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World Heli Challenge 2010 from Trinity Ludlow-Monarch Post on Vimeo.

Reppin Nagano, Shin Biyajima was one of 14 male snowboarders asked to compete in the World Heli Challenge this year. The only Japanese rider invited, Shin took out second place, snowboarding heavyweight Travis Rice took out first. A Dubstep DJ himself, Shin and his bro Go raved it up with us at the DJ Distance show in Christchurch a couple of days after the challenge and Shin was nice enough to lend me his pants for my day up the mountain. Check his run at 5m00s in the video. Big up Shin, true gangsta stylee!

 Monarch Post was involved in all aspects of production, this video was made on the event location, and two TV shows are currently in post production and will be distributed globally.

The World Heli Challenge is a proper, rootsy freeride contest, attracting an array of skiers and snowboarders to New Zealand for some new lines and good times. Travis Rice and Ted Davenport won out, but as these highlights show this event is about more than the competition – it’s about having a blast down under. Rally car racing, surfing and even sheep shearing were the order of the day. This event is all heart!

check out the event at worldhelichallenge.com

View the full album here. Thanks to Charlie Kim @ Snapstar.

Beats People Movement* in association with Sick Disco! and Dubstep Alliance Aotearoa are proud to bring international guest SAMIYAM to Auckland

SAMIYAM (USA)

REPRESENTING:

BRAINFEEDER / HYPERDUB / POO-BAH RECORDS / ALL CITY RECORDS

A master of the shimmering, synthetic and rhythmically stunted, Brainfeeder/Hyperdub affiliate Samiyam’s can be defined artistically by relationships. Firstly, with music, secondly, with the intensely talented modern beat musicians (Flying Lotus, The Gaslamp Killer, Ras G etc) he moves with in both the L.A. of the real world and the uniquely spiked L.A. of the internet…

A kid whose parents could only punish him for being naughty by confiscating his boombox, Samiyam also remembers being affected by the music of Michael Jackson and recounts singing along to the big tunes and mimicking MJ’s dance moves in the mirror at age six. Captured by Hip-Hop in his teens (“I really got into dudes like DJ Premier and Alchemist,” he says) at the end of high school, Samiyam purchased an MPC and began attempting to write like his heroes. Eventually moving onto to a Roland MC-303 Groovebox, with this shift in hardware came a shift in musical mindset. “That was when I started really feeling like I was making the ideas that were in my head,” he says.

Obsessed with “seventies [and eighties] RnB and Funk,” having been programmed to approach music in a looped format by his years of Hip-Hop fixation, Samiyam found himself listening for the “one four bar part that sounded so good I wanted to hear it repeat for three minutes.” Applying this to his arrangements, he formed what he calls, “a friendship of the new millennium,” with L.A beat auteur Flying Lotus when the two discovered each other’s music online.
Now based in L.A., which he describes as, “full of people I felt like I could really get along with,” as a key member of Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder movement, the last few years have seen Samiyam perform across America, Europe and Asia. This September, following recent visits from L.A residents Dâm Funk and The Gaslamp Killer, Samiyam will make his New Zealand debut. “I’ve had so many people hitting me up about it online,” he says. “I’m pretty happy about it all.”

- Words by Martyn Pepperell for the Groove Guide

Download Link:

Heyhey so here’s the first of many to come… This mix was put together by Ras_G, SAMIYAM and myself. Some time last year.  We originally gave these out on CD at the Brainfeeder event in LA, but here it is, just for you.

- Flying Lotus, March 2009

http://media.brainfeedersite.com/podcast/brainfeedermix1.mp3

More Links:

http://www.myspace.com/samiyambeats
http://www.brainfeedersite.com/

Local Support from:

JULIEN DYNE (BBE)
SCRATCH 22 (The ARC)
DAPHT ONE (BPM*)

& Guests

SATURDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER

CASSETTE NUMBER NINE

10PM TIL LATE

$10 COVER CHARGE ALL NIGHT

Beats People Movement* in association with Sick Disco! and Dubstep Alliance Aotearoa are proud to bring international guest RAMADANMAN aka Pearson Sound to Auckland for a special Dubstyle Sessions presentation..

