:Kenzo (Tempa, Artikal Music) UK
AxH (Tuba, BASSIC) Boston
Spliffolian (SUBduction) Boston
@ Good Life Bar
28 Kingston Street
Boston MA
$5 b4 11pm $10 after for flight & fees
21+

These days, in order to stand out in the music media world you’ve got to be a jack of all trades. One such well-rounded Boston music media player is Nick Minieri, the 33-year-old East Boston resident behind Beantown Boogiedown, a blog that features everything from party photos to show listings to curated selections of electronic music. As of this week, he can now add label head to his lengthening resume, with the launch of Zakim Records, and its inaugural release from Boston’s Doctor Jeep.

Minieri, who moved to Boston from Syracuse in 2004, and works as a graphic designer at the Mullen advertising agency, never really intended to get into online media, he explained over the course of a night in Central Square, bouncing from Phoenix Landing (where he’d gone for the long running drum and bass party Elements), to Cafe 1369, and on to the Middle East. It was the drum and bass fare at Elements that was his introduction to the world of electronic music in Boston, he said.

Full story at The Boston Globe

A short film giving an insight into the lives of people closely associated and dedicated to the vinyl record, the nostalgia it evokes in them, and what it is about this material that has led them into careers centered around it, despite the immense risks attached.

Directed, Produced & Edited by
Alexander Macdonald

Shot by
Jim Smith

Sound
Zander Mavor

Interviewees in order of appearance:

Ashley ‘Donga’ Marlowe – ‘Well Rounded Records’ / ‘Well Rounded Vinyl Vendors’

Henry Bainbridge – ‘Dub Studio’

Chris Farrell – ‘Idle Hands’

Joe Hatt & Adrian Dutt – ‘Howling Owl Records’

We are paying homage to our ongoing event since 2002 ‘Pressure Sessions’ which has featured right around 100 top DJ’s and performers in Boston, Cambridge, Los Angeles and Hartford CT. We are back again in Boston to bring the ultimate Pressure Sessions to you!! We are also paying homage to one of our favorite movies, ‘THE 5 DEADLY VENOMS’!! We are going to be showing the movie throughout the event plus other throwback flics to take you back!!! Other classic kung fu and visually stimulating pieces will be on display around the venue as we prepare to showcase some of the deadliest swords in the New England area….

ECARMY + MONSTAMIND + PEACEVIBE + RF EVENTS
IN ASSOCIATION WITH MADE IN BOSTON PRESENT:

THE O.G. PRESSURE SESSIONS

Featuring performances by these fine swordsman:
SELECTOR MOLDY (HEAVYPRESSURE BOSTON / TUBA NYC)
JSB + VALDEE (TRUECREW / MONSTAMIND BOSTON / MADE MA$$ / M.A.D.E. / Beatdown / Ravers Only)
First time ever ’5 DEADLY JUNGLISTS’ set featuring:
FES + MIZTAH LEX + MIZEYESIS + RUBIX + SUBREAPER
(EC, MONSTAMIND, MIA-DNB, THRESHOLD, TRUE, LTD, 413DNB, ECU, DUBCHAMBER RECS, VITALSIGNZ, DNBTV, JUNGLETRAIN, HHP, FBR, TOB, WU DJ COALITION, PURE FILTH, C & E RECS)

With Lyrical Darts from these samurai wordsmiths:
SETI AKA K9 + RHETORIC + ELIJAH DIVINE + DR. DOORIDDLE
(MONSTAMIND, WU-SWORDSMAN, WU-TANG MANAGEMENT, SPLIFF NOTES, UGHH (FOR THE CDS), CD BABY, THRESHOLD, CLICK ANIMOSITY, EVIL DEAD, ELEMENTAL COMPOUNDS, ARMY OF SKULLS)

Special Beatbox Performance from the legendary D-REK

Art will be on display and for sale by these amazing artists:
Life, Ghettofinger and Maker.

Vending is being provided by these up and coming companies:
‘Made In Boston’, ‘Monstamind’, ‘UndergroundHipHop.com’, ‘Rareform Events’, ‘Spun Arts and Apparel’, ‘DnBtv.com and ‘BE IT ART’
Make sure to stop by the vending tables and check the merch!

We are also welcoming our good friend ‘Mizeyesis’ into our EC Army + Monstamind family so congratulate her if you see her!!

