VOID & BASS HIGH PRESENT APPLEBLIM UK DEC 11th

cammo · Post by **cammo** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:56 pm

The long awaited tour of SKULL DISCO and APPLEPIPS front man APPLEBLIM happens in December. He hits Melbourne on December 11th in the basement of the Mercat Cross with a unique party combining Melbourne’s first Dubstep night BASS HIGH and Sydney’s premier Dubstep night VOID. An all-star line-up has been assembled combining both Sydney and Melbourne Dj’s plus two of the most recognisable producers of Dubstep and Bass music in Australia, HARMONIC 313 (aka Mark Pritchard) and SPHERIX.

http://www.myspace.com/appleblim
APPLEBLIM is one of the most unique producers and DJ’s in Dubstep. Known for his deep Techno inspired productions, he is equally as known for his banging DJ sets and an ability to move seamlessly from dubstep and grime to banging techno and anything else that will get the floor moving. He has toured internationally numerous times and played all the biggest raves on the planet and a regular at the spiritual home of Dubstep, FWD>> club in London. With releases on labels SKULL DISCO,APPLEPIPS, TEMPA, IMMERSE, BARKANE SOL and a RESIDENT ADVISOR podcast under his belt, Appleblim is without question one of the big guns in the Dubstep scene.

http://www.myspace.com/officialmarkpritchard
MARK PRITCHARD stepped into the music business in the early 90’s, teamed up with Tom Middleton and formed Global Communication and recorded under many different styles of music under various project names to much critical acclaim. Most recently he records as HARMONIC 313 on WARP, HYPERDUB and DEEP MEDI MUSIC and collaborates with Steve Spacek creating some of the most original productions in todays music world.

http://www.myspace.com/spherixaudio
SPHERIX is one of Australia biggest Dubstep exports. Influenced heavily by minimal and dub techno, he has had numerous releases on respected international labels including, Immerse, 3.5 Recordings, Tube 10, Bare Dubs, Subcontinental Dub and On The Edge Records. After considerable time in the studio working on a heap of new material SPHERIX is set to unleash his next generation of bass heavy beats at what is set to be one cracker of a night.

To round off a stellar line-up with have VOID Dj’s VICTIM and PAUL FRASER (also front man to AQUATIC LAB RECORDS) making the trip from Sydney to see how the Melbourne scene rolls and bring their own selections of unique and interesting beats. KAMO is there too and none of you need an intro on this man, one longest serving representatives of Dubstep in Melbourne, you know this guy has the tunes to get the floor moving.

VOID & BASS HIGH present APPLEBLIM 'UK' (Applepips, Skull Disco, Tempa)

Line-up

APPLEBLIM (Applepips, Skull Disco, Tempa)
HARMONIC 313 (Warp Records, Hyperdub, Deep Medi)
SPHERIX (Immerse, Subcontinental Dub)
PAUL FRASER (Aquatic Lab, Void)
VICTIM (Void)
KAMO (Bass High)

Friday December 11th , Mercat Basement, 495 Queen Street Melbourne
10pm – 6am, $20 presale via, qjump.com.au, inthemix.com.au, residentadvisor.net

http://www.voidsound.com/pastevents/200 ... m_Melb.php

sPeCtRuM · Post by **sPeCtRuM** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:00 pm

Quality! looking forward to this

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:04 pm

Can't wait! This made my day!!!

BU's V & BH!!!

Post by **fooishbar** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:05 pm

'blim is an absolute don, will be great to see the sydney boys again too.

dust · Post by **dust** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:58 pm

I just changed my flights up to Brisbane to attend this gig.

There is no way in hell i'd miss it, what a line up.

cammo · Post by **cammo** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:23 pm

http://www.myspace.com/appleblim
APPLEBLIM BIOGRAPHY

Sometime in 2007 a subsection of dubstep broke cover and headed off in a new direction. Starting in Bristol, it shot over the Channel and headed for the middle ground between itself and Berlin, to unite in a shared love of Jamaican bass, delay and space with a little Detroit groove. Dubstep Allstars 6, mixed by Appleblim, is perhaps the definitive and most coherent document of this outbreak.

In essence the mix brings together many of the pioneers of this sound, from Bristol’s Peverelist, RSD, Pinch, Komanazmuk and Appleblim, and blends in the fellow sonically if not geographically contiguous experimenters, such as Martyn, TRG, 2562 and Ramadanman. It is expertly mixed, selected and arranged such that it soon feels like a whole, as if the lines between the tracks, not to mention the moods, reference points or genres, are rendered meaningless.
While currently and originally a Bristolian, Appleblim spent some time in London in ‘94. It was to prove influential: “‘the one’ really,” as he himself puts it, in his usual enthusiastic tone. “We just caught the bug: listening to the radio, finding out what was going on and picking up our first jungle tunes.” Like many of dubstep’s pioneers, be it Loefah, Burial or Kode9, Appleblim had caught the jungle bug and through it, developed a love of dub, bass and dark spaces that would keep him in good stead later. He learned to mix on a mate’s set of decks but thought little more of it. In fact the world might not have known more of Appleblim were he have not discovered a club called Forward>>, later to be recognised as the birthplace of dubstep, and a friend called Shackleton.