RAMADANMAN (UK)

DUBSTEP ALLSTARS VOL. 7

REPRESENTING:

HESSLE AUDIO | SWAMP 81 | TEMPA | APPLE PIPS | SOUL JAZZ | 2ND DROP | HEMLOCK | SUB FM

Its four years since dubstep passed its tipping point and went from tight knit London community to global scene. It is now as accepted by LA ravers as London jazz heads, vocalled by pop stars as diverse as La Roux and Snoop Dogg. And if the first wave of dubsteppers (El-B, Zed Bias, Horsepower) took the swing of garage and made it darker and the second (Hatcha, Skream, Benga, Digital Mystikz & Loefah) re-engineered its DNA into a genre with its own identity, then in many ways Ramadanman is representative of many key ‘third wave’ players.

Brought up in the rural south west of England, far from dubstep’s south London birthplace, he learnt to mix at 13 but first encountered dubstep when his grime-inspired productions were compared online to a genre he’d yet to hear of. After investigating, he attended dubstep’s foundational club, Forward>>, and had, as many people do, a life-changing experience. “I first went in April 2006 when Mala was playing alongside N Type and maybe Geeneus I think. Definitely changed my life!” he enthuses. “Really exciting vibe, the heaviest soundsystem I had ever heard and just really changed my outlook on music. I don’t think I realised sub bass existed before then.”

True to the community spirit of the genre, he left Forward>> not just with a new found musical direction but people to share the enthusiasm for it with: when he subsequently arrived at Leeds University to study languages, he found some of those friends he’d made in the cold, east London queue were also there too. It would be from Leeds University that he and his friends, Ben UFO and Pangaea, would begin a label (Hessle Audio) that would see them take their sound all over the globe.

“Hessle is becoming more and more a group of mates really,” says Ramadanman. “We’ve all known each other a good few years now… We all play a part in choosing tunes and discussing release plans. Sometimes one of us can become excited about a particular tune, and then the other two hear it and are like ‘nah this isn’t actually very good’ which keeps us all in check I feel. Quite a democratic approach really. We played in Berlin last week, all of us, and it was just really nice having a laugh with mates.”

Ramadanman represents the maturing dubstep sound emotionally contained and controlled, the diametric opposite of the explosive adolescent wobble tantrums that now dominate parts of the scene. As the distance from drop-culture widens you can see how its global appeal has expanded beyond the genre, as it cosies up to groove-lead scenes like techno and house. “I think there’s a danger of some technoey dubstep stuff just sounding like techno at 140bpm and not really differentiating itself from the years of techno that have preceded it. I’m not so much influenced by techno these days really,” he admits. Yet you can’t help but feel that, perhaps, it has left part of its DNA behind.

Rama has racked up scene defining releases on labels including Soul Jazz, Tempa, Aus, Critical Music and Hessle Audio, the imprint he co-runs with Pangaea and Ben UFO, as well as remixing the likes of Ragga Twins, Scuba and many more. He is also heavily involved in organizing the Leeds night Ruffage as well as co-hosting the now infamous Ruffage Sessions weekly internet radio show on Sub FM.

With fans spanning the dance music divide – including Ricardo Villalobos, Skream, Francois K, Kode9, Bok Bok, Gilles Peterson and Rob da Bank – Ramadanman’s bright future is all but assured.

Rama’s latest release ‘Fall Short / Work Them’ is out this week on Swamp 81.

