We’re proud to announce the annual boat party during Movement Electronic Music Festival which features six hours of some of the most innovative and groundbreaking forms of bass music around. All aboard the Bass Boat!

The boat will depart at 1 AM sharp and return at 3 AM.

This event is 18+
Movement.us | DetroitDubstep.com

Tickets http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3532624

 

SKIsM (England) Never Say Die
https://soundcloud.com/weareskism
https://www.facebook.com/WeAreSkisM

Since blasting onto the Dubstep scene in 2009, SKisM has gone from strength to strength and has established himself as a major player in the global bass music scene.

Known amongst his peers as a ‘Dj’s Dj’, SKisM’s technical prowess on and energy on his 4 deck setup has gained him notoriety as one of the busiest and most electrifying mixers on the circuit, and having toured the world time and time again, the word is spreading like wildfire.

The past couple of years have seen SKisM collaborate with, and remix some of the biggest names in the business such as Flux Pavilion, Excision, Foreign Beggars, Zomboy, Porter Robinson & Hadouken!, and his productions have racked up over 13 million views on Youtube.

As co-owner and A&R of one of the most prolific labels in electronic music today, Never Say Die, SKisM has had a hand in bringing some of the freshest music to the masses, and is constantly championing the sounds of the acts on the label such as Zomboy, Dodge & Fuski, 501 & Eptic.

2012 has seen the release of the debut NSD compilation album. Mixed by SKisM and released in association with bass music powerhouse UKF, the album tracks stormed the Beatport charts with the Label boss’s ‘Like This’ holding down the Number 1 spot for a whole month.

Not one to rest on his laurels, SKisM has launched straight into the release of his ‘Division’ Series: an E.P released over the year in four parts, each representing the divide in ideas & tempos within the music that he both makes and plays.
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DELTA HEAVY (England) Ram Recordings
https://soundcloud.com/deltaheavy
https://www.facebook.com/deltaheavyuk

Battering down the doors of the genre elitists come a pair of producers plucked from the ranks of Ram’s new generation of incredible music making talents. In a little over a year Delta Heavy, or Si James and Ben Hall to their mums, have already proven their drum & bass metal with a succession of heavy-hitting original tracks.

They met at university in Nottingham and after several years of hard work, their production efforts resulted in their debut drum&bass release on Viper’s acclaimed ‘Acts of Mad Men’ compilation in June 2009. A track in the urban thriller ‘Harry Brown,’ (which featured the sound track by Chase & Status) and several dubstep and house remixes followed in quick succession.

Dance floor anthem ‘Abort’, came out on Viper’s Headroom EP in June 2010 to huge response and gained them recognition within the scene. With Radio 1 support from Zane Lowe and Hugh Stevens as well as Andy C, Friction, High Contrast and the rest, it became a vital fixture in DJ sets across the country.

Signed to Ram in early 2010, their debut single ‘Space Time / Take The Stairs’ was nominated as Best Track at the 2010 Drum&BassArena Awards as well as nominations for Best Producer and Best Newcomer DJ. Hitting number 1 across all the download stores, ‘Space Time’ was undoubtedly one of the biggest d&b tracks of that year.

2011 saw remixes for the likes of Example, Avicii and Chase & Status ft. Tinie Tempah and secured Delta Heavy as a name to watch, but the highly anticipated follow up to their massive debut single was always going to deliver. ‘Overkill / Hold Me’ has cemented them as bass innovators and leading lights in the current hype that surrounds much of bass music today. Packed with energy, the single takes dubstep, drumstep and drum & bass formulas, infusing them with enormous electro influences, slamming drums and razor sharp production, then spits them back out with rave-destroying force. Hold Me received over a million views of the official video in a little over a week and received daytime radio play from Sara Cox as well as specialist spins from Skream & Benga, Mistajam & Kissy Sell Out.

With a rammed out DJ schedule for the rest of 2011, a February and March 2012 tour of Australia, USA and Canada plus some of the most exciting music to emerge from such a new act in recent years in the form of an EP for Ram in the first quarter of the year, Delta Heavy are two guys who won’t be disappearing from your wave lengths any time soon.
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THE UPBEATS (New Zealand) Visions Recordings
https://soundcloud.com/theupbeats
https://www.facebook.com/theupbeats

Terror Snake and Downie Wolf are The Upbeats, one of the most legendary production/DJ teams to emerge out the fertile New Zealand drum and bass scene.

With a decade of experience behind them, The Upbeats have toured the world. Along the way, they’ve released three albums and countless internationally distributed classic singles.

Favouring a digital pub-rock sound in the club and genuine emotion when it comes to home listening, their sound/attitude has seen them work with, or remix for Ed Rush and Optical, Noisia, Gridlock, Hive and many others. And still, for this duo, the best is yet to come.
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MARK INSTINCT (Canada) Subhuman
https://soundcloud.com/mark_instinct
https://www.facebook.com/instinctmusic

A purveyor of fierce, penetrating beats and filthy basslines, Mark Instinct is one bad muthafucka – literally. With roots in metal, hip hop, punk and drum and bass there is no sound off limits for this young producer from Calgary who’s firmly secured himself amongst some of dubstep and drum and bass’s elite. With 10 years of experience as a DJ, 3 of which have been spent focusing on Dubstep, it seemed like a natural progression for Mark to start making his own music after having worked in a studio as a post audio engineer. Always at home in the studio, Mark has found his niche and is showing no signs of mercy.

