Musik og liv med Kenneth Sulu.

Mark Iration @ Stengade 7/11/2010

2010-12-11T06:06:00.000-08:00

A little while back Firehouse held their 5th anniversary at Stengade and invited the mighty Iration Steppers to come and play. Earlier on the same evening, a workshop was organised, where Mark Iration gave a little talk about how he got into the business and his whole musical background. I managed to capture the first half hour on my iPhone and have uploaded it for your viewing pleasure.

Enjoy!

DMZ @ Vega 09/10/2010

2010-10-10T04:29:00.000-07:00

Kl. 18 startede jeg med at sætte gear op sammen med Glenn. Francis kom selvfølgelig for sent med basserne, men det gjorde nu ikke så meget. Jeg var bare glad for at se de kære små igen. Igår var der faktisk så mange af dem at jeg ikke engang gad at tælle hvor meget bas der egentlig var, men det så skidegodt ud med den mur af scoops og kick bins foran scenen. Glenn og Francis' efterhånden småklassiske bitcheri om hinandens baskunnen er også en ekstra hyggefaktor. Har jeg sagt til jer idag at jeg elsker jer?

Jannick/JSL og Stanley Most ankom lidt over syv for at lave lydprøve til hans liveset. Helt klart en af tingene jeg var spændt på at høre den aften, udover kongerne. Samtidig begyndte der at svirre rygter om at Loefah ikke ville dukke op. Noget med et bedre betalt job i L.A. eller noget. Dumt. Der var også noget pre-party/reception, så fra kl. 20:00 var der gratis guldbajere og folk begyndte stille og roligt at dukke op, mens vi rodede videre med mere bas end din mor. Der blev også testet lys, lasere og røgmaskine. Sidstnævnte mest når vi skulle ordne et eller andet lige foran den.

Lidt over 8 ankom DMZ: Mala, Coki, Sgt. Pokes... men ingen Loefah. Oh well. De andre 3 virkede dog i hopla og var ganske fornøjelige. Mala var den rolige, checkede og professionelle som man har set i interviews rundt omkring. Coki er den stille i gruppen og talte stort set kun med sine 2 medsammensvorne, men virkede glad, ydmyg og dansede rundt. Pokes var én lang talestrøm og underholdt alle i nærheden med jokes og imitationer. Loefah hvem?

Vi fik ordnet det sidste af lyden og kl. 22 gik 2000F så på med et UK Funky set. Jeg er stadig ikke solgt på den genre, så jeg smuttede over på Pasha for at få mig en ordentlig omgang mad, så jeg havde en chance for at klare nattens basbombardemant. Da jeg kom tilbage var der så småt begyndt at komme flere folk til, men det var tydeligt at DMZ på ingen måde er lige så hypede som f.eks. Skream & Benga eller Rusko. Aftenens booking var også mere rettet mod musikfanatikere end random hipsters og folk der synes at Borgore's "My Favourite Things" er det vildeste de nogensinde har hørt. Fuck, hvor jeg dog hader det lort.
Helt kødmæt lagde jeg mig om backstage og ventede på at blodomløbet i hjernen kom tilbage.

Tim Driver overtog roret lidt senere, og fulgte op på Frederiks UKF, før han skruede op for den dybe Drum 'n' Bass han er begyndt at spille meget af på det seneste. Helt klart et af de bedre sets jeg har hørt ham spille, og på en måde var det også noget af det mest sammenhængende jeg kom til at høre den aften. Det passede bare perfekt til det tidspunkt på aftenen. Godt gået, dawg! Opvarmningen blev rundet af med Kristobal, der fræsede lidt for meget mellemtone til min smag.

På grund af Loefahs afbud var det hele blevet rykket en time, så JSL gik på kl. 00:30. Har hørt ham som en glimrende DJ i mange år nu, og hans egne produktioner har givet ham en solid fanskare over hele verden, så det ville som sagt blive spændende at høre hvad han kunne byde på live (Ableton på en laptop + 3 controllere). Godt nok havde jeg hørt lidt på sommerens Trans Metro Express, men der gik det hele mere op i: "OMG! Vi fester i metroen!" og et ret random lydbillede. Jeg har også lovet ham at være vildt kritisk i min anmeldelse, så here goes. Numrene i sig selv fejlede ikke noget, og det var rigtig fedt at høre nogle heftigt remixede versioner af hans kendte tracks. De ukendte ting lød også spændende. Til gengæld var den gal med opbygningen af settet. Hver gang jeg var kommet lidt op og køre over noget, kom der et break der liiiige varede lidt for længe eller et loop der fik lov til at køre tomgang. Numrenes rækkefølge virkede også lidt tilfældig. Et prima eksempel er "Morder Dem", som utroligt nok kunne få både mig og resten af Vega helt oppe og ringe stadigvæk. Han spillede faktisk en rigtig, rigtig fed, fuldstændig omarrangeret, version af den, men den kom allerede som andet nummer i settet, så folk hang pludselig helt oppe under loftet, og det næste nummer kunne ikke rigtig holde dem deroppe. Stanley Most kom også lige ind på scenen til de sidste 2-3 sange, mens hans mikrofon var ikke høj nok før halvejs gennem andet nummer... GLENN!!!

Alt i alt var det dog godt at høre, men der skal helt klart arbejdes mere med opbygning af settet. 7 ud af 10 LFO peaks.

Opbygning og rækkefølge bliver generelt et problematisk punkt resten af aftenen.

Nu var klokken så ét, og det var tid til aftenens højdepunkt: DMZ, især Mala, manden der ga' denne verden "Neverland". Han lagde ud med et helt straight reggaenummer, før han gik direkte over i sit phuture-beyond-phuture-shit. Der er bare ingen der lyder som ham og han lyder ikke som andre. Hans produktioner er enestående og på det her enorme anlæg kunne man også virkelig høre hvor meget han går op i sine baslyde, hvilket ellers er et ret svært område at skabe den store variation i. Man kunne måske ikke så meget høre, som mærke de forskellige frekvenser og lydbølgernes udformning. Selv bag lydpulten kunne jeg føle hvordan de forskellige toner fik dele af krop, tøj og alt i området til at vibrere på hver deres måde. Simpelthen awesome. Udover bassen er resten selvfølgelig også perfekt: rytmer som ingen andre har tænkt på endnu og lyde som man ikke ved fungerer før man hører dem i hans regi. Det er seriøst mindblowing stuff uden at blive så nørdet at man holder op med at danse.