Ramadanman links:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ramadanman/6050069126
http://www.myspace.com/ramadanman
http://www.myspace.com/hessleaudio
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ramadanman

Ramadanman Bestiblog Mix:

Tracklist:

01. kim english - nite life (remix) [nervous]
02. altered natives - crop duster [3024]
03. ramadanman - grab somebody [white]
04. unknown - untitled [unreleased]
05. martyn - miniluv [osgut ton]
06. distance - feel me [chestplate]
07. ramadanman - mir [white]
08. menta - snake charmer [road]
09. ramadanman - fall short [swamp 81]
10. distal - apple bottom [unreleased]
11. unknown - untitled [unreleased]
12. loefah - goat stare [dmz]
13. peverelist - better ways of living [punch drunk]
14. blawan - potchla vee [unreleased]
15. instramental - rift zone [unreleased]
16. ludacris vs joe - how low claptrap (dj orgasmic bootleg) [unreleased]
17. sx - wooo remix [digital]
18. addison groove - this girl [unreleased]
19. benga - one on one [big apple]
20. pariah - crossed out [forthcoming r&s]
21. sigha - light swells (in a distant space) [hotflush]

http://www.bestiblog.net/2010/06/bestimix-23-ramadanman.html

 

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View the full album here. Thanks to Charlie Kim @ Snapstar.

Beats People Movement* and Dubstep Alliance Aotearoa are proud to bring international guest and Dubstep original don Paul Rose aka SCUBA to Auckland for a special Steppas Unite! Dubstep Wednesdays presentation..

SCUBA (UK)

RESIDENT ADVISOR TOP 100 DJ 2009

REPRESENTING:

HOTFLUSH | NINJA TUNE | SOUL JAZZ | BREAKBEAT SCIENCE | OFFSHORE | NAKED LUNCH

Scuba is the production and DJ alias of Paul Rose, curator of Hotflush Recordings, one of the original Dubstep labels which released some of the most important tracks of the genre’s formative period and continues to be a source of constant originality to date. Originally from London, Scuba relocated to Berlin in 2007, a move which (according to some) influenced his critically acclaimed debut album, A Mutual Antipathy (2008). The stylistic synergy of the album cemented his position as one of the most forward-thinking Dubstep producers. The project was subsequently completed with a series of remixes by Surgeon, Substance, Jamie Vex’d, Martyn, Marcel Dettmann and the artist himself under his House / Techno-centred SCB guise. His second album, Triangulation, is slated for release on Hotflush in March 2010. More recently he has been busy remixing artists including Fever Ray and Red Snapper, releasing fresh material including the highly-acclaimed Aesaunic EP on Hotflush and Speak/Negative on Naked Lunch. He has also developed the SCB project with a seminal mix for the MNML SSGS blog and a first proper 12”. In addition to label and production duties, he also runs the massively successful SUB:STANCE night at Berlin’s Techno Mecca, Berghain, the sound of which he committed to plastic in a DJ mix released on Ostgut Ton in January 2010. From playing a part in the formative years of the sound on the pirate airwaves in London, to working dancefloors across the globe, to a swathe of excellent releases on Hotflush and the high profile Soul Jazz imprint, Scuba brings his own unique musicality to the Dubstep sound. Always fresh and innovative, Scuba’s recent output is at once melodic and musical and devastatingly heavy. The Hotflush label has been a creative incubator for some of the most original and foward-thinking producers in dubstep including the likes of Distance, Joy orbison, Mount Kimbie, Pangea, Loefah, Toasty, Slaughter Mob, Vaccine, Gravious, Marlow, Boxcutter and Jazzsteppa. Hotflush along with Paul Rose’s other imprints - Abucs, Scuba and HF2 - can always be relied on to push the Dubstep sound in new and exciting directions. With his new full length artist album “Triangulation”, topping charts all over the world, and already being hailed as a masterwork - Scuba’s record bag will be bursting with exclusive dubs of uncompromising calibre.

http://www.hotflushrecordings.com/
http://www.myspace.com/paulhotflush

SCUBA voted no. 60 in RA poll of top 100 DJs of 2009 (above Martyn + 2562!)
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1119

Hotflush voted no. 4 in RA top 20 labels of 2009 (above Warp, Kompakt + DFA)
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1123

Read the insightful interview on FACT here
http://www.factmag.com/2010/01/27/interview-scuba/1/

And here for XLR8R
http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2010/01/inbox-scuba

Support:

DAPHT ONE
BEATS PEOPLE MOVEMENT* | DUBSTEP ALLIANCE | DUBSTYLE SESSIONS | STEPPAS UNITE!