This past year Mark’s first EP, Get Loud, was dropped on Rottun Records and featured 5 weighty tracks that have all gotten major playback with everyone from Excision to Bare rinsing them. His latest release, a remix of Tim Healey’s “Resistance” now available on Beatport via Surfer Rosa, is a hypie reworking that draws together Pippa Trix’s sensual vocals, Loc-E’s punchy raps and a frenzied bassline that drips with filthy bass. Currently working on EP releases for both Rottun Recordings and Subhuman Recordings, you can be sure that Mark’s next release will be showing up on Beatport’s Top 100 chart, where he’s had numerous other releases land. In addition to his upcoming releases watch for forthcoming collaborations featuring the likes of Armani Reign, Messinian and Death by Stereo’s Efrem Shulz.

Known for his explosive stage performance and his suave nature behind the decks, you can be sure that Mark Instinct will have your dancefloor poppin. With an appearance at this year Starscape already under his belt, you can catch Mark ripping up the Ewok Village at this year’s Shambhala or on his upcoming Australian and US/Canada tour this fall.
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CRNKN (Los Angeles)
https://soundcloud.com/crnkn
https://www.facebook.com/CRNKN

From dubstep wunderkind to pioneer of the trap movement, 20-year old CRNKN from New Hampshire has exploded onto the electronic scene. He has garnered support from major artists including Flosstradamus, Baauer, UZ, Crizzly, The Killabits, Adventure Club, and many more. With hundreds of thousands of plays on his Soundcloud and constant touring around the country playing the most prestigious venues and shows, CRNKN is poised to have a breakout year in 2013. Stay Tuned!
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OOKAY
https://soundcloud.com/ookaymusic
https://www.facebook.com/ookaymusic

Intense shows with incomprehensible energy, music with great supporters from big acts across the globe, as well as a likability and intimacy with fans and supporters around the world are what make everything “Ookay”. With only six months’ time of being in a fast-paced, competitive and growing industry, Ookay has established himself by other as “a leader” and being at the forefront of a rapid growing music genre.

With only six months creating music, Ookay has created an imprint of a growing sound within clubs and major festival. His first ever Beatport release with Ultra Records has charted very well on the electronica chart peaking at #10. With thousands of people supporting Ookay, there’s no limit to where he may go. Already associating himself with names like Borgore, UZ, Flosstradamus, RL Grime, Mayhem, Craze and more, Ookay has gained mass popularity and a likability, not just personally, but musically as well.

Ookay was recently listed as one of Vibe Magazines top Trap / Moombahton artist to watch in 2013. With his recent release on the Buygore Allstars Album taking over dance floors across the world, Ookay is definitely an artist to keep your eye on in 2013 and many years to come.
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ETC! ETC! (Los Angeles)
https://soundcloud.com/etc-etc
https://www.facebook.com/DJETCETC

LA native born and raised producer ETC!ETC! may have spent most of his studio life on the Electro House point, but his transition to Moombahton productions are what have been commanding the most attention from top-notch tastemakers around the globe as of late.

ETC!ETC! gravitates his aural attention onto anything that moves the room. First attracted to Electro house for the big bass and floor-shattering fast-paced BPM, ETC!ETC! started to shift his focus to moombahton in early 2011 and starting to make and impact in the scene almost immediately .

In just the past 12 months he has been played almost on a weekly rotation On BBC Radio 1 by Kissy Sell out & DJ Kapyer, and the following keeps growing.

With an eclectic mix of different audio flavors coming out of his arsenal it’s no wonder ETC!ETC! has garnered a diverse array of highly-prestigious support from EDM leaders
Wolfgang Gartner, AC Slater, Congorock, 12th Planet x Skrillex, Mstrkrft , Dillon Francis, Diplo , Bro Safari & many others. With multiple forthcoming releases on Mad Decent, Teenage Riot Records ,Party Like US, Rot10 Musik and T&A , 2012 will be a big year for ETC!ETC!
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MAYHEM (Atlanta) Subhuman
https://soundcloud.com/mayhem
https://www.facebook.com/mayhemslr

Chart topping, dance floor rocking, and taste making come naturally to Atlanta based DJ and Producer Mayhem. With over 15 years in the studio and the decks, he has garnished the attention of the heavyweights in every genre of his focus. Rooted heavily in Drum & Bass music, and with a discerning ear, Mayhem found himself making big moves from an early age. From releasing records for Andy C, TeeBee, Dieselboy, Noisia, and Black Sun Empire to DJing across the world for massive crowds in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and beyond; he has warranted a reputation for diversity and quality control. Collaborating with artists such as Noisia, Heroes x Villains, FKi, Le Castle Vania, Antiserum, Phace, Evol Intent, Sinthetix, Gein and Gridlok amongst many others, his production soared to new heights with “Exodus (featuring the legendary KRS-1)”, “Moonway Renegade”, “Choke”, and most recently a crossover album for Diplo’s Mad Decent Label “Transformers In The Hood”. Boundless inspiration pushed Mayhem to pursue Dubstep in it’s formidable years, immediately signing with the reputable Subway Records as well as SubHuman and Smog most recently. As of late his focus has been brought back to home on the forefront a movement combining Trap music with Dubstep, in addition to maintaining a healthy output of Drum & Bass, while working with Rap artists such as Tyga, Gucci Mane, Travis Porter, and Trouble. His club nights Transit, Fuck Yesss, Heavy, Haute Mess, Tambor Y Bajo, Service as well as regular events under Atlanta Dubstep have helped reshape Atlanta’s nightlife. No matter the genre, you are guaranteed a diverse set with attention to detail and a healthy respect for dynamics and balance. This is Mayhem.
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Grandtheft
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MATT CLARKE (Detroit) DetroitDubstep.com
https://soundcloud.com/matt-clarke
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dj-Matt-Clarke/141060219274097