Efter at den halvdøve dread havde fået folk med på DMZ-bussen, begyndte han at skiftes ved pulten med Coki. Udover at være den anden halvdel af Digital Mystikz, har han også den efterhånden tvivlsomme ære af at være manden der opfandt wobblebassen, på B-siden af DMZ 007 (Hey LCSS!) med nummeret "Haunted". Cokis produktion er meget splittet. På den ene side er han fortsat ud af wobblestien, som er blevet mere og mere skingrende vanvittig for hans vedkommende. Mange har lavet hårdere numre end ham, til et punkt hvor de fleste nok tror at wobblebas og dubstep er synonymer, men ingen kan nå det fuldstændigt psykotiske sted han er nået til. Når det fungerer og hans tracks rammer det rigtige sted på det rigtige tidspunkt, er det som at få en lungefuld skunk fra den ultramuterede gren i år 2086. Den anden side af hans produktion består mest i at lave refixes af reggae- og dancehall-bangere. Igen er det også en meget ensporet og hit-and-miss-præget affære. Det siger dog en hel del, at når han smider hans 3 år gamle hjernevrider "Spongebob" i Vegas face, så går stedet berserk.

Anyways, de 2 partnere skiftes nu til at spille nogle tracks hver de næste timer. Nogle gange veksler det perfekt mellem Malas Hubble teleskop observationer og Cokis mere jordnære hysterianfald og partyslaskere, andre gange bliver det for abrupt et skift og man mister den røde tråd i festen. Det ene øjeblik er det sublimt og man lovpriser at Gud har givet en dette moment på vor jord, det næste er det hele så'n lidt ligegyldigt. Forstå mig ret. Jeg går fra: "FuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!" til: "hmmmm... bumbumbum... mon jeg snart skulle skride hjem? Jeg er lidt træt.".

Endnu en meget sigende sekvens kommer til sidst i deres set, hvor Mala dræber mig fuldstændigt med det smukkeste, skrøbeligste og samtidigt fyldige remix af hans i forvejen mesterlige "Changes". Jeg har ikke hørt så episk et dubstepnummer siden 2006. Jeg er faktisk tæt på at græde af glæde. Klokken var så godt som 3 og jeg kunne ikke ha' ønsket mig en bedre afslutning, men så kommer Coki på igen og spiller først hans okay refix af Mavado: "Weh Dem A Do" og så et noget rodet refix af Mavado & Busy Signal: "Badman Place", før han lige fyrer mere panikangstswobble af. Til sidst slutter Mala så af med sidste track og titelnummer fra hans Return II Space triple-pack på DMZ. Jeg smutter hjem.

Sgt. Pokes gjorde heller ikke det helt store for mig igår. Han havde helt klart sine øjeblikke og er stadigvæk en af de allerbedste hosts/hypemen, men det må også være svært at piske en stemning op når musikken skifter så meget. Uoplagt var han ihvertfald ikke, og det er stadig imponerende at se og høre det store menneske danse, brøle og fjolle sig gennem lyset og røgen. Et smukt indslag var da han fik lysmanden til at skrue ned for al lys, og det meste af Store vega til at holde lightere og mobiler op. En cliché, men det så flot ud. Jeg bli'r også lige nød til at droppe ordet "predator" i dette referat.

Det er også svært ikke at holde denne fest op mod Benga & Skream festen. Samme promotere, samme sted, samme genre, men 2 helt forskellige oplevelser. Hvor B&S var én stor helstøbt eksplosion, var det her små forskudte festraketter rundt omkring på horisonten, kun bundet sammen af den absolut massive lydvæg Glenn og Francis havde tryllet frem, for den fejlede ABSOLUT INTET, udover Stanleys mikrofon. Lyset var også lidt sløjt. Jeg blev allerede lidt nervøs da jeg i starten af aftenen hørte at de 3 lasere bare ville køre på automatik, med småjusteringer til deres mønsterskifttempo nogle gange i løbet af natten. Når der i forvejen er så lidt lys til en fest, så lægger man lynhurtigt mærke til det der er, og også om det passer til musikken og stemningen. Når noget bare ligger og kører en preprogrammeret sekvens af over nogle timer, så vil det muligvis nogle gange ramme rigtigt, hvilket også skete på smuk vis, men meget ofte virke så tilfældigt som det egentlig er. Ham der styrede lyspulten virkede også ret uengageret det meste af tiden. Publikum var dog et klart lyspunkt igår. Selvom der ikke var fuldstændigt proppet var folk pænt meget oppe og ringe. Crowdsurfing til Malas 3. track er dog måske lige i overkanten og var lidt Pavlovs hund agtigt. Folk var generelt glade og det var klart at de fleste var der for musikkens skyld. Ingen sure miner og ingen brider som til Rusko. Dejligt.

i sidste ende ville jeg ikke havde gået glip af denne aften. Mala langede simpelthen for mange rystende musikalske oplevelser over pulten og Cokis psykoser var glimtvis katarsiske. Årets fest går dog stadig til Skream, Benga og Pokes.

En stor tak til alle involverede og især Geo & Co. for ikke bare at gå efter pengene, men satse stort på musik!

Lidt utydelige billeder her.
Noget bedre billeder og video fra Walker her.

P.S.: Katja og Katrine var forresten heeeeeelt syyyyyygt stive og rowdy, væltede rundt, pissede på alt og alle, brækkede sig konstant, røg LSD og fixede hash på scenen, var oppe og slås med alle dørmændende samtidigt, smadrede Lille Vegas scene, pruttede på en bartender, snavede med en hund ude på gaden, sov på en bænk på Israels Plads og fortjener deres helt egen lille sætning i dette referat. Hejhej!

P.P.S.: Rettelserne vælter ind nu. En lydmand skriver: "det ku være der varen der sku lære at snakke i mikrofonen, ik".

LCSS får lidt oprejsning: Klaus Boss har ikke DMZ 007.

Long lost treasures.

2010-08-04T11:10:00.000-07:00

I recently found 2 tracks on youtube that I have been looking for since the early nineties.

The first one is this little gem from Italian producer/DJ Lory D.

Back in 89-91, when I was discovering House and techno while i was attending the European School in Brussels, my friend Lorenzo was my main source for this kind of music and information about it. This was before the internet was everywhere, so it was pretty hard to get any info on any of this stuff. I would go out to parties and hear tracks, maybe ask the DJ for the title, and hopefully remember it the next day. If I was really lucky I would find the vinyl record or some CD-compilation with the track later on. Back then the whole thing was still really small as well. Tiny recordlabels with limited pressings, artists that constantly changed names, white labels and an insistance on it being all about the music, instead of faces, places and image.
Anyway, this track showed up on one of the mixtapes Lorenzo regularly made for our crew of partymonsters, and that was THE ONLY PLACE I ever heard it. The tape got lost and I haven't heard it since, 'til I found it on youtube last week, despite searching for it for all these years. I never forgot about it, though. Damn, I love that song.

Next track was another mystery to me. Still no idea who Urban Jungle is.

When I moved to London back in '94, I quickly began listening to Jungle on the pirate radio stations over there, and occasionally recording some of the sets on tape. On one of these tapes, this track showed up. The DJ or MC would occasionally announce what songs were being played, but of course that wasn't the case here, so I had absolutely no idea what this was, and I was too shy and lazy to go around record shops and try and sing the vocal hook to shop assistants, in the hope of finding out more about it. For many years all I had was this one tape with the track. This was also the only tape I would still listen to, if I got near a functioning tape deck.
Next thing that happened was me attending some party about 4-5 years ago, where my man 2000F was billed to play an old school Jungle set. To my immense surprise he dropped this in the middle of his set and I actually cried with joy! Afterwards I obviously asked what the hell it was called, but all he could show me was another white label. Argh!
Finally, Kode9 did a mix for FACT magazine and there it was! Artist, track title and everything!

