Hippo and Estefex’s first cd release

October 11th, 2012 | By Angela

2004 was a big year for the duo Hippo & Estefex. It was the year that the weekly @ Clarks “Turn It Up” was started by the duo and their first of many mix cd’s to be released. After a request by a friend was made of where he could find this first mix cd, I decided to go through my old computer and pull the file off for him. I figured this was the appropriate forum to place the mix for many to enjoy. Hope you all like. This one is for you Jeff!

$100 BullShit

Frenzi 2 Year Anniversary Feat. CALIBRE

June 25th, 2012 | By Angela

 

Dominick Martin aka Calibre has been responsible for some of the most beautiful tracks in drum & bass to date and continues to drop jaws worldwide with his sublime and sultry productions. Calibre’s sound has progressed taking in elements of jazz, funk, dub and techno but lost none of it’s soul. His influence in drum & bass has been profound yet Calibre continues to evolve as an artist, exploring new techniques and styles in his music. His sets focus primarily on the deeper, more musical side of drum & bass yet never disappoint the dancefloor. Artists and DJ’s from all corners of the electronic music spectrum constantly remark on Calibre DJ sets restoring their faith in Drum & Bass as a vital musical force.

Often imitated but never bettered, Calibre’s sound remains his own after ten years of producing and releasing drum & bass. A creative force and inspiration to others, he refuses to be pinned down to making music in a single style. His single for the Deep Medi label, run by Digital Mystikz don Mala, received a warm reception in the dubstep scene and has demonstrated once again his diversity as a producer.

Consistently the standout on worldwide lineups, every Calibre set is a unique and much valued experience for all those lucky enough to encounter this visionary in a DJ setting.

DIZZY (a.k.a. Daniel Allen, Austin) & RYNO aka PROXIMA CENTAURI (Reunion Set)
[Protoculture]

CHRIS T.
[Tha Purrin Lion | Trill DnB]

HIPPO & ESTEFEX (Phoenix)
[Turn It Up]

BAUD[OPTICS]

4617 Nett St. Houston, TX 77007
21+
TICKET INFO TBA

Future Soul Presents Calculon 4.28.2012

April 27th, 2012 | By Angela

Future Soul hosts one of the best in US Drum and Bass this April! Come through as we welcome San Diego’s Calculon, head of Rubik Records. A veteran DJ/Producer, his label has released the likes of Random Movement, June Miller, and Command Strange, to name a few. We also p…lay host to one of the valley’s most skilled new talents: Sophine. Future Soul music at it’s finest!

**We feature a patio with plenty of seating and a full bar with $2 PBR’s and $5 Skyy Vodka drinks available all night**

11:30-1:00 Calculon
(Rubik Records, Good Looking, SMOG) http://www.soundcloud.com/calculon
Born and raised in California, but having lived in Europe and immersed in Drum and Bass culture for well over a decade, Calculon always knows exactly what the audience wants to hear. As label owner of Rubik Records and an internationally recognized producer, his finger is constantly on the pulse of Drum and Bass, having DJed everywhere from Hawaii to Amsterdam. With releases on labels such as Rubik, Fokuz, Human Elements, Big Riddim, Think Deep, and forthcoming tunes coming out on Good Looking, Smog, Vibration, and Influenza LTD, his productions, spanning styles from melodic rollers to dancefloor workouts, are impossible to ignore. Calculon’s tunes are supported by a host of DJs at the top of their game, including Digital, Dara, Bailey, AK1200, Crissy Crissy, A Sides, Survival, LTJ Bukem, Icicle, Loxy, Sinistarr, The Insiders, James Zabiela, Random Movement, and Stunna. Whether you hear his tunes on BBC 1xtra, Bassdrive, or in the club, you will be certain to hear what makes Calculon one of the leaders of the new school of Drum and Bass in America.

10:30-11:30 Sophine
(Jump Down Music)
Every so often a newcomer rolls onto the scene with undeniable skills beyond their years. Sophine is just one of those DJs. She rocks the crowd with an ear for all styles of Drum and Bass, blended up on all vinyl with quick mixes and sick double-drops. In a few short years, she’s managed to land bookings alongside the likes of the legendary DJ SS and Random Movement. We see a really bright future for Sophine out here, and once you hear her, you’ll know exactly why. Don’t miss out on a night of great music brought to you by veterans and talented newcomers alike!

