Far Too Loud – July 5th
E-Tickets available here: http://goo.gl/PU8ze
Far Too Loud, a.k.a. Oli Cash, has gained a reputation for hi-tech, dancefloor-destroying music that makes people throw their hands in the air and go crazy. Think high-energy, aggressive funk, big basslines, crazy edits, intricate production and you’ll know the sound.
Since his first release, back in 2005, things have gone ever upward. Winning “Best Single” at the Breakspoll Awards in 2007 was a huge boost early on and later that year the huge FTL anthem “Play It Loud”, which saw a move from breakbeat into big, dirty electro-house grooves, received a massive response and remains a firm crowd-pleaser to this day. Subsequent chart-smashers including “Bring Back Boogie” and “Megaloud”, and remixes for the likes of Lily Allen and The Crystal Method confirmed Far Too Loud’s place among the big guns of electro-house.
2012 saw Far Too Loud grow even more, with numerous Beatport top ten chart positions, remixes for artists such as Excision and Cyberpunkers and the release of his multi-genre Firestorm EP, which shook up the whole bass music scene. 2013 looks to be even bigger, as the “Faster Than Light” EP drops on June 3rd, featuring four brand new tracks bursting with his explosive trademark production and energy.
Having toured the world over, Oli is well experienced in delivering unique sets packed with high energy, whether it’s 200 people in a sweaty underground club or 20,000 at an outdoor festival, you can be sure it’s going to go off!
Not only that but we have a special guest in none other than DJ Theo Chamber Cox – one of the original Bass Kitchen Crew and our man in Thailand!
Chamber has already played across the globe alongside many of the electronic music scenes biggest artists, such as Beardyman, Orbital, Benga, Dilated Peoples, Plump DJs, DJ Vadim, Ed Solo, Adam F, Donaeo, Stanton Warriors, Atomic Hooligan, The Freestylers, Benny Page, Lee Coombs, DJ Yoda, A Skillz, Freq Nasty, J Majik, Baobinga, Rennie Pilgrem, Jon Carter, General Midi, The Breakfastaz, Dub Pistols, Fabio & Grooverider and many more. His club-night, Bass Kitchen, is also spreading globally, having recently launched further international branches across Canada, Taiwan, China and around Europe, which will be booking some of the biggest DJs across the electronic music spectrum.
But wait, there’s more! In The Cage we have a fine selection of DJs from one of the Internet’s best underground dance radio station: Brap.FM
I think I might need a sit down.
So join us on Friday 5th of July for promises to be a night of absolute awesomeness!
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FRIDAY 5TH JULY
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IN THE TUNNEL:
FAR TOO LOUD
SPECIAL GUEST DJ CHAMBER
HI HAT LIVE, WOBBLING WOOKIE AND POOK
IN THE CAGE:
EMMA JAYNE, GUY THE REV, MOIF, 1UP, GUPPY SLIM AND MISHIMA
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DOORS OPEN AT 11PM
£5 ADV, MORE ON THE DOOR
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Pyramid – June 2013
PYRAMID are West London production duo and DJ/MC combo outfit Nicky D’Silva and Scott Maclean currently signed with the award-winning Funkatech Records.
Long acquainted studio partners and good mates the pair are seasoned live performers, regularly tearing up parties all over the globe from Glastonbury to Galway, known for their trademark electric sets and limitless energy on stage.
Originally rooted in breakbeat, their sound has evolved into a melting pot of beats and basslines set at around 140bpm. Be it breaks, dubstep or anything in between, PYRAMID are certified hot property having had production work commissioned for Polydor signing Roxxxan, Mercury’s Dot Rotten alongside TMS, Sony’s latest sensation Jagga, Tiesto’s Black Hole imprint and dubstep giants Dub Police.
And with 2012 bringing with it official remix duties for Carl Cox & Dot Rotten; regular plays on 1xtra; an Australia tour for a second year in a row plus their smash single ‘Lost In You ft. Lena Cullen’ the rise of PYRAMID continues into 2013. Watch out!