Specialist host MC based in Auckland. Known for his freestyle delivery, has a reputation throughout NZ for his minimal, progressive style. Has performed alongside a raft of top Dubstep players including Mala, N-Type, Benga, Loefah, Scuba, Coki, Kryptic Minds, Cotti, DJ Pinch, Truth and more besides. Performed at the Phat10, Phat06, i-Nation and Gibzone festivals. Founder and promoter of Dubstep Alliance Aotearoa. Co-founder of the Beats People Movement DJ supply store and promotion brand. Resident Dubstyle Sessions and Steppas Unite! DJ/MC. Regular host MC with the Subtle Sound System.

http://twitter.com/dapht1
http://www.facebook.com/dapht1
http://beatspeoplemovement.com/

JASON HOWSON

NZ’S NUMBER ONE DUBSTEP DJ (HIGHLIFE MAGAZINE, 2009)

BEAT MERCHANTS | EACH & EVERY RECORDS | WHEEL | SILK CUTS ON GEORGE FM

From mtv.co.nz:

Jason is an award-winning DJ. A fully-fledged vinyl junkie, Howson has recently mixed the first definitive New Zealand Dubstep compilation Every Day Dubs. The compilation features some of the country’s foremost Dubstep producers and DJs such as Truth, Optimus Gryme, P-Vans and Future One. Jason Howson can be heard on his weekly radio show ‘Silk Cuts In Session’ on George FM with co-host Sean Lyons, where the pair bust sub bass monsters from the musical worlds of UK Garage, 2 Step, Hip Hop, Drum and Bass and Dubstep.

http://www.facebook.com/jason.howson
http://myspace.com/j_howson
http://www.myspace.com/eachandeveryrecords
http://silkcuts.podomatic.com/

ILL FIGZ
SUBTLE SOUND SYSTEM | DUBBERS ANONOMOUS ON RDU FM | CHRISTCHURCH

As head honcho of the Subtle Sound System Ill Figz has supported and hosted many a top UK player including Mala Digital Mystiks, Kode9, N-Type, Loefah, Coki Digital Mystiks, Kryptic Minds, Headhunter, The Bug & Warrior Queen, Cotti, Tes La Rok, DJ Chef, Seven, Emalkay, The Others, Giant, Excision and more. Figz has his roots in the Jungle scene and this comes through in his heavyweight selections. Has played the Phat and Matakana music festivals and is a Salmonella Dub tour DJ. First played for Dubstep Alliance in 2008.

http://www.subtlepromotions.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SUBTLE-SOUND-SYSTEM/28160985613
http://www.myspace.com/subtleprmtns_illfiga

AMIGA5HNDRD & SAM NOON
BEATS PEOPLE MOVEMENT* | DUBSTYLE SESSIONS | STEPPAS UNITE!

Not much is known about this mysterious duo except that they are Dubstyle Sessions residents and have an ear for exceptionally crafted bass music across the 120-140 bpm spectrum. That means Dubstep, Detroit influenced Dub Techno, UK Funky and wonky Future Beats all get a look in. Not to be missed!

http://amigafivehundred.blogspot.com/

ADAM THE VILLAIN
DUB | STEPPAS UNITE!

