Category Archives: Gigs

Latvian gig

Didn’t really know what a big deal this event was gonna be, but it seems to be getting quite a reaction on the Baltic and Russian message boards. Apparently this is the fifth and final party at this venue, and it’s supposed to be this crazy old factory (presumably Soviet).




All 3 floors are gonna be in use this time as follows:

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++ THE MAIN (3rd) DRUM&BASS FLOOR ++
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PARADOX L!VE (London, UK)
– Paradox Music / Secret Operations / Metalheadz / Reinforced

MACC L!VE (London, UK)
– Subtle Audio / Breakin’ / Counter Intelligence / Exegene / Outsider

SEBA (Stockholm, Sweden)
– Secret Operations / Paradox Music / Metalheadz / Soul:r Rec.

FANU (Helsinki, Finland)
– Subtle Audio / Subtitles / Warm Communications / Lightless Rec.

MC BASQUETTE (Tallinn, Estonia)
– Difference

MC RIDA-B
– Viberations / drumandbass.lv

WORM
– drumandbass.lv

FEE.NIX-Z
– Bio.Codes / drumandbass.lv / Bio.Ritmi

MIND b2b X3NO b2b DEVINE
– TestOne / drumandbass.lv

SKRATCH b2b PHLASH-B
– Viberations / drumandbass.lv

VJ Z99
– Ritmika

VJ MR
– Rixc

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++ THE SECONDARY (1st) FLOOR ++
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TRISTAN WATKINS aka PHONOPSIA (Matrix Rec. / Metrotechno – London, UK)
– house-techno-breaks

SMIRA (London, UK)
– breaks

retro-maestro I. POLONYANOV & scratch-master DJ KRII L!VE
– deep-retro-scratch

NGC-5128 L!VE (Fabrique / Ritmika / Exposed Audio)
– techno

UNOUL (Bio.Codes)
– experimental-downtempo

KONE (Värka Kru)
– electroclash!

KSENIA KAMIKAZA (Intelligent Beats / downtempo.lv)
– trip-hop-acidjazz

NIKOTINS (No Rest / Kentucky Tobacco)
– techno-electro

SKRATCH b2b PHLASH-B (Viberations)
– soul-jazz-hip-hop-funk

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++ THE VIDEO (2nd) FLOOR ++
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some controversial movies and more..

More info later on, watch this space..

www.drumandbass.lv

Friendly reminder

Just in case anyone only reads this and not the local message boards.

To The Bone : Murder on the Dancefloor

Following an unfortunate incident at the George IV* on the morning of our last party, Brixton’s least appropriately-classified pub got shut down for 30 days. We relocated to Stockwell – to a real pub with old people and toilet seats. Sendex played three of the finest hours of live music any of our forty-three customers had ever heard. He was ridiculously, ridiculously good.

And then Max Duley performed a one-man re-enactment of Madonna’s Vogue Tour Stage Show. Needless to say, the night belonged to Duley. He’s back this month with a self-choreographed HI-NRG routine to be accompanied by the Pointer Sisters’ Jump (For My Love). Come marvel at a dancer at the very top of his profession.

DJs
Phonopsia
Nick Craddock
Jamie Steere
Charlie Blue & Tony Little

George IV
144, Brixton Hill
10pm-4am // £5

*a resident child prostitute known to customers as Little Lord Fontanelle was drugged, raped and eaten to death on the dancefloor