Facebook Event

Braza Bar & Grill
158 School St, Everett, Massachusetts 02148

By VICTORIA WOOLLASTON

You can now turn your favourite music downloads into playable records made from materials you have lying around the house.
Amanda Ghassaei, 24, from San Francisco has created the world’s first laser-cut wooden records using songs from Radiohead and Joy Division.
And the software engineer has made the instructions available to download, making it possible to create your own at home.

Ghassaei previously used 3D printers to print records from her MP3 downloads.
She wanted to find a way for people without 3D printers to make their own records, and has designed a way of making records out of paper, acrylic and wood.
Ghassaei created a digital waveform file from the MP3 and converted into a PDF.
Needles on a record player pick up vibrations based on the shape of the record’s surface.
The waveform was then cut into the wood using lasers to create the ‘shape’ of the song.

MALA (DMZ, Deep Medi) London, UK

Just off the heels of his recent album Mala In Cuba he’s back in Boston to deliver a night of sound like no else can. We can only imagine what dubs are in the bag this time around! Please join us for an amazing night of music lead by one half of Digital Mystikz.

http://www.facebook.com/malamystikz

http://malaincuba.com/

http://www.dmzuk.com/

http://www.deepmedi.com/

http://www.myspace.com/malamystikz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubstep

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Mystikz

DAMIAN SILVA (Bassic) Boston, MA
One of the founding members behind Boston’s longest running dubstep night. Plus a special surprise treat for those that get there early!

http://www.goodlifebar.com/

Good Life Bar
28 Kingston Street
Boston, MA
21+
$10

www.bassicboston.com

http://twitter.com/BASSIC_BOSTON

www.facebook.com/bassicboston

This is the fourth installment of TUBA NYC on RWD.FM every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month from 4pm to 6pm EST. This installment was hosted by label head Bakir and features a guest mix from Juss B. Bakir’s mix features dubs, exclusive tracks, and forthcoming releases from: Sepia, D-Operation Drop, Peek, Prism, Compa, Shiken, Daega Sound, Content, Deafblind, Mesck, The Spit Brothers, Mentha, AxH and more. Join us for our next show on May 29th.

This show will be available on Soundcloud until May 29th, 2013. For all archives please visit www.mixcloud.com/tubanyc/

Juss B Guest Mix:
Chewie – Solace
Juss B – Ritual
Kinvex – Carrion
Juss B – RItual
Gantz – Low Lands
Juss B – Hide n Seek
Proxima – Brainstem
Juss B – The Cell [TUBAd001]
Kryptic Minds – The Divide
Juss B – The Omen
Asylum – Embryo
Juss B – Voiceless
Juss B – Concentration (Shu Remix)
Juss B – Below [TUBAd 001]
Nanobyte – Another Promise
Bakir’s Mix
Compa – Outer Lines (Forthcoming TUBA)
Daega Sound – Abyss (Dub)
Bakir & DZ – Into the Fog [BRAP 002]
Cenum & Deafblind – Lost City (Dub)
Sepia – Epiphany (Dub)
AxH – Sentimental (Dub)
Mentha & Murk – 1992 (Forthcoming Subaltern)
Mentha & Ziaflow – Blue & Deep (Dub)
The Spit Brothers – Single Coil (Forthcoming Dubs Alive)
D-Operation Drop – Combine (Dub)
Jakes – Clamp (Subreachers Remix) (Dub)
Sepia – Cornered (Dub)
Deablind & Reamz – Too Future (Dub)
Daega Sound – Under Pressure (Dub)
D-Operation Drop – Trench (Dub)
Prism – Future Samba [VIP] (Forthcoming TUBA)
The Spit Brothers – Beg To Differ (DJG Reformat) [TUBA 002]
Daega Sound – Spirit (Dub)
The Spit Brothers – By The Fire (Bakir’s Reboot) (Forthcoming Dubs Alive)
Shiken – Strategy of Tension (Dub)
Content, Deafblind, & Mesck – Fire Walker (Dub)
Shiken – Buddha (Dub)
D-Operation Drop – Stronghold (Dub)
Prism – Future Samba [VIP] (Compa Remix) (Forthcoming TUBA)
Sepia – Dreams (Dub)
Peek – The Prophet (Forthcoming TUBA)

According to a central algorave website – I abstain from dubbing it ‘official – the goal is to take a common piece of software that allows someone to create music based on an algorithm, and then compose the tunes live as people dance. The focus is not on the musician, incidentally, but instead on how people react to what they create.

