Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
I would have thought somebody posted this here already.. Even though most of u probably know already
Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 9:00pm
Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 7:00am
The Hifi
125 Swanston St
Melbourne, Australia
Skream:
Croydon's musical wonderkid (not the melbourne one!). At 15 he discovered making music. Five years later he's changed the course of UK urban music, having helped build the foundations of London's most exciting new musical style, dubstep. But he's barely started yet: because right now, Skream is an artist on fire.
Skream's story begins in Croydon, in secondary school year 11. He wasn't getting on with teachers and they weren't getting on with him: but he was getting on with his music. But two friendships cemented then would start him onto the path to musical success.
First he met Benga, another talented Croydon kid who was starting to make music. Then he met Hatcha, soon to be one of the most influential and pioneering DJs in urban music. Around 2000 Benga and Skream set about building on the early dark garage flavours that were to be found on the pirate airwaves around Croydon. Through Hatcha's sets at club Forward» and releases on the seminal Big Apple label, they were about to create a new phase of dubstep.
At first Skream specialised in one flavour of dubstep: dark. His clipped, techy minimal style became a trademark sound. Long before grime existed, it reflected dark murky streets and sinister nights, the sound of decaying London and its frustrated communities, stuck out in satellite towns and sink estates with nothing but a PC and freely available software to channel their frustration into. Stuck in front of a PC for days on end, that's exactly what Skream did.
Then two years ago Digital Mystikz burst onto the dubstep scene, expanding the sound with new flavours and vivid colours. Skream became even more inspired. It not like he wasn't prolific already - rumour has it he's made over 1500 tracks - but out poured a host of bright new tracks from the wonderkid. "Indian remix" took him into trippy Asian territories, "Cheeky..." into Arabia, his unreleased mixes of Sunship fused Jamaican dancehall smut with hooky Kraftwerk melodies. "Smiling Face" broke out cheerful reggae skanks on dancefloors.
But his biggest toooooooon was yet to come. Enter "Midnight Request Line" - on Tempa records - an anthemic explosion of electro arpeggios and dub sub-bass. It's a toooooooon you can sing along to: Skream has it as his own ringtone. When it got dropped by DJ Youngsta at club Forward» grime dons Wiley, Jammer and the rest of Roll Deep began to shock out, flashing their lighters out of hard earned respect. The flip of this mighty release is bassline boomer "I," an excursion into deep dub basslines and shifting cinematic textures.
Benga:
Imagine the first club you ever get into is, as you step inside, in the process of changing the face of urban music? Imagine you’re only 14 at the time, yet you’re already a producer. Well, Croydon dubstep star Benga doesn’t have to imagine: that is his life.
Age 14 the afro-haired producer went to his first club, Forward>> at London’s now defunct Velvet Rooms, the night widely acknowledged for founding the bassy UK garage hybrid, dubstep.
Having put in years of graft, Benga, now age 21, is a leading light in the rising global dubstep movement alongside his childhood friend, Skream. This year he drops his debut album proper for Tempa, provisionally entitled “Diary of an Afro Warrior,” after the mighty mane that sprouts from his head. “If I cut my afro off, I’d have to start again musically,” laughs Benga.
Aside from the best haircut in dubstep, Benga has a lot to be happy about. At 15 he released his debut 12” “Skank/Dose” on one of dubstep’s founding imprints, Big Apple. A&Red by one of the most influential DJs in dubstep, DJ Hatcha, the label was run out of the Croydon shop of the same name, the hangout for much of the early pioneers and future stars such as Artwork, Horsepower, Hatcha, Chef, Plastician and Skream.
For years Benga, alongside first Skream, then Loefah, Coki and Mala Digital Mystikz, built exclusive musical ammunition for DJ Hatcha. It was this material, aired by Hatcha alone at Forward>>, that propelled dubstep from UK garage offshoot to innovative genre in its own right
After early mentoring by Arthur from Artwork, Benga refined his trade working for a professional studio, linked to the biggest labels in the world. He produced for grime MCs such as Crazy Titch and Ghetto, before concentrating his output on dubstep in 2005.