Future Soul Residents:
9-10:30pm Estefex & dLo tag set
1:00-2am Jonboy

Red Owl
2155 East University Drive
Tempe, Arizona 85281
(480) 258-2733

21+
Cover: $5
9pm-2am

Sub:Con Wednesday 3.28.2012

March 26th, 2012 | By Angela

Future Soul 3.31.2012

March 25th, 2012 | By Angela

Future Soul — Saturday, March 31st:

Join us as we spotlight up and coming local DJ/producer S33D, pushing a futuristic yet fundamental sound all his own, backed up by veteran Phoenix jungle ambassador Dehga. This show is not to be missed!

12:15-1:15
S33D
S33D is a longtime aficionado of both live music and electronic music out here in the valley, experiences that show through in his approach to DJing and music production. His sets feature the freshest sounds in DnB, all mixed with an ear for uplifting vibes, tight mixing, and a presence that moves the crowd. Recent studio sessions have seen him called up to release Drum and Bass creations on imprints in Phoenix and beyond. Keep an eye out for S33D- big things are sure to come. Join us as we play host to another rising star of Drum and Bass in the valley!

11:15-12:15
Dehga (Sub:Conscious)
In Phoenix Drum and Bass circles, Dehga needs no introduction. A longtime resident of the Sub:Conscious crew, Dehga is one of the original selectors that helped to shape the valley’s Drum and Bass scene from as early as 1999. His infectious stage presence, slick mixing, and ability to blend old school and new school sounds with equal ease continue to make him one of the valley’s most exciting Jungle DJs and a longstanding icon of Drum and Bass in the valley at large.

Future Soul Residents:
9-10:15 Estefex
10:15-11:15 Jonboy
1:15-2am dLo

Red Owl
2155 East University Drive
Tempe, Arizona 85281
(480) 258-2733

21+
Cover: $5
9pm-2am

World Of DnB Phoenix 3.29.2012

March 18th, 2012 | By Angela

The UK Thursdays team brings the return of DJ SS and BBC Radio 1’s Crissy Criss for World of Drum and Bass Arizona!

Along with reps from AZDnB, Sub Con, M.I.A., & Hipstep, both rooms will be open for this night of DnB chaos!

Main room:
dLo & Estefex
Deepfreq & Degha
Crissy Criss
DJ SS

Rockin the lounge:
DJ Bass
Babel & Type-R

Pre-sales soon available online at: Wantickets.com

A-Sides & MC Tali Presented by Future Soul & Sub:Conscious

March 16th, 2012 | By Angela

• Friday, March 16th Future Soul and Sub:Conscious Present: A Sides and MC TaliJoin us for a special collaboration of AZ DnB crews to bring you two of the biggest international heavyweights of Drum and Bass! A Sides: http://www.facebook.com/djasides DJ, Producer and Engineer, Jason Cambridge (aka A Sides) has been producing music since 1990 and has released well over 500 tracks to date across many of the scene’s biggest labels. With tracks released on labels such as Metalheadz, Valve, True Playaz, Bingo, Innerground, Violence, Hardleaders, Allsorts, Grid, Reinforced, Advanced, Strictly Underground, Advanced, Just Another Label, Reel 2 Reel, Liq-weed Ganja, Clear Skyz, Spearhead, Human Elements, and Hospital to name but a few, A Sides has a discography of truly epic proportions. Over the course of his extensive DJ career A Sides has never limited himself to a single style and has proved to be a highly capable selector across multiple genres spanning from the most upfront Drum & Bass to Old School, Funk, Hip Hop and Soul to name a few. He has a reputation for sets that are tight and technical as well diverse. His career as a DJ has taken him worldwide, Playing in over 200 cities in over 40 different countries and every continent the world has to offer he is truly a Worldwide ambassador for Drum & Bass. MC Tali: http://www.facebook.com/mctali Tali is accredited with being the most successful female MC of all time in Drum N Bass. With three DnB Awards, a solo album, numerous singles and guest vocals under her belt, Tali has MC’d all around the world with many of the scenes heavyweights. Renowned for her unique ability to sing and freestyle, Tali’s reputation has grown due to her versatility, soaring voice and the positive connection she makes with the crowd. While Tali is able to hold her own next to any MC in the scene and rock the mic over any kind of Drum N Bass, Tali mostly prefers her deep liquid rollers, citing Calibre, S.P.Y. Marcus Intalex, Lenzman and Commix as some of her more personal favourite DJ’s to MC to! Local support from: Sub D Sebastian Estefex Where is it: Red Owl 2155 East University Drive Tempe, Arizona 85281 (480) 258-2733 21+ Cover: $10 9pm-2am http://www.facebook.com/SubConsciousDNB http://www.facebook.com/FutureSoulDNB

