Expansion Broadcast: Drum & Bass and Dubstep Podcast

So after one helluva craptastic week, I’m certainly glad its Friday as I’m sure you are as well. Sure, you probably don’t have work tomorrow, but that’s not why you’re excited. Oh no. That’s just ridiculous.

Tonight = EXBC funness. First up, we of course have our usually scheduled broadcast. I’m gonna drop some MAD BEATS (and by “mad” I mean smooth and sexy) for the first hour. After me, your favorite roommate-fill-in and mine, Mr. Beasley. Then from 9-11, I reckon Ricky Ricardo will take over from there and close out nicely with some dubstep that’ll surely put you right to sleep give you a boner?.

BUT THE FUN DOESN’T STOP THERE! After we close up shop, we’ll be heading over to Rock n Roll Hotel out on H St NE for some more drum and bass funness (I used it twice in this post, I believe that makes it an official word). Our very own Handsome Harry Ransom and (Mildly Attractive?) Mike Darkenetiks will be doing their thing from 12:30 to 1 12:30 - 1:30 (oops, I’m a moron) along with Altered Encryption, Headhunterz, Telemetrik, Lycan, Kaotix, Inflictz, and MC Concept. Fun fun funness (that’s three times!). Its free so shut your face and come on out.

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.

Strangeland Record, the only record store worth a damn in this area (and also owned and operated by some very cool strapping chaps), are hosting a dubstep night tomorrow (Saturday) featuring our very own Ricky Ricardo and Whighzeguy (and some douche bagger named Alter-Ego). Details below, make it happen:

This week at Strictly Locals: October 13th 2007

• Alter-Ego - Under the Influence // DC Dubstep // Strangeland
• Ricky Ricardo - DC Dubstep // Syndrome // Dirtbox Radio
• Whighzeguy - DC Dubstep // Kind Bass Inc.

ALL AGES… NO COVER CHARGE… STARTS AT 6PM…

BYOB if 21+ Remember, drink responsibly… and don’t be a jackass.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL DJ SCENE!!!

Strangeland Records is conveniently located at:
7203 Columbia Pike
Second floor (unit 201)
Annandale, VA 22003
703.750.1571
www.strangelandrecords.com

As Harry pointed out in the post below, I’m playing at Sonar tomorrow night alongside The Jungle Drummer with DJ FU. I’ll be the first to admit I had no idea who the fuck DJ FU was either but I was rather delighted when I saw this video clip:

Pretty sweet huh? Well I thought so anyway.

Anyway, I’m pretty sure I can get pretty much anyone on the guest list or at the very least, the reduced list. If you want in, just post a comment on this post with your full name and anyone else’s name you’d like comped as well. If you don’t feel comfortable doing that, you can drop me a line directly via our contact form with the same info.

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.

So my good pal Matt Nordstrom a.k.a. Matty a.k.a. MRN a.k.a. MR. N, he hit me up last week about playing the BUZZLIFE x SLEAZE monthly event Save The Bees, which has been taking place the final Friday of each month, all summer long. Originally I was going to play drum’n'bass, and maybe bring a couple breakbeat tunes with me.

Then Buzzlife announced Buzz is coming back (September 21st is the start, weekly Fridays at Fur, check their site for more).

And then this Save The Bees night was announced as the final Save The Bees night.

Anden I get notified that the venue has decided “NO DRUM’N'BASS!” Probably because club owners and managers do not know the difference from a deep D-Bridge tune from a technological meltdown Limewax tune… and the last time they had some drum’n'bass, they probably fixated on the burning depths of hell opening up from the speakers when some hard tune got played. So I am told “need you to play a breaks set, they’re saying no dnb.” Fine, I’m game, but I am going to play some other stuff too I think. Anyways, enough bitching from me, I actually really want to play some more drum’n'bass sets (and not hour long or tag team sets, unless they are 3+ hour tag teams).

So here it is, the final Save The Bees event at RnR Lounge:

SAVE THE BEES - Friday August 31st, 2007
SLEAZE ROOM
SIMON (xjR EU / Sleaze / Redux-XM / djsimon.us)
SPIGGY (Sleaze / spiggy.us)
MATT NORDSTROM (Sleaze / xjR EU)

BUZZLIFE ROOM
DANIELLE DOWNS (Sinister Recordings / Essential Breaks / Techfunk Alliance)
RANSOM (DCDNB.org / EXBC / FBC / Essential Breaks)

IMPORTANT DETAILS
FREE BEFORE 11 WITH A $1 DONATION AND EMAIL TO guestlist@buzzlife.com (look out for a spam-arrest verification).
$10 all night otherwise.

18+ for the ladies, 21+ for the guys
9PM-3AM

RNR Bar and Lounge
717 6th Street NW
Washington DC 20001

For more information visit:
www.buzzlife.com
www.sleazedc.com

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Oh yeah, guess I should mention that for breakbeat bookings, I’m repping the Essential Breaks crew. Word ‘em up, son.

“Wait what?”

Yup, I am Djing at a club for the third time this month, and I am playing breakbeats. August 2007 seems to be “theme” month for me as far as bookings go, and the guys at Essential Breaks asked if I’d like to play a set for them. I figured why not, I like breaks, and I need an excuse to play out all the 30 Hz & Baobinga tunes I have.

Here are the details:

IGNITE
Wednesday - August 15, 2007

:::: MAIN ROOM ::::
– Featuring the District Ignition DJ’s –
RAMZ vs 2RIP
CHRISTAUFF vs CICONTE
DAINBRAMAGE vs PIMPZTRESS RAH
THE PSEUDO SOCIETY

:::: On The ROOFTOP :::::::
RANSOM ( Breaks Set ) [ DCDNB.org | EXBC | FBC ]
PROXXY - A - LANTERN ( JUMP UP set ) [ Essential Breaks | Midnight Sons | Instinctive Grooves ]
BUCK NASTY [ Bowie Audio Mafia | Do It Till Your Dad Sees ]

—–
FREE ENTRY ALL Night!
NO DRESS CODE!
All Drinks = $5
9PM-2AM

::: CLUB FIVE :::
1214 B 18th Street NW
Washington DC, 20036

For More Info Visit:
www.fivedc.com/wed.html
www.essentialbreaks.com
www.analbassline.com

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So there you have it, the details. I think I am playing from 11:30PM to 12:45AM and could use some support. It is free, and the rooftop is super nice. Come on out.

And here’s Harry’s set from the night. Gooooood times.

 

 Expansion Podcast 43 Part 2: Ransom live from Modern: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

So Harry and I had a little gig over the weekend at Modern. We were asked to keep it light and sexy. Harry did just that. I sorta did just that.

 

 Expansion Podcast 43 Part 1: IllEffect live from Modern [55:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download