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Last Thursday was the first time in the Motor City for Dutch-born, now Berlin-based electronic music DJ/producer Dave Huismans aka 2562, guest headliner for Detroit’s weekly Bass Down Low club night at The Works thrown by curators of our city’s dubstep scene Matt Clarke and Jon “Calico” Davis, who are also the night’s resident DJs. It’s an exciting visit for Huismans, as like most electronic music artists, Detroit’s long history of techno is very influential to his own music citing musicians such as Anthony “Shake” Shakir, Jeff Mills, and Theo Parrish as inspirational. Matt Clarke started off the night playing a more chilled out techno set that was not at a void of banging beats and thumping reverb. It doesn’t matter what sort of a set he plays, whether it’s techno, dubstep, or drum-n-bass, Matt Clarke never disappoints and shows Detroit parties can have star power even at the beginning of the night. Clarke ended his set with a few celestially heavy dubstep joints, including the Dub Scout track “Western Work.”

Following Clarke for the night was the local duo Gin & Tronic made of up DJs Dre and Deadlines continuing the night with heady bass heavy tracks and airy electronic jams. They kept the party going and warmed the crowd up for the guest of honor in 2562. The 2562 set was nothing short of phenomenal. Mixing tracks that range from the hard hitting dub style to straight up techno/electro, it was a rhythmic journey that had the dance floor popping. Every track he dropped was amazing and it was a mind blowing set. A 2562 set is like an electronic work of art seamlessly running through a deep selection of the finest in techno. Even though he’s associated with the early emerging class of dubstep, Huismans really doesn’t define himself by that genre, or any genre for that matter. He’s a musician with ever changing sounds that finds experimentation a satisfying factor in his production work.
Before his set, I grabbed Huismans for a short chat outside on the patio of The Works where he described what goes into a 2562 set:

“Blood, sweat, and tears. Tears of joy. I like to play a mix bag. Its never preplanned or preprogrammed. Its never one genre. I think it’s a shame when there is a wealth of good music out there to stick to one genre. I always try to let the vibe of the night inspire me and take it from there. Usually, all I know before I get on is what my first one or two records are going to be, then it’s just seeing how it goes.”

The great thing about these parties like this that Clarke and Calico promote is that they go deeper into the heady roots of dubstep and bass music with the records they play along with the artists they book. Aside from Bass Down Low, Calico promotes another monthly bass music party called DATSWOTSUP! with fellow DJ/producer Andrew “Deka” Dall’Olmo, that runs along the same deep roots by showcasing the finest in dubstep, 2-step, and garage music. This Thursday, April 26, Bass Down Low presents a staple of the original U.K. dubstep scene with Silkie, as this is a return engagement to The Works but this time with a live set rather than a DJ set. Silkie was a product of the golden years of the U.K. grime scene before transitioning to dubstep where he would go on to release records on coveted record labels such as Deep Medi, Disfigured Dubz and Soul Jazz. Silkie comes from the early years of dubstep that held innovation as a key to making their music, and still does so as dubstep has reached huge popularity and has mutated into various styles. Silkie is easily someone from the roots of the genre that you would want to experience. Bass Down Low happens every Thursday at The Works (1846 Michigan Ave) in Detroit with resident DJs Matt Clarke and Calico. The cover is only $5 all night and open to people 18+.

Written by Kelly Frazier
Huffington Post

NOSTALGIA (Minnesota)
Andrew Hill, aka Nostalgia, was born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin on Valentine’s day 1990. He lead a very musical life learning piano, guitar, drums, voice, and Irish penny whistle (believe the hype). After winning numerous music awards and releasing the “Dark and Light” album in high school, Nostalgia went on to continue his music education at McNally Smith College of Music in Saint Paul, MN. During his time at McNally, Nostalgia honed his mixing and production skills by getting in to the studio, recording bands, and mastering albums. Before graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Production (December 2011), Nostalgia already established himself in the global music scene with several big releases. “Muse – Knights of Cydonia (Nostalgia Dubstep Remix)” was his breakout hit which scored over 2.6 million views on YouTube (video has been recently removed due to copyright violations). Bouncing off the success of that remix, Nostalgia worked with female dubstep duo Dirty Talk to win the “Vaski – Jelly” remix competition. Their remix got to #60 on the Beatport Electro charts but this was only the beginning of chart success for Nostalgia. With the
newly made contacts at Play Me Records, specifically Reid Speed, Nostalgia released “The Hero EP” which featured an official music video by MotionGraff and quickly climbed the charts upon its release. “Serious Coin”, the B side of the release, got to #11 on the Beatport Dubstep top 100 chart while the title track got all the way to #3.

