Kidz Rage !

Wow…dont know weather to believe this or not!!

Radio One DJ Grooverider was arrested in Dubai after cannabis and hardcore porn DVDs were allegedly found in his record bag.

He was searched as he arrived at the Gulf state’s international airport for a club gig.

The dance DJ – real name Raymond Bingham – was detained and is expected to appear in court this week.

The 40-year-old star, who appears to be smoking a marijuana joint on his MySpace profile, faces jail or deportation if he is found guilty.

A bbc spokesman said: “It’s a legal matter so we cannot comment.”

Wishing Grooverider all the best and lets hope it was some normal porn eh ?

via Sunday Mirror

SOUL JAZZ RECORDS PRESENT . . . .

‘BOX OF DUB’

SATURDAY 24TH NOVEMBER

DUBSTEP AND FUTURE DUB WITH AN ULTRA HEAVY ALL STAR LINE UP FEATURING . . .

SKREAM
DIGITAL MYSTIKZ
KODE 9 + SPACE APE
COTTI
RAMADANMAN

SOUL JAZZ SOUND SYSTEM

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My girlfriend and I end up chillin most of the lazy Saturday, saving out energy up for Box Of Dub, tonight’s instalment of heavyweight Dubstep beats in Electrowerkz, Angel tube stop, north London. A swift tube ride from Balham all the way to Angel…what a treat! We finish our biff, and tall cans of Heineken, while meeting up with some youngster from Ramadanman’s label (if i remember correctly), and make our way into the club. After a not so thorough search, we enter the club and get our guest list stamps. The front entrance room is packed with what look like Londonian hipsters (middle class kids wearing those thin white sailor shoes….and spiky or funny hair).

Its amazing to see that the night attracted a wide variation of attendees, including some goth headz, new wave web 2.0 blogger heads and the traditional Dubstep crew.

As we arrive Cotti was smashing his beats out, wounding the crowd sub sonically! I heard the occasional beat from Cluekid (the frog sound), so I was assuming it was Cotti up behind the 1′s and 2′s.

We head out for a smoke with Boomnoise, Alex Incyde, Stanton, Hatcha and his friend.

Next up were the dons themselves, Kode 9 & Spaceape….or as Boomy says “Kuuude Noine”. These two absolutely smashed the dance up! Kode dropping all the 16 bit stuff was pretty epic, skeng, poison dart vip (i think) and the Kode 9 16 bit remix of that tune from the Japanese artist, Quarta330. All in all this was the set of the night for me!! What a sound this guy resonates, with the likes of MC Spaceape on the mic spitting low toned verbal lyrics over the beat and basslines.

Skream stepped up next playing some tearing riddims! His typeical “Skream” sound, but nonetheless heavy as fuck! From what I heard and know of, he played some new beats alongside some of his anthem smashers…all in all a superb set….full of energy and kept the crowd jumping and hollering!

Back in the bar room now, we check Mala from Digital Mystikz and his personal MC Sgt. Pokes. Boy…what a riot! They both end up breaking into the main room and getting up on stage for their set….

By this time its like 3:30 am and im tired as hell…..no more beer, no drugs (please) and no energy! We get a chicken fillet burger from the shitty hole in the wall across the street and make our way back to Palace via the LONG night bus service which in London is a main part of a clubbers life. I’m even tempted into making a series called “The night bus missions”, as they are always an epic journey of great proportions traveling across the vibrant city and ending up home around 5 am. Just in time to shut the curtains and get to sleep before the sun starts to beam in through the cracks and beat down on life.

All in all it was a great night. A nice venue, sound could have been better, but im glad i brought my earplugs…beers were cheap, and the smoking area was spliff friendly…at least for us! I would say that the label and organization Soul Jazz is one im going to need to keep my eye on as they too are involved in cd collabs and compilations, and have some experience in the industry aswell as set up great nights and have a solid following of a variation of peoples and types. Sorry to the crew that got rolled up after the security thought they were smoking the Super Silver Haze x NL 5……which they weren’t smoking, but unfortunately got the blame for……so sorry!

The November DOA mix has arrived and this time it’s Infiltrata who’s behind the decks! He brings forth over an hour of pure madness filled with some of the hardest hitting tunes in the game. Check out the interview as well and get to know this man, because with his own label just getting started up, you’ll be hearing a lot more from him in the future!

Check the mix here:

Dogs On Acid

Biggles to the Dokkebi Q family! Keep an eye out for an exclusive interview here on PixelFactor.org in the next few weeks!