I'm obviously happy that I finally found these two, but at the same time there's a weird sense of loss. For so many years these songs almost only existed in my head, and there was something mystic, almost magical about them. Especially the Lory D track, since I hadn't heard it at all since about '92. Sometimes i wondered if it really existed, or if it was my drug addled brain playing tricks on me: it could have been a mix of 2 or more tracks or just too much LSD warping my hearing.
Now that I can hear those tracks whenever I want, it doesn't make them bad. They're both amazing tunes that have stood the test of time really well, but the mystery has been lost.

Ignorance will always be bliss.

NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM

2010-08-01T04:00:00.000-07:00

As promised, here's a bunch of mixes that have been hyping me up lately.

To set things off with a blast, a bit of Dubstep heavyweight championship bidnizz. Magnetic Man, AKA Benga, Skream & Artwork, on the legendary BBC Essential Mix. 2 hours of proof that these guys are the masters of contemporary raving. Sometimes it sounds like something straight out of 1992, until I listen closer and notice the different rythms, basslines and production values. The overall feeling of full-on euphoria and 'avin' it is the same, though.

Tracklist:

01. Essential Mix – Intro
02. Track ID
03. Track ID
04. Track ID
05. Magnetic Man feat Ms. Dynamite – Fire
06. Benga – 808
07. Redlight – Stupid
08. DJ Zinc – Killa Sound (Skream Remix)
09. Nero – Welcome Reality
10. Track ID
11. Benga – Smack Your Bitch Up
12. Nero – Innocence
13. Drumsound & Bassline Smith – Fu Man Chu (Dubstep Mix)
14. Redlight feat. Ms. Dynamite – What You Talkin’ About
15. Magnetic Man – Track ID
16. Track ID
17. Track ID
18. Joker & TC – It Ain’t Got A Name
19. Magnetic Man – The Bug
20. Track ID
21. Skream – Rollin’ Kicks VIP
22. Magnetic Man feat. Angela Hunte – I Need Air
23. Magnetic Man – MAD
24. Skream – Raw Dogz
25. Skream – Wibbler
26. Crissy Criss – Kick Snare VIP
27. Sub Focus – Last Jungle
28. Skream – Stand Up
29. Mr Bratt – Selecta
30. Heist – I’m A Killer
31. F-Money – Left The Room (Skreamix)
32. James Blake – CMYK
33. Estelle – I Can Be A Freak (ID Bootleg)
34. ID – I Warned Ya
35. Trolley Snatcha – Pass Me By
36. TC & Jakes – Real Talk VIP
37. Track ID
38. Skream – WTF?
39. Benga & Youngman – Ho!
40. Benga – Mini Motor Cross
41. Track ID
42. Track ID
43. Toddla T – Sky Surfing (Benga Remix)
44. Subscape – Just Because
45. Benga – Who Remembers
46. Track ID
47. Skream feat Sam Frank – Where You Should Be
48. Track ID
49. Magnetic Man feat. Katy B – Perfect Stranger

Download the whole mix here. Thanks to Tim Driver for alerting me to this one.

Also includes their brand new single: "I Need Air"

Second course is a bit of Grime, which has been seriously left in the dust by it's once shy cousin Dubstep. For years grime has tried to get out of the underground, but the only people who have crossed overr, like Dizzee rascal and Lady S.O.V., have basically stopped making Grime and done more of a Hip Hop/Pop thing. Not that there's anything wrong with them doing that, but it's very rare to hear them doing any Grime tracks. People like Wiley, who are apparently impossible to work with, aren't really doing the genre any favours either. Wiley also flooded the internet recently by uploading more than 200(!) of his own unreleased tracks, which can be downloaded here.
Anyway, back to the mixes. DTALDN is a nice Grime blog, and DJ Magic has put together an extremely nice mix for them, which you can grab here. Tempa T, Ghetto, Killa P, Badness, Faction G and a whole gang of top notch MCs are on this, spitting over mad beats. I'm amazed that this thing is free, it's THAT good. Thanks to AJ for the tip!

If you feel like chilling out a little tiny bit after that, I don't blame you, so here's some softer, R'n'B flavoured grime from top producer Terror Danjah. He just decided to put his 2007 album/compilation "Shock to the System" up for free download. Get it here. Lots of good stuff on there. Thanks to AJ again!

This last thing I'm having a bit of trouble with. It's by 2000F & JKAMATA, who have been on fire for quite some time now. Together they've been producing and remixing up a storm with their unique blend of sleazy 80's Funk/Soul and dubstep. Their latest remix of Low Pressure: "Babylon Big Time" is a monster. 2000F is also a part of the invincible OHOI!, who together with some others put on the yearly RAW event here in Copenhagen. This year, the people behind Raw have decided to promote the event with a series of mixes put together by some of the DJs playing on the night, called The RAW Tapes. 2KF and Kamata somehow decided that they had to contribute a NINE HOUR LONG MIX, taking in most of their influences, favourite tunes and some of their own tracks along the way. Nine. Fucking. Hours. The tracklist for this musical Leviathan is just stupidly long, but contains nothing but straight up goodness. Soul, Funk, Jazz, Electro, Hip Hop, Techno, Ghetto Bass, Jungle, House, Dubstep, R'n'B, etc.... It's all right here.
I repeat: nine hours. What's wrong with these people? Make sure you free up about 800MB on your iPod.
If you're wondering how they did it, they first recorded tunes from vinyl into Ableton Live for 4 days. After that they spent another week piecing it all together: freezing it down from 173(!) tracks, rendering for 2 nights into 4 different .wav files, since they can max. be 2GB each, then splicing those together, converting to mp3, and finally lots of trial and error trying to find a place to upload and host it all. Labour of love!

Happy listening!

Guts for garters.

2010-07-30T15:24:00.000-07:00

I've been wanting to do a post about some of the female MCs in Grime for a long time. For a while, back in the beginning of this millenium, it almost seemed like Grime was going to be the first genre with a 1:1 ratio of the sexes. Not that I really care what sex the person I'm listening to is, but it was a bit interesting back then, that there were so many women all of a sudden, that were actually really good!

Anyway, there was a whole bunch of women popping up back then and coming real hard on the lyrical front. I've picked out a few of the more interesting ones.

First of all there was Ms. Dynamite. I've mentioned her in a post before, but she deserves another mention. She's still one of my favourites and has made a bit of a comeback recently on the UK Funky scene. Haven't heard anything yet that equals her old stuff, though. Here's one of her slightly harder old tracks.