Bass Kitchen are mad stoked to bring the Pyramid boys to Bristol and alongside them will be the Bass Kitchen UK residents.
++ In the Tunnel ++
Pyramid
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Dr Fly, JDO, P.O.D.G.E, Moif, Wobbling Wookie and Hi Hat Live.
++ In the cage we have a fine selection of beat maestros who will be providing a top quality selection of beats for your dancing pleasure ++
Guy the Rev
Kev Godden
Suzuki
AreaBoys
Miss Grace
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It’s going to be a belter of a night. Doors open at 11 and online e-tickets are available here. £6 + BF upfront, more on the door!
Arc Festval / 27th April / Bristol
Arc – an outdoor electronic music and digital art festival in the heart of Bristol.
Already a hot spot for experimental electronic music and digital art, Bristol will play host to a brand new one-day festival combining both this April.
Set across two blackout marquees and three geodesic domes in a suburban park, Arc Festival will feature some of the world’s leading audiovisual luminaries alongside a solid mix of Bass, House and Techno artists. Pitched as a “fully immersive experience”, the event is a unique collaboration between the RFID production team, award-winning digital experience agency Luma and the Hypercolour and Applepips record labels.
Arc aims to create a visual playground in Bristol’s Eastville Park, enlisting the support of some of the biggest names in digital art and projection mapping including audiovisual composer Tarrik Barri who collaborates with Atoms for Peace – the experimental supergroup formed in 2009 by Thom York and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Integrating sound and visuals is what Arc is all about with bespoke shows being created for all of the headliners including Clark, Skudge, Martyn, Roman Flugel, The Black Dog, James Holden, Livity Sound, Pinch and Will Saul.
With a lineup curated by Hypercolour’s Jamie Russell, the futuristic artwork on display will be carefully paired with the next wave of young and experienced experimental electronic musicians, playing AV sets, live and original material wherever possible.
“Arc is about bringing on board the amazing digital artists we always aspired to work with, and continuing to do something totally unique visually, alongside the very finest music the experimental electronic music scene has to offer,” said Ben Thomson, RFID director.
“We’ve been touring UK events with the RFID project since 2008 and the queues outside the dome are always insane. We love sharing the joy of total immersion in a 3D environment with festival goers and we wanted to take that to another level in a much bigger space.”
The RFID, or Recursive Function Immersive Dome, is an innovative audio/visual entertainment environment featuring 360º dome projection and surround sound. Already well established on the festival circuit, the team behind the RFID are expert in integrating sound with 3D environments and with Arc, they’re aiming to take the art form to a new level.
The sight of three geodesic domes and two blackout marquees huddled together in Bristol’s Eastville Park is sure to attract plenty of attention in April but the futuristic layout also offers one important practical benefit – weather proofing the festival! With the entire Arc programme taking place undercover festival goers won’t need to worry about April showers.
“Arc will be a great addition to the one day festival scene in Bristol,” said Ben Thomson. “What we’ve put together is totally unique and at the cutting edge of audio/visual integration. We’ve been really influenced by the one day festivals we’ve visited around Europe, where thousands of people come out to rave during the day! We think Bristol is the perfect home for an event like Arc.”
Tickets for Arc Festival are £30-£35 and are on sale from Resident Advisor, Crack Magazine, Idle Hands and The Bristol Ticket Shop. Arc Festival takes place on Saturday, April 27 in Eastville Park, Bristol. The event runs from 11am to 11pm. Over 18s only.