Matt Clarke has been djing for over 16 years and been at the very fore front of the Drum n Bass and Dubstep movements in Detroit. For over 5 years he was the DnB buyer at various record shops (Record Time (Roseville), Melodies, Hear Wax)and has continually pushed the music through his unique Dj sets. His style of quickly layering sounds and double dropping tracks have always set him apart from the rest of the pack. Blessed with the name “Razorsharp” from the local emcees, he never disappoints while playing a variation of styles. “I play music that I think people should hear, not necessaily what they want to hear”. *Past and current affiliations* Subculture, Substance, Frequency Detroit, Detroit Bachelor Djs, Syst3m, Analogue Systems, Detroit Jungle Society, 33 1/3, Bordercity, Breakbeat Etiquette, Blacklisted, Cave Dj’s, *Ex-residency’s Motor, Clutch, Carbon, Necto, Alvins, Bird of Paradise (Jazz Bar)
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MARK 8en MOSS (Detroit) Everyday Junglist)
https://soundcloud.com/mark-8en-moss

I was raised outside of St. Louis and discovered electronic music through my Uncle who was getting all the new sounds out of Chicago and Detroit in the late ‘80’s. I began learning to DJ at the tender age of 12 with Acid House and the new rave sounds coming out of Belgium and the UK. During early 1991 discovered what was then known as breakbeat, which became hardcore and later Jungle. I immediately fell in love with hardcore and the emerging Jungle sounds. My family moved to the Detroit area in 1992 and I began going to parties, noticing a lack of (and hatred of) Jungle in the Detroit scene. I then began my mission to aid Detroit in its Jungle deficit began playing anywhere I could from parties to houses to radio to Urban Outfitters in Ann Arbor. In 1997 I helped found Kinetics, (the original Detroit Jungle night and crew), became a rotating resident/ face in the Detroit scene with appearances at Motor, Alvin’s, Blind Pig and Magic Stick.
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OKTORED (Detroit) Yo Sucka!
https://soundcloud.com/oktored
https://www.facebook.com/OktoRed.Music?group_id=0

So far, OktoRed’s output has predominantly sprung from moombahton, a slow, groove-heavy fusion of reggaeton and house music—a point worth mentioning if only because the genre barely existed as such at this time last year. (Just think about it: there’s a good chance that some of next year’s Artists To Watch will represent genres that are only being dreamed up at this very moment.) But OktoRed takes the genre beyond the conventional formula of 110-BPM “Dem Bow” beats and garish synth riffs; on his new Future Sounds of 8 Mile EP, he puts equal emphasis on gleaming, Detroit techno synthesizers and loping, Caribbean grooves. Tracks like “How Many Moons” recall the soulful techno of Detroit’s Recloose, while “Ease Up” is more in keeping with contemporary strains of left-field dubstep.

:::FRIDAY MAY 17TH 2013:::
::Bleu Detroit and DetroitDubstep.com presents.

- THE WATTS UP TOUR -

- ANTISERUM – TOP 10 TRAP ARTIST WORLDWIDE -

As a vanguard of forward thinking bass music, Antiserum continuously defines the sound of today. Spawned in a laboratory of collaborations with heavy hitters such as LA dubplate warrior 12th Planet, he has found himself continuously at the forefront of bass music’s list key players. His releases on Smog Records and Caspa’s Dub Police label have established him as a mainstay of sub-heavy music.

Antiserum’s ability to inoculate should come as no surprise. His production “Brick Squad Anthem,” a collaboration with Atlanta-based music producer Mayhem, has received huge support from the bass community including Skrillex, Diplo, Datsik, and Flux Pavillion. His collaboration with 12th Planet on the Smog City Compilation, “Bass Salt” was featured on Rolling Stone and UKF and his remix of Helicopter Showdown’s “Can You Feel Me” reached #2 on the Beatport dubstep charts.

Antiserums BBC Radio 1xtra mix is a brief glance into the dynamic nature of his performance, during which he defies expectations of the listener and delivers an injection of what can only be described as the “Antiserum.” Upcoming collaborations with 12th Planet, Mayhem, Brillz, and a release on Datsik’s Firepower label will likely dub him the patron saint of bass in 2013.

ANTISERUM & MAYHEM – BRICKSQUAD ANTHEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm9LE10UQtQ
ANTISERUM & 12TH PLANET – BASS SALT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qNQHv6jdyY
FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/Antiserum

- HELICOPTER SHOWDOWN – SAN FRANCISCO

The four person Bay Area production force known as Helicopter Showdown has earned the reputation in the underground bass music culture as “Wu Tang” of Dubstep. These West coast bass monsters have been turning heads and crashing parties worldwide with their unique blend of heavy dubstep and melodic electro house. Having dominated the Bay Area bass music scene over the past year, HS has been called out of their homeland to perform and curate events all over the North America in cities such as Detroit, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Denver, Houston, Montreal, and many in between. Supported by such highly respected artists as Rusko, Borgore, Mt. Eden, Calvertron, Skism, Downlink, and Reid Speed amongst others, their music is quickly being recognized everywhere from the most distinguished UK dubstep pioneers to the smaller pockets of bassheads in middle USA.

