London DJ/Producer Sara Abdel-Hamid (aka Ikonika) just released her debut LP last month, and believe you and me she is leading the way with her own sound, a bit funky, dubbed out & grimey, 8-bit, undeniably British, off-kilter, Garage. Like falling in love, SNES style, all over again. A Dark, Beautiful, and Soulful Dubstep Flavor. Don't wait to get your hands on this, got it for you right here> It's Called Contact, Love, Want, Have, released on the Hyperdub label the 6th of April. Enjoy!>>>
But Wait, There's More, This ones all the way back from september, but i couldn't help but post this album aswell, cause its got a very similar chippy vibe, and the title track and the finale should be in everyone's bag. UK Producer Extraordinaire (lousy DJ though, don't believe the hype) Zomby's 09 LP One Foot Ahead of the Other.
Hello all, hope your celebrating 420 with full enthusiasm, though it is a tuesday, so mind your works done.
Going to be starting it all off with some deep house flavors, from Hamburg> an amazing track by dj/producer Stimming, and then we have Rocco's incredible remix of South African House outfit Kentphonik's track 'Hiya Kaya'
Zomby, who's real identity is unknown, is a british Dubstep DJ/Producer, from Kode9's Hyperdub Label. Excluding his 2008 debut Album, Where were you in 92', which was inspired by the sounds of early 90's rave music (like acid house, breakbeat, hardcore techno), his music draws a lot of influence from early italian analog synth experimentalists, it may just be a coincidence but considering his name is Zomby, and considering the great zombie films of the late 70s and early 80s often used these cool dark chippy electronic soundtracks, i wouldn't be surprised. Since you might not know what that sounds like i'll put a track by Goblin from Dawn of the Dead (1978) below so you can see for yourself. Anyways full of horror inspired gloopy face melting synths and awesome beats, Enjoy>
So Jumpman and I went to another free Scion House Party show at the Roxy, this time Dubstep. I've got to say, I think the crowd enjoyed this one the most so far. Funny thing about all these shows so far is that the headliner for each one has been disappointing and resulted in the crowd leaving, all 3 I've been to. Here's the play by play for this one:
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First up was 12th Planet. He used to make DnB but has since found his calling in Dubstep. He's signed to So Sweet Records now (who I intern for), and will be playing at both EDC as well as the next Scion House Part with Kode9 & The Spaceape and Martyn (SO EXCITED). 12th Planet kicked ass. He mixed hard ass Dubstep with 2 CDJs, no computer, and had a fucking blast on stage. He was really involved with the music and the crowd, and the crowd loved it. I'm excited to see him again.
This video sucks, but its basically the best I could find of him playing live.
Next up was Joker along with his MC Nomad. I love Joker's productions, and hopefully Jumpman will post about him (or just plain post about anything). Joker was an awesome DJ, using SSL and some turntables, but he showed as much emotion as a rock, seriously. He never smiled, barely moved, he was just a statue. His MC was very laid back and cool, and was definitely a plus but overall very inactive. However, it worked, and they destroyed the crowd from start to finish with super filthy dubstep beats, good mixing, and great interaction with the crowd from Nomad. He ended on Skream's awesome remix of La Roux (grab it HERE), and then Skream came up on stage from nowhere. Skream and Joker then did a stage dive during the big drop at the end of the remix (this was the only time Joker smiled during the whole show), and he was quite heavy and hard to carry. Best of the night, although I preferred 12th Planet's stage presence.
They played this track when I saw em:
Finally, up came Zomby in a Guy Fawkes mask. Zomby makes some awesome shit, with dubstep EPs that have this really distinctive and unique sound and an album that's trying to revive 90's Rave House. He was using Ableton. However, his set was mostly the Rave House, which was totally fine by me (in fact I prefered it), but the crowd was not as happy. This was a Dubstep crowd through and through, they were even singing along to a bunch of songs that the other DJs played. Zomby also had a bunch of technical problems which affected his sound making some things too soft but mostly it was just way too loud and made some people just leave the venue holding their hands over their ears. At one point, he even brough in a song that wasn't beatmatched correctly (how do you evne do that in Ableton? Thats what happens when you DJ without headphones... fuckin Ableton). When he put on his last song Strange Fruit, he checked his cell phone, drank the rest of his champagne, and then just left the stage while the song was still playing. Jumpman's guess is that he started as a producer and is relatively new to DJing, which I would definitely believe, especially since I can't find any youtube videos of him playing live.
So instead, I have a video of Erol Alkan dropping Strange Fruit:
Overall fun night, just sad to see Zomby fall apart like that, especially since his tracks were awesome. He really should be playing the House stage at a big rave.
London DJ/Producer Sara Abdel-Hamid (aka Ikonika) just released her debut LP last month, and believe you and me she is leading the way with her own sound, a bit funky, dubbed out & grimey, 8-bit, undeniably British, off-kilter, Garage. Like falling in love, SNES style, all over again. A Dark, Beautiful, and Soulful Dubstep Flavor. Don't wait to get your hands on this, got it for you right here> It's Called Contact, Love, Want, Have, released on the Hyperdub label the 6th of April. Enjoy!>>>