Adam S aka Adam The Villain is fast becoming a regular fixture on Dubstep lineups around the city at venues like Be, Cassette Nine Fu and Juice Bar. Known for his darker, minimal styles and upfront selections, check the recent mix below for a taste of what to expect.

http://schematics.reaction.net.nz/adam/ADAMTHEVILLAINDUBSTEPMIX.mp3

OLLIE SHUTTA
SUB HEAVY UK | DUBSTEP ALLIANCE | DISCONNECTED VIBES ON BASE FM

Born and raised in the UK, Ollie was a key player for the South West’s Subheavy Soundsystem before relocating to NZ in 2008. Having his roots in Drum n Bass / Jungle he got hooked on the rougher side of UK Garage and it was through this avenue he found Dubstep. Some online research into possible working holiday destinations with good surf and a healthy Dubstep scene saw him find the Dubstep Alliance club night where upon arriving and checking out he soon sent for his records and became a resident DJ. Check Ollie on Base Fm Thursdays 10pm - 12am.

TRAVIS INFAMY
THE SHANTYTOWN SOUND SYSTEM ON BOOSH FM | STEPPAS UNITE!

Infamy runs the Shantytown Sound System every week on Boosh Fm. First played for Dubstep Alliance in 2008.

http://boosh.fm/

More Info on Facebook Event Page:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130646333620802

 Hip-hop experimentalist Flying Lotus will release his third album, Cosmogramma, this spring on Warp Records.

It will be the LA producer’s first full-length since Los Angeles, the strange and brilliant post-hip-hop record that took the music world by surprise upon its release in summer of 2008. The album received top ratings here at Resident Advisor and gushing accolades from Pitchfork, Spin and Mary Anne Hobbs, who went so far as to call Flying Lotus “the Hendrix of his generation.”

Riding the success of his previous album, Flying Lotus managed to nail down some very interesting collaborators for Cosmogramma—most notably, Thom Yorke of Radiohead, who sings on the track “…And The World Laughs With You.” As the nephew of Alice Coltrane, FlyLo has also managed to recruit a few acclaimed jazz and classical musicians, including former Suicidal Tendencies bassist Stephen “Thundercat” Bruno and harp virtuoso Rebekah Raff, who appeared previously with Flying Lotus on the track “Auntie’s Harp.”

Musically, Cosmogramma shows Flying Lotus further perfecting his trippy and syncopated style of electronic beats. In an interview with Pitchfork Media, he said: “I’m finally getting to the point where I can make the kind of records that I want to make—that I wanted to make when I was younger, things that I dreamed about making. It’s this fusion-y kind of thing where all the elements of the music that I love are there.”

Tracklist
01. Clock Catcher
02. Pickled!
03. Nose Art
04. Intro//A Cosmic Drama
05. Zodiac Shit
06. Computer Face//Pure Being
07. ..And The World Laughs With You ft. Thom Yorke
08. Arkestry
09. Mmmhmm ft.Thundercat
10. Do The Astral Plane
11. Satelllliiiiiteee
12. German Haircut
13. Recoiled
14. Dance Of The Pseudo Nymph
15. Drips//Auntie’s Harp
16. Table Tennis ft. Laura Darlington
17. Galaxy In Janaki

Warp Records will release Flying Lotus’s Cosmogramma on April 30th, 2010.

Source: Resident Advisor

WARP195
Released 3/4th May 2010

- LIMITED FIRST EDITION PRINT CD W/ FOIL BLOCK SLIPCASE -
- 2 x LP DOUBLE GATEFOLD VINYL WITH VELUM INNER SLEEVES -

Listen to clips here: http://warp.net/records/flying-lotus/

Download 3 recent *non album* tracks here

In support of this album’s release Flying Lotus is rumored to be touring his new live Audio Visual showcase through Australia and New Zealand later in 2010.

Donaeo can produce, MC, sing… and act!!! The full package! One of the greatest UK artists in recent decades.

Amazing video. Big up Shy FX, Digital Soundboy is running tings…

While the above is very flattering I think it’s safe to say Donae’o is a stand-out breakthrough artist at the minute and defiantly one to watch in future. He features on two tracks Speechless, shown above and Riot Music. The 12 inch release of Riot Music came out this week and features a 145 bpm remix from Skream.