Appleblim and Shackleton shared a love of two things: percussive 2004 era dubstep like Digital Mystikz’ “Conference” (later released on Soul Jazz) and Berlin’s Burial Mix, the most overtly dubby label of the techy German bass and space pioneers, Basic Channel. Together Appleblim and Shackleton formed the unique Skull Disco label which became best known for releasing Shackleton’s, uniquely dark, paranoid and organic percussion jams. But while Shackleton was gaining recognition as a producer of uncompromising vision, Appleblim was quietly working on his direction as a DJ. “I’m not a creator in the same kind of way [as producer Shackleton],” he explains. “I’m more the person who carries tapes and records around to people’s houses, being the one sat next to the stereo going ‘oi, check out this!’ That’s what I feel like I’m still doing now.” Dubstep Allstars6: welcome to Appleblim’s personal stereo.

At the beginning of 2007, Appleblim, like many of the headz who have attended the club religiously only to turn into participants, got asked to play at the very space that had inspired him and Shackeleton, Forward>>. “It’s very strange going from being a raver who was there obsessively down the front to going to someone standing behind the decks. It’s definitely an honour: I’ve had countless epiphanies down there, so if I can give people a few of those then that’s my job done.”

While he plays down the role of sets in Bath where he first met fellow Bristolians Pinch, Peverelist and Blazey, and also the Skull Disco parties in Stoke Newington, Appleblim cites his opportunity to play at Forward>> as a turning point in his DJing. “Before that, I’d felt I’d either tried to fit too many or the wrong style into my sets. But I made a conscious decision, and Sarah had told me to do this too, to stick to my guns.” By taking Ammunition’s words as firepower, Appleblim found the trajectory you now find on this CD.

Perhaps techno, like hardcore, will never die. Early dubsteppers were as influenced by it as the UK garage scene the genre grew out of, be it Horsepower and El-B’s love of Basic Channel, Artwork’s blatant Jeff Mills influence on “Basic G” or the warm tech of DJ Abstract’s “Touch.” But certainly the case that Detroit and Euro techno’s influence on dubstep had at least moved to the background before Appleblim and friends began to gather momentum.

Now an entire sub-movement seems to be gathering pace underneath the dubstep umbrella. The boundaries between dubby techno and techy dubstep seem to have dissolved. The critical question is, however, will the upshot be more than or less than the sum of its parts? Are we headed for “dubstep” sets that are little more than rigid 140bpm techno? Will it become totally clean formless e-lead headspace, with the edge, the rude awakening of the urban bass injection lost? Appleblim is unconcerned.

“I think there’s a lot of genre blurring going on,” he explains “and there is a sort of a danger that it will become 140bpm techno, but the answer is [that] it needs to retain some funk and swing. Having said that I try to just view great music as great music, and always have, so that I might play a tune by a ‘dubstep’ producer that sounds essentially like a ‘techno’ tune… in the end, if it moves you it moves you…”

On Dubstep Allstars 6, it’s certainly got your organs in motion, both your feet and your heart. Built around two emotional peaks, first the early glory of Pinch’s brave diva house dubstep “Get Up”, and towards the end, Martyn’s warm and synthy anthem, “Broken Hearts remix.”
“I wanted the mix to be a representation of what I play in the clubs, a mixture of unreleased exclusive dubplates and some big tunes that I helped to break… I was amongst the first to play [some of] these tunes out, and wanted to give more exposure to tracks that I really think are phenomenal.”

“Obviously it’s a bit of a cliché to start mellow and work upwards but I find it works for me: the harder tracks have much more impact if you have played some spacious, deeper, more ‘head’ music first. I like to build a set, not always start with bangers. I like to create an atmosphere.”

Space is the place.

Martin Clark aka Blackdown
LDN, Summer 2008

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:33 pm

okay, now im intruigued....

same o · Post by **same o** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:38 pm

appleblim is awesome, cannot wait

Leelee · Post by **Leelee** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:59 pm

YUS! How cool.

Stryfe · Post by **Stryfe** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:44 pm

Quality act.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:56 pm

no appleblim in briz. FML

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:07 pm

flippo wrote:no appleblim in briz. FML

come down mofo!!!

cammo · Post by **cammo** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:38 am

fucks fml stand for?
be awesome if flippo could come down. hype hype

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:32 am

damn i'd definitely be at this but will be at meredith

almost tempted to skip the first night in favor of this...

Spherix · Post by **Spherix** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:36 pm

shabana · Post by **shabana** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:07 am

ghetto kitty wrote:okay, now im intruigued....

appleblim is awesome!!!!!!

http://www.skulldisco.com/

http://isfuckingaweso.me/music?q=appleb ... lim/page/1

http://redbullmusicacademyradio.com/shows/1219/

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:45 pm

thanks shabana, will check em out!

