Kidz Rage !

One of my best friends LeeLee sent me this vid straight from the Mayhem Festival in Southern California, in which her boyfriend Corey also plays guitar! Biggups & check out the video:

SiX - Rockstar Mayhem Fest 2008

Flying Lotus, Gas Lamp Killer, Kode 9, Digital Mystikz + more are playing this weekend in London for Flying Lotus’s new album called “LA”.

The night looks SICK. Really looking forward to it!

Dublime was sublime…

As Manny Moscow & I make our way from Stretham up to Farringdon via Brixton i eventually come out of my sleepy daze…as i was lucky enough to have a nap before the heavy night. Over the years ive always have a good time at Fabric. Ive never seen such a overwhelming Dubstep lineup there, but props to the promoters who packed the big club out, with friendly and open minded people.

Pinch smacked it with the Bristol sound but I take my hat off to Loefah and Congo Natty… they were in my opinion the act of the night…slammin beats with a don MC…i was movin throughout the whole set…spilling beer everywhere and loving it!

Lee “Scratch” Perry + Adrian Sherwood performed a live set which was amazing. The sound and vibe in the main room was poppin!

Check some video here of Irration Steppas, Lee “Scratch” Perry & Adrian Sherwood and Pole (Live):

Rusko, Blackdown & Dusk, Quest and Kode 9 + Flow Dan were all fire! Heard a few new beats around the shop which were very tasty!

All in all the night was big! I wish i could have seen more of the artists which played! Even got some German food (Bratwurst & Potato stir fry) from across the street before we jumped in a cab to head back south…result! The sound in all 3 rooms were spot on! I didn’t have my earplugs with me and didn’t suffer from ringin ears the next morning, although the sound was heavy as fu*k.

Looking forward to the next Dublime!

A few pics of the night:

Hatts & Manny Moscow

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Crowd

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Pinch

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Quest

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Crowd In Main Room

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Blackdown & Dusk

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Manny Moscow

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Lee “Scratch” Perry

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Loefah + Congo Natty aka Rebel MC

Not fresh news, but still noteworthy as this tune is killing it in Europe right now! Wiley’s lyrics to a slammin beat with an old sample from DSK, which i guess Atlantic Records just picked up awhile back.

Its a bit different and in my opinion alot more commercial than what Wiley’s normally released in the past…should be interesting to see how the various scenes welcome it.

Video below!

Milton Keynes first Dubstep event!! Firstly Define & I would like to thank everyone for their support! Smithers for the soundsystem and tech support. Paice, Felis, T!, High Rankin, N Type for their dj performances and MC’s Snoosh, Ratty and the host of the night ASBO for doing a fine job on the mic. Respect to Georgina, Walsh and Chefal for coming down !

Shouts to my boy Hatts whos in hospital right now..get well soon mang!

My Flickr gallery is here with some pics i took:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxedmedia/sets/72157603640954023/

A small photo preview of the night is below.

Respect and looking forward to the next!

Set Times

Soundsystem

Brock Out

Paice

Snoosh & Paice

Felis

T_!

High Rankin

DEFine

ASBO

N Type

ASBO - Chef - Walsh

ASBO - Chef - Paice - N Type

Photos by BoxedLab Photography

Many people have asked over this blogs life….”what is Kidz Rage!”

This is the term used by one of my best and dearest friends Queen Rage….aka Nikki Sixxx…aka Nikki or just plain Nicole!

She originally coined the term Kidz Rage from her days on tour and hanging around lot (i would assume)….Kidz just simply RAGE! Party on…..keep the good vibes rollin……keep truckin!

One thing i appreciate is that Nicole and I have been friends since a very young age…have gone through alot together….sometimes not spoken for a few years, but all in all when we do speak or message its like we never missed a day. This girl has been there for me throughout some of my tougher times in recent life regardless if she was thousands of miles away….its alot more than i can say from most of the associates…or friends as some call them spread within my endless old contact lists and crews from Cali.

Really just dedicating this blog post to her….and the original gangsta Kidz Rage blog!!!

Giving credit where credit is due

Love you Nikki!!

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!

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!)

DMZ - September 8th, 2007

@ Mass - Brixton 9pm to 6 am

Digital Mystiks
Loefah
Kode 9
Goth Trad
ClueKid
Plastician
Oneman

Hosted By

-SpaceApe
-Sgt Pokes

As our crew, who is for the most part already semi drunk arrives to Mass in Brixton, we enter the club and i already hear the sub-bass flowing through my body and vibrating my chest cavity. Absolutely amazing! We make it up the stairs, which seemed like they went on forever and ended up in the top room where the DMZ boys had things in full swing.

First thigs first…THANK GOD i didnt forget my earplugs!

I believe when we got there that one of the residents was on….great tunes, and had a very smooth style of mixing beats into one another.

Next up was ClueKid with a solid “star trek” themed intro….the crowd loved this and were all throwing up the Mr Spok sick (4 fingers up split in the middle). Cluekid i actually met in person on the trainride back home to Milton Keynes, but nonetheless…i was very impressed by his tune selection and the flow he was pushing to the crowd, who obviously responded likewise.

Goth Trad, direct from Japan stepped up and started to plug his bits in for the live show he was about to display. Really good….especially for it being live! Nice beats, but his style seemed to be a little bit more technoish and mechanical (if thats the right word for it) that the rest of the DJ’s id heard so far. Great skills, mixing was on point….and assuming from the crowd reaction….his tunes were large!

Next the beat surgeon Kode 9 + his MC SpaceApe graced the decks. Ive heard a few of his bits back at Georgie’s pad, but seeing him live was trulty amazing. What a spectrum of sound…and his MC truly made the setting. Harsh rolling bassy beats…i think Georgie and I danced through his whole set….really really amazing and had bare VIP’s which rocked! My second favorite set of the night!!

