Expansion Broadcast: Drum & Bass and Dubstep Podcast

I have some gigs coming up, and I do not like playing to empty floors or people just standing around:

02/10/2008 at Sin @ Modern _DC - big event this night with Black Sun Empire (NL) headlining, and I am playing drum’n'bass alongside Hyx & Houston.
03/08/2008 at Meditations @ Rock & Roll Hotel _DC - drum’n'bass set, think I am opening up for two hours, with Telemetrik and Mayhem both headlining.
03/22/2008 at Expansion Broadcast Allstars @ Shorty’s _Baltimore - you see that? ALLSTARS: IllEffect, Ransom, Ricky Ricardo and Whighzeguy plus guests Eternal and Blanco. We’re starting at 130-ish BPM and ramping it up to 175+ by the end of the night.
04/03/2008 at RADAR @ Shorty’s _Baltimore - breakbeat set at Wickity and Stryder’s new breakbeat-oriented weekly.

That covers all of my upcoming bookings, at least that I know of. I will be down in Miami during the WMC, but doubt I am playing any events and probably only going to make it to one or two anyways. And this may leave some listeners wondering about the other EXBC members… where are they playing in the next month or two? Well:

02/15/2008 at Wickity! Wickity! @ Shorty’s _Baltimore - Hitoi is playing a rare Baltimore appearance.
02/20/2008 at DnB Sessions @ Five _DC - Darkenetiks & Hitoi a.k.a. Dark & Lovely will be opening up for Fabio (Creative Source / Radio One _UK). And it’s 18+ to get in now!

We will update as we get word of more bookings for the crew. Keep checking out the podcasts and coming out to the events we are playing at.

I recorded a dubstep mix on Saturday night (02/03/2008). Have a listen:

01. DJG - “Hymn”
02. Martyn - “Twenty Four” (3024)
03. Benga - “Emotions” (Tempa)
04. Horsepower - “Vigilante” (Tempa)
05. Dj Abstract - “Identity Crisis” (Vehicle)
06. D1 - “I’m Loving” (Tempa)
07. Conquest - “Forever” (Dub Police)
07. The Black Ghosts - “Some Way Through This (Skream & Plastician remix)” (Southern Fried)
08. Mayhem - “Tristate” (Dubline)
09. Headhunter - “Sushi Brain” (Tempa)
10. Elemental - “Bleep” (Pitch Black)
11. Skream - “Tek-a-Pil” (Tempa)
12. D1 - Speed” (Tempa)
13. Distance - “Battle Sequence” (Chestplate)
14. Robot Death Squad - “Alien Anatomy (Dj Wedge remix)” (Hate)
15. Headhunter - “Drop The Waste” (Tempa)
16. Skream - “Wobble That Gut” (Tempa)
17. DJG - “Joyful Sound” (Narco.Hz)
18. Rusko - “Original Cut” (Dub Police)
19. Caspa & Rusko - “Custard Chucker” (Sub Soldiers)
20. Skream & Cluekid - “Sandsnake” (Disfigured Dubz)
21. Coki - “Spongebob” (DMZ)

 

 Ransom - "es stupido": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Worst post title ever!

Yes, yes. Big lineup friends. Myself and Ransom will be doing a back to back tagathon along with many others including Perpetuum. Check below for the full lineup. Btw, its free!

• Perpetuum
• Ransom b2b IllEffect
• Quannum Logic b2b Alter Ego
• Demetrios b2b Kirkout
• Phaydn
• Hosted by MC Mecha & Concept

Sure, we still have these guys playing Rock & Roll Hotel this Friday night, and then show patriarch IllEffect at Five on Wednesday the 24th, but now we have two more events we think you all should know about:

10/26 - Ransom at Buzz @ Fur: wearing the same suit that I wear to Jungle Jessie & James Jukata’s wedding earlier that night, I will be opening up for Breakage, who will be playing a 3-hour set of whatever he wants. I want to play drum’n'bass, so that’s what is played during my two hour set. Carl Cox is in the main room, and Mike & Ali are wearing costumes.