Alex McLean, a proponent of the algorave movement, provided comment to BoingBoing concerning the idea, stating that:

“Algoraves are parties where people come together to dance to algorithms. It generally involves some live coding but any producers making music. [...] Generally some aspect of the algorithmic processes are visible, but the focus is actually on the audience, and having serious fun.”

Full story at The Next Web

VJ Performances by:
Shawn Flaherty (Original audio and video)
Kid Kadian
Jaeson Tek
V.O.J.D
VJ Proto
Jeff Mission
Twin Stars
Vj Dziga
T A M A R A

With live DJ’s soundtracking the event:
Fig
G Notorious
Dabu
Reidlinger
Keith Mattar

The judges for the live event are nothing to laugh at, either. Confirmed to give their feedback and pick the best include the organizer and Elements’ own resident VJ, VJ Bonk, but also a representative from Nightride Visuals, the one and only VKa$h, Together’s Art Director Robert McElaney (Ctrl. Alt. Design., CVLT).

We’re also happy to announce original gangster of VJ culture, Cambridge resident and world-respected visual artist Brian Kane will be an honored guest and judge.

Special thanks goes out to Resolume and GarageCube (makers of Modul8 and MapMapper) for providing VJ software prizes, Naga Nightclub for hosting the event, and Together festival for providing Visual Artists with a platform and promoting recognition.

8PM-??/21+/free. @vjbonk. nagacambridge.com

NAGA
450 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA

Facebook Event

Words: Alex Volume
Photos: Tamsin Mae

Mixmag arrives at an unassuming pub on the outskirts of Bristol: yellow walls, heavy wooden furniture, a questionable speaker stack in the corner blaring out top-volume dub records, and ageing men taking turns on the mic. A featherweight boxing match on a projector screen provides the backdrop. Are we in the right place? Then we spot some double doors at the back of the club’s car park that are struggling to contain the drums within. Our doubts end. Inside, Bailey is mid-set, the packed-out main room air-drumming along to his lecture in Amen breaks. He drops Equinox’s ‘Ital Lion Tuff Head’, released on his own Intabeats imprint in 2005, and the place goes ballistic. We’re here for the fourth birthday (and label launch) of Jungle Syndicate.

Full story at Mixmag

09 ANT TC1

16 TOGETHER FESTIVAL WITH WILKINSON

23 DUB PHIZIX

30 RESIDENTS CROOK AND LENORE

DrumnBass Thursdays since 1999

Phoenix Landing
512 Mass Ave
Central Square, Cambridge
19+ 10PM – 2AM

We Have Closed with Immediate Effect:
Official Statement

Dear World,

It is with a huge amount of sadness that we announce Cable has closed with immediate effect.

We have been forced to close following two years of ongoing legal battles with Network Rail, who took possession of the venue this morning with an entry order, putting us out of business and leaving our 70 staff without jobs. This is due to them allegedly requiring the space back for the redevelopment of London Bridge station. It is an utterly devastating blow to what is a much loved, hugely successful, well respected music venue and media business.

This is not only a huge loss to the loyal fans and staff of Cable, but to London’s clubbing community as a whole. With enormous pride, we delivered the very best talent in an environment that upheld the history of the early SE1 rave scene and supported as many musical styles as possible.

We are obviously devastated and still in shock by the news and know there will be questions. As you can appreciate, there is much work to be done and many arrangements to be made behind the scenes. A full press release will follow.

If you are presently a ticket holder for an event that was scheduled to take place at Cable, please do not worry – further information will follow in due course.

Our sincerest thanks,

The Cable Team x

Full story and photos at Cable London

DISTANCE (Chestplate, Get Darker, Techtonic) London UK
The mastermind behind Chestplate recordings DJ Distance hails from the South London dubstep nucleus and is an originator of the dubstep sound. He has been involved in its development since its early years and has produced tracks with the likes of Skream, Benga, Pinch and Cyrus.