Ms. Dynamite: Ramp

Next up is the other one that crossed over to the mainstream: Lady Sovereign.
Before she got wrung through Jay-Zs Roc-A-Fella media hype machine and we all constantly got reminded about her age and sex, she was just a really dope MC who could easily compete with the best. A prime example is this track here, which I found on the first Channel U compilation. She merks man dem.

Madasyn f/t Frost P & Zoz Rock, MC Shystie and Lady Sovereign: The Battle

...which rather conveniently brings us to Shystie. Don't really know too much about her, apart from the fact that she was another young female who just ripped things. Here's a little freestyle from Tim Westwoods show:

I always used to confuse Shystie with Lady Stush, but I promise I won't ever do that again. "Dollar Sign" was BIG, yo!

Lady Stush: Dollar Sign

Here's a newer freestyle from Logan Samas show on BBC Radio:

I obviously saved the best for last: No Lay. She's also the main reason I wanted to do this post in the first place. The amount of energy, emotion and aggression she puts in some of her tracks is just off the charts. One of the few MCs that can give me goosebumps. It's a real shame she didn't do more tracks back then, but i found some newer mixtapes by her here. I also found som choice clips of her on youtube, starting of with a more hiphop track where she just never stops.

No Lay: Bars of Truth

Some thing she did for the BBC. Straight shivers.

And finally the track that introduced me to her. This is just all-out war. Right from the first line: "How these boys gonna chat 'bout Berettas, when you neva had a metal tucked unda your sweata?", she never let's up on her no-holds-barred assault on every other MC out there, and walks away victorious. Every bar is quote worthy, her pronunciation is crystal clear despite the tempo and heavy accent, and the aggression just cannot be stopped. For years I only had the 12", but the video actually makes the whole thing even better.

No Lay: Unorthodox Daughter

That's it for now. Hope you enjoyed this as much as I did.

Next up: a whole bunch of mixes. Yay!

New and Improved!

2010-07-30T13:27:00.000-07:00

As most of you know, there's been some changes in my life the last year. No more drugs, including alcohol, and instead a whole bunch of healthy stuff like.... well basically all the stuff I did before, just without the drugs.

This is, of course, the main reason why my blog has been dead: lots of therapy and brain readjustment. The other reason is pure lazyness. Fo a while I thought people could just follow me on facebook, but I've realised that stuff just drowns in peoples newsfeed, and not everyone reads EVERYTHING on the internet every day like I do. So now I've started to feel the need to preserve stuff for coming generations here on trusty old blogger.com again.

Enjoy!

He Writeth The Truth!

2009-08-02T13:43:00.000-07:00

Der bli'r droppet seriøse knowledgebomber herovre.

Everything was better in the old days.

2009-07-28T09:04:00.000-07:00

My man Klaus B has dished out a 2 hour mix of : "old skool Chicago/Detroit/Belgisk støvsuger/Acid/Bleep/UK Breakbeat/Rave/Techno osv. "

It's stuffed with bangers you'd almost forgotten, instead of the usual Now That's What I Call Rave! fodder.

Tracklist:

Dilemma - Hexadron
Liza'n'Eliaz - Space Split
Plexus - Auto Shutter
Synergy - Magic Control
Turntable Terror Trax - Turntable Tribal
The Unknown - Dreams Of Santa Anna
Exposure - Party Claps
Formicula 4 - Formic Acid
World Dominance - Compression
Brain-E - Madness Overflow
Cosmic Baby - Cosmic Babies
Sequential - Psychotronic
Aphrohead - Thee Lite
Mike Dunn - Dance U Mutha
Risque III - Tropic Zone
2000 & One - Line Dimension
Brother From Another Planet - Planet Earth
SUAD - Cape Fear
Hypersonic - Dance Tones
Trak One - Motion
Armando - Downfall
Ricky Smith - Working Without
Kevin "Krazy K" Dobbins - I'm House
Kc Flightt - Jump For Joy
Mission Control - Outta Limits
49'th Floor - Night Passage
Pizarro - Perdona Me
Kamasutra - Night Walk
Tanzmuzik - Pique-e
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Drama
Pierre's Pfantasy Club - Got The Bug
Housegang - Work My Body
Jody "Fingers" Finch - Jack Your Big Booty
Bad Boy Bill - Jack It All Night Long
Gallifré - 117 House Beats
Obscure FM - Michael Jackson Is In Heaven Now
Acid Masters - Deterioration
Final Cut - I Told You Not To Stop
Underground Resistance - Sonic Destroyer
Fast Eddie - Yo YO Get Funky
Razor Boy & Mirror Man - Beyond Control
The Sound Vandals - Extasy
World - All B&M
Blasphemy - Flirtation In Paradise
Frankie Bones - Janet's Revenge
Deck 8-9 - Vector
Eon - A Kind Of Living

Download here.

The Freshest Kidz

2009-07-20T18:24:00.000-07:00

Great documentary about the evolution of B-Boying, Breakdancing, Electric Boogie, Popping, Locking, etc. Essential viewing for anyone with a vague interest in modern urban dance styles or hiphop. I love the internet.

More old UKG/Grime.

2009-07-20T16:10:00.000-07:00

Just felt like watching some of these classics. Most of it still sounds fresh today!

Platinum 45 feat. More Fire Crew.: OI! Is this the song that gave us OHOI!? According to a recent interview, it just might be. This is one of the first songs where it becomes very clear that something is happening with UKG. This is way more aggressive than your usual MJ Cole/Artful Dodger fare, the 2-step rythms have been thoroughly mangled and the bassline cuts through everything. Notice Lethal B, who would later go solo...

...with the even more aggressive POW! (Forward Riddim). This is of course the song that allegedly was banned from a large number of venues across the UK for causing fights wherever it was played. Still a good tune though.

Pay As U Go Cartel: Champagne Dance. A rare chance to see Wiley before he splintered off from the UKG scene, started Roll Deep and his solo career. He was on point back then already.

Wiley: Wot U Call It? asked the question on everybody's lips back then. Rephlex Records brought out the 2 Grime compilations, which were basically mostly dubstep, Wiley was trying to convince people it was called eski beat, and other people were talking about dark garage, breakstep, UKG, etc. Eventually grime stuck.

Sticky ft. Ms. Dynamite: Booo! This was just a massive anthem. Shame that Dynamite rarely flexes her toasting skills. Paved the way for Lady Sov, Shystie, No Lay, M.I.A. and a bunch of others.

So Solid Crew: 21 Seconds. Arguably the track that started it all by decidedly shifting the focus from the DJ/producer to the MC's. The Wu-tang of UKG that imploded in a flurry of violence allegations, halfbaked solo albums and the slow rise of dubstep and grime.

Jeg fucking hader æg.