Since then he’s had releases on electronic stables Planet Mu and Hotflush, self released his own CD and become a respected DJ in his own right, playing throughout Europe and Australasia. Now, all eyes are on Benga’s debut album proper for Tempa, not least because it contains this summer’s largest anthem in Aiya Nappa and Malia. Co-produced with Coki Digital Mystikz, the toooooooon “Night” is a hit not just with the dubstep heads, but with both grime and funky house crowd. With this between its pages, it sounds like the “Diary…” will be a must-read.
Sub-Bass are proud to present these 2 Dubstep heavyweight's together for one night only at the Hifi Bar on January 3rd. With an extra Bass heavy soundsystem for the night, this will be a great gig to start the year off with! With some of Melbourne's best local Dubstep talent to supprt - Bass Bin Laden, Camo, The Shredder & Baron Von Rotton... get your tickets from thehifi.com.au, Missing Link or Polyester.
Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 9:00pm
Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 7:00am
The Hifi
125 Swanston St
Melbourne, Australia
Skream:
Croydon's musical wonderkid (not the melbourne one!). At 15 he discovered making music. Five years later he's changed the course of UK urban music, having helped build the foundations of London's most exciting new musical style, dubstep. But he's barely started yet: because right now, Skream is an artist on fire.
Skream's story begins in Croydon, in secondary school year 11. He wasn't getting on with teachers and they weren't getting on with him: but he was getting on with his music. But two friendships cemented then would start him onto the path to musical success.
First he met Benga, another talented Croydon kid who was starting to make music. Then he met Hatcha, soon to be one of the most influential and pioneering DJs in urban music. Around 2000 Benga and Skream set about building on the early dark garage flavours that were to be found on the pirate airwaves around Croydon. Through Hatcha's sets at club Forward» and releases on the seminal Big Apple label, they were about to create a new phase of dubstep.
At first Skream specialised in one flavour of dubstep: dark. His clipped, techy minimal style became a trademark sound. Long before grime existed, it reflected dark murky streets and sinister nights, the sound of decaying London and its frustrated communities, stuck out in satellite towns and sink estates with nothing but a PC and freely available software to channel their frustration into. Stuck in front of a PC for days on end, that's exactly what Skream did.
Then two years ago Digital Mystikz burst onto the dubstep scene, expanding the sound with new flavours and vivid colours. Skream became even more inspired. It not like he wasn't prolific already - rumour has it he's made over 1500 tracks - but out poured a host of bright new tracks from the wonderkid. "Indian remix" took him into trippy Asian territories, "Cheeky..." into Arabia, his unreleased mixes of Sunship fused Jamaican dancehall smut with hooky Kraftwerk melodies. "Smiling Face" broke out cheerful reggae skanks on dancefloors.
But his biggest toooooooon was yet to come. Enter "Midnight Request Line" - on Tempa records - an anthemic explosion of electro arpeggios and dub sub-bass. It's a toooooooon you can sing along to: Skream has it as his own ringtone. When it got dropped by DJ Youngsta at club Forward» grime dons Wiley, Jammer and the rest of Roll Deep began to shock out, flashing their lighters out of hard earned respect. The flip of this mighty release is bassline boomer "I," an excursion into deep dub basslines and shifting cinematic textures.
Benga:
Imagine the first club you ever get into is, as you step inside, in the process of changing the face of urban music? Imagine you’re only 14 at the time, yet you’re already a producer. Well, Croydon dubstep star Benga doesn’t have to imagine: that is his life.
Age 14 the afro-haired producer went to his first club, Forward>> at London’s now defunct Velvet Rooms, the night widely acknowledged for founding the bassy UK garage hybrid, dubstep.
Having put in years of graft, Benga, now age 21, is a leading light in the rising global dubstep movement alongside his childhood friend, Skream. This year he drops his debut album proper for Tempa, provisionally entitled “Diary of an Afro Warrior,” after the mighty mane that sprouts from his head. “If I cut my afro off, I’d have to start again musically,” laughs Benga.
Aside from the best haircut in dubstep, Benga has a lot to be happy about. At 15 he released his debut 12” “Skank/Dose” on one of dubstep’s founding imprints, Big Apple. A&Red by one of the most influential DJs in dubstep, DJ Hatcha, the label was run out of the Croydon shop of the same name, the hangout for much of the early pioneers and future stars such as Artwork, Horsepower, Hatcha, Chef, Plastician and Skream.
