Dub Police taking over

This Friday sees the biggest stars in Dubstep once again taking over the main room of Fabric for what looks to be a sold out event! Skream, Benga and Caspa who have become almost popstar’s in their own right will be gracing the decks of the London’s biggest and best club. Alongside the Croydon based globe trotters is none other than Reggae legend Mr David Rodigan! King of the soundclash and Kiss radio presenter, this guy has more dubplates than you can shake a stick at, any of his sets are guaranteed to deliver so this one is not to be missed! Over in Room 3 Hessle Audio return with their residency, this time bringing Ikonika, Ramadanman, Ben UFO and Bruk- biiig tings! Without doubt one of the biggest line ups around at the moment, with the addition of the drum n bass big boys in Room 2, Farringdon is certain to be roadblock tomorrow night get down early to avoid disappointment! Bruk has also put together a mix to get y’all in the mood!

Fabric 19th March

Room One: DUB POLICE
Caspa, Skream, Benga, David Rodigan, Emalkay, D1, MCs Rod Azlan, Crazy D & Dread MC
Room Two: Andy C, Fabio, Storm, Nymfo, June Miller, Macpherson, MCs GQ, 2Shy & IC3
Room Three: HESSLE AUDIO
Ikonika, Ramadanman, Pangaea, Ben UFO, Bruk

Bruk – Hessle Audio / FABRICLIVE Promo Mix by fabric

Tracklisting:

The West District Allstars feat. Natasha Watts – Reach Up (Enzyme Black Stripped Dub)
Kid Majesty – Desfile De Los Santos
Tadow Productions – Rising Sun
Stephanie Mills – Free (Domu Stripped Down Remix)
Sony – Sugar Rush
DVA – Nasty Nasty Nasty (Roska Remix)
Xara – You Got Me
Crazy Cousinz – Sonar
Tonya Renee – About You (Karizma Boucha Remix)
DJ 2face – I Love You
Plastic Cash – Store Card
Ultramarine – Hooter (Carl Craig / Ver. 1.1)
Karizma – Necessary Madness
Argy – The Storm
Thommy Davis – Mars Needs Women

This entry was written by sophie, posted on March 18, 2010 at 8:51 pm, filed under News. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Bar9 mix of Sidney Samson ‘Shutup & let it go’

Wanted to give a heads up to an awesome track which is gonna drop soon, only got the video at the moment but it’s the Bar9 mix of Sidney Samson feat. Lady Bee ‘Shutup & let it go’ coming out on Cr2 Records on he 25th of April. This release is the follow up to ‘Riverside’ which was undeniably massive whether you loved it or hated it. The Bar9 mix is big bass heavy dubstep at its best and follows suit from their recent remix of ‘I want you’, which has been getting big respect from Mary Anne Hobbs on her thursday night show for Radio 1!

This entry was written by sophie, posted on March 5, 2010 at 9:06 pm, filed under News. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

You can call me Pelski

Quick heads up about a wicked party tomorrow night at The Big Chill House in London called ‘You can call me Pelski’. It comes alongside the Pelski blog, which has been posting upfront music for 3 years now. They haven’t fallen short for their first line up either including headliners Rustie and Roska who have been hugely influential in pushing the UK bass scene forward and shaping the urban dubstep-dominated sound of 2009 and 2010.

Rustie is the critically acclaimed producer and DJ who, alongside Hudson Mohwake, Joker and Zomby, is at the forefront of a mutated hybrid of wonky hip-hop and dubstep. Kode 9’s Hyperdub snapped him up for his now famous remix of Zomby’s ‘Spliff Dub’, and, in no time at all, Rustie was remixing the likes of Modeselektor and Various Production, before going on to smash everyone’s impossibly high expectations with a string of highly praised original productions for the Warp and Wireblock. Rustie’ll be setting the crowd alight with a DJ set filled with shuffling dubstep beats, his trademark layering of arpeggios, skittering percussion, jagged bass and no doubt his taste for sophisticated US hip hop. Bound to be electrifying.

Roska is often attributed with pioneering the UK Funky scene (emerging out of a culminating collision of future garage, grime and dubstep). As the genre picked up pace in 2009, so too did Roska’s production output – he produced some of the dancefloor tracks of the year and lent his remix skills to Zed Bias, Untold and Four Tet. Roska’ll be bringing his penchant for energetic garage-influenced house music to the ones and twos. Expect tough beats and funky kicks merged with the skippy, crashing percussion of garage, but with the soul and tempo of house. Support comes from none other than London’s up-and-comers The Boog-A-Loo Crew.

Friday 19^th February 2010 20:00–03.00

Tickets: FREE before 12, £5 after

Rustie

Roska

The Boog-A-Loo Crew

Charles Darkly

This entry was written by sophie, posted on February 19, 2010 at 12:06 am, filed under News. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Justin Robertson

Ahead of Justin Robertson’s gig at the second installment of Musiq Concrete this Saturday at the Lightbox, I caught up with him to talk about how his career has managed to last so long!