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:53 pm

Kind of spewing I'll miss this gig......
...... but Ill probably be in South London that night anyway.

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:58 pm

Summer Melbourne Dubstep Vibes vs. Winter South London Dubstep Vibes...

Wouldn't want to be anywhere else!

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:42 pm

The harsh grey winter of London si the dubstep vibe.
Only hippies fuck sunsets.

cammo · Post by **cammo** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:17 am

Spherix wrote:

ice cream vibes

sPeCtRuM · Post by **sPeCtRuM** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:07 pm

more hype! Appleblim should deliver the goods!

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:18 pm

Sticker plastered on the beer fridge!!!!

cammo · Post by **cammo** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:56 pm

sPeCtRuM wrote:more hype! Appleblim should deliver the goods!

tes la rok gave appleblim a massive thumbs up. "absloute don n badman on the decks."

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:58 pm

i am seriously looking forward to this gig....

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:19 pm

Appleblim's RBMA Session Transcript + Video.

Interesting read/listen even though it's from last year.

http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/vide ... transcript

cammo · Post by **cammo** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:34 am

http://forum.melbournebeats.com/viewtop ... =6&t=18984

Stryfe · Post by **Stryfe** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:53 pm

Got my ticket.

Friday night is gonna be fuckin sweet.

same o · Post by **same o** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:15 pm

THIS FRIDAY!!!

CANNOT WAIT!!!

dust · Post by **dust** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:00 pm

OMG me too, and i forgot that Mark was playing too. What a great line up!

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:31 pm

I didn't even know Pritchard was playing at this party until a couple of days back, reallly should have put it in the thread title!

THERE!!!

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:13 am

Old people have trouble reading sometimes hehehe

This week better go quick looking forward to this one!!!

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:59 am

meee tooooooooo

yay for a big weekend of awesome gigs....me gonna dance.....

dust · Post by **dust** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:57 am

Amick wrote:Old people have trouble reading sometimes hehehe

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:47 am

dust wrote:
Amick wrote:Old people have trouble reading sometimes hehehe

It was aimed at Hardy!!!

Post by **fooishbar** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:56 am

dust wrote:
Amick wrote:Old people have trouble reading sometimes hehehe

you do have glasses, no?

dust · Post by **dust** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:34 pm

fooishbar wrote:
dust wrote:
Amick wrote:Old people have trouble reading sometimes hehehe

you do have glasses, no?

I'll glass you in second if you're not careful!

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:15 pm

dust wrote:I'll glass you in second if you're not careful!

Spherix · Post by **Spherix** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:35 pm

bump this

133 sub heavy techno set from me on fri

kiss & tell · Post by **kiss & tell** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:10 pm

APPLEBLIM!

fucking nice work, i'll be there!

kiss & tell · Post by **kiss & tell** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:32 pm

this'll be some heavy freaked out stuff

cammo · Post by **cammo** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:33 am

ruff set times
10 – 1130 kamo
1130 – 1230 paul fraser
1230 – 0130 spherix live
0130 – 0300 appleblim
0300 – 0430 mark pritchard
0430 close victim

will be doing a b2b with paul fraser, first time cant wait. spherix playing a live set for the first time. n APPLEBLIM for his first tour date. whole lot of subby goodness. getting hyped mid week
plus a mix cd from my myself for the first 50 ticket holders n door entry payers before 12. so get there early. no fashionable late shite

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:20 pm

APPLEBLIM

FARK

YEAH!

dust · Post by **dust** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:05 pm

Ah shame Pritchard is so late. I have an early flight. Booooooo

Post by **fooishbar** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:12 pm

can't wait for this!!

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:34 pm

i want to come....bad.

i need a body double...
and an aural double...
and a typing double....

VOID · Post by **VOID** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:42 pm

Mixing it up all different styles at this. Will be a cracker no doubt!!
junglists take note, old skool mash up from Harmonic and Victim late on, probably b2b styles..

heres a rough guide for set times. Note things may change on the night slightly depending on how DJ's are feeling and how the night is running.

1000 – 1130 KAMO (Dub, Reggae, Dubstep)
1130 – 1230 PAUL FRASER (Dubstep, Grime, Garage)
1230 – 0130 SPHERIX LIVE (Dubstep, Techno, Minimal)
0130 – 0300 APPLEBLIM (Dubstep, Techno, Electronica)
0300 – 0430 HARMONIC 313 (Hip Hop, Grime, Jungle)
0430 - 0600 VICTIM (Jungle)

Spherix · Post by **Spherix** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:01 pm

KABUMPLE

EvilSnakeWoman · Post by **EvilSnakeWoman** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:31 pm

no fashionable late shite

at the risk of being unpopular and completely shite... I'm gunna be stumbling down the stairs in my party dress n heels when ever the hell I get there! teehee

yay

sPeCtRuM · Post by **sPeCtRuM** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:59 pm

wats the sound system goin to be like downstairs?