Super Dub Pressure….one of my Dubstep highlights of the year so far!

We arrived down in Brighton Friday evening around 6, dropped our bags off with Will (High Rankin), who when we walked up to his house was busy shouting out of his window “Ill kick you in the snout if you come up here” at the feral dogs in the alleyway, throwing used tea bags at them aswell, with a volume of slobber and spit secreting from his lips.

We first head to a club called Digital where they were hosting the Brighton Vice Magazine party, where we briskly shuffled by the long line and through the vip entrance where after being in the club i got frisked and searched as if i was planning to bomb the place…NOT COOL! There were the most insane amounts of “teenage imo kids” there that i have ever seen in one place at the same time!

After getting some rum and coke and drinking it on the beach we link back up with Will and take a cab to the dubstep venue in Brighton, where our other party would take place. The Concorde 2 was quite a venue…although not as big as i had suspected. Ive heard of it many times through the dnb scene, and i thought quite frankly it would have been bigger than it was.

The gramps 30 K Hi-Fi sound system was absolutely smashing! Clean, warm sound…we could even talk to one another although there was the most amazing sound floating around the room! Wicked! No earplugs needed, to my suprise!

Upon our arrival Distance was playing in the main room. I didn’t catch much of his set, but from what i heard he was bangin out wicked beats!

Next up i caught Youngsta, also in the main room. this guy’s mixing skills are really amazing….i didnt notice a flaw, train-wreck or mistake in his whole set. The tune selection wasnt really my thing, but gotta take my hat off to him for his mixing skills…fo sure!

After participating in the infamous slogan from Mr Guy Brazil “Drink, skank, Smoke, Repeat” we checked out the front room where Dokkebi Q were smashing it up with a live Japanese vocalist! Turns out that the Japanese pair live in East London…what a suprise! These guys sounds and set were absolutely FIRE! The beats were crisp, matched with synth sounds and samples/effects from a few small what looked like Korg break out boxes. The dj and vocalist definitely knew what they were doing as tune selection was hot, tempo was proper and they never skipped a beat/rhyme! Id love to get some more info and do a proper review of these 2 artists as their style and sound is right up my street!

We again were victims of the mighty “Drink, skank, Smoke, Repeat” syndrome and rushed back inside to check out Vex’d Live! WOW…what a spectrum of sounds! This was my highlight of the night (with Dokkebi Q coming in a near 2nd)! I now understand the hype about these guys as their set was really really good! I think i danced more to this set than any other dubstep set of the year.

In the front room we skanked our way through the crowd and made it to check out Oneman’s set. Quite impressive i must say. Every time i see this guy play he is absolutely tearing up dancefloors with quality vip tunes i somehow only ever hear him play. Biggles and respect the one-man-dj !!

Cheffal graced the stage with the closing set as Benga was apparently double booked! He threw down the standard smashers id hear him and N Type play on their Rinse FM Sunday night show, along with a few select cuts here and there. A true disk jockey….master of the decks…Chef never ceases to amaze me! Quality set aswell, with the legendary!

After taking the scenic (very long) route back home on my 2 stumps, or at least my legs felt like stubs..with my right foot hurting more and more we end up back at Will’s pad. Make a zoot and crash out! All in all id have to say it was one of my favourite dubstep experiences to date! Thank you Tom & Letti for the nice party and shouts to all that were in attendance (Georgina, Kid Cazual, Alex Incyde, Cluekid, Guy Brazil, High Rankin and anyone else i forgot!)

courtesy of Brighton’s High Rankin, here’s some exclusive scary dubstepz that he mixed in his pants while eating crisps and drinking Sainsbury’s basics red wine.

High Rankin Halloween mix>>

1: High Rankin – We’re all dead
2: High Rankin – Escape from the hood
3: High Rankin – Glory to the grave
4: High Rankin – Control room
5: High Rankin – Fire sale
6: High Rankin – Cop killa
7: High Rankin – Bohemian grove
8: High Rankin – What’s your user (Dubstepz remix)

“With no studio set up and nothing more than a laptop and headphones to make tunes, High Rankin is something of a digital minstrel/roving bass merchant. He can be found in a pub in the North lanes of Brighton bobbing up and down behind his laptop and slinging back shots of none descript booze or, maybe even sat outside ya mums house stealing her internets. ”

One scary mo fo

www.myspace.com/highrankin

*photography courtesy of Georgina Cook
Via Drumz Of The South