You’ve been in the dance industry for a while now how have you managed to stand the test of time?

Well as long as the music continues to excite me, then its easy! its such a great position to be in, to earn a living out of something you love. I can’t imagine doing anything else.

What has been the biggest change from when you first started DJing to today?

Well just the massive explosion in electronic music and the proliferation of sub genres, when i first started everyone pretty much played the same records! Because there just weren’t that many producers out there. This was a time before drum n bass , electro, breaks, or anything like that had been formulated! electronic music and music technology really opened up music for all, it was a proper revolution, more so than punk ever was. So now i am gald to say the scene stays fresh as people see new ways to use the technology to create their own sound.

You seem to carry different DJ styles and persona’s varying on where you’re playing is this challenging to keep up with or a welcome outlet?

I am a music sponge, i love to soak! I think its hard to hear everything thats coming out, but I love to dig about for bits, so its a pleasure really, a great way to pass the day!

Are there any current producers who you think could be massive?

A young techno producer called Colin John, leftside wobble on the disco re-edit tip, zombie disco squad and hannah holland will go big time, hot city and l-vis 1990 continue to float my barge

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What do you see as the next steps for yourself as a producer/DJ?

My new deadstock 33’s album is nearly done, new single out on paper recordings and is it balearic -balearic psych folk house! so up for that, working on some raucous dancefloor stuff, and I am involved in a lot of  song writing these days, as well as a busy remix schedule, so happily busy.

As you’re such a world renowned DJ and have played at vast range of clubs, can you name a favourite? Or a favourite country to play in, is your home town of London still up there?

you can’t beat a london rave up. Bugged out is still my fave crowd love it!
I adore Argentina, I’ve had some amazing times there, especially playing with the chemical brothers in a mad rain storm!

This entry was written by sophie, posted on February 8, 2010 at 9:29 pm, filed under News. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Deadly Rhythm

South London night Deadly Rhythm returns to Plan B this Friday with an even bigger line up than before- if that was possible. Dutch dub phenomenon Martyn is top of the bill, fresh from mixing the latest in the Fabriclive series followed very closely by New York hot property Falty DL, 2562 and Jackmaster. Redbull music academy will also be streaming a live radio show from the event ahead of their arrival to London in Feb. One not to miss if you’re around Brixton tomorrow night!

Deadly Rhythm @ Plan B, London- 29th Jan 2010
Line Up:

Martyn
2562
Jackmaster
Falty DL
Moxie
Lego
Deadly Rhythm Soundsystem

This entry was written by sophie, posted on January 29, 2010 at 2:29 am, filed under News. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Audiofun

Electro. drum loving producer Audiofun who is signed to SouthernFried has put together a mix to go alongside the release of his new ep which is available to buy from Beatport now; we also caught up with him to see what’s going on in 2010.

How did you first get into DJing?

I’ve been big into electronic music since I was around 16. When I was 18 I started going to a club in Ireland called Lush! The atmosphere is always superb there and I just knew I wanted to be part of it.

What would you say defines your sound in comparison to other djs at the moment?

I’m still having trouble defining my sound actually! I like all types of music and so I try and incorporate the styles I like into the music I make and play. My sets at the minute revolve around a mixture of the dutch type sound, big bass and big drums. Drums are definitely my favourite element of a track.

Is it hard to remain individual when there are so many budding ‘electro’ producers trying to make it these days?

Definitely. It’s hard to remain individual but it’s even harder to get noticed. There are so many talented young guys out there. There’s a list as long as my arm of other young producers/DJs that I like that haven’t broken through fully yet but definitely deserve too. Everyone and their mum DJs now so it takes something extra to get through now than it did 5/6 years ago. It’s good for music though, pushing boundaries and making people work outside of their comfort sounds and develop themselves.

You’re signed to Southern Fried, which are undeniably making waves at the moment how did this connection come about?

Yea Southern Fried is awesome; it’s been my favourite label out there since I started getting into EDM. It all came about through another DJ – Tonka. He had an EP signed to Southern Fried and asked me to remix his “Jack Track” song. I did and the label liked it, which led to another remix for Last Japan. Same scenario as before – label liked it, which led to a remix for Malente and they asked for 4 originals too. Happy marriage ever since!

Any talks of collaborations with your SouthernFried family? Or indeed any other artists?

My new EP will be out in May/June – it’s going to be 2 originals and 2 great remixes! I’m just putting the finishing touches on it now. There was supposed to be a collabo on it with an electro duo who I’m really feeling at the minute but it fell through because they have an original EP out at the same time and their label wouldn’t allow it. I’m talking with a few people about collaborations now but nothing set in stone. I’m more focussed on the remixes I have to finish up first but definitely when I get everything I have now finished, I’ll look into some collabos.

What’s the biggest track you’re playing out at the moment?