HELICOPTER SHOWDOWN – I LOVE THIS CITY w/ Kill the Noise, Doctor P, and Feed Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zqMjt0x7zZ8
FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/HelicopterShowdown

- CLICKS & WHISTLES – CHARLOTTE -

Clicks & Whistles have been carving out a unique sound blending Southern Rap, Juke, and elements of Drum & Bass since their first official release in August 2010. The Charlotte based duo is comprised of professional programmer Jorge Hernandez (Hey Whore Hey) and classically trained Petey Evans (PeteyClicks).

The two have a slew of notable releases including the heavily remixed “Neva Get Caught” on T&A Records, “Cranberry Goose EP” on Distal’s Atlanta based Embassy Imprint, and “Can’t Believe EP” on AC Slater’s Label – Party Like Us. Great taste and selection combined with honed production skills gives this group prowess in both quality and efficiency in the studio and has lead to some huge Dirty South and Club Anthem remixes.

CLICKS & WHISTLES – 2 MUCH HIGHER -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CJNrqkL7e9M

FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/clicksnwhistles

- MATT CLARKE – DETROIT
One of the long time veterans and innovators of the Bass Music scene here in Detroit. Matt was played every stage there is in Detroit, from the Music Hall, to DTE, to the Palace, to your local drive bar. No matter where he’s at he always brings the goods.

FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/Dj-Matt-Clarke/

YOUTUBE
http://youtu.be/dIfdhwz1fsw

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BLEU NIGHTCLUB
Voted Best Dance Club and Best VIP Area 2013 by Real Detroit Weekly

18+ w/ valid ID
10P-2A
1540 Woodward Ave, Downtown Detroit
(2 blocks South of Comerica Park)

promo support from Blizzard Detroit.

www.bleu.com
www.detroitdubstep.com

DetroitDubstep and Datswotsup presents:

ULTRAVIOLET DREAMS

DJ MUGGS (Cypress Hill) Los Angeles – Trap and Hip Hop

The veteran DJ/producer/film scorer/label owner/everything else, is discussing his favorite topic – music – while putting the finishing touches on his upcoming album Bass For Your Face (2012, Ultra Records). Dubbing the album “hip-hop fusion,” Face incorporates elements of various electronic music genres, including glitch and dubstep, with hip-hop, for an album that bridges disparate genres and crowds under the umbrella of hard, thumping bass music.

“I’m a bass music fan, period,” Muggs says. “From Miami bass to L.A. 808 to dubstep to drum’n’ bass, I love it all. So anything with bass in it is what this record’s going to be about. But I’m going to bring my own style to it. I want to bring more hip-hop fans into dubstep. I got hip-hop homies that can’t stand electronic music or dubstep, but I’ll play them certain shit and they’ll be like, ‘That’s bangin’.’ I’m trying to be right there.”

As the epicenter of countless musical movements, Muggs is doing more than trying. The globe-trotting DJ spends more than five months a year on the road, where frequent UK trips in the past decade led him to a love of dubstep and its musical successors. As DJ/producer for Cypress Hill, Muggs heard the raw, boom-bap hip-hop sound in a new generation of electronic music producers, brimming with the same visceral, explosive energy that the producer has always brought to his own music.

In 2009, he began producing dubstep on his own, mostly because, as he puts it, “I was bored and music’s free. I don’t like to put myself in a box. You’re creative. You just go and create whatever you’re feeling that day.” Forget genre. Fans of music will find something to love in tracks like “Drop the Beat,” with its reverb-laced opening that could soundtrack the next classic horror film while retaining its g-funk vibe, and “Original Shotta,” with its fractured dubstep rhythm, traditional jazz horns and dub influence. “It starts off real smooth and islandy and then slaps the shit out you when the drums come in,” says Muggs of “Shotta.” On the hyperkinetic “Wicked Wild,” Muggs sums it up succinctly: “It’s adrenaline; just some slam dance mosh pit shit.”

Anyone halfway familiar with Muggs’ 25-year career shouldn’t be surprised at Bass For Your Face’s diversity. As the DJ/producer for legendary West Coast hip-hop group Cypress Hill, Muggs has been nominated for three Grammys and pioneered a rough, bass-heavy production style that would be copied by legions of imitators. His diversity was apparent even then, when the group teamed up with Pearl Jam and Sonic Youth for two tracks on the Judgment Night soundtrack and fused the then-disparate genres of rock and hip-hop. Since then, he has collaborated on albums with GZA and Tricky, founded, and released albums by, the Soul Assassins collective and remixed everyone from Beastie Boys, Funkdoobiest and House of Pain to KRS-One, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg. He’s also taken to film scoring and soundtrack work, contributing part or in whole to the soundtracks of action films Training Day, Street Kings and Harsh Times. On Bass For Your Face, Muggs’ penchant for collaborations remain, as the producer teams up with Dizzee Rascal and Bambu on “Snap Ya Neck Back” and Chuck D and (hed) pe’s Jared Gomes on “Wicked.”

