RSD (Punch Drunk / Tectonic / UK)>> FRI 12 APRIL @ Night Owl

[Dub Club Melbourne]

Dub Club Melbourne presents RSD (Punch Drunk / Tectonic / UK) on Friday 12 April at Night Owl.

Get ready for a massive night of bass culture featuring special guest RSD performing live on the Heartical HiFi soundsystem with support from a whole troupe of bass specialist selectors, producers and DJ's.

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RSD, perhaps better known as Bristol bass music stalwart Rob Smith and one half of the respected production duo Smith and Mighty, has been pushing bass heavy rhythms for more than two decades.

Forming the, now legendary, production duo Smith and Mighty with collaborator Ray Mighty in 1987, the pair's early releases on the Three Stripe label were influential in laying the groundwork for both the trip hop and jungle scenes for which Bristol would become renowned. As well as their own releases, they take production credit for Massive Attacks first release ’Any Love’ and Fresh Fours top ten hit ’Wishing on a star’.

From there it went to a world-wide respected musical career as Smith & Mighty – with world-tours and releases on K7 – including the now legendary DJ Kicks Mix series.

Rob remains firmly at the forefront of Bristol’s endlessly inventive music scene,with a staggering discography and a range of projects encompassing dub, drum and bass, 2-step and dubstep, Rob Smith has his finger squarely on the basspulse.

Under the moniker RSD, Rob Smith produces fresh, innovative bass music that simultaneously pays dues to his deep soundsystem roots while pushing things ever forward.
He comfortably adapts to the rolling, sub- heavy rhythms of dubstep. With releases on respected labels including Punch Drunk, Earwax, Tectonic, Black Box and Moonshine, RSD’s sound is typified by impossibly heavy soundsystem testing sub-lines and junglist dub breaks.

On the DJ front, RSD is constantly touring the world, in 2011 / 2012, he stopped in Switzerland, Holland, Sweden, Slovenia – toured through Asia (China, Japan, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam) and of course performed all over the UK – the summer months were filled with festival, outdoor and club gigs in Finland, Ukraine, France, Slovakia, Poland, UK's Glastonbury festival and as resident DJ
at Croatia´s Outlook Festival, and as a glorious end to a very busy 2011, RSD performed on New Year´s Eve at the massive Electronic Ballroom event in Tokyo alongside Francois K, Goth-Trad and DJ Kentaro from Ninja Tune Japan plus many others. in 2012, Rob was reunited with Ray Mighty for a massive Tokyo date with Mad Professor.

RSD releases and remixes for 2012 include..
Henry & Louis - Love Like (RSD & DJ Pinch remixes)
Dubblestandart & Marcia Griffiths - Holding You Close (RSD remix)
Horace Andy - Cuss Cuss (RSD remix)
Warrior Queen - Bass Line Wine (RSD remix)
AMJ meets RSD - Depth Drop / Sign Of The Dub
RSD featuring Ricky Ranking - Dancehall Rock / Too Much War

Discography for RSD - http://www.discogs.com/artist/RSD
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/RSD/233036310080416

Support on the night is all star line up including:

Stryka D (Heartical HiFi)

Monkey Marc (DIY HiFI, Combat Wombat)

L-que (Echo Chamber)

AC23 (Formant Recordings)

Snaraphobe (UK)

DJ Ital Magnus (Break The Chain PBS)

Woz (Wobble, Too Much)

Doors 9.00pm til late

Gate rate $20 no more, no less