2009-07-20T12:53:00.000-07:00

Så igår aften ta'r jeg på Safari med Dollars. Vækker ham ved 18 tiden og vi bli'r hurtigt enige om at det er bedst hvis jeg kører. Ude i bilen går det straks løs med Tempz og andet hypeup for fuld volumen, så man hverken kan høre motor, sine egne tanker eller noget som helst andet. "Skunk!" bli'r der sagt, og ikke så længe efter har vi fået røget den første joint. Ras hygger sig også med at tysse på alle undervejs, især turister: "SSSSSSHHHHH!!! The police is just up there!". Vi får den geniale idé at spise på Loppen, og efter en joint mere finder vi så ud af at der er bryllup på Loppen, alle klapper ihvertfald da vi kommer ind sammen med en flok spaniere. Døllis prøver at hustle kødsnacks fra køkkenet på vejen ud, men ak. Ude i bilen igen og nu begynder kombinationen af hashskunk, ingen servostyring, ingen mad og en mere og mere rastløs Dollars at gå ud over mine køreevner. Vi kommer hen til Café Wilders(?), hvor Dollars liiiiiige skal spille noget meget høj grime for mig. 30 sekunder efter rammer et æg forruden. Dollars ryger ud af bilen, smækker døren i og jeg tænker: "Uhoh, her går vi igen.". Jeg ser kun Dollars arme bevæge sig op og ned og gætter mig til at der bliver råbt en del derude, men kan ikke høre noget udover den føromtalte grime. Man dem får råbt færdig og efter at ha' skyllet forruden af med noget vand kører vi tilbage mod V i håb om at Dyrehaven har åbent. Ægget er så nu løbet ned i ventialtionen og hele bilen lugter af æg. Jeg fucking hader æg. Dyrehaven har selvfølgelig også lukket og nu begynder det at være helt slemt. Klokken er nu ca. 22:30 og efter en afvisning på Fiskebaren er vi nu på vej mod Burger Palace. Fra Spiseloppen til BP på under 3 timer. Helt Wrong. En skunkjoint mere, Dollars får sig en stor cola, drikker én slurk og spurter hjem. Jeg får mig en Palace Burger menu, som er svært skuffende. Det hele virker meget sjovere idag.

Check Ras' version her.

Novelty alert!

2009-07-20T09:30:00.000-07:00

We'll probably all be sick of this in about 10 minutes, but it's pretty fun for now.

Teh Metalz.

2009-07-20T07:30:00.000-07:00

Been wanting to do a post for a while with old heavy metal and hard rock classics that some people might have forgotten about, so here we go.

Judas priest: Victim of Changes from their Sad Wings of Destiny album. A suitably pompous title for an equally epic song, showcasing all their strengths: Halfords outrageous vocal stylings, Downing and Tiptons tight riffs and solos, and also a slightly unusual dynamic range. from soft and emo to absolutely raging in less than 8 minutes. British steel FTW!

Next is Black Sabbath: Never Say die. This is a version from Ozzy's Speak of the Devil live album, which is basically all Black Sabbath songs played by the Ozzsters pretty freakin' awesome band. Sort of the best live album BS never made.

Deep Purple: My Woman from Tokyo. A lot funkier and more restrained than their usual output, this just boogies out and get's on with the job. Originally from their Who Do We Think We Are LP.

Van Halen: Panama. Everybody else is always going on about Jump and Hot for Teacher from the 1984 album. For me it's all about Panama. David Lee Roth was the embodiment of 80's California.

AC/DC: '74 Jailbreak. Bon Scott could do no wrong. RIP.

Megadeth: Wake Up Dead. First track on their first album, where Dave Mustaine shows that he doesn't really need those losers in that other band. Lyrics about coming home drunk and being scared that your wife will kill you are cool, especially if you get them over and done with in about 2 seconds and then just proceed to riff out for the rest of the song. Who misses Lars anyway?

Pantera: Mouth for War. This video is just so gay.

Rock on!

OMGWTFBBQ!!!!1111

2009-07-17T09:41:00.000-07:00

Speaking of 2-step, here's a brand new mix by three of the most important pioneers of dubstep.

J-Da Flex was the man who first introduced me and many, many others to this world of bass through his weekly radioshow on BBC 1Xtra, which we followed almost religiously, nitpicking tracklists afterwards. OHOI! had him over for a party in 2003 or 2004, I forget, and it was just mental to have this hero of ours play to about 100-200 people in Basement next to Vega. For a while he drifted out of the scene, but has returned recently with his old partner: El-B. Together they ran the Ghost record label, which released some of the proto-dubstep stuff, a lot of it with El-B on production. El-B wandered off for a while too, but came back about the same time as J-Da. Hatcha hopefully needs no introduction. Let's just say that he was a massive influence on Benga & Skream and is still widely regarded as one of the very best DJ's in the genre. To have all three of them at once with good ol' Crazy D over the top is just too good. I haven't even listened to all of it and I'm just gushing. If this doesn't get you going, you're doing it wrong.

Get the goods here courtesy of Get Darker, which is a treasure trove of mixes and info, by the way.

Your chest!

Extra! Extra! Hate all about it!

2009-07-16T21:45:00.000-07:00

Uuuuuuhhhh... Dollars svarer igen. Udover at insinuere pædofili i overskriften er Dölberg åbenbart fortørnet over at jeg kan hate på flere sprog end ham, dvs. 2, så jeg må hellere holde den her på dansk så der er chancer for at mandslingen kan følge med.

Richie Spice tingz var bare lige til at starte med, man kan jo altid gå i gang med bjælken i ens eget øje (<--biblical hate, for jer tosprogede).

OK, for dem af jer der ikke ved hvem ham hadebamsen er, så kommer der her en lille intro til personen bag det lille ego.

Hans "raaaaid", som det hedder på Ålborg patois:

"Møgforkælet unge" tænker man, but wait! There's more fail!

Ras Døvlars' big bad boomin' bass:

"You won't last a second inna war."

2-step

2009-07-16T10:43:00.000-07:00

Since my last post, about 10 min. ago, I've already had a request for an introduction to old 2-step. I am by no means an expert on the subject, but I know people who are, and a while back they created this beautiful thread with a whole bunch of links and little bits from DK Garages history.

ENJOY!

"Late, as usual, but I show up! I show up, though!"

2009-07-16T07:33:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since my last post, blame it on the sunshine.

First of all there's a couple of mixes I've been listening to A LOT, that i would like to share with you peeps:

- JSL (OHOI!) did a mix in April which blew me away, as I was getting well tired of the usual harder-than-thou-wobblesteel. Sure, there's still plenty of bangers on here, but he takes it to another level. BIG MIX!
Get it here.

- Macabre Unit threw some summervibes together a while back. Not technically brilliant, a few dodgy mixes here and there, but the tracks make up for it. Nice to hear som old 2-step again!
Get it here.

- The old 2-step sound is generally becoming quite popular again in dubstep circles. Here's a mix with Martyn and TRG from Rob da Banks' show on BBC Radio.

