A jolly good drum & bass/dubstep radio show and podcast! Hurrah!
For those that have been around the Baltimore/DC area for awhile and are familiar with the rave days of yesteryear, Family Productions threw the fuck down! Like most things in Baltimore though, that all slowly came to an end after a number of years. Well, looks like they decided to have it a-go again by throwing a reunion party at Bedrock in Baltimore. Looks pretty big!
Howdy folks. Looks like I’m gonna be playing this Sunday at Modern from 11-12 in the Georgetown area of DC. Its free and I’m playing so you really can’t beat that, can ya?
Modern is located at: 3287 M Street, NW Washington DC, 20007
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I’m gonna be performing at Buzz this Friday. I’m gonna be on from midnight to close in the Mink room. The cover is gonna be $10 before midnight and $20 after. I don’t know if there’s gonna be any reduced list action but in the event that there is, go ahead and leave me your full name as it appears on your license either in the comments to this post or you can send me a message directly. Feel free to include all your buddies names in there as well.
Saturday | May.17.2008
Upfront Industries presents:
Since the birth of their Drum and Bass career in 2004, things have been moving extremely rapidly for this London based duo. From their debut release on Renegade Hardware (a remix of Future Cut’s 20/20), a continuous output of quality music has followed, catapulting Chase and Status into the premiership of Drum and Bass.
Chase and Status continue to work harder than ever and have had a busy start to 2007 with the release of two huge remixes. Firstly there was their take on Brockie & Ed Solo’s classic ‘Represent’ on Undiluted and shortly after saw the acclaimed remix of Plan B’s - ‘No Good’ on 679. The pair recently signed exclusively with Andy C & Red One’s label, Ram Records. April 2007 saw the duo’s debut Ram release with ‘Dumpling Riddim’ B/W ‘Disco’ which went straight in at Number 1 in the 1xtra Drum and Bass charts and Number 2 in the National Dance Charts on BBC Radio 1. Forthcoming, is the Chase and Status remix of, Mercury Music Prize winner, Dizzee Rascal’s ‘Sirens’ on XL Recordings, and an exciting, highly anticipated album set for early next year, which will showcase the incredible versatility of these talented producers.
Quickly getting noticed for their mixing skills as well as their production, Chase and Status have gathered a hectic DJ schedule and can regularly be seen touring the world. Beginning their DJ careers just over 13 years ago, they have witnessed the constant stylistic changes the industry has been through and their sets really reflect this, covering a wide spectrum of Drum and Bass. They still cut dubplates week in week out and are well known for playing exciting sets, often combining different musical genres.
From his early days on Metalheadz, to his collaborations with Digital to his own heavy and challenging label Inneractive, Spirit has been bringing his own sound to the genre and suprising audiences with every other selection out of the bag. Spirit’s solo work continued with further releases for C.I.A, Timeless, Renegade Hardware (including the mammoth ‘Sphinx’) and the mighty ‘Solitaire’ for Metalheadz, culminating in the launch of his own solo imprint, Inneractive Music in the summer of 2002. The last two years have seen Spirit go on to even bigger and better things. With Inneractive Music now firmly in position and into double figures release wise, work for Klute’s Commercial Suicide label, the Solitaire Remix or Metalheadz alongside tracks for their MDZ03 & MDZ04 compilations, Marcus Intalex & St. Files Revolve:r imprint and a host of remixes which included the Goldie classic ‘Sinister’, Spirit is currently hard at work on his debut album for Inneractive Music, while
also allowing the label to showcase newer talent from the likes of Amit, Outrage, Cujo, Tactile & Heist.
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18 & over
9pm - 2:30am
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FIVE
1214 B 18th St NW
Washington DC 20036
202.331.7123
Hi all!
Tonight, our little buddies Mike/Darkenetiks and Ali/Hitoi are gonna be opening up for Fabio. Its 18 and up, free before 10:30 PM, and its gonna be held at Andalu (1214 18th St NW, Washington DC 20036).
You can have the official schpeal after the break…
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.
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, Rogue State was kind enough to have me on his show, “Translation Sounds,” on BassDrive. Welp, in case you missed it, here it is in all its glory.
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!
While I admit that I have absolutely no idea what the hell the “Dubstep Legion of Doom” is, apparently it will feature two of our very own performing this Saturday at the new DC hot spot, Rock and Roll Hotel. Here’s the details:
Me and a whole rack of other local-yokals are playing this Wednesday at Transit in Virginia. For some reason this flier has bats and shit on it. Last I checked Halloween was last week. Ah well…
But anyway, its 21 and up only, free admission, and there’s a whole rack of drink specials. So come out ya jerk.