FUTURE SOUL OFFICIAL LAUNCH PARTY

January 31st, 2012 | By Angela

** Saturday, February 25th 2012 ***

Welcome AZ! We’re pleased to announce the launch of one of the valley’s first weekend monthly Drum and Bass events in a long time! On Saturday, February 25th, get ready for FUTURE SOUL — Our goal is simple: To bring you the very best in DnB with a nod to soulful, feel-good vibes, presented by the best in local, national, and international talent, at a great venue with cheap drinks and a great weekend vibe! Don’t know about DnB? Have friends that don’t? No problem- ALL are welcome, so feel free to invite all your friends. This is a 21+ night, and is intended to cater to a variety of tastes, with emphasis on the smoother sounds of the genre to bring a vibe that everyone can enjoy. Join us at our official launch party Feb 25th featuring:

Non Compliance
12-1am
(Lifestyle Recordings, Jump Down Music)
Non-Compliance is a throwback and a look to the future of DJ culture all at the same time. In recent years, he’s established himself as one of AZ’s best Drum and Bass DJs through sheer skill on the decks and wicked selection, rocking crowds alongside the likes of Dj Hype, Crissy Criss, Unknown Error, 16-Bit, and Gridlok at big nights from Arizona’s UK Thursdays to San Diego’s Organized Grime. He stands out as one of the youngest DJs in AZ still throwing down all-vinyl sets. Don’t let his youth fool you, though. Over the past few years, Non-Compliance has seen his focus grow into producing music of his own, and has already been involved in creating forward-thinking releases that have appeared on upstart labels Lifestyle Recordings and Free Love Digi. Join us as we launch the night with one of AZ’s premier up and coming talents.

Iron Giant
1-2am
A true connoisseur of the soulful side of DnB, Iron Giant crafts his sets with smooth mixing skills and eclectic taste spanning a library of quality tunes, new and old. Be on the lookout for this talented young DJ at a venue near you with crowd-rocking selection and soulful sensibilities.

9pm-12 Future Soul Residents dLo, Estefex, and Jonboy
All three residents bring quality mixing and deep crates to keep you vibing all night.

This is a 21+ Event
Cover: $5 all night

Location:
Red Owl
2155 East University Drive #112
Tempe, AZ 85281
(480) 258-2733
(University and the 101)

Drink specials TBA
For all other info and to stay in the loop, LIKE our page: http://www.facebook.com/FutureSoulDNB

UK THURSDAYS PRESENTS TOTAL SCIENCE N MC TALI

September 27th, 2011 | By Angela

—TOTAL SCIENCE—

Total Science is the stage name of drum and bass producers Jason Greenhalgh and Paul Smith.

The pair first met in 1987, both living on Blackbird Leys estate in Oxford, England and brought together through a mutual love of hip hop. Distracted by the arrival of hardcore in the early nineties, record collecting was quickly followed by DJing and eventually production. Greenhalgh was the first into the studio, with “Freestyle Fanatic” launching his career in 1991. However it was the establishment of the Legend imprint and specifically Greenhalgh’s “Champion Sound”, which took their profile beyond the many anonymous white labels that were dominating the music at the time.

In 1994, the pair started recording together, with “Got to Believe” the first in a series of records which pushed the label away from the darkside[disambiguation needed] movement and more towards the epic string sections and rolling beats which started to appear on labels like Lucky Spin, Basement and Good Looking. After six years of recording singles for others, the pair established the CIA label in the closing months of 1997 with the help of Brillo from Timeless.

The release of their Silent Reign EP for Goldie’s Metalheadz breathed a new lease of life into the project, and the pair achieved a further boost with a well-timed Bad Company remix of “Champion Sound” which conjured further interest in what they were doing at their own label. Their debut album Advance exposed a further field of interest, with downtempo experiments logged as a series of “Breaks” on the majority of their early EPs extended to some deep house, this breadth taken a step further with their Skin Deep[disambiguation needed] imprint which has forged broken beat to considerable acclaim. Their pioneering of a revival in old school sounds and arrangements, together with Digital and Reinforced, dominated drum & bass throughout 2001.