Donaeo - Riot Music - Skreamix by SKREAMIZMOther notable tracks on the album include Hard, a reworking of the anthem Together Ft. David Rodigan with additional vocals from Grime outfit Newham Generals which I blogged about back in October. Another interesting colab is with DnB emcee Kemo. Listen to it here:

Temper (Breakage ft. KEMO) by KEMO MCFoundation Tracklisting:

1. Open Up
2. Hardcore Music (Interlude)
3. Hard feat. Newham Generals & David Rodigan
4. Digiboy Radio (Interlude)
5. Old Skool Ting
6. Squid Bass (Interlude)
7. Run Em Out feat. Roots Manuva
8. Temper feat. Kemo
9. Over feat. Zarif
10. Higher
11. Foundation
12. Justified feat. Erin
13. Vial feat. Burial
14. Speechless feat. Donae’o
15. If… (Interlude)

Breakage has also remixed a track called Paradise Circus from Massive Attack’s forthcoming album Heligoland and you can download it right here for free. (Right Click, Save As).

One of the more notable tracks on the album is Vial, a collaboration with low-key Londoner Burial.

Online retailer Boomkat had this to say about the track:

“Blatantly, the Burial link-up on ‘Vial’ is one of the biggest attractions. Thankfully, it’s also worth the investment too, finding solid ground between Burial’s quicksilver slink and Breakage’s tuff bass-sculpting.”

Pitchfork had a different perspective:

“”Vial” is more sedate than those tracks, and in its arrangement of heavy bass over a ghostly instrumental, sounds, well, a lot like a Burial song. It has all the hallmarks of Bevan’s work: 2-step sputter, manipulated vocals, and distant, clattering percussion. There’s nothing wrong with “Vial” per se, but it seems odd that Burial would want to collaborate on what’s essentially a paint-by-the-numbers reworking of the style he so successfully concocted with Untrue. If anything, it makes you even more curious about what he’s been cooking up in the meantime.”

Listen to it here:

Some other recent Burial collaborations you might not have heard of include an untitled track with Flying Lotus and another with Garage producer El-B, forthcoming on the Nu Levels label. Breakage’s album Foundation officially drops on March 22, we should have our preorder copies in store a little earlier on March 18th with restocks arriving March 25th.

Big tings in the works from the DMZ camp. I was talking to Coki when he was here in October about whether there was a likely Digital Mystikz album in the works. I was under strict instructions not to let on that he and Mala were working on a full length debut. Seems safe to let the cat out of the bag now. Trust me this is going to be good. Foundation style.

Mala has revealed details of Digital Mystikz‘ first release 2010, and it’s a big one.

Return II Space will be released on 3×12? vinyl in May. Given the catalogue number is DMZLP001, it’s safe to call it an album – though whether it’s by Mala alone or with Coki, his partner in Digital Mystikz, is uncertain. The cover art is pictured above.

No tracklist has been made available as yet, but it seems obvious that Mala’s track ‘Return to Space’ will feature.

As a label and production enterprise, DMZ has been quiet of late, its last official 12? release being Coki’s 2008 offering ‘Triple Six’ / ‘Road Rage’.

Mala hasn’t recorded anything for the label since 2007’s ‘Lean Forward’, choosing instead to focus his energies on his Deep Medi Musik label, which also has an album-length release on the way in the form of Deep Medi Musik Vol. 2, the imprint’s second CD compilation which compiles past singles by Mala, Quest, Silkie and more.

We’ll update you with a tracklist and any additional info as soon as we have it.

Source: FACT Magazine

Mala says:

Thanks to everyone that reached our 5th B”day dance! One Love

my 1st release this year

Digital Mystikz - Return II Space - Coming May 2010

Cat No. DMZLP001
Format: 3 x VINYL (Limited Press only)
Release Date: 1st WEEK of MAY 2010

Check a clip of Mala’s Return To Space here.

My copy of the new Blackbox release just arrived and it is HEAVY. Will def be dropping this tonight at Dubstyle Sessions.

N-Type & Seven - Unity by N-TYPE