Tracklist:

Martyn Mix
Martyn – ‘Natural Selection’ (3024)
Kloke – ‘Basement’ (Entrada Recordings)
Millie & Andrea – ‘Black Hammer’ (Daphne001)
Uncle Bakongo – ‘Makonde’ (Roska Kicks And Snares)
Apple – ‘Seigalizer’ (Slim Ting)
Hard House Banton – ‘Reign’ (SRE)
Efdemin – ‘Acid Bells Martyns Dark Mix’ (Curle)
Martyn – ‘Elden St.’ (3024)
Karizma – ‘Groove ‘A’kordingly’ (R2 Records)
2000 And One – ‘Funk That’ (100% Pure)
Adam Marshall – ‘Rose Mountain’ (Cynosure)
Martyn – ‘Bridge’ (3024)
Goldie – ‘Truth Ft. David Bowie’ (Ffrr)
Martyn – ‘Far Away’ (3024)
Uncle Bakongo – ‘Anlo Ewe’ (Roska Kicks And Snares)
D-Malice – ‘Gabryelle Refix’ (White)
Deadbeat – ‘Incinerate’ (Wagon Repair)
Manoo – ‘Agoe’ (Earthrumental Music)
Shut Up And Dance – ‘Epileptic Martyns No Strobe Mix’ (Shut Up And Dance)
Martyn Ft. Dbridge – ‘These Words’ (3024)

TRG Mix
Clubroot – ‘Low Pressure Zone’ (Lo Dubs)
Madd – ‘I Know It’s U’ (White)
Kito ft. Reija Lee – ‘LFO’ (Disfigured Dubs)
TRG – ‘Just Me’ (White)
Pinch – ‘Attack Of the Giant Robot Spiders’ (White)
Peverelist – ‘Clunk Click Every Trip’ (Punch Drunk)
Scuba – ‘Negative’ (Naked Lunch)
Kalbata – ‘Oh Gosh’ (White)
TRG – ‘New In Town’ (White)
Kode 9 – ‘Bad’ (Hyperdub)
Deekline & Wizard – ‘Back Up (Love for the Music) - TRG Remix’(Against The Grain)
Joker & Ginz – ‘ReUp’ (Kapsize)
TRG – ‘909 Trek’ (White)

Linkage.

- There's also a rather good article on the future of techno, house, dubstep and UK Funky here.
Which led me to 2 rather nice mixes from some of the people behind the Hessle Audio label:

Here's one from Ramadanman along with an indepth interview.

And another one from Ben UFO for FACT magazine.

The Hessle Audio guys are one of the few forward thinking labels in dubstep/bass, so check out their myspace.

I've had a bit of a falling out with dubstep the last couple of months. Don't get me wrong, there's still plenty of good stuff, but there's an evergrowing amount of incredibly boring wobbletracks coming out. This doesn't come as a complete surprise, as this is what generally happens in the evolution of musicgenres. As soon as a formula has been established, everybody jumps onboard and "gives it their own twist", which sounds exactly the same as what everybody else is doing. Boooooring.
So where to now? Some people have started taking the BPM's down to 120-130 again, which at first horrified me, as I thought it would just end up in the same bland soup that techno and house have been in for ages, but I've heard some absolutely brilliant stuff from, amongst others, Hyperdub, Tempa and Hessle Audio. The tempo might be slower, but they keep the rythmic syncopations, bass and blatant disregard for the norm from dubstep. Fresh!

The other possibility is UK Funky House. Apart from having one of the worst names, this genre is finally starting to show some promise. The inclusion of soca rythms, grime MC's and just a general openness to all kinds of influences is slowly tickling my interest and this might be the genre to watch. So far it has produced 2 tunes i really rate, especially this summer.

First up is Maxwell D vs. Lil Silva: Blackberry Hype. Some of you might remember Maxwell from his days in So Solid Crew or just as an original UK garage Don. Anyways, he's back with a banger and some incredibly silly lyrics.

When 2000F dropped his "2000 Hype" dubplate special at Vega for the Benga gig, the whole place exploded. 'Nuff said.

Next tune is from grime masters Boy Better Know: Too Many Man. Finally it has dawned on some grime MC's that their constant verbal assaults and big boy posturing might just scare a few females away from their shows/raves. I definitely think that that is one of the main reasons for X amount of MC's jumping on the funky bandwagon... that and money, of course. Anyway, this track really gets me going. If you hear the chorus while you're out and about in CPH, it's probably me shouting it.

In other news, the biggest grime tune in ages. Tempa T/Tempz: Next Hype, the energy levels on this track are just off the chart. Quite a fun little video too with atrocious acting courtesy of UK hiphop legend Tim Westwood. You should have all seen this a million times by now, but here it is for the late bloomers.

I've also had a sweet spot for this little dancehall ditty, Laden: Inna Life. First time round it didn't do a whole lot for me, but the quirky production and housey pianos kept me coming back until the chorus embedded itself. Thanks to JG from Firehouse Sound for the tip!

As the boring city dweller that I've become, I didn't do any of the big festivals so far, but then again, the line-ups for Roskilde and Fusion weren't THAT impressive and it mostly sounds like I missed out on a hell of drug and alcohol bingeing, which hasn't really been that tempting since '95. One thing I did miss out on was the reunion of Malk De Koijn, but thanks to Ras Dollars, there's a link to DR's soundboard recording of the concert here.

Another thing i missed at Roskilde was the "friendly fire" soundclash between Universal Soundsystem, Rootsman Hi-Fi, Firehouse Sound and Kali-Ma. The best thing about this has got to be the VERY entertaining thread (in danish) on the dancehall.dk forum. Firehouse is also streaming audio from the clash on their homepage.

Finally, for those of you wondering about the title of this post, check this clip at approx. 6:12

For those of you who don't know this movie, watch it now. One of the biggest cultural influences on my life. EVER!

P.S.: It has come to our attention that Ras Dollars has started a blog war against yours truly. First blood was drawn here. Apparently, my blog is not funny. It was never meant to be funny. Soundman bidnezz is SERIOUS tingz. Lickle soundboy cyan tess dis knowledge. Richie Spice in '71? Maybe man dem should actually READ some of dem books dey flashin' on theyz uglybugly blog.

Check 6:08

Blog wars, buddy, blog WARS!

Springtime!

2009-04-17T08:27:00.000-07:00

The weather is finally getting better here in CPH and the day's are getting longer. I've started riding my longboard full-time gain and if that wasn't enough, man dem like 2000F has just put up the fourth installment of his amazing King of de Dubs series of mixes and to top it all off he comes on all heavy with my personal spring anthem, Turboweekend: Something or Nothing (2000F & JKamata Remix) in a special VIP Version. The track is likely to ride on the waves of their last hit, the seminal 2000F & JKamata: You Don't Know What Love Is on the Hyperdub label, as their shared love of early 80's soul and funk shines through heavily once again, with added 00's bass and rythm sensibilities and a surprisingly soulful vocal from Turboweekends vocalist. The rest of the tracklist is, as usual, stuffed with unreleased goodies from some of the prime movers on the dubstep scene, spanning the entire spectrum of bassheavy sounds. From smooth and chilled to full-on, hard, wobble steel. Wonkers beware!

Anyway, on with the show.