As Muggs continues to evolve and grow musically, the veteran musician remains a perpetually evolving student of the game. “I’m still trying to get better and better every day,” he says. “I’m trying to get my stage presence up. I’m trying to get my music selection more diverse. I’m trying to get my productions more diverse. I’m always working on my crowd control and scratching. For me, it’s a nonstop process of trying to do something new and improve on what I’ve done before.” One listen to Bass For Your Face easily proves this goal.

 

 

JOE NICE (Baltimore) Dubstep

Representing Baltimore, JoeNice is universally recognized as the ambassador of the dubstep sound in North America and has been instrumental in the growth and success of dubstep for nearly a decade. In other words, he’s been playing dubstep before it was called dubstep.

Joe’s monthly radio show on GourmetBeats.com was the first to feature dubstep in the states and his Worldwide fan base continues to grow with his enthusiastic stage presence & live performance, upfront selection and skilful mixing. Joe’s record bag is a who’s who of dubstep… if you’ve never heard it before, chances are, you’ll hear it from Joe Nice.

He is the first American-based DJ to play on London pirate radio, Rinse FM, the first American-based DJ to play the legendary DMZ bi-monthly bash and the first American-based DJ to play FWD>> @ Plastic People. JoeNice is one of the most sort after artists, not just from the US but the world over, having played every major city around the globe including almost all cities within the United States, multiple cities within Australia & Canada, France, Belgium, Portugal, London and many other cities around Europe, JoeNice is a crowd favourite who keeps them coming back time after time. A member of GourmetBeats, resident & co-founder of the most successful dubstep party in North America, DubWar (New York City) and selected as one of URB’s NEXT 100, JoeNice is continually taking dubstep to the next level and beyond.

 

 

BARRON (Firepower Recordings) Balitmore

Barron is an 18-year-old producer hailing from Baltimore, US. At a young age he has already released on high profile labels such as, Abducted, Betamorph, Resonance and Prime Audio, demonstrating exceptional producing skills within the EDM scene, mainly within the genres of Dubstep and Drumstep. After being in the scene only 2 years Barron is already supported by the likes of: Getter, Downlink, Datsik, FuntCase, Excision, Trampa and many more. Barron is definitely one too look out for in the near future!

With support from

Chuck Daniels (Sampled Detroit)

Matt Clarke (DetroitDubstep)

Calico (Datswotsup!)

Bet (Oslo)

Sandoz (Substance)

Raw Wave (Bionic Detroit)

Kenneth KLAS (D-Ranged)

Deka (Datswotsup!)

Enjoi (Sucker Punch)

18+ w/ valid ID

10pm-?

The Works
1846 Michigan Ave
Detroit Michigan, 48220

www.detroitdubstep.com

Presale Tickets http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/348906

Bass Down Low and D-Ranged presents:

SAVANT (Norway)  https://soundcloud.com/aleksander-vinter
Aleksander Vinter is a prodigious savant with aspergers syndrome and a fracture of ADD. He thinks out songs in seconds and produce them within few hours. To this date Aleksander has composed/produced over 10.000 songs in various genres. Most notably metal, orchestral/classical, hip-hop and electronic music. Aleksander also draws inspiration from early game music such as NES, Sega, commandore64, amiga, atari and SNES. Though being such a unique producer, open minded people embrace him and the weekly free music, though critics tend to critique the “QUANTITY” factor, and the fast rate of releases.

KASTER (New York)
Kaster is the solo electronic dance music effort forged by Nicholas Goncalves. Started in early 2012, Kaster has managed to release a number of tracks and remixes including a 5 track EP entitled “Extended Play”; a Beatport exclusive release. The act is stylistic approach to both progressive and electro house elements with an emphasis on “less is more”. Although an up-and-comer, Kaster has had a checkered past including vaAd to yourious rock acts where he composed and produced himself, as well as a rooted production of trance and house during his mid to late teens. Kaster, now 28, takes all he has learned and experienced on and off the stage to his flagship moniker. The name was chosen as “from the hip” username for an online radio broadcasting program from the early 2000′s called MyCaster.

 

 

Resident bass technicians
MATT CLARKE and CALICO

featuring Kenneth Klas

$10 before 11pm
$15 after

18+ w/ valid ID
The Works
1846 Michigan Ave
Detroit, MI

PRESALE TICKETS $10
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/351481

 

ED RUSH (Virus) United Kingdom
Ben Settle, or better known as Ed Rush, is one of the current leaders of the new school drum and bass. One of the originators to bring back the dark sounds of drum and bass and push it to new levels, Ed Rush continues to make waves with each new release. Born in west London, Ed Rush originally started out as a b-boy (breakdancer), but eventually found the growing underground rave scene. Fascinated by the breaks in the hardcore sounds at the time, Ed Rush convinced his neighbor, Nico Sykes, to let him produce tracks with him. At the time, Nico was an engineer with his own label. Eventually they released “Bludclot Artattack” in 1993 – a journey into the darkcore sounds. While most releases at the time had a certain momentum and feel, the track was like no other, and marked the shift of hardcore’s split into drum and bass. Ed Rush eventually released follow-ups nearly two years later, this time with DJ Trace, on “The Mutant” in 1995. “Guncheck” soon followed, another track developed in a recognizable Ed Rush style – gangsta attitude, and crunchy basslines. Ed Rush soon found himself on the cusp of prominence, as his releases in 1996 on the Techsteppin’ compilation, the Skylab EP on the Metalheadz label, and “Killimanjaro” on the Prototype label all helped to define the genres’ direction towards techstep, a two-step style of drum and bass. He subsequently released more tracks on various labels, and his popularity as an artist grew, as did his sound as a producer.