Charts and Gigs, Old and New

February Top 15

1. Dirk Leyers : Wellen EP – 12″ [Kompakt]

2. Syclops : Mom, the Video Broke – 12″ [Tirk]

3. Fat Freddy’s Drop : Flashback / Midnight Marauders (Lives for Gilles) – 12″ [The Drop]

4. Freedom Soundz : Journeyz – 12″ [Neroli]

5. Roisin Murphy : Sequins EP 2 – 12″ [The Echo Label]

6. Roisin Murphy : Sequins EP 1 – 12″ [The Echo Label]

7. Various Artists : Acido Records 002 – 12″ [Acido]

8. Omar-S : Track #8 – 12″ [AOS]

9. Starship 727 : All Depends on You – 12″ [Pigna]

10. Take : Colossal Volume 2 – 12″ [Buttermilk Records]

11. Slope feat. Capitol A : Komputa Groove – 12″ [Sonar Kollektiv]

12. AFX : Analord 03 – 12″ [Rephlex]

13. DJ Mitsu the Beats : New Awakenings Remixes Part 3 – 12″ [Planet Groove]

14. DJ Mitsu the Beats : New Awakenings Remixes Part 6 – 12″ [Planet Groove]

15. Alex Attias Presents Mustang : Help Me (Remixes) – 12″ [Compost]

16. Quasimoto : Bus Ride – 12″ [Stones Throw]

17. AFX : Analord 04 – 12″ [Rephlex]

18. The Mole : Meets the Bacon Smugglers – 12″ [Musique Risquee]

19. Pal Joey : Compuer Love/Battle – 12″ [Lood d’ Loop]

20. DJ Bone : Body Bags – 12″ [Subject : Detroit]

January Top 15

1. Thomas Barnett : Thrill of the Hunt – 12″ [Audiomatique]

2. AFX : Analord 02 – 12″ [Rephlex]

3. MF DOOM : MM… FOOD – 2 x 12″ [Rhymesayers]

4. Carl Craig : Just Another Day – 12″ [Planet E]

5. Marcellis : Dry Delivery EP – 12″ [Black Label]

6. Various Artists : See Mi Yah – 7 x 7″ [Rhythm & Sound]

7. Wookie : Taboo – 12″ [EMN]

8. Ame : Ojorno / Nia – 12″ [Sonar Kollektiv]

9. Bugz in the Attic : Booty La La – 12″ [V2 Music]

10. AFX : Analord 01 – 12″ [Rephlex]

11. Arne Weinberg : Confessions of a Believer – 12″ [11th Hour]

12. DJ Bone : Encounter 1 – 12″ [Subject : Detroit]

13. Raiders of the Lost Arp : Funk Series Part 2 – 12″ [Pigna]

14. Steevio : Rogue Patterns – 2 x 12″ [Mindtours]

15. Hanna : Music for the Savant Part 1 – 12″ [Flat and Round]

…and my tracklist from Broken Funk @ George IV on Saturday, February 12 (which went very well BTW):

1. MF DOOM – Kon Queso [Rhymesayers]
2. AFX – Phonatacid [Rephlex]
3. Marcellis – Dry Delivery B3 [Black Label]
4. Moodymann – Analog:Live [KDJ]
5. Wookie – Taboo [EMN]
6. Ame – Sarari [Sonar Kollektiv]
7. Ame – Nia [Sonar Kollektiv]
8. DJ Gregory – Elle [Faya Combo]
9. Bassment Jaxx – Same Old Show [BK]
10. Convextion – Spice Tea [downLow]
11. Carl Craig – Sandstorms [Planet E]
12. The Visitors – The Race (Henrik Schwarz Remix) [Playhouse]
13. Max Mohr – Sound City [Playhouse]
14. DJ Bone – Strain 1 [Subject Detroit]
15. Raiders of the Lost Arp – Funk 006 (Drop) [Pigna]
16. Thomas Barnett – Thrill of the Hunt [Audiomatique]
17. Analogue Fingerprints – Tribute [Pigna]
18. Thomas Barnett – Daybreak [Audiomatique]
19. Maddslinky – Cargo [Laws of Motion]
20. Outkast – Happy Valentine’s Day [Arista]

Next gig is Sunday, March 13 @ Jam, f/k/a Bar Lorca in Brixton.

Flashpoint @ Public Life, London, Tag Team w/Nick Craddock

Thursday was fun! Really enjoyed myself once things got going and I worked through the week’s stress. I thought it was great to hear the early sets from Brendan and Guy. Unexpected selections and a great way to warm things up. Nick and I tagteamed for and hour and a half and it went really well I thought. Got to drop loads of new techno, and helped the dance floor lift off. It’s recorded, so possibly online before too long. Shawn Rudiman’s set was really cool, or at least what I remmeber of it. I think it was nice to hear each segment evolving into so much of a ‘song’, versus previous efforts which felt more like an endless transition. Both are cool, but it was amazing to see this different style of arrangement on the fly (assuming I’m not just imagining this). Wish I could remember more of Matt’s set.

T-Funkshun @ The Magnet, Liverpool

Scott picked us up at Lime Street and took is to his abode, which happened to be in one of the coolest areas in Liverpool. We watched some Takeshi’s Castle and got some pizza. Headed to the Magnet, which is a really unusual place. It’s got loads of mafia booths and a small runway at the front of the downstairs stage, plus a separate DJ booth.

The pizza and the heat upstairs made a bit queasy early on, but by the time the early rock band (featuring a dude on Theremin) was done we got to check out Scott’s and Mark’s sets, which helped settle everything down a bit. The back room had a big fish tank beneath the booth. Wish I had pictures of some of this stuff. Both the early sets were nice, although I was a bit anxious to get on with my set after Scott started his set with six records I own!

My set went pretty well, although it wasn’t as tight as I would have hoped. I think there are at least 5 mixes I wish I had back. The crowd was great though. There were a handful of people who followed me throughout my set, which I was really happy with, since I covered a lot of territory. But what was really cool is that at every point in the set there were other groups of people who got totally into it. Even during the broken beat bit Mark’s girlfriend was singing along to everything, and I had feared that would be the part that would lose everyone. By the time I got the tempo up the dance floor was fairly consistently rocking – so I’m really happy with how well it went over.