Uncomfortable Beats keeps rolling strong into 2012 with a one off mega-Thursday line-up featuring the legendary Dizz1 and interstate live guests such as Diger Rokwell (W.A) and Mannheim Rocket (N.S.W). On top of that we have local residents Able8 & ShiKung.
DIZZ1
Melbourne based turntablist and producer Dizz1 has been involved in the music industry for over 10 years, both here and abroad, including 2 years in Japan. He has collaborated in the studio with Om'Mas Keith (Sa-Ra Creative Partners), Mark Pritchard (Harmonic 313) and Steve Spacek (Africa Hitech),
Stereotyp (Crunchtime Records) and the one they call Roots Manuva as well as forming a new live project with DJ Dexter called ‘Curse The Machines’.
DIGER ROKWELL
The 2 times WAMI nominated, Diger Rokwell is the chameleon of Perth creative scene. As co-founder of influential crew The Community, Diger has aided the growth of independent electronic music in Perth. His five self-released albums Digstrumentals, The Earthhead, Digerbodia, We Are All Related and Sri Diger are an intercultural mix of global sounds, field recordings, spoken word, heavy drums, driving bass and spaced out sonics with context and narrative.
MANNHEIM ROCKET
Mannheim Rocket has been bridging the worlds of classical music and modern bass for some time now. The 'De Profundis' EP released in 2011 on 3BS gave a dark ambient take on the latter days of the great Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich. Since then Mannheim has been sculpting a varied live set by means of reconstructing tracks from source material - combining them with improvised beats and dub influenced effects.
ABLE8
Over the years Able has gone from strength to strength with his music career, whether fronting live bands as an MC, or pushing electronic gadgets as a producer, or even behind the scenes promoting underground music genres and parties…His unique brand of Alternative Hip-Hop and Electronic Bass Music pushes boundaries and grows as does his forever expanding roster of world-wide collaborators.
SHIKUNG
Uncomfortable Beats resident DJ ShiKung has built a tasty list of supports over his 7 year stint in Melbourne's club and bar scene. On top of this he runs "Glitch This!!" Club nights and radio show, which is approaching its 100th live-to-air broadcast this coming Sunday! Fresh from playing Deliverance Festival he is back in Melbourne and pushing the best sounds in Glitch-Hop and all genres of Bass-Music.