The greatest collaboration was ahead of him though, when he teamed up with Optical, another artist on the rise. They created their own label, Virus, and their first release was “Medicine/Punchbag,” two tracks marked with technically precise drum programming along with a distorted, low, and crunchy bass line. Their eventual EP, Wormhole in 1998, was released to critical and underground success, as the sounds from that album again redefined the direction drum and bass was headed, and solidified their status as the forerunners of the new sound of drum and bass.

More recently, after a slew of other releases, Ed Rush and Optical have released another genre-defining EP, the Creeps. This was again met with critical and commercial success, as the album helped them to win Knowledge drum and bass award for producers of the year.

KENNETH K.L.A.S(D-Ranged/Detroit)

Resident bass technicians
MATT CLARKE and CALICO

$10 before 11pm
$15 after

Presale tickets:http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/322350

18+ w/ valid ID
The Works
1846 Michigan Ave
Detroit, MI

 

DJ Aphrodite, aka Gavin King’s career in Djing and producing has spanned 16 years under various guises, ‘Godfather of Jungle’, ‘King of the Beats’ and more is responsible for introducing, entertaining and movingmillions of Drum and Bass fans accross the globe. From Shanghai to Rio, UK to USA, Sydney to Capetown, Moscow to South Korea his travels are far reaching and is in constant demand to spread his own good strong dance vibe from clubs to large festivals.

His productions find themselves into CD players, MP3 players, films, radio, TV and DJ record bags all over the world. Two successful artist albums, Aphrodite and Aftershock on V2 records with a third to be released very soon, numerous Mix albums, Urban Jungle, Overdrive, Urban Junglist and more with a new releases also planned soon, make DJ Aphrodite one of the most influential and most listened to players in the entire Drum and Bass world.

KENNETH K.L.A.S(D-Ranged/Detroit)

Resident bass technicians
MATT CLARKE and CALICO

$10 before 11pm
$15 after
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/322352

18+ w/ valid ID
The Works
1846 Michigan Ave
Detroit, MI

www.detroitdubstep.com

RJD2 (RJ’s Electrical Connections) 4 Turntable set
http://rjd2.net/

On his breakout solo debut, Deadringer, Rjd2 sent listeners on a musical foray into instrumentalism, feasting on styles both old and new, and in the process creating a sound that’s emerging as one of the most interesting and exciting new voices in instrumental music. In a genre filled with ambient spacemen and droning techno fromage, Rjd2 brought a sense of song structure and vitality that was sorely missing, harkening back to a time when instrumental groups like Booker T. and the MG’s got radio play (no joke). And the accolades rolled in. From industry luminaries like Chris Blackwell, to members of Radiohead and The Strokes, to ?uestlove of The Roots (who nominated Dead Ringer for the prestigious Short List awards in 2003), to DJ Shadow, Rj soon became a favorite of those in-the-know. Dead Ringer was an incredible success globally, appearing on many a year-end list, including Spin’s Top 40 Albums of 2002. In ’03, he followed up the success of his debut with The Horror, an EP of B-sides that played closer to an entirely new album than a collection of leftovers, and cemented Rjd2 as one of music’s most talked about new artists. Touring from Japan to Amsterdam, Rj caught wreck with a dizzying 4-turntable reconstruction/reconfiguring/reinterpretation of the album for fans worldwide, sharing the stage with the likes of DJ Shadow, El-P & the Def Jux crew, David Lynch, The Roots and Prefuse 73, amongst others.

While Rj soon became the name to drop in hipster circles, he made his bones in the underground, playing a major role in that mid-west power surge better know as Columbus hip hop. After setting it off in 1998 with the mighty Mhz crew on Bobbito Garcia’s legendary Fondle Em Records, he caught the attention of El-P and in 2000, he locked in with the Definitive Jux camp, and soon after made his DJX debut on Def Jux Presents I, co-starring with Company Flow, Cannibal Ox and Aesop Rock. Then came the now classic “Good Times” white label 12-inch, and the rest has been indie hip hop history. Over the past few years, Rj’s profile as a producer has grown immensely as he’s clocked time on the boards producing or remixing Mos Def, Massive Attack, El-P, Aceyalone, Polyphonic Spree, Elbow, Cannibal Ox, and others, wielding a versatility rarely seen in music today. His prolific nature has brought him the unique accolade of ‘freelance producer/remixer extraordinaire’ in Urb Magazine’s Best of 2003 issue, amongst others. As one half of the duo Soul Position, he’s the ultimate team player, taking a back seat to his MC, Blueprint, and letting him do the talking, while RJ’s music keeps the heads nodding. Their 8 Million Stories LP was received in 2003 to rave reviews and continues to nod, and turn, heads.