Recently, Nostalgia just released his collab LP with singer/songwriter Aami, “Nostalgia & Aami -
The Outlaster LP”. This LP was intended to push boundaries and expand on the new sounds of
dubstep. The Title track “Outlaster” is a fusion of rock and dubstep that breaks genre conventions
while still remaining to be a dancefloor smasher. Five of the Seven tracks on the album charted on
beatport and the LP overall reached #14 on the Beatport Top 100 Dubstep Releases chart.
In the time of about a year, Nostalgia went from unknown to consistent headliner and has played
shows in Minneapolis, Madison, Providence, Saint Louis, Chicago, and many more. A true producer
AND dj, Nostalgia brings his absolute best to production and his live show wowing audiences coast
to coast.
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www.soundcloud.com/nostalgia
www.youtube.com/dnbnostalgia
@dnbnostalgia

BOLD EQUATION (Chatham, Ontario) Capital Boom Recordings.
Is an electronic musician from Chatham, Ontario Canada who produces mainly bass heavy Dubstep music. His influences range from early Soul and Motown, to classic east coast Hip Hop. Bold Equation broke through on the Dubstep scene in 2011 with a bootleg remix of The Prodigy’s Out of Space. From there he signed his first track to Tycho Records in the Spring and quickly took on releases and remixes on several labels. The Born Killer EP was featured on Beatport, with the title track reaching #20 on the top 100 Dubstep chart, and maintaining chart position for over a month. He plana on continuing the momentum straight into 2012 with plenty more remixes and releases lined up, and an ever growing DJ schedule.

More DJs to be announced

The Works
1846 Michigan Ave
Detroit, MI
18+ with valid ID
$10 all night.
10pm to 4:30am

RSVP to Skream, Benga, Plastician, Hijack, Sgt Pokes, Jackmaster
RSVP to Feed Me w/ Kill the Noise and Matt Clarke

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SKREAM (First Detroit Performance)
Skream (born Oliver Dene Jones in West Wickham, Bromley, is a Dubstep producer based in Croydon. One of Dubstep’s first and most prominent producers, he has played an important role in the genre’s development. His debut album Skream! wa…s released in 2006, and was followed up by Outside the Box in 2010. Skream is also a member of the Dubstep supergroup Magnetic Man, along with fellow producers Benga and Artwork.

BENGA
One of the major names in the world of dubstep, producer Benga was born Beni Uthman in East London. His parents eventually moved to the suburb of Croydon, where a young Benga would fiddle with his radio every night, looking for pirate radio stations and taking in all sorts of fringe music. He first began making tracks on his !PlayStation game system, then graduated to digital audio workstation Fruity Loops when his parents bought him a computer. Hearing the dark work of 2-step producer Wookie inspired him to join part of the grime/garage scene that would eventually evolve into dubstep. Hanging out at the Big Apple Records store in Croydon introduced him to fellow dubstep producer Skream. When the store began its own label, Benga released his debut 12″, “Skank,” in late 2002. A co-production with Skream called “The Judgement” appeared on Big Apple in early 2003, and then Benga began his own label — Benga Beats — and released the three-track 12″ Benga Beats, Vol. 1 in 2004. A couple 12″s for the Planet Mu label landed before Benga Beats released his full-length debut, Newstep, in 2006. By now radio DJs and tastemakers like Mary Anne Hobbs and François K were singing his praises, putting Benga in the company of dubstep’s favorite, Burial. In 2007 he moved to the Tempa label and issued the singles “Crunked Up” and “Night.

PLASTICIAN
Chris Reed, also known as Plastician, is a grime and dubstep DJ and producer from Thornton Heath in the London borough of Croydon. Plastician has played a role in the popularity of the genre thanks to his participation in the Rephlex Grime compilations, his primetime pirate radio shows and his recent BBC Radio 1 Residency slot. In addition to his worldwide DJ schedule, Plastician has released records on labels such as Rephlex Records, Soulja, ROAD, Slimzos, A.R.M.Y. and Southside Dubstars. His musical style connects east London grime to the south London dubstep scenes. Plastician also runs his own label; Terrorythm Recordings.

Sgt Pokes

Jackmaster

*All Ages Welcome
*General Admission
$25 ADV / $30 DOS

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Feed Me
is Jon Gooch’s (AKA Spor) electro/house/breaks project. The first release by Feed Me was ‘Mordez Moi’, on Noisia’s Division label, the second was ‘The Spell / Raw Chicken’ released on Mau5trap. After completing a stack of remixes for the likes of Gorillaz, Chase & Status and Chris Lake, Feed Me released his much anticipated ‘Feed Me’s Big Adventure EP’ (also on Mau5trap) exclusively to Beatport on Christmas Day 2010.

Spor, from Hertfordshire in England, got his name from a combination of one of the first folders of samples he obtained, entitled ‘Spore Tactics’, and a favorite piece of artwork by a friend. Graffiti outlining eventually meant he would drop the ‘e’ to leave a more balanced arrangement. After a school friend introduced Spor to the world of Drum and Bass he began experimenting with software to create his own music.

Kill The Noise
From Los Angeles, California, Jake Stanczak (aka Ewun) has exploded into the Electro House scene with his electro project Kill The Noise, since he launched the project in January of ‘08. His productions have earned him recognition from both house music fanatics and world class DJ’s alike. Success in the studio has created many interesting opportunities for the young producer. Most notably a busy worldwide touring schedule, a record label partnership with the infamous DJ Craze, and most recently an invitation to perform on Tiesto’s Kaleidoscope World Tour in North America.