—MC TALI (FAREWELL TOUR)—

Tali is accredited with being the most successful female MC in Drum N Bass of all time. With three DnB Awards, a solo album, numerous singles and guest vocals under her belt, Tali has MC’d all around the world with many of the scenes heavyweights.

Discovered by Roni Size back in 2001, Tali moved from New Zealand to the UK to sign to the legendary ‘Full Cycle Records’ and went onto write and record the first female MC album ever released in DnB – ‘Lyric on My Lip’ Full Cycle 2004 (and one of the first ever MC albums fullstop!) with production from Roni Size, Krust, Clipz, and DJ Die, with featured vocals from Dynamite MC. From this Tali was given the name ‘The First Lady of Full Cycle’ which after winning her first DnB award got shortened to ‘The First Lady of the Mic’.

Since then, Tali has gone on to MC and Record with other reputable names in DnB, such as Marky (Brazil), Shy FX, Goldie, Dillinja, Lynx, Marcus Intalex, Shimon, Camo & Krooked, Atlantic Connection (US), SS and Influx UK, Simon ‘Bassline” Smith, LTJ Bukem, EZ Rollers, Dirtyphonics, Reid Speed and Shortee, and Dope Amo to name but a few, as well as expanding into other genres, with featured vocals alongside The Freestylers, Stereotype, Martjin Ten Velden and Fran and Josh.

Tali this month is releasing her LP, ‘Dark Days, High Nights’ on Shimon’s AudioPorn label this month, and the lineup so far includes tunes from Shimon, Dirtyphonics, Benny Page, Skism, Lynx & Malibu Rhodes, and Ed Rush, to name but a few, and includes some special guest vocal appearances!

Tali has graced the covers of DJ Magazine and Knowledge, and received radio support from Jo Whiley’s ‘Live Lounge’, Steve Lamacq, Fabio and Grooverider, Crissy Criss, DJ Bailey, Annie Mac, Misterjam, and Zane Lowe throughout her career. Tali also fronts her own live Band, has composed the score to a political musical that has shown at The HighTide Festival in Suffolk and The West End, is a contributing writer to various music magazines and is currently writing a book about her experiences as a female MC within Drum N Bass.

Local support from:
Estefex
Risky Business
Rex vs Excel
& Pre-Paid

Pre-sales available on Wantickets.com

AZDNB.COM Presents Original Sin (True Playaz)

October 14th, 2010 | By Angela

Original Sin

While some of you may not be 100% familiar with the name Original Sin, all will become clear when you realize that this is the new production alias of none other than Adam Tindall, one half of the undisputed kings of dancefloor drum & bass, G Dub.

Born and bred in Newcastle, Adam was initially drawn to D&B by albums such as the incredible ‘Platinum Breakz’ compilation from the Metalheadz camp, and Grooverider’s legendary ‘Prototype Years’. His love for the music grew and grew until the desire to become more actively involved in the scene took hold and he took up DJing shortly before enrolling himself at Music College.

It was at college that Adam met Jake Carter and the infamous Generation Dub was forged. However, it wasn’t long before the Adam realized that Music College was a pointless pursuit and he decided to quit in order to concentrate fully on making music at home. It wasn’t long before drum & bass legend DJ SS snapped up two of G Dub’s early productions for his Reformed imprint.

The successive deal with DJ Hype & Pascal’s Ganja imprint proved to be the making of the G Dub franchise, as Adam and Jake’s studio let off more anthems than an Olympic Games opening ceremony and tracks such as ‘Tink Ya Bad?’, ‘Warp Speed’ ‘Forever’ and ‘Beast City’ collectively smashed up more dancefloors than a specialist nightclub demolition team.

In early 2008 Adam and Jake parted company and Adam decided to pursue solo avenues under the name Original Sin. The ridiculously heavy ‘Don’t Be Silly’, ‘Cheater Cheater’, ‘D For Danger’ and his remixes of Shy FX’s classic Ebony Dubsters track ‘Rah’ and Rufige Kru’s ‘Monkey Boy’ have gone a long way to stamping his individual mark on the Drum & Bass scene.

Original Sin shows no signs of slowing down, though, as Adam prepares to drop the huge ‘Dr Feels Good’ EP on Playaz, showcasing a completely refined and mature sound which is as deadly on the dancefloor as it is on the radio.