SUPERVISION (Pretty Lights Music)
http://www.prettylightsmusic.com/therecordlabel/supervision.html
When drawing from the right pool of inspiration, sometimes the right mixture of sounds can come together and make something new. Possibly something hard to put one name on. Today people like to jump on the next genre bandwagon, and intentionally make music that fits one genre. SuperVision is not about one sound. Instead it is about many sounds brought together with an approach that delivers a stylistic sound design that isn’t classified with one or two words. It is a sound that you can count on evolving without departing from what makes it unique.

The sounds created and played by SuperVision are the works of Richard Blake Hansen. With a DJ career spanning over 12 years and 1000+ gigs, his place in the music industry has been found. Within a couple of years of DJing he was cutting his teeth in music production. He moved to Fort Collins Colorado in 2002 and met Derek Vincent Smith and Michal Menert. After studying production and learning from the best, he went on to audio engineering school. He has enjoyed sharing the stage with such well known acts as Pretty Lights, Michal Menert, DJ AM, Jazzy Jeff, Public Enemy, DJ Craze, Klever, DJ Skribble, Steve Aoki, Tommie Sunshine, Quest Love, Classixx, La Riots, Villains, RJD2, and Ghostland Observatory to name a few

JOHN ARNOLD (Ubiquity)
http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/artists/JOHN-ARNOLD.html
“When I make music, I feel like it’s coming from my soul. It’s a gift. I’m pretty much the doorway for a greater purpose, so the more music I write, it’s just something else speaking through me, and the more knowledge I learned, the more eloquent my voice was, the more I could express that gift,” John Arnold, Detroit 2002.

Detroit resident John Arnold is currently working on a full-length album for Ubiquity, channeling his eclectic musical influences in a forward thinking electronic style and collaborating with peers from the motor city. Multi-talented Mr. Arnold is equally happy playing guitar with his acoustic jazz combo Blackman & Arnold or, as a club DJ, spinning jazz, broken, techno and house, or in the studio making beats. His interest in music started early on. He took piano classes before his tenth birthday but eventually grew bored as he discovered rock ‘n’ roll and, like most young kids, fantasized about being in a band.

After a brief stint with a drum kit Arnold took up the guitar in his teens and this became his primary instrument. “I loved everything, but I think at first, like a lot of young kids, I was really into rock ‘n’ roll music,” he recalls. When his parents gave him his first album, a copy of Stevie Wonder’s 1970s opus “Songs In The Key Of Life,” Arnold was introduced to world of soul music. “As I got older, I had started discovering different music – I really started to like jazz, funk music and world music.” Arnold may have majored in jazz studies at Michigan’s Wayne State University but, as a hip-hop head (and aspiring breakdancer), he’d long been curious about electronic production – ever since hearing Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit” as a pre-teen. “I think that’s when I first started to get a real interest in the electronic sound, and I’ve always tried to make a connection with what I do now and my childhood. I remember even when I was doing heavy metal and rock I was using drum machines to make tracks. It wasn’t necessarily for the dance club, but it was experimental music that involved drum machines.”

The precocious instrumentalist was laying down his own compositions as early as 13. “I think I peaked at 16 or 17,” he jokes. “Sometimes I break out the old tapes that I used to do when I was a kid and it’s tremendous!” In 1996 Arnold formed the band Jazzhead and began to acquaint himself with Detroit’s electronic fraternity. “My whole vision with the group was to really try and emulate what DJs were doing, but do it live. We’d bring in a lot of the great DJs in town who’d play with us before – Alton Miller came, DJ Bone… All the Detroit guys would come through and play and it’d be a great experience, ’cause we’d have this jazz band and then we’d have the DJs as well, so it was a really well-rounded educational thing about music, but people dug it ’cause it was dance music as well.”

In this way Arnold met future supporters – Carl Craig, who invited him to perform his first-ever live electronic gig at the inaugural Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF), and Derrick May, who picked up his Sparkle EP for Transmat Records’ sister label, Fragile. In 2002 Arnold released a second Transmat EP titled “Four Minutes?” and a new 12″ single on Ubiquity records called “We’re Not.” Meanwhile, Arnold has lent his talents to others – jamming on John Beltran’s “Aztec Girl,” which was licensed by British drum ‘n’ bass innovator LTJ Bukem for Good Looking’s Earth 4 compilation, and on records by the Detroit Escalator Co and Recloose. Arnold is also a member of the “world music” five-piece Blackman & Arnold. “It’s a lot of different world music sounds. It’s all acoustic. We do Brazilian music, Afro-Cuban music and Latin music, and all in a jazz setting, and so it’s highly improvisational, but it’s really cool.”

Within electronic music circles formally trained artists often struggle to reconcile their academic backgrounds and the unconventional DIY ethos of club culture, yet Arnold’s education has expanded, not limited, his imagination. “When I make music, I feel like it’s coming from my soul. It’s a gift. I’m pretty much the doorway for a greater purpose, so the more music I write, it’s just something else speaking through me, and the more knowledge I learned, the more eloquent my voice was, the more I could express that gift.”

This outlook forms the basis of Arnold’s progressive manifesto. “I’m very interested in making tracks that can easily be played in the dance club and that people can dance to, but I want to use that as a tool to express different ideas that people might not necessarily be trying in terms of different harmonic ideas and time signatures and rhythmic ideas – like maybe using 7/4 as opposed to four-on-the-floor all the time or doing 15/4 or just doing different ideas, so almost educating people to another level of music, but doing that in a way so it’s still a party and everybody is dancing.”