LA Riots are killing it now. My 2 biggest tracks at the minute are “LA Riots – The Drop” and “Sound Of Stereo – Zipper (LA Riots Remix)” alongside a few of my own ofcourse haha!

Plans for 2010?

Get out and gig a lot more outside of the UK! Hit a few of the festivals in the summer. My second EP on Southern Fried. I’ve just finalized another residency with the guys behind the legendary Hacienda in Manchester. Work on a live show for the end of year. Its looking pretty busy!!!

AudioFun Jan mix

1. NT89 - Pumpin' (Beataucue Remix)
2. Jakinori - Ba Bada (Mightyfools Remix)
3. Will Bailey - Hit The Club (Sidney Samson Remix)
4. Moby - One Time We Lived (HiJack Remix)
5. AudioFun - Dirty Gold (Dirty Freek Remix)
6. Mumdance & Brodinski - Eurostarr (Nic Sarno Remix)
7. Malente & Jay Robinson - Drop Dead
8. Last Japan - Jungle Warrior (AudioFun Remix)
9. Drop The Lime - Devil's Eyes (Foamo Remix
10. Laidback Luke & Diplo - Hey! (Skitzofrenix Remix)
11. N.A.S.A - Whachadoin (Alvaro Remix)
12. Afrojack - Moombah!
13. Crookers - Put Your Hands Up (Black Noise Remix)
14. Lee Mortimer & Laidback Luke - Blau! (Noob Remix)
15. Major Lazer - Pon Di Floor (French Fries Remix)

This entry was written by sophie, posted on January 27, 2010 at 1:37 am, filed under News. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Ctrl.Alt.Shift charity event

Ctrl.Alt.Shift have teamed up with weekly Wednesday night SOME night at The Den to put together a charity event in order to raise money for those who have been hit by the earthquake in Haiti. Everyone involved has pulled out all the stops to get this together in 3 days with all major Urban and dance music contributors waivering their fee in order to raise further efforts. Acts confirmed to appear include:

Wiley (Island Records)
Tinie Tempah (Parlaphone Records)
MistaJam (Radio1/ 1Xtra)
Sway
JME (Boy Better Know)
Heartless Crew
Nihal (Radio1)
Hatcha b2b N Type with Crazy D (Kiss100)
The Freestylers
Ruff Sqwad
Marvell
Doorly
Riz Ahmed aka Riz MC
Mz Bratt
Loose Cannons (Kiss100)
MJ Cole
DJ Cameo (1Xtra)
Logan Sama (Kiss)
DJ Target (1Xtra) b2b Maximum (Boy Better Know)
B Live
P Money
Twin B (1Xtra) b2b Twin B (Island Records)
Sukh Knight b2b Scandalous Unltd. (True Tiger)
DJ Chef (Rinse.FM) & Rod Azlan (Dub Police)
Anti-Social (Quest, Razor Rector & Gangsta Boogie’s Heny G)
Reso
The Others (Dub Police)
Trolley Snatcha (Dub Police)
Tomb Crew
Terror Danjah b2b Elijah b2b Skilliam
Tayo
Seb Chew (YoYo’s)
DJ Chuckie
George Lenton
Rico Tubbs
Gentlemans Dub Club – LIVE
The Thirst – LIVE
Debruit – LIVE
Blue Bear (True Tiger)
Chantelle Fiddy & Hattie Collins (Ctrl.Alt.Shift/RWD/I.D Mag)
Klose One & Rattus Rattus (Urban Nerds)
Nasha Experience
Drums Of Death (DJ Set)
Rootikal selectors: David Hill, Stuart Patterson & Ashley Beedle
Zero T (Drum & Bass Arena)
K (Sly Fly Records)
Slugz b2b Boyson

If you want to help the cause the night is on at The Den (formerly The End) in London on Wednesday 20th Jan.

Date: Wednesday, 20th January
Price: Minimum donation on the door £5
Time: 10pm-5am
Location: The Den & Centro, 18 West Central St, London WC1A 1JJ

This entry was written by sophie, posted on January 18, 2010 at 11:23 pm, filed under News. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Elevator music vol 1

First friday of the new year in London and no surprises Fabric has got a ridiculous line up that just cannot be resisted. Room 3 in particular this week  is showcasing their new release ‘Elevator Music Vol I’, the first of many more to come. The series comes as a response to the soar in popularity of electronic music over the past 12 months and documents some of the staffs favourite producers and their previously unreleased records. Here’s a preview video put together to give you an idea of what the CD has to offer:

fabric presents Elevator Music: Vol. 1 from Fabric London on Vimeo.

Room 1 similarly doesn’t fall short with garage legend Todd Edwards heading up the bill, and Glaswegian rising stars Hudson Mohawke (who recently graced the essential mix list) and Rustie. With Joy Orbison, dBridge and Instra:mental also present who said January was for detoxing?! Certainly not Fabric!

This entry was written by sophie, posted on January 6, 2010 at 5:44 pm, filed under News. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.