For years Benga, alongside first Skream, then Loefah, Coki and Mala Digital Mystikz, built exclusive musical ammunition for DJ Hatcha. It was this material, aired by Hatcha alone at Forward>>, that propelled dubstep from UK garage offshoot to innovative genre in its own right
After early mentoring by Arthur from Artwork, Benga refined his trade working for a professional studio, linked to the biggest labels in the world. He produced for grime MCs such as Crazy Titch and Ghetto, before concentrating his output on dubstep in 2005.
Since then he’s had releases on electronic stables Planet Mu and Hotflush, self released his own CD and become a respected DJ in his own right, playing throughout Europe and Australasia. Now, all eyes are on Benga’s debut album proper for Tempa, not least because it contains this summer’s largest anthem in Aiya Nappa and Malia. Co-produced with Coki Digital Mystikz, the toooooooon “Night” is a hit not just with the dubstep heads, but with both grime and funky house crowd. With this between its pages, it sounds like the “Diary…” will be a must-read.
Sub-Bass are proud to present these 2 Dubstep heavyweight's together for one night only at the Hifi Bar on January 3rd. With an extra Bass heavy soundsystem for the night, this will be a great gig to start the year off with! With some of Melbourne's best local Dubstep talent to supprt - Bass Bin Laden, Camo, The Shredder & Baron Von Rotton... get your tickets from thehifi.com.au, Missing Link or Polyester.
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
i saw these guys play together in belfast and it was great, sat nite should be good
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
What are the set times on this?
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
LAST MINUTE LINE-UP CHANGE!!! Sub-bass is proud to announce that the one and only MC LOWQUI will be joining us on this epic night of Dubstep! This will be one not to miss...
10:00 - 10:30 Camo
10:30 - 12:00 Bass Bin Laden
12:00 - 01:30 Baron Von Rotton
01:30 - 5 ish ? Skream & Benga
05:30 - 07:00 The Shredder
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
looking forward to this.
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
see ya tonight! Snap!
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
tickets on the door 30 before midnight and 35 after i think.
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Only a matter of hours now..
Time to strap on the chestplate and prepare for the basswarfare!!
Time to strap on the chestplate and prepare for the basswarfare!!
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
im pumped... like a really good football, i will potentially kick the shit out of myself also...
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
1/2 hour set from cammo wtf?
strange..... Oh well, it's all about
super pumped
strange..... Oh well, it's all about
BIG UP YOUR-BAD-SELF!!!!!!12:00 - 01:30 Baron Von Rotton
super pumped
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Should be Radness!
BU to the B-Man for landing that too, I'm mustard.
But I don't know any emoticons.
BU to the B-Man for landing that too, I'm mustard.
But I don't know any emoticons.
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Gutted I can't make it down! Big ups to Byron! Have fun ya pricks!
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
and benga n skream are on so late! it's going to be a late one. a good late onedeviant wrote:1/2 hour set from cammo wtf?
strange.....
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Expecting big things tonight. Quite supprised to see only 30 mins from Cammo too.
Sure Benga & Skream come with the goods though.
Sure Benga & Skream come with the goods though.
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Absolutely insane gig, congrats Subbass.. job well done.
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Man, what a pisser! Good night, huge tunes. Shame about the needle issues, but other than that it was faultless!
Oh, and I got bumped by someone mid-oscillation during a skank and my beer bottle railed my upper lip!
Oh, and I got bumped by someone mid-oscillation during a skank and my beer bottle railed my upper lip!
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Really gutted I missed this one, but major family issues have left me out of party mode. Hope it was a sick one!
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
congrats to the Subbass crew, that was BIG!
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Skream, Benga and of course Mister Lowqui tore the roof off the place - mexican wave anyone?! What a brilliant night, cheers all involved
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
best rave I've been to in Melbs for a looooooong time.. insane.
Erikha Badu - Tryone
one of my favourite songs.... stoked that I stuck around 'til the end to hear them drop it
Erikha Badu - Tryone
one of my favourite songs.... stoked that I stuck around 'til the end to hear them drop it
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
My god that was big!
Rad night and recovery...
Props to Subass crew, Lowqui, Benga and Skream for an adventurous night!
They ran out of jaeger again and no agwa @ Hi Fi.. WTF?
Rad night and recovery...
