We Wah Ten @ Scala

It's nearly here! Wah Wah's Tenth Birthday!

So, with a stupidly sick main room and the awesome One taste in room three, I am going to be rather selfish and big up the dubstep room (2), and boy what a line up! Loefah, Ramadanman and LD all bringing their unique take on where bass music is right now.

Loefah is one third of the legendary label and club night, DMZ, along with Mala and Coki. These three men have been instrumental in defining the early dubstep sound, and continue to break boundaries with their musical output. Loefah now concentrates much of his time on his own Swamp 81 imprint, and released the debut album by Krytpic Minds in October.

2nd Drop was lucky enough to work with Ramadanman on one of his first dubstep projects, releasing a rather naughty bootleg of Nina Simone's Feeling Good in 2007. Now, his music has been championed by key tastemakers Ricardo Villalobos, Rob Da Bank and Modeselektor among others. He has recently mixed the latest Dubstep Allstars 7 with Chef. He is one of the most exciting and forward thinking of producers and DJs in underground music, so expect dubstep, funky, electronica, techno and everything else in between.

Apart from holding one of the most important roles in dubstep - cutting dubplates for the scene's key DJ's and producers - LD is also a wicked producer with a distinctive and vibrant style. With releases on Hyperdub, Ringo and 2nd Drop, LD offers a heavily percussive sound that is both unique and brilliantly effective.

Also joining the fray is Reeps One who is currently the 2009 UK Beatbox champion. Saw this guy at one of our Big Dirty nights in Birmingham, he tore the place up.


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Ghostown gets the Agents of Change treatment

Ghostvillage from Agents Of Change on Vimeo.

New 2nd Drop - LV ft Errol Bellot "Don't Judge"

Diplo (Mad Decent) - “I love your label”

Untold (Hemlock/ Hessle Audio) - “Love the Fantastic Mr Fox Remix”

Mary Anne Hobbs (Radio One) - “Oh yeeeeeah!! I love this”

DJ support from…) Sinden (Kiss FM), Alex Nut (Rinse FM), Starkey (Seculsis/ Planet Mu), 2562 (Tectonic), Alex Chase (One Handed Music), Wrong Tom (Resonance FM), Geoim (Berkane Sol), Brackles, Clouds, Dave Q, Sully, Dom Servini etc etc.

LV ft Errol Bellot
A. Don’t Judge
B. Don’t Judge – Fantastic Mr Fox Remix
2ndrp12008 Release date: 12th October 09


Following in Ramadanman's supreme tribal tracks, comes South London production outfit LV. Fresh from two releases on Hyperdub and remixes for Hemlock, the quartet deliver the rootical Don't Judge featuring vocals from seasoned UK rootsman Errol Bellot, who has worked with King Tubby among others.

On the flip side, Wolverhampton’s Fantastic Mr Fox takes the big tools to the original and refashions an epic remix with a wicked 2 step swing. Nuff said, enjoy!

As big fans of illustration and graphics, over the last seven releases the label has commissioned some truly wonderful art from a slew of talented artists including Remi/Roughe, Uiu and Phil Blake. For 008, London based Mat Pringle was given the chance to design our first 12” sleeve. His wave and bamboo illustration is wicked and is hand printed onto just 500 limited edition sleeves.

Please check his blog for more stunning works of art: http://www.matpringle.blogspot.com

Sony Ericsson B-Boy Championships in Brixton

For those into breakdancing, you'll be a fool not to check the Sony Ericsson B-Boy championships taking place at 02 Academy in Brixton on Sunday 11th October.

The legendary Crazy Legs will be hosting the world final event, which sees the best from the USA, Japan, Korea, Russia, Holland and Scandinavia compete to be crowned world number ones! The qualifiers were held over five-months and seven international eliminations stages.

Repping for the UK is the eight-strong team hailing from London, the Soul Mavericks.

Plus, a little dubstep fact, for those that know dubstep producer and all round top guy Desto, he will be throwing power moves with the Scandinavian contingent.

For more info check www.se-bboys.com

Falty DL - Bravery (Planet Mu) Album Review

Still deep within the grooves of Drew Lustman’s debut album for Planet Mu, Love Is a Liability continues to dominate the audio tapestry of my life. Released in July, his debut marked an emergence of a interesting new talent from New York, here was a producer with a toe in the world of dubstep, but actually, much like Burial, is much more than that. So, it was a little surprising to hear that there was a new album dropping in October.

Entitled Bravery, the mood is darker, morehttp://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4977582656427216755 dissonant than his previous material. There is an overt sense of progression in both the sound and production; the record pulses forward, none more so urgently than on Tronman, an epic, rolling beast of eerie, panning synths and wailing soul vocal snippets. The intensity is only heightened on Play Child, which has a charged air of Axelrod about it. Mother Beam wonks and samples its way around – Nas’s It Ain’t Hard To Tell sneaks in sporadically. Title track Bravery is some space age, wigged out p-funk, alongside Discant, rife with Herbie Hancock harmonies and Roy Ayres strings. Whilst Pressure jacks a ton of speed and creates hyper funk, opening track Made Me Feel So Right is the most beautifully discordant piece; mournful, stinking of decay and perfect for the post-Burial blues. Album of the year? Quite possibly.

Urban Nerd Carnival Special! Saturday!

Location:
The Hearn Street Car Park 16 Hearn Street (off Curtain Road) Shoreditch London EC2A 3LS Nearest tubes: 10 minutes from Old Street or Liverpool Street station!

Google Map

Limited £10 advance tickets still available & will sell out.

Tickets WILL be on sale on the door for more, first come, first served!

Sub FM 27/07/09

Artwork above is by Remi/Rough and is entitled 2nd Drop. Nice.

Markle on Sub FM – 27/07/09

Markle27Jul09SubFM.mp3 http://bit.ly/fgYbp

Lone - Karen Loves Kate (?)
Paul Weller – Wild Wood (Sheared Wood-Portishead remix) (Go Beat)
Mount Kimbe - 50 Mile View (Hotflush)
Blue Daisy - Space-ex (Black Acre)
Ras-G - Stealth Mode (?)
The Alkoholicks - Damm (Loud)
Mark Pritchard and Om'mas Keith - Wind It Up (Hyperdub)
Krystal and Shabba Ranks - Twice My Age (Greensleeves)
Mungo's Hi Fi ft Tippie Irie - Ruff Mi Tuff (Scotch Bonnet)
Daddy Freddy - Dirt (Ninja Tune)
Terror Danjah - Zumpi Hunter (Swindle remix) (Plantet Mu)
Falty DL - Tronman (Planet Mu)
Spectrasoul - Insignia (Exit)
DRT - Girlstar (Unreleased)
Pangaea - Memories (White)
High Planes Drifter Vs Goldspot - Sholay (Tempa)
Sully - Toffee Apple (Unreleased)
Silkie - Concrete Jungle (Deep Medi)
Breakage - Higher (Digital Soundboy)
Akira kiteshi - Boom N Pow (Black Acre)
James Blake - Air and the Lack Thereof (Hemlock)
LV ft Erroll Bellot - Don't Judge (Fantastic Mr Fox) (2nd Drop)
Geeneus - Yellowtail VIP (Rinse)
Untold - Just For You (Roska Remix) (Hotflush)
Floating Points - Vacuum Boogie (Eglo)