2000F - King Of De Dubs IV - April 2009

tracklist:
Turboweeked - Something or Nothing (2000F & JKamata Remix VIP) [dub] Joker & Ginz - Purple City [dub]
Von D - Show Me [dub]
Silkie - Test [dub]
Goth-Trad - Cutend [dub]
Simien & Obeah feat. Ilawy - Waiting (2000F VIP) [dub]
Skream - Simple City [dub]
JSL - Fight Dub [dub]
Crissy Criss - Up and Down [dub]
Ginz & Joker - Re-Up [dub]
Jakes - Rock Tha Bells [dub]
Sukh Knight - Lick It (2000F VIP) [dub]
Eagger Stunn Gunn - Morder Dem (JSL Remix VIP) [dub]
Skream & Cluekid - Sandsnake (Goth-Trad Remix) [dub]
Skream - Meta-Lick [dub]
JKenzo - Buzz Droid [dub]
2000F & JKamata - You Don't Know What Love Is (VIP) [dub]
RSD - Naked Mario Cart [dub]
RUF - Raw Love (2009 VIP) [dub]
Skream - Metal Mouth [dub]
Goth-Trad - Recover (Remix) [dub]
Sukh Knight - Shankle [dub]
Joker - Psychedelic Runway [dub]
JSL - Memories [dub]

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In other news, I finally checked out some of that live internet radio that DJ Reveal has been doing, for God knows how long now, on dubterrain.net and sub.fm. On todays show he had brought along his DJ buddy JB who played an excellent set that included a brand new Skream remix of one of my alltime favourite Distance tunes, Night Visions, from his debutalbum for the Planet Mu label, My Demons. This remix is just jawdroppingly awesome, and as soon as I find some audio clips of it, I'll update this post. At the very least, Reveal should be posting a recording of todays Sub.fm show, and I'll be linking to that.

Speaking of Reveal, don't forget his new club, Skank, at Rust which tonight has 2000F ripping the CDJ's apart. Last time the club was a definite success and as if the bass last time wasn't enough, this time there should be coming extra subs in tonight, just for good measure.

You can also catch yours truly spinning a very wide variety of pleasantly good and stupid music, not just dubstep, tonight AND tomorrow night at Simpelt V, Istedgade 96.

'Nuff interwebz, back to the sunshine!

The Dirtbombs.

2009-03-26T18:03:00.000-07:00

Ever since my old boss at Soundstation introduced me to this band I've been listening to them very regularly and they are still some of my favourite rock albums, almost 10 years later. Mick Collins is a bit of a legend as far as Detroit rock goes and you may also wanna check out some of his other projects, he's done about 50.000.000 of them. Dirtbombs is definitely the band I like best, though, especially the second and third studio albums: "Ultraglide in Black" and "Dangerous Magical Noise".

Ultraglide is all covers of old rock and soul songs (Stevie Wonder, Thin Lizzy) played in the typically shambolic Dirtbombs style. How do they actually sound? Really bad, actually. None of them are particularly good at their instruments, but the thing that shines through is their WILL to play this stuff, no matter what. They really love what they're doing and that's an extremely contagious quality. Stevie Wonders' "Livin' for the City" constantly sounds like it's completely falling apart, covered in fuzz and nobody seems to be hitting any of their notes anywhere NEAR clean, but the enthusiasm and soul they put into it is awesome. That's basically how every song on the album is, although the band actually do have quite a wide range of expression, from slow and grinding to fast and choppy. Not a dull song on the whole album.

Magical Noise is mostly songs penned by Mick and is absolutely stunning. The band is slightly tighter, but still loud and abrasive, the production is slightly cleaner, but still with massive amounts of fuzz and the quality of the songs is really, really good. Mick sings his heart out on "F.I.D.O.", "Stuck in thee Garage" is some of the most distorted, screechy rock ever and "I'm Through with White Girls" is straight up sleaze. Essential purchase.

I found some live vids on youtube, but the sound quality is even worse than on record, but it should give you an idea.

"Stop" from "Dangerous Magical Noise":

"Underdog" from "UltraGlide in Black":

Notice that the live band has 2 drummers and 2 bass players, just to give it that little bit extra.

And finally a cute little interview, enjoy!

OMFG!!!

Put a wonk on it.

2009-03-26T02:58:00.000-07:00

It all started out as a good idea. "Get a blog!", I thought. "No more copy/paste and no repetitions!" gave me a warm feeling inside and starting the blog gave me that glow only pregnant women and PCP addicts radiate. But home is where the hatred is, so the feelings of joy and hippiedom were rather shortlived and several friends immediately pointed out that the whole thing felt a bit fake without any REAL emotion.

Cut. Chase. Action.

For a while now, some people have been using the term "Wonky" to describe certain areas of popular music. In itself, this poses no real threat to me and I could just ignore the fact that people I like or respect are using this word to pigeonhole parts of music I love. Luckily, I'm not that kind of guy.

"Wonky", according to inventor Martin Clark, is a theme, NOT a genre. I really like his writing and music and respect him an' all, but why oh why does he have to invent this stuff? What's the point? Basically, as far as I can see, "Wonky" means: dance music with big midrange/treble synth leads. The few people that use the term usually do so in conjunction with artist names like Joker, Rustie, Zomby, Flying Lotus, a bunch of 8-bit people and apparently the Skweee man dem. Even though these people have probably heard of each other and some of them actually work together, They have very little in common, except for the use of big, trebly synth leads over dance beats that involve BOTH bass AND beats. Historically this has obviously been done a million times before. Think Dr. Dre.: "The Chronic" or just go straight to one of many sources: George Clinton. But apparently, Clinton and Dre are not "Wonky". Wonkieness can only be achieved at the end of the 00's and again only by the artists mentioned above. Since Blackdown invented the term, I have very rarely seen additions to this "theme". In fact, only some of the Skweee people have been lumped in and I'm sort of guessing that is mostly so that they have more adjectives to think about. Basically, "Wonky" is an adjective, just like "hard", "funky" and other words you don't want to put in front of "house". This sort of brings us to the whole point: There is none. Wonky is just a very crappy way of describing very little. At least when you say "hard", people are gonna guess that you mean something with some banging drums or harsh synths. When you say "wonky", people who haven't read Mr. Clark should walk away from your conversation and the ones that have read it should just slap you 'til you promise never to do it again, wonker.

Next issue on The Agenda Of Hate: Donk.

Donk recently rose to fame through the pages of Vice magazine. When I first saw the article and accompanying documentary, I was convinced that this was some elaborate and very well-made spoof. It took several re-readings, google searches and youtubeings before I even began to grasp the horror. I'm actually still waiting/hoping for someone to expose this hoax. It would make this world a better place.

Since I first heard it, I've been consumed by an extreme amount of hate. So much so, that I began questioning my own emotions and gut reactions. Why do I hate this SO much? It's just a bunch of no-future-having, steroid-taking, bad-music-taste-having kids? What have they done to me? Answer: They invented the word "Donk" and plastered it across even more crappy euro dance. As if that wasn't enough, they also rap/MC over the top of it.

