Articles Tagged: Phoenix Drum and Bass

Sub:Con Wednesday 3.28.2012

March 26th, 2012 | By Angela

 

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The Downtown Phoenix Drum & Bass / Jungle Night – Every Wednesday!DOWNSTAIRS:
Our special guest this week is Quentin Hiatus! Come through and check
out this man’s selection of the hot new shit… Supporting will be
Deepfreq and Estefex!

UPSTAIRS:
The Scenario keeps things bumpin’ upstairs with Global Bass,
Moombahton, Juke and UK Funky. Featuring residents Ellery, Hartbreaks
and Mendez with Amani Jae on the Mic.

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☺ $1 PBR’s before 11pm, $2 DOMESTICS & $3 WELLS til Midnight. ☺

Doors open at 9pm ► FREE before 10pm! ◄ $5 after 10. Automatically
get on the $3 cover list just by “Joining” this Facebook event!

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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.

UK Thursdays Presents LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad

October 1st, 2010 | By Angela

This Thursday, October 14th we bring you Drum and Bass legends: LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad!

Arguably the prime innovator in the development of jungle from its early status as an offshoot of hardcore techno into the respected, stylistic genre it became by the end of the 1990s,
LTJ Bukem gained fame as an auteur in all fields of the drum’n’bass movement: as a top-flight breakbeat DJ, owner and label head of the Good Looking/Looking Good stable of labels and, of course, for his recordings — inspired by the lush strings and natural ambience of ’70s jazz fusion masters like Lonnie Liston Smith and Chick Corea as well as elegiac Chicago house and moody Detroit techno. Allied with the early-’90s rave and hardcore scene, Bukem began working on production near the end of the 1980s; though his light, airy sound made little sense to his contemporaries, Bukem’s style was emulated much more as the jungle scene gained momentum during the mid-’90s. While such producers as Roni Size and Goldie gained the limelight for their solo work, Bukem purposely downplayed his own artistic career in favor of mix albums and label-spanning retrospectives that highlighted dozens of artists from his labels.

Born in London in 1967, Danny Williamson was adopted and raised in Watford by strict Baptist parents, earning his nickname from the TV series Hawaii Five-O (“book ’em, Danno”). He took trumpet lessons as a child; played piano and drums in various school bands; and began listening to a wide range of music, including jazz, soul, and fusion plus hip-hop and electro. After being expelled from school at the age of 16, Bukem made the natural move to DJ status later in the ’80s; inspired by rare groove DJs like Tim Westwood and Gilles Peterson, Bukem and several friends set up the Sunshine sound system and played out the latest hip-hop and electro tracks at DJ battles around his Luton base.

When the acid house explosion hit Britain near the turn of the decade, Bukem gradually stopped going to sound system battles and began attending the ever-growing raves dotting England’s countryside. He began mixing at them as well, and produced his first track, “Logical Progression,” in 1990. Bukem soon grew frustrated with a lack of control over his own recordings, however, and in 1991 decided to form his own label, Good Looking Records. Bukem’s production style was a continuing anachronism on the rave/breakbeat scene; early Good Looking tracks like “Demons Theme,” “Atlantis,” and “Music” provided a soulful, melodic alternative to the prevailing hardcore tracks then in vogue.

By 1994, LTJ Bukem had formed his second label (Looking Good Records) and begun the formation of an artist collective — Peshay, Aquarius (aka Photek), PFM, ILS & Solo, Blame, Nookie, Seba & Lo-Tec, Tayla, Funky Technicians — similarly inclined toward melodicism and epic expanses of sound. In October of that same year, he began the club night Speed at the Mars Bar in order to spread the Good Looking/Looking Good approach to sound. With Bukem and jungle pioneer Fabio spinning breakbeat records while MC Conrad added verbal gymnastics over the top, it soon became one of the most popular clubs in London. Appropriately, Bukem’s first full-length was a mix album, Mixmag Live!, Vol. 3, which confirmed his status as one of the top breakbeat DJs in the drum’n’bass scene.

The jungle phenomenon had begun to crest as a commercial force in 1994, and the appearance of Goldie’s Timeless one year later signaled the dawn of widespread critical respect for drum’n’bass. Though Bukem signed a major deal as well (through London), he debuted in true label-head fashion, releasing the Good Looking/Looking Good compilation Logical Progression instead of a proper solo LP. Bukem did contribute several productions (and mixed tracks for the second disc of the set), but the album definitely portrayed an artist committed to the jungle community more than his own career.

After a subsequent DJ tour of America (his first), Bukem showcased a new direction in late 1996 with Earth, Vol. 1. Another compilation (this time spanning his catchall subsidiary Earth Records), it concentrated on midtempo tracks inspired by hip-hop, soul-jazz, and funk — again featuring very few tracks actually by Bukem. The sequel to Logical Progression continued the same share-the-wealth strategy — it was helmed and mixed by Good Looking right-hand man Blame. Besides inaugurating yet another mix album series (Progression Sessions) in 1998, Bukem released several additional volumes in both the Logical Progression and Earth series. Journey Inwards, his first full-fledged solo album, followed in the spring of 2000. Producer 01 was issued a year later. Good Looking’s release schedule hasn’t waned in the years since, with Bukem remaining as active as ever.

UK Thursdays is always striving striving to bring you ear candy of the UK born music genres including DnB, dubstep, glitch, jungle, breaks, garage, grime and more! Every Thursday we bring you some of the greatest locals and well as International artists.

Past headliners have included: Reid Speed, Emu, Pawn, The Gaslamp Killer, 16bit, Excision, CamoUFO’s, Vaski, Dieselboy, Datisk, Mary Anne Hobbs, DZ, B.Rich, Borgore, Rusko, Break…age, BARE, Unknown Error, Lazer Sword, Lea Luna, Liquid Stranger, and more!

Support for the night including: Estefex, dLo, Wix + Coda, and Paul the Junglist!