With a background of heavy metal and experimental industrial music, his approach to dubstep is truly different to any others. Whilst many producers reference influences such as King Tubby to Lee Scratch Perry, Distance main influence hails from the likes of Sepultura, Pantera and Fear Factory.
Distance as producer, DJ and label owner (Chestplate Records), has been pushing things in a direction all of his own. Gathering early support from the legendary John Peel and going on to be part of the utterly seminal Dubstep Warz show on Radio 1 presented by Mary Anne Hobbs, Distance has forged a name for himself as a critical figure in the scene.

Distance is a regular at the seminal raves such as FWD, DMZ, Exodus, SUB: DUB and more. His Dj bookings have taken him across the globe where he devastates dance floors and sound systems in his own unimitable style.

Distance’s recorded output is also formidable, finding homes on labels as underground and seminal as Hotflush, Tectonic and Boka in his early career, to ending up on the world reputed Planet Mu, on which Distance released his debut album in 2007.

Distance’s studio has spawned multiple stone cold killers over a range of styles but all uniquely Distance, highlighting why his new releases are some of the most highly anticipated in the scene.

If you’re a fan of heavy metal, industrial rock, dub, reggae and techno….then this is the sound for you. Though hard to relate these binary opposite genres together, somehow…Distance does just that.

http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Distance#p=2&t=Releases_All

http://dj-distance.blogspot.com/

http://twitter.com/Distance_dj

http://www.facebook.com/Distanceofficial

JACK SPARROW (Deep Medi, Tectonic) UK

Leeds based Ryan Wild AKA Jack Sparrow has been producing his own strain of Dubstep since 2006 and in that time has shown his versatility in the studio ranging from dark tribal Techno to heavy “soundsytem” Dubstep styles.

With residencies at Exodus/Dmz Leeds and Outlook festival (voted best european music festival 2011) he has fast become a household name all over the globe regularly touring Asia,Europe and UK with his take on Dubstep.

His Debut album Circadian followed a string of releases with Pinch’s tectonic label based in bristol and achieved a 4.5 stars from the like of Resident Advisor (4.5 stars) and Mixmag (4 stars) and also charting highly in the best albums of 2010.

Jack Sparrow has also shown his versatility by remixing for many names and labels including Skepta (3Beat), Count and Sinden (Domino), Birdy (Atlantic), XXXY (Pollen), Mumdance (Mad Decent), Photek (Tectonic) and RSS (Wall Of Sound) amongst others. Jack has also worked closely with Loopmasters in 2011 to develop sample cd’s for other producers to use within dubstep productions.

Sparrow is also 1 half of production duo “Author” (Tectonic) who released their debut album in November 2011 which sees a musical take on Dubstep. Jack Sparrow and Ruckspin have been touring globally the Author live show to sold out events with a great reception.

http://twitter.com/_jacksparrow_

http://www.youtube.com/user/jacksparrowdubstep

http://www.discogs.com/artist/jack+sparrow

http://www.facebook.com/JackSparrowDubstep

http://www.facebook.com/AuthorDubstep

MOLDY (Embassy, TUBA, BASSIC) Boston
Boston based dubstep artist Moldy is notorious for mind-bending DJ sets and productions that stay true to the “deep and exploratory drive of the early days” (Mixmag, 12/12/2011). A “veteran of American dubstep” (flavorwire.com, 4/19/10), Moldy has been “quietly leading the charge of US dubstep producers since day one” (dubwarnyc.com, 5/29/10).

http://selectormoldy.com/

http://twitter.com/selectormoldy

http://facebook.com/moldyselector

Dabu (Boston)
Learning, moving forward, discovering ways to fuse my rhythmic soul with my synesthetic tendencies. Quite visceral with my passions. Isometric Electric Church Future Bass n Urban Tech Blues

http://ghttoblastr.tumblr.com/

http://www.facebook.com/ghttoblastr

GoodLife Bar
28 Kingston Street
Boston, MA
21+
$5 B4 11 $10 after for flights & fees
More TBA…

www.bassicboston.com

http://twitter.com/BASSIC_BOSTON

www.facebook.com/bassicboston

Together Festival is an annual celebration of music, art and technology, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The festival was first held in February, 2010, with a primary focus on electronic dance music. As the festival has evolved however, its laser focus has shifted to encompass a broader scope of musical genres as well as a thorough exploration of the art and technology sectors.
www.togetherboston.com