November 26th = Krafty Kuts(UK), Adsorb(UK) + SOT(UK)
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:07 pm
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Krafty Kuts (Against The Grain, UK)
Adsorb (Finger Lickin, UK)
Skool Of Thought (Against The Grain,UK)
Kid Kenobi (AUS)
Friday November 26
Against The Grain returns with one of its strongest lineups to date. Without a doubt Against The Grain has been responsible for the resurgence of breakbeat in this city consistently providing Melbourne clubbers with upfront diverse and musically on it lineups. This will no doubt be one of the biggest breaks shows Melbourne has seen in some time.
We are very proud to present..............
Krafty Kuts (UK)
When you enter a DJ'ing competition, having never DJ'd before, and get to the finals, you know you must have chosen the right career path Krafty Kuts was born, aged 12. Having been responsible for the massively successful Finger Lickin' Funk EP, remixes of Flint and 2inDaBush as well as DJ'ing regularly under the Finger Lickin' banner Martin is now firmly part of the Finger Lickin' family.
Brighton based Krafty Kuts alias Martin Reeves has developed his passion for DJ'ing since the late 1980's when he was fully immersed in the old skool movement, playing locally in legendary clubs such as Sterns, The Zap, and The Concorde and supporting bands across the South Coast. Soon after buying his first set of decks, Martin opened his own record shop, through which he identified a sound for his DJ style, a hip hop funk infusion of up-tempo beats. Martin's big break came in 1993, when Richie Rich featured one of his hip-hop remixes on his Kiss FM show.
With his music knowledge, a successful DJ'ing reputation and the record shop as a catalyst, Krafty Kuts started to make his own music. He aimed to mix up break beat, funk and hip-hop to produce a groundbreaking new sound. The first release Latin Bounce was a massive success in 1997, whilst Gimme the Funk, released on Norman Cook's Southern Fried label, received radio support from the likes of Annie Nightingale and Touche (Wiseguys). Having hooked up with the Ministry of Sound's offshoot label FSUK, Martin was now a serious contender in the new breaks arena. 1998 singles Funky Elements and Return of the Elements were acclaimed by the music press, as was the Krafty Kuts compilation Slam the Breaks On.
By the late 1990's, the sound of Krafty Kuts had been defined, and his unique style received industry notoriety. Martin has had residencies in Brighton, and London clubs from Home, Scala and Heavenly Social to Fabric, 333 and Electrowerks. Martin's DJ'ing gigs have seen him play alongside Norman Cook, The Freestylers, Jungle Brothers, Plump DJs, Scratch Perverts, Roni Size, DJ Rap, and Adam Freeland. It's not surprising then that DJ Magazine readers have voted Martin one of the top 100 DJ's in the world, and more specifically in the top 10 break beat maestros for the last 3 years. Mr Kuts still runs the now legendary Wednesday club night Supercharged at the Funky Buddha Lounge in his hometown of Brighton. 2002 alone has seen Krafty DJ in over 7 countries including gigs all over the UK every weekend and upcoming dates in USA, Canada, Australia and Europe.
Studio collaborations with funk master Freddie Fresh and New York's Dr. Luke produced a brilliant new blend of party beats. Finger Lickin' snapped up the tracks, and the resulting Finger Lickin¹ Funk ep was such a huge success a Finger Lickin' Funk album is now under way.
Krafty and Freddie then jointly created new label Against The Grain; the sound is electric, a house of bass-heavy beats. The first single release, Krafty's Lock the Hype/Smash Your Breaks was released at the end of 2001 and the Lost Plates EP soon followed, which reached Cool Cuts and Buzz charts as well as #1 in the DJ Beats chart. Krafty compiled the December cover CD for Mixmag and one of his tracks is currently being used on a Coca Cola TV advertising campaign.
On the remix front Krafty has just reworked Africa Bambaata's Funky Hereos for one of breakbeats top labels Acetate Ltd. Remixes in the pipeline include Deadly Avenger, Freestylers, Mob Records, Sounds of Vancouver and Disco Assassins. He has also just written some music for a new Playstation 2 game, Rollin.