Props to Subass crew, Lowqui, Benga and Skream for an adventurous night!
They ran out of jaeger again and no agwa @ Hi Fi.. WTF?
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
meh the bar is totally shit and overpriced at Hi-Fi... it's been consistently crap for as long as i can remember...
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
wot a night. close to 800 people sameo. place was rama jam. felt like a old skool party.
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Hifi is a good venue for the vantage points it offers. all bars are over priced IMO.
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
furkin hell. was wondering how that turned out. good.
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
that was the best nite of music i've had since i've been in this country, made me feel at home kudos to the organisers
the venue was great for dubstep rave, but they need to sort out their bar prices!
the venue was great for dubstep rave, but they need to sort out their bar prices!
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Wow wow wow that was wicked.
Fantastic night. and holy shiiite soooooo many people.
Lowqui was an awesum mc. always lots of music space in between to compliment
Fantastic night. and holy shiiite soooooo many people.
Lowqui was an awesum mc. always lots of music space in between to compliment
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
+1deviant wrote:best rave I've been to in Melbs for a looooooong time.. insane.
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
4 hours of smash..... my brain is still vibrating
distance - nightvision (skream remix)
RELEASE THIS TUNE ALREADY!!!
distance - nightvision (skream remix)
RELEASE THIS TUNE ALREADY!!!
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
srsly! i remember shocking out to that at sónar 2006. BADMAN. meant to be forthcoming µ this year. of course, it was meant to be forthcoming last year too. this time for sure.deviant wrote:4 hours of smash..... my brain is still vibrating
distance - nightvision (skream remix)
RELEASE THIS TUNE ALREADY!!!
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
is comming out this year on skream rmx ep.
that and benga chest boxing rmx.
that and benga chest boxing rmx.
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
:edit:
sorry it comming out on planet mu.
duh, but there is a skream rmx ep comming out with the distance rmx of make me.
sorry it comming out on planet mu.
duh, but there is a skream rmx ep comming out with the distance rmx of make me.
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photos ffs
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Wicked Gig.
Big up all the ppl i saw down there.
Massive tunes all night. Shame about the needles skipping though.
Big up all the ppl i saw down there.
Massive tunes all night. Shame about the needles skipping though.
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Bummed I missed this, I was too busy watching...
Fat Freddys Drop
Public Enemy
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Morcheeba
Atmosphere feat. Brother Ali
Gilles Peterson feat. MC Earl Zinger
Carl Craig
Platinum Pied Pipers
Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves
Yo Majesty
Flying Lotus
Recloose
Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek
DJ Vadim feat. Yarah Bravo...
Fat Freddys Drop
Public Enemy
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Morcheeba
Atmosphere feat. Brother Ali
Gilles Peterson feat. MC Earl Zinger
Carl Craig
Platinum Pied Pipers
Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves
Yo Majesty
Flying Lotus
Recloose
Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek
DJ Vadim feat. Yarah Bravo...
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
massive gig!
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Nice oneparanoid edge wrote:Bummed I missed this, I was too busy watching...
Fat Freddys Drop
Public Enemy
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Morcheeba
Atmosphere feat. Brother Ali
Gilles Peterson feat. MC Earl Zinger
Carl Craig
Platinum Pied Pipers
Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves
Yo Majesty
Flying Lotus
Recloose
Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek
DJ Vadim feat. Yarah Bravo...
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Heres some more pics, not mine. Hope Rhea don't mind me regurgitating them.
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Gotta start taking my camera places again.
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
it was a mad vibe but the needles where pissing me off hardcore. it was because of the subs under the stage right? i remeber Ntype saying something on a show about him playing out at a gig and they decided to put the subs under the stage, only to cause the same problem.
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Sounds like it was a wicked nite. How was baron von rotten's set?
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Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
more likley to be there dubs being completley batteredterasene wrote:it was a mad vibe but the needles where pissing me off hardcore. it was because of the subs under the stage right? i remeber Ntype saying something on a show about him playing out at a gig and they decided to put the subs under the stage, only to cause the same problem.
Re: Sub Bass: SKREAM & BENGA - Hifi Bar - 03/01/09
Baron smashed it.... very good set.andy_hoffman wrote:Sounds like it was a wicked nite. How was baron von rotten's set?