11/21 - Ransom and Darkenetiks @ Pho-Real Thanksgiving @ Five: Playing separate sets, I know I am playing classic drum’n'bass on the roof, and Mike is going to play vinyl records of some sort. Plus Matt Nordstrom and Dave Nada in the main room, and who knows who else is on this line up. The next day is Thanksgiving, so come out this night!

And in non-club event news, Renaissance Festival this past Saturday was super super fun, and next weekend a bunch of us are hitting the NoVA beer festival, which is going to be tasty.

Due to some traffic, we had to do the ol’ switch-a-roo so Harry started off the show instead of Nick.

 

 EXBC Podcast 52 Part 1: Ransom (drum and bass) [52:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

After a bit of a hiatus on my part, the first half of EXBC will be back in my control. So for the drum and bass side of things, we got Mr. Harry Ransom and what as well be a new EXBC regular, Guile. Ricky Ricardo and Whighzeguy will still be hosting the dubstep end of things for the night.

I just wanted to give a quick mention that we are now simulcasting our show on Essential Tunes FM so in case you don’t wanna listen on our regular Destroyer stream, you can now do so via an equally high quality stream provided by Essential Tunes FM.

EXBC staking its claim on club events. Come out, support, say “hello,” dance a little and check out some music. Here is a list of when and where:

10/07/2007 - Ransom on Dirtbox Radio (www.dirtboxradio.com) from 7PM ET to 8PM ET

10/07/2007 - Hitoi at Sin @ Modern _Georgetown, DC : www.sindc.com for details, plus our friends Houston & Hyx are playing too

10/10/2007 - Ransom at Transit @ Bridges _Fairfax, DC : www.myspace.com/giveproductions for details, all drum’n'bass that night, and Ransom is on from 10PM until about 11:30PM

10/10/2007 - IllEffect at Deuce @ Sonar _Baltimore, MD : www.sonarbaltimore.com for details, and Jungle Drummer & Dj FU headlining the event

10/19/2007 - Darkenetiks & Ransom B2B @ Drum Ritual @ Rock & Roll Hotel _DC : http://www.buzzlife.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97399 for details and forum banter. Going to be a big local dnb line-up, lots of fun for sure. Yarly.

10/24/2007 - IllEffect at 5 DnB Sessions @ Five _DC : www.upfrontdc.com for details, big big BIG night with Chase & Status and Commix headlining

More events TBA, plus you should have caught Deinfamous the other week at Buzz (www.buzzlife.com), which has recently reopened at new venue.

Have to plug some events I am playing in the next few weeks:

09/23/2007 - Sin @ Modern _DC
Eric and I played here last month, really nice space, but they need some bodies in the venue to really get things moving. They recently decided on a name for this new dnb weekly, and it is Sin. The past few weeks have seen J Smooth, Telemetrik and Relapse play, and next week it is myself and Jae Kennedy from Philly, along with Illy MC and residents Jaybird (he’s new to the DC area) and Inflictz.

09/29/2007 - Throttle Like A Rock Star @ Element Lounge _Richmond, VA
So who wants to road trip? Because I am going to be playing down in the RVA for the first time in about three or four years, and it’s a two room event with Dara headlining the dnb room, plus myself and Jungle Jessi coming down from DC, and then some local support (I believe Sabertooth? Cool name, he’s part of the Konkrete Jungle even down there), and the second room has Bassbin Twins headlining. R A V E.

10/19/2007 - Drum Ritual @ Rock & Roll Hotel _DC
Mike and I are playing B2B. That is big time. We’re also sharing a 1.5 hour slot. That’s big too. First ever Darkenetiks & Ransom tag team of greatness. Plus a lot of our local friends are playing this night too. EXBC gettin’ tipsy.

Harry had a pretty fancy lil’ set right here. I’d definitely recommend you download this one.

 

 Podcast #50 Part 2: Ransom [62:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Tonight good ol’ HHR and I will be holding down the show from 7-9 PM. Then, we’re gonna pack up shop and head up to Baltimore for Calyx and Teebee. So with that said, we’ll forgive you if you wanna stop listening at 9. If, however, you’re one of the millions of people who can’t get enough EXBC, you can continue listening to whatever prerecorded mix I throw on.