It seems that whatever sector of electronic music Kill The Noise draws influence from, it is executed with the same level of quality and production mastery that has become expected from him. His sound has resonated around the world and has been embraced by both veterans and newer generations of artists and enthusiasts.
You can sense from the productions that there is a mission to learn and explore what can be done with sound, and how to push the envelope in electronic music, making this an even more exciting project to watch unfold.

This year is already shaping up to be huge for Kill The Noise with a truckload of new material in the pipelines including a debut album in the works. Perhaps the most ambitious and exciting plan for this year is the announcement of Kill The Noise and DJ Craze’s joint venture: “Slow Roast Records”. The label will feature long awaited original works from Kill The Noise, DJ Craze, DJ Klever and many others. The label will highlight the diversity of the artists involved and continue the trend of evolution that they are known for.

When all is said and done, the music and the brand speaks for itself. It’s obvious that Kill The Noise is on a mission to prove the name to be true: Kill the noise, kill the production, kill the scene, and become one of the most influential names in the game.

Matt Clarke
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 necessarily what they always want to hear”. In 2011 Real Detroit Weekly Weekly named Matt Clarke a runner-up for Detroit artist of the year.

*16+ Welcome
*General Admission
$25 ADV / $30 DOS

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Off of Feed Me’s new album Escape From Electric Mountain

Voltage and Detroit Dubstep.com Presents:
PORTER ROBINSON

This 19-year-old talent has been touted by his peers (read Tiësto, Skrillex and Deadmau5) as one of the nu-breed saviours of electronic music, and having only experienced the limelight for just a few months, his achievements paint the picture of a super bright future.

2011 saw Porter achieve what some do in an entire career. He provided solid tour support to Tiësto and Skrillex, as well as debut appearances at Electric Daisy Carnival, Ultra Music Festival and Electric Zoo that led to him entering DJ Mag’s Top 100 and the Billboard Top 21 Under 21 chart.

His EP Spitfire, which crashed Beatport’s servers on release, smashed its way to the #1 position in the process and held fort for 2 weeks solid. He’s already remixed Lady Gaga and Avicii, and has a string of A-list artists knocking down his door.

Opening Support:Mako

Tix available from HERE

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DetroitDubstep.com presents an 18+ event with

Back room: Dubstep and Drum n Bass
BOLD EQUATION (Chatham, Ontario) Capital Boom Recordings.
Is an electronic musician from Chatham, Ontario Canada who produce mainly bass heavy Dubstep music. His influences range from early Soul and Motown, to classic east coast Hip Hop. Bold Equation broke through on the Dubstep scene in 2011 with a bootleg remix of The Prodigy’s Out of Space. From there he signed his first track to Tycho Records in the Spring and quickly took on releases and remixes on several labels. The Born Killer EP was featured on Beatport, with the title track reaching #20 on the top 100 Dubstep chart, and maintaining chart position for over a month. He plana on continuing the momentum straight into 2012 with plenty more remixes and releases lined up, and an ever growing DJ schedule.

MATT CLARKE (DetroitDubstep.com)
DILEMMA (Breakloose)
SANDOZ (Red Room)
CALICO (Datswotsup)
K@DOG (Cirque du Womp)

Front room: House and Techno
DAN BAIN (Paxahau)
HUGH C (Coyote Cuts)
EASTSIDE JON (Funk Night)

18+
$10 all night
The Works
1846 Michigan Ave
Detroit, Michigan

This is the after party to the Dead Meat Tour.
FB event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/319076118144336/

BIG GIGANTIC is the brainchild of Boulder, Colorado’s own saxophonist/producer, Dominic Lalli, and drummer, Jeremy Salken. Conceived in 2008, the duo found their niche and created a name for themselves in the electronic music scene. By combining vibrant jazz melodies over pulsating dance beats, Big Gigantic delivers an innovative, distinct sound that’s all their own.

As a testament to their timeliness and unique melody, Big Gigantic has made a profound impact on the jamtronica landscape. From playing modest gigs around Colorado, to instantaneously headlining shows throughout the country and hitting major festivals, Big Gigantic showcases an amplified array of compositions that combine elements of a DJ and live band that leaves fans from coast to coast anticipating more.

Between the band’s debut album, Fire It Up, and their EP, Wide Awake, Big Gigantic has had over 70,000 downloads to date. With their highly anticipated sophomore album, A Place Behind the Moon, debuting September 2010 on 1320 Records, the two-man sound machine continue to magnify their reach and reputation with a future that shows no signs of slowing down.

SPECIAL GUESTS:
PAPER DIAMOND (PrettyLights Music)
K@DOG (Cirque du Womp)

*All Ages Welcome
*General Admission
$15 ADV / $17 DOS

ROMT Presale:
12/7 @ noon – 12/9 @ 11:50am

Public On Sale:
Friday, December 9 @ noon!

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