EASTSIDE JON (Funk Night)

K@DOG (Purple Music)

Ticketing:
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Tier 1 $10 Early bird – sold out
Tier 2 $15 Early bird – sold out
Tier 3 $20 – Available

18+ event
The Majestic Theatre
4120 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 833-9700

www.detroitdubstep.com
Additional sound: Source Audio
Lighting: Shane P designs

 

 

N TYPE – Wheel & Deal / Sin City / Rinse FM – Croydon UK

http://rinse.fm/artists/ntype/
http://wheelanddealrecords.co.uk/ http://www.sincityrecordings.co.uk/
http://www.facebook.com/NTYPEOFFICIAL
https://soundcloud.com/n-type

The award-winning Dubstep DJ / producer and label owner N-Type is without doubt one of the heavyweights in the scene. Voted Best Dubstep DJ in 2006 and 2007 with releases on labels such as Tempa, Dub Police, 3.5 Records, Southside Dubstars, Black Acre, and his own imprints Wheel & Deal Records, Terrain and his latest venture with DJ Hatcha, Sin City Recordings.

N-Type began his career presenting an underground chart show on Delight FM with DJ Walsh. He got the opportunity from giving a mixtape in to his local record shop Big apple records. John and Hatcha liked the tape and it soon found itself in the hands of the management of Delight Fm. N-Type and Walsh instantly made an impact and managed two drivetime shows a week. As time went by Walsh left the station and N-Type later took on a weekend chart show as he established a solo career. He quickly established himself as the main Dubstep DJ/producer on Delight FM and did regular guest shows on many other london pirate stations and internet stations. His mix compilations were rinsed on radio, which helped him gain recognition and bookings all over England and abroad. His shows have always concentrated on good vibes and giving the best music and talent the recognition they deserve. He is always up to date with a wide selection of dubs from the finest producers. Eventually Delight fm closed down due to unexplained circumstances and N-Type moved on to Rinse Fm. Since then he has gained international recognition and currently presents a popular show on www.Rinse.fm every Tuesday night 9-11pm. He is now in the process of expanding his show with more interveiws, guest mixes and collaberations pushing artists and their music to the fullest.
In 2005 he focused his attention on production and had his first release on Southside Dubstars in 2005. Since then he has had many successful releases and his music gained support from many top Dj’s and radio stations with regular airplay on Rinse Fm, BBC Radio 1 Breezeblock and The Kiss 100 the Dubstep show.

In 2006 N-Type was chosen by community of the Dubstepforum.com, to mix a compilation of beats created and sent in as a competition on the forum. The winning tracks were chosen by a board of judges and the mix was recorded live at kiss 100fm.Christmas 2006, the Dubstepforum awards started taking nominations, when the votes were counted N-Type won Best DJ and Best Radio Show 2006.In 2007 N-Type was then given the opportunity by Ammuntion and Tempa to mix the 5th installment of Dubstep Allstars. The mix was released in the summer and took the critics by storm. This was a sure sign of the growth of the music and the respect it was getting.Christmas 2007, the nominations started for the second Dubstep Forum awards. Then in late January the dubstep forum had its first awards nite @ Herbal and N-Type was proud to receive… Best DJ 2007, Best Radio Show 2007 and CD of the Year 2007.

Late 2008 to 2009, N-Type hit the studio with artists such as Coki (Digital Mystiks), Seven, Youngsta, The Others and walsh and started writing an album.

In 2009 N-Type released his latest label Wheel & Deal records. It has an arsenal of sick releases from some of Dubstep’s biggest stars and up and coming artists. Every tune is carefully selected from N-Types very own Dubplate collection. The idea for Wheel & Deal records is simple; if the tune gets ‘wheeled up’ (Reloaded in a dance or radio session) then the tune must get served up in every major and independent record store. Wheel & deal is set to make a devastating impact on every dancehall and record shop worldwide! Not only the MC but the world will be calling for the “Wheel & Deal”!

N-Type also Joined forces with DJ Hatcha to start the night Sin City at Herbal in Shoreditch every month. It to has been a big success and how has a label to run along side it. Sin City Recordings has releases from every top producer in Dubstep and is set to become on of the biggest Dubstep labels to date.

N-Type has just recorded the 9th installment of the ‘Rinse” mix series. ‘Rinse’ is the new definitive compilation series for pirate music enthusiasts brought to you by the infamous station that has championed a myriad of incendiary underground artists – Rinse FM. Each instalment reflects the sounds championed by Rinse FM with each DJ showing their own perspective of uk pirate music by way of track selection and tempo of mix.

With your resident bass technicians

Calico & Matt Clarke

Visuals : OKTORED

$5 before 11
$10 after 11

18+

the Works
1846 Michigan Ave
Detroit

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Dirty Little Secrets
Von: Heavy Artillery/ Madison WI
Matt Clarke: Detroit Dubstep/ Detroit
Jesse James: NightSneak/ Detroit
CDX: Detroit/ Traverse City
Kenneth K.L.A.S: D-Ranged/ Detroit
Walter Glasshouse: Lost Science/ Detroit
Chris Macom: Lost Science/ Detroit
DINK: NightSneak/ Detroit
Sinister Assault: D-Ranged / Detroit
DJR: D-Ranged / Detroit
Robert Taylor: RobertTaylor / Detroit
 

1846 Michigan Ave, Detroit, Michian

18+ w/ Valid ID

$10 all night

 

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