aaaahhhhhhhh good times.

Post by **breaksRbest** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:29 pm

dnb was always treated as an equal brother to breaks at Fractured

a slightly uglier brother, but still equal

Post by **lucas** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:31 pm

breaksRbest wrote:dnb was always treated as an equal brother to breaks at Fractured

a slightly uglier brother, but still equal

Ugly and roudy brb, ugly and roudy.

great_magnet · Post by **great_magnet** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:39 pm

andycole23_steve wrote:
great_magnet wrote:
andycole23_steve wrote:I personally think breaks and jungle should be kept apart.

I think if it was a split room situation, drum&bass would get shafted into a back room. We are the minority, its bound to happen.

I do like the idea of having the two groups together, lets be honest...theres more gals at breaks gigs and it makes dnb a bit less of a sausage festa. But the thing is, i come to hear drum&bass cause you just cant hear it anywhere else, you can hear breaks tunes bein dropped with house at any fancy chapel st club (and look im not saying there isnt a deeper, darker side to breaks that isnt being represented by the heads.)

Im not really into breaks+dnb internationals together. The cost is bound to go up, like Zinc / Klute / Freq Nasty. Im sure having Freq Nasty +Video Experience( at video experience) would have raised the price of tickets.

With Zinc & Klute on the bill, im sure the dnb crew couldve filled the place with as many people as freq without payin extra for him. On the flipside, the place seemed to empty out a fair bit when Freq got off and Zinc got up...im guesisng the majority of people leaving wouldve been breaks heads, is it fair to make breaks purist or ppl not into jungle pay for dnb djs?

I think local breaks with dnb parties might work, but i cant really see the dnb crew being as ethusiastic as the breaks lot seems to be about together.

-steve
Some good points there Steve, but having experienced both genres, I reckon the darker, harder side of breaks would sit with certain elements of dnb/jungle and on the other tip the lighter end of the breaks spectrum (much like what Lucas and Lynt play at Black Cat) could sit well with the liquid end of the spectrum.

It's all about education really....

I agree that the local scene is where it could happen, it's really all about finding the sounds that mesh.

@ sausage festa....
Yea completely, education is key....can you link me to any ragga type dubby breaks?

Just an example of what i think would happen
....look what happened after the boat cruise.

The breaks crew got priority of the main part of the club.

While the jungle crew were upstairs with a monitor at either end of the room, which kept cutting out every 5mins. No bar. Basically, all run down place where they were storing all the junk and spare speakers that didnt fit downstairs.

I think the vibe is, dnb is and always has been an outcast and we are happy with purist parties....but i cant speak for everyone and am not trying to.

thanks for not shooting me down GM

For sure man, would love to!! No point shooting you down, every opinion is equal and valid... no one's taste is better or more important than anyone elses...

There is heaps of ragga influence breaks I would recommend, in particular Aquasky vs Masterblaster, there's a whole heap of individual tracks, check out Joe Ransom's Fabriclive 20 compo, lots of dirty, dubby ragga influenced breakbeat. I'll have a think and get back to ya...

I'll get some links if I can...

quiet roar · Post by **quiet roar** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:39 pm

stovequeen wrote:GUY

The venue is staring you straight in the face bro. been i long time since i been there. I love it.. and i reckon the baby monitor would work from there too

I think I heard they don't want regular parties though.

Actually Guyno, wasn't it you that told me that?

quiet roar · Post by **quiet roar** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:42 pm

great_magnet wrote: every opinion is equal and valid... no one's taste is better or more important than anyone elses...

Easy to say when you're talking to someone who likes DnB. I'd like to see you being so diplomatic with someone praising RnB or some other rot

Guyno · Post by **Guyno** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:44 pm

quiet roar wrote:
stovequeen wrote:GUY

The venue is staring you straight in the face bro. been i long time since i been there. I love it.. and i reckon the baby monitor would work from there too
I think I heard they don't want regular parties though.

Actually Guyno, wasn't it you that told me that?

Yeah Rob, probably was but I think we are just talking about more of a one off Melb Beats Unite kinda gig. (though the conversation did split off for a bit there.) For that it'd be perfect but they definately won't do weekly and more than likely not even a monthly.

KAmis · Post by **KAmis** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:50 pm

breaksRbest wrote:hey k-man!!

yep, definately the best club toilets in Melbourne.

sessions of all sorts were held in those toilets

g'day negro
catch you friday night : ) back for 3 days..

Post by **system** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:55 pm

lucas wrote:
breaksRbest wrote:dnb was always treated as an equal brother to breaks at Fractured

a slightly uglier brother, but still equal
Ugly and roudy brb, ugly and roudy.

rowdy is a way of life.

same o · Post by **same o** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:59 pm

Direktor wrote:
sAm0 wrote: yeah dude i am mates with cliff and jimmy so always went along to show support... actually direktor ur direkt arnt u... u used to play first up ey..
think we have met a few times..

Yeah, i used to open the night up, are you the dude that works out in the skate shop, at the back of RMIT?

-----------------------------
Also on the flashback trail:
*My first 33 1/3, Freestylers @ POW -- wikkid gig with wikkid mates!!!
*Def. Roni Size and Dynamite @ Gatecrasher, loved it. De La Soul finish, pretty much everyone leaves and the dedicated d'n'b heads rinse it out!
*Ol' skool Beats Working parties @ Laundry, to quote the Dennis Denuto: "It's just the vibe"

the one and only

same o · Post by **same o** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:01 pm

was just think balistics wasnt first ever party i went to.. soul of man at lounge was.. that was such a wickid night... think shepard played after soul of man.. and that rmx of he's not in.. or she's not in.. got played heaps.. if my memory serves me right

Lil MiSbreaks · Post by **Lil MiSbreaks** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:41 pm

spazz · Post by **spazz** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:59 pm

Sunnyside up days at Billboard then that blinder at the Paladin.............I danced with the gods that day as the sun came up.

spazz · Post by **spazz** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:02 pm

fikuss wrote:Soulaar @ Lounge

Just Rite @ Scubar

the Groove Therapy and Tekstep days are sorely missed too

Yeah the first two are definately honourable mentions. BOH!

DEAN G · Post by **DEAN G** » Thu May 19, 2005 1:07 am

spazz wrote:Sunnyside up days at Billboard then that blinder at the Paladin.............I danced with the gods that day as the sun came up.

& Rosarios (?) on Flinders Lane, what mind bending parties they were.

on tour · Post by **on tour** » Thu May 19, 2005 6:13 am

wanted to read the whole thread but my time is limited in this cafe. actually its about to end so i'm going to drop my 2 cents in anyway...

Outdoor parties rocked it for me and continuously keep flooding my memory banks... maybe its the acid that keeps floolding through, i don't know but all the ones i have partied at and all the ones i have played will forever live on in my head and those that were there with me.

Tekstep will because they were my first major gigs and they set the standard for systems. Even though he has dropped off over years i big up Sean for putting in so much fuckin effort into the acoustics of his gigs. Most could learn a thing or two. And Groove Therapies were all messy affairs. So much fun.

But as far as dnb goes the best fun i have ever had was with the Rux in the early days of realtime / 40hz and the poster missions we used to get up to. All nighters were madfun bro. Perhaps we could do it all again when i get back, just for the fuck of it!