On paper it all looks good: pissed off lower class youth, electronic dance music, rap = usually the start of new and vibrant genres (think hiphop, grime, jungle, etc.). Not the case. This is just pure crap.

Unfortunately, a lot of people I know and usually respect, seem to think that this is the next big thing or just some harmless fun. I tell these people that they are wrong and that they should stop worshipping false gods before the Lord Almighty smites them with AIDS.

The absolutely worst thing is that the main song of the genre, Blackout Crews "Put A Donk On It" is so infectious and downright fucking stupid, that a part of me cannot help but like it. A very small part of my heart that is probably a tumor waiting to happen. BUT I don't like it in a musical way, for this is not music. More in the way that I love watching Bud Spencer slap somebody on the top of their head so they sink 20 cm in to the sand. Yes, I feel guilty after giggling.

So there you have it. I absolutely hate the term "Wonky" to describe music and "Donk" just isn't an option. This post doesn't make that much sense, but that's the beauty of hate, it doesn't have to make sense. In fact, it's an emotion, so you just have to feel it. Next stop: Iceland.

EDIT: More fuel for my fire. Wonky should be thrown down a flight of stairs.

Dagens twack og video!

2009-03-25T05:21:00.000-07:00

Grime og dubstep er åbenbart for alvor ved at finde sammen igen og her er endnu et grime track med seriøs bas fra én af de producere der er bedst til at fusionere de 2: Cotti.

Tak til JSL for tippet.

Fugzi Malone: Stand Out

Videoen mindede mig også meget om min tid i London. De dér broer og trapper med hegn over/omkring ser man ofte, især i de sociale boligbyggerier. Hvad er hegnene til for? Så folk ikke kaster hinanden eller sig selv over kanten? Graffittien er det mest menneskelige ved de konstruktioner. Der findes også enkelte eksempler på den slags byggeri her i DK, men på ingen måde i så stor stil som derovre og, endnu ikke, med helt de samme konsekvenser. Godt vi har DF så der snarest kan gøres noget ved vores indtil videre relativt fredelige indvandrerbefolkning. Kunne DF gå hen og være en direkte grund til mere Gangsta og Grime i DK? Ville det være godt? Discuss!

English?

2009-03-24T23:23:00.000-07:00

I could be seduced in to writing all this in english, if anybody is interested.

Feedback, please!

Goddaw.

2009-03-24T22:00:00.000-07:00

Her vil jeg så skrive, poste og linke til en masse ting der interesserer mig, nok mest musik. Jeg har i et godt stykke tid gået og syslet med tanken, da jeg altid har været en af de folk som vennerne har spurgt om det nyeste musik, osv. De sidste mange år har jeg så skrevet mails, sendt pb'er, chattet og på anden vis viderebragt alt mulig information, ofte ved at gentage migselv utallige gange. Dette er jeg simpelthen for doven til, så nu tror jeg bare at jeg fremover henviser hertil.

Nå, videre til musikken. Som de fleste af jer nok ved, lytter jeg til en hel del dubstep og har gjort det i mange år. Det viser sig nu at dette har båret frugt og hovedstaden oversvømmes af bastunge arrangementer for tiden. Wobble Squad og DJ Reveal fylder mest i horisonten og sidstnævnte starter en klub op i Rusts kælder hver anden fredag. Første gang bliver 10/4/09 med Dansk Dubstep Design Drengene og Egern fra Firehouse som MC. Egern imponerede mig forresten glimrende til OHOI! og Unity Soundsytem i skateparken i sommers. Jeg saluterer den nye klub og der er vel chancer for at man ses dernede.

Facebook linkage.

Rust natklub.

Wobblefolket holder fest den 03/04 på Støberiet ved Blågårds Plads og det kunne godt se ud som om Ras Money fra Rootsman Hi-Fi skal spille et vaskeægte dubstepset den aften. Jeg ved han har pladerne til det, og det er de GODE plader. Wobble Squad har også været flinke til at promovere dem selv med mix de har lagt ud gratis rundt omkring. Jeg fandt dem inde på hifly.dk's mixforum.

Mere Facebook.

Ellers lurer OHOI!'s Rum 'n' Bass IX (har der virkelig allerede været så mange?) lige rundt om hjørnet den 08/04/09 med DJ Marky fra Brasilien som hovednavn i den store sal og både Wobble Squad, Reveal OG 2000F i Stengades lille kælder. Det kan kun blive sjovt!

Info + meget andet her, check især mixsektionen.

Sidst, men faktisk størst, kommer ingen andre end selveste Benga og spiller på Vega den 23/05/09 med OHOI! som support. Jeg har fulgt denne mand i mange år nu, og han er stadig en af mine yndlingsproducere inden for genren. Har hørt ham som DJ en enkelt gang på DMZ og nogle enkelte mix hist og her og selv om han måske ikke kan måle sig med f.eks. Hatcha, så er han ganske habil. Glæder mig sygt meget. Check Vega og OHOI!'s hjemmesider for mere info.

Fintfint, hører jeg jer fnyse, men hvor bli'r musikken af?

Skream er gået helt amok på det sidste og smider om sig med gratis tracks. Det første og, i mine øjne, bedste er Laroux: In for the Kill (Skreams Let's Get Ravey Remix)

De to andre kan findes i denne tråd.

Velkommen til!

EDIT: Første indlæg og straks bli'r man gjort opmærksom på sine fejl og mangler. Tak Mads!

Syg Lyd holder også lige noget med noget dubstep den 04/04/09 hvor de liiige har hevet Caspa og MC Crazy D. Crazy D kommer her i KBH for nu vel 4. gang, så han kender efterhånden den danske crowd og er altid en fornøjelse at se på en scene. DubstepMC nummer 1! Caspa plejer at være lidt for meget hårdt wobblestål og for lidt andet til mig, men det er det de unge vil ha' for tiden, og det skal være dem vel ondt. 2000F vil sikkert rette lidt op på balancen og JSL vil føle sig helt på plads i det lineup. Den skal jo bare wobbles op fra slap!

Det eneste jeg desværre har kunnet finde om festen og stedet er mere Facebook og sparsom Myspace.

Rump Recordings supplerer lige op med bl.a. Zomby den 10/04/09. Zomby er mest kendt for at ha' været med i fronten af dubstep de sidste år, men har, ifølge mig, også en kedelig side hvor han prøver at lave halvdårlig engelsk rave fra start 90'erne, Det skal han lade være med og jeg gætter også mest på at han holder sig til det første den aften. Ellers er resten af aftenen mest dedikeret den, om muligt, endnu mere nørdede Skweee genre og Rumpdrengene står altid for en hyggelig fest med interessant og god musik. Check!

Mere info på deres hjemmeside, Culture Box og Hifly.

Godt, nu kan der fan'me ikke klemmes flere dubstepfester ind det næste stykke tid, med mindre der er nogen der lige finder en kælder til Below.