DMZ founders Digital Mystics (Mala) and Loefah stepped up next and rocked the what i can compare as the classic dubstep sound. Their sound is what i had in my head as to what the sound “Dubstep” was….or at least knew before my first experience. Crisp mixing with what seemed like a selection of crowd pleasers mixed with the odd dub.

If im not mistaken i think Plastician was up next. Now this was a real treat…he was tearing out the Dubstep riddims with a flow of what sounded like “west coast” gangster rap MC’in over the top….this was by far my most favorite act of the night, as i could relate to the sound he was pushing. The most vocal based of all the sets the whole night, and seemed to just hit the spot!! Would love to see him again or link up a mp3 from the man himeslf. Most def my favorite set of the night!!!!

Last up was the DOTS (Drumz of the South) resident, OneMan. He tore out a grimey, breakbeat, dubby set which really got the crowd jumpin and back onto the dancefloor….even may it be 5 am! I only saw about half an hour of his set before we decided to call it a night and get some chicken and ribs with Bailey before we head home.

All in all….this being my first Dubstep experience i must admit that it was quite an experience. My flatmate Mark came along aswell, and this was his first actual rave! I gotta give him props for enduring the whole night listening to demented beats with twisted freaks! Im deffinately a new fan of Dubstep, but know for next time that a mid day nap will be needed it im to dance the night away with Georgie!

*my appoligies for not crediting the photographers, as i just Google’d the artists names, but please feel free to contact me if you are, or know who i should give credit to!!

XtraBass has cemented 1Xtra’s strong reputation and allegiance with one of the UK’s most thriving music scenes. This year the station adds a new element to the week, as it celebrates some of the biggest names in the industry with the first XtraBass Awards. Across the week the station will broadcast 16 hours of live Drum & Bass on 1Xtra, touching down in seven cities across seven days with some of the biggest and freshest D&B talent in the UK.XtraBass 07 launches in Oxford, as 1Xtra’s entire Drum & Bass DJ roster (L Double, Flight, Bailey and new signing, Crissy Criss) take to the decks alongside Oxford veterans Total Science. Joining 1Xtra’s Drum & Bass crew throughout the week will be some of the best names from the D&B scene such as Fabio, Grooverider, Logistics, Alix Perez, Randall, Lemon D & Dillinja, and Friction.The week promises some very special highlights, including a jungle special from Sheffield where L Double will be joined by 1Xtra’s Dancehall king Robbo Ranx alongside old skool legends Top Cat and Tenor Fly. XtraBass will also be taking over the Radio 1 airwaves as Bailey and Grooverider broadcast live to 1Xtra and Radio 1 fans from Glasgow. And for the first time XtraBass touches down in Swansea, as Bailey is joined by Friction plus MC SP and Rage.

Another first for 1Xtra will be the inaugural XtraBass Awards, which will be broadcast live from a secret location in London. Listeners will be able to vote online for their favourites in a variety of categories, and will be able to register for a chance to attend the event, via the XtraBass mini-site dedicated to which launches mid-February: bbc.co.uk/1xtra/xb07.

Willber Willberforce, 1Xtra Deputy Head of Programmes said: ‘XtraBass is consistently one of the highlights in the 1Xtra calendar, and the station continues to represent for Drum & Bass - one of the most unique music genres to come out of the UK. Listeners look to us to bring them the freshest talent around, and this year we are pleased to be adding the XtraBass Awards, which will salute some of the most important names in the business. It’s the perfect way to end what promises to be a very special week’.

TOUR & BROADCAST SCHEDULE

MONDAY 5th MARCH - MIDNIGHT – 2AM
XTRABASS Presents Source from Zodiac, Oxford
With Xtra Bass All Stars (L Double, Flight, Bailey, Crissy Criss) and Total Science & DJ Lee plus MC Aya and IC3

TUESDAY 6th MARCH - MIDNIGHT – 2AM
XTRABASS Presents Run from Native, Bristol
With Flight, Logistics, Distorted Minds Vs TC plus MC Jakes

WEDNESDAY 7th MARCH - MIDNIGHT – 2AM
XTRABASS Presents Breakthrough from Medicine Bar, Birmingham
With Flight, Alix Perez, Sabre, Skitty, Nolige, Dan B plus 1Xtra comp winner plus MC Fozz

THURSDAY 8th MARCH - MIDNIGHT – 2AM
XTRABASS Presents Freshen Up from DQ Bass Bar, Sheffield
With L Double, Robbo Ranx, Top Cat & Tenor Fly, Serial Killaz, Dbo General, Bongo Chilli, Dan Man and Junglist Alliance.

FRIDAY 9th MARCH - MIDNIGHT – 2AM
XTRABASS Presents Xplicit from the Arts School, Glasgow
With Bailey, Grooverider and Fabio plus MC Tonn Piper

SATURDAY 10th MARCH - MIDNIGHT – 2AM
XTRABASS Presents Urban Bass from Monkey, Swansea
With Bailey, Friction plus MC SP and Rage

SUNDAY 11th MARCH - 10PM - MIDNIGHT
XTRABASS AWARDS*
Live from a secret London location with special guest performances

XTRABASS Presents Valve Sound System - MIDNIGHT – 2AM
Ministry of Sound, London
With Lemon D, Dillinja, Randall (recorded Friday 9th)

For further info keep listening to 1Xtra and check the website bbc.co.uk/1Xtra

Listen live to 1Xtra via Digital TV on Channels Sky Digital 0137, Telewest & NTL Digital 907 and Freeview 701, or by logging on to bbc.co.uk/1Xtra and via Digital DAB Radio.

More information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/1Xtra