DUBSTEP ALLIANCE are proud to present COTTI for one North Island show and in celebration of DA’s 1st birthday..

As a biggups and thanks to all the regular crew who support the Wednesday fortnightly we are going to be releasing a limited number of $15 presales at the next Alliance on the 8th and any remaining will be available at Beat Merchants after that..

Its been a wicked year and we hope to see everyone who has been a part big or small stepping proud on the 18th, BIG !!

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COTTI (UK)

Support from Dubstep Alliance and guests

Saturday October 18th @ Rising Sun

10pm til 6am

Boosted Soundsystem

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Cotti Bio..

Richard Bowes, aka Cotti is a producer, DJ, and MC hailing from Brixton, South London. As well as the co-founder (along with partner Cluekid) of ‘-30 Records’, he also manages his own imprint, ‘Bassface Recordings’.

Cotti has been immersed in the London Scene from a young age, initially writing lyrics & Dj-ing, then eventually moving through and focusing on vocalist & music production.

Throughout 2007 Cotti became one of the movements most sought after DJ/producers, with his tracks ‘Sensi Dub’ & ‘I Don’t Give a Dub’ recorded as the biggest selling dubstep releases of 2007, not too mention ‘The Legacy’, and ‘Mozart 3000′ becoming bass rider anthems in their own right. The first half of 2008 has seen his productions gain support from all the big name DJ’s on the circuit. Thanks to the encouragement of Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 1, Cotti’s productions ‘Let Go Mi Shirt’ & ‘The Search’ both Breezeblock Bombs, eventually had full releases on Soul Jazz Recordings. 2008 has also seen the release of the long awaited collaboration with Doctor, namely ‘Calm Down’, a track that has pushed the creative boundaries of the sound, with its original vocal production & the technique of blending dubstep, grime, dub, and dancehall into a single riddim.

At present Cotti is Dj-ing at pioneering London club FWD and the almighty DMZ parties on regular rotation. His sets have been witnessed all over Europe & the United States and without doubt are straight up to date with a quality selection of dubs from the finest producers. Cotti’s proposed collaborations across musical genres, along with the signing of big name vocalists are set to move Bassface & -30 Recordings to a fertile musical ground that’s a reflection of Cotti as an artist, A&R ear, and all round bass addict.

http://www.myspace.com/cot4n
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Cotti

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All Cotti promo mix courtesy of Aquatic Lab Recordings:

Cotti - Nah Go Dung Deh
Cotti - Rise the Temperature ft Doctor
Cotti - I Don’t Give A Dub
Cotti & Cluekid - Sensi Dub
Cotti - The Search
Cotti - Redemption
Cotti vs Cluekid - The Legacy
Cotti & Kingpin - Let Go Me Shirt
Cotti - BassFace
Cotti - Daylight Robbery
Cotti - The Takeover
Cotti - Calm Down ft Doctor

http://www.aquaticlabrecords.com/CottiPromo.mp3

“On a day which has an equinox, the centre of the Sun will spend a nearly equal amount of time above and below the horizon at every location on Earth and night and day will be of nearly the same length. The word equinox derives from the Latin words aequus (equal) and nox (night).”

Sounds like a good excuse for a party !

Featuring:

Detail vs. Shutta
OLS-1
Manaia Toa
OoGuN
Dapht One

$5 on the door

Drink Specials with free Summit taps for first arrivals..

Boosted Soundsystem

Thanks to Red Bull, Jagermeister and Serato

Featuring NielsC from Wanaka, click on image for the full set..

“The sound is rooted in dark experiments with the 2-Step Garage template devised by pioneers El-B and Zed Bias..”

Zed Bias gained him a serious underground following around the time of UK Garage’s first emergence with his remixes of DJ Zinc’s ‘138 Trek’ and ‘Super Sharp Shooter’, his widely appreciated ‘Sound of the Pirates’ mix CD was an education for many outside the London underground. The single ‘Neighborhood’ featuring MC Rumpus addressed the day to day reality of living in an urban community and tipped into the overground going on to become a top 30 chart hit the UK.

After these successes Zed went on to pioneer the sound that came to known as Breakstep. His huge remix of DJ Zinc’s ‘Heavyweight’ was the first release on his label Sidestepper and ‘Jigga Up’ (Ring The Alarm) featuring MC Juiceman also released on Sidestepper also achieved anthem status, this cemented his reputation as an originator in a sea of imitators. Zed went on to maintain his profile at the forefront of the UK underground holding a residency alongside fellow pioneers Hatcha, Youngsta, Kode9 and Oris Jay at Ammunition’s seminal club Forward>> a name synonymous with Dubstep, it was then in its carnation as ‘The Sunday Sessions’ at London’s Velvet Rooms before the term Dubstep had even been coined.