His plans for the rest of the year include releases on Against the Grain and also a co-production with promoter partner Lloyd from Supercharged.
However, most of his production skills are focused on the Finger Lickin' Funk party hip hop album he is writing with talented youngster A Skills, which just oozes summertime funk. He is working with a whole host of well known artists, who shall remain a secret for now. There are plans for a 4 deck live set featuring the mixing and scratching talents of Krafty and A Skills, plus various singers, rappers and musicians. The massive single Peaches/ Tricka Technology is set for huge success on release in September this year, followed by the album in the spring.
Adsorb (UK)
Adsorb aka Adam Dowding is a DJ/Producer living in London who has been DJ’ing since the early nineties. His musical journey started off by playing at Free/Rave parties in around the South West of the UK and getting involved with a local sound system called Mumbo Jumbo. Then from attending some of the legendary free parties/festivals; Castle Morten, Chipping Sodbury, Salmon Springs and DJing with some of the cutting edge, underground sound systems at the time such as DIY and Spiral Tribe he caught the bug early, knew this was something that he wanted to take seriously and decided to pursue this as a career.
He then moved to Sheffield to set up and managed the Award winning recording studio Kenwood Studios for 6 years homing his production skills alongside in house engineer Toddla T, working with artists such as Dizzee Rascal, Jazzy Jeff, Nightmares On Wax, Cash Money and Roots Manuva. Over the last three years he has spent his time going back to his roots and has been DJing with Supercharged/Against The Grain travelling internationally and throughout the major clubs and festivals in the UK.
As resident DJ for Supercharged in Brighton he has in the past played alongside the likes of the Plump DJ's, Stanton Warriors, Drummatic Twins, Bass Kleph, Napt, Noisia, Dub Pistols, Tayo, Rogue Element and Killa Kela, DJ'd as part of the Against The Grain Showcase in the main room at Fabric Live and had an exclusive DJ mix featured twice on Annie Nightingales Radio One show as one of the best mixes of 2008 alongside Pendulum.
Skool Of Thought (UK)
Living between the UK and Australia, Skool Of Thought is the owner and label manager behind the award winning Against The Grain & SuperCharged Music record labels - home to the likes of the Freestylers, Krafty Kuts, Splitloop, Ed Solo and of course Skool Of Thought. He is the guy responsible for the enormous Groove Armada 'Superstylin' and Freestylers v Pendulum 'Painkiller' breaks remixes. He has appeared on the front cover of 3D magazine in Australia, described by IDJ magazine as 'an underrated genius' and recognized by DJ magazine as helping form the 'nu skool breaks' scene. He has produced countless breakbeat monsters over the years including Heavyweight Breaks Volumes 1 & 3, Breakspoll 3, numerous 12" singles and is currently celebrating the success of his debut artist album with Ed Solo entitled 'Random Acts Of Kindness'. To top it all off he has just launched a third label called 'Cool & Deadly' with Tayo. Phew! Time to take a lesson from Skool...
Kid Kenobi (AUS)
The TEN Tour
Kid Kenobi and MC Shureshock are currently putting together a very special show to take on the road this October - December; The Ten Tour (partnered by InTheMix).
90 mins spanning all the highlight tracks, underground favourites and moment defining tunes from 2000-today. Following an extensive digging through the archives, the AV element to the show features historical content over this time, with very special, never seen before content from the last decade.
Paying homage to the last decade of working together and rocking parties all over the globe, the Ten EP celebrates the boys history from 2000-2010 in a four track EP featuring the key musical influences that shaped yesterday and today, with a distinct edge for now and tomorrow. From jungle to house to dubstep and of course breakbeat, the Ten EP mixes dancefloor with dub in the way that only Kid Kenobi and MC Shureshock can.
Support:
Citizen.com, Flip, Deviant, Nick Thayer, Rollin Connection,Phil K, Diistortiion, Yenks, Riz1, Dstract, Snowie, Miss Max, JD, Shifty Sly, Butter Party, Youthful Implants, Protein Shake, Tahl, Llupa
$35 + BF online tickets here
http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=40007&ref=brown