Forthcoming from Zed Bias there are Dubstep-focused releases on original Dubstep label Big Apple, the Australian based Aquatic Lab as well as Zed’s own Sidestepper Recordings. Zed’s unreleased Dubstep productions are currently getting big support from scene heavyweights N-Type, Benga, Skream, Hatcha and Kode9.

Zed Bias on his upcoming tour>> “Gonna be a very exciting year for me and the peak of the excitement will be around the time I’m on tour… with the Aquatic Lab release, and the Big Apple EP also dropping..”

Zed Bias Links:
Zed Bias Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Zed+Bias
Aquatic Lab Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/aquaticlab
Sidestepper Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/sidestepperrecordings
Zedcast Podcast: http://zedbias.podomatic.com/

NZ Tour Schedule:

Wellington - Thurday 18th September- Sandwiches

Support from Strictly 138 Crew: P-Vans, Thief, Kaps, SteppaD and Ekim

Christchurch - Friday 19th September - Double Happy

Support from Ismay, J-Red, Subz, Ill Figz and VJ Slasher Vision

Auckland - Saturday 20th September - Rising Sun

Support from OoGuN, DJ Dubhead, Manaia Toa, Seeka, Shutta and host MC Dapht One

Heavily boosted low end !!

Auckland presales $20+b/f from Beat Merchants

Thanks to Jagermeister, Red Bull and Beck’s.

Dubstep Alliance are proud to step into the Spring season with a headline set from J-Red, one of the NZ’s original Dubstep selectors and resident Subtle DJ. Our new sound partner Full Funktion who will be rolling in one of their Funktion-One soundsystems especially for the night, the system takes clarity and bass reproduction to a new level and has to be heard to be believed !!

Off course we will have the big local lineup with OoGuN, Jason George, Scott Detail, Shutta, Seeka and resident host Dapht One pon the mic.

When: Wednesday September 10th from 9pm

Where: Rising Sun, 373 K’Rd, Auckland.

How Much: $10 on the door

Drink Specials: $5 Summit on tap, $10 Vodka Red Bull

Thanks to Red Bull,  Jagermeister and Serato.

Click on image for the full set..

Dubstep Alliance 013 features NIELSC up from Wanaka where he reps for Wanaka Beats Fm and the Subtle Soundsystem when in Christchurch. We heard him play a wicked support set for Garage Pressure and were so impressed it was decided then and there to get him up to play a headline set at Alliance. On the night we will also have the ones like Shutta, OoGuN, Seeka and Dapht One armed and ready to bring the heavy.. Shall be a goodun !

When: Wednesday August 27th from 10pm

Where: Rising Sun, 373 K’Rd, Auckland

How Much: $5 on the door

Drink Specials: $4 Summit on tap, $10 Vodka Red Bull

Thanks to Jagermeister, Red Bull and Serato.

More Info:

http://www.myspace.com/dubstepalliance
http://www.mukuna.co.nz/auckland/central/gig11433.htm

Until the philosophy which hold one race
Superior and another inferior
Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned
Everywhere is war, me say war

That until there are no longer first class
And second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man’s skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes
Me say war

That until the basic human rights are equally
Guaranteed to all, without regard to race
Dis a war

That until that day
The dream of lasting peace, world citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion
To be persued, but never attained
Now everywhere is war, war

And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes
that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique,
South Africa sub-human bondage
Have been toppled, utterly destroyed
Well, everywhere is war, me say war

War in the east, war in the west
War up north, war down south
War, war, rumours of war

And until that day, the African continent
Will not know peace, we Africans will fight
We find it necessary and we know we shall win
As we are confident in the victory

Of good over evil, good over evil, good over evil
Good over evil, good over evil, good over evil

- Lyrics from Bob Marley & The Wailers ‘War’ originally appeared on the Rastaman Vibration LP first released in 1976

Dubstep Alliance representatives OoGun and Seeka take each other on in a Soundclash-rematch style with 2 x 15 min rounds each..
Special guests OLS-1 (Base Fm) and Morning Steppa (K Fm) will also be playing 2x 30 min sets each and we just might have a very special lady selector from Wellington to round up the night..

When: Wednesday August 13th from 10pm

Where: Rising Sun, 373 K’Rd, Auckland

Who: Dubstep Allliance DJs, guests OLS-1 (Base Fm) and Morning Steppa (K Fm), others TBA, Host MC Dapht One

How Much: $5 on the door

Drink Specials: $5 Becks, $8 Vodka Red Bull

Thanks to Jagermeister, Red Bull and Serato.

More Info:

http://beatspeoplemovement.com/
http://www.myspace.com/dubstepalliance
http://www.mukuna.co.nz/auckland/central/gig11424.htm

Click on image for the full set..