For more info visit http://www.arcfestival.co.uk
Lineup:
CLARK (LIVE AV) / THE BLACK DOG (LIVE) / JAMES HOLDEN
MARTYN / SKUDGE (LIVE) / LIVITY SOUND (LIVE)
WILL SAUL PRESENTS CLOSE (LIVE) / ROMAN FLUGEL
NATHAN FAKE / PINCH / DJ DIE / TARIK BARRI (LIVE AV)
ALSO [APPLEBLIM & AL TOURETTES] / MARCO BERNARDI (LIVE)
TOM DEMAC (LIVE) / DISCREET UNIT / BASS CLEF (LIVE)
ARKIST & KOMON / CHEEBA (LIVE AV) / YOUANDEWAN
BEHLING & SIMPSON / INDIGO / ELIPHINO / CHRIS FARRELL
TYPESUN / OCTOBER / JOE FARR (LIVE) / LRUSSE & BLEECKER
CHRISTOPHE / BARESKIN / WIRE PEOPLE (LIVE) / FACE + HEEL
DUKE SLAMMER (LIVE) / BEBOP & ROCKSTEADY (LIVE)
CEDRIC MAISON / JAKE WILLIAMS & NICK ROBERTS (LIVE AV)
LUMEN (LIVE AV) / FLIES + FLIES (LIVE) / BOBAFATT
APOLOGUE SHOWCASE / UBERDOG / DIRTY THOUGHTS
Featuring immersive environments, projection mapped surroundings, visuals and digital art by…
PAUL PRUDENCE / DESAXIS MUNDI / BOUKI / VILHELM / KYMA / SUPERCHUNK / LIMBIC CINEMA
VJ CURATION BY: LUMA / SKULPT
Jinx in Dub / Freear – May 3rd 2013
It’s the first of the May bank holidays and we’ve got yet another amazing lineup! There’s no stopping the UK Bass Kitchen Crew, coming atchya with our beats and breaks spatula. Or something. Moving on:
We have no less than two headliners playing in the tunnel and the inimitable 5 Dollar Shake holding things down in the cage on May 3rd. it’s safe to say this is going to be a bit of a massive one. Tickets are a bank-holiday-tastic £5 in advance from Bristol Ticket Shop and more on the door. You’re probably going to want to get down early for this one. Doors open at 11pm sharp.
Alongside the Bass Kitchen residents, in attendance we have:
Freear
Roaming artist, DJ, producer & founder of Slamboree – On a constant move in 2013 playing shows whilst recording & collaborating on the road.
Bristol based, Mike Freear writes & performs a mix of Glitch, Electroswing, Dubstep, Ghettofunk, Breaks, DnB, Balkan, Rock & Rave. He has recently been nominated for a Breakspoll award for ‘BEST BREAKTHROUGH DJ’ and has released on Ape, Dub FX’s ‘Convoy Unlimited’, Definition:Breaks and Smudge Music. Plus a load of free stuff you can grab @ http://soundcloud.com/
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Jinx in Dub
DJ/producer Joss Jinx, is widely regarded as the one of the UK’s top rankin Dubwise breaks producers. A versatile producer with a string of releases and remixes over the years. Starting within the Nuskool Breaks camp back in 99′ his sound over the years has moulded in to a unique blend of Dubwise bass music with many styles and tempos of Electronic Roots, Dub & Dancehall style Rhythms which have been smashing up clubs and major festivals in the UK and abroad.
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Five Dollar Shake
Five Dollar Shake is an established, but forever fresh club night from Bristol bringing funky sounds combined with big basslines! A fun and vibrant festival-like atmosphere not to be missed! Championing Bristol bass music and representing the Ghetto Funk and Glitch Hop movement, Five Dollar Shake brings Nu Skool Breaks and a mash-up of fresh tunes and visuals from top artists! Expect fruity surprises you are likely to find at no other club night 
The Five Dollar Shake residents:
Boundski https://soundcloud.com/
X-Ray Ted https://soundcloud.com/
Big Pharmaa https://soundcloud.com/
Sliceman https://soundcloud.com/
Wonkinson https://soundcloud.com/
Dr Dunbar https://soundcloud.com/
Duke Stone https://soundcloud.com/
Brownstone https://soundcloud.com/
Utah Jazz – April 2013
Spring is almost upon us and with it the promise of those long sought after evenings in the beer garden or the waft of the barbeque on the evening breeze. We’re proper feeling it here at Bass Kitchen UK headquarters and to kick that Spring feeling into gear we’ve got something quite special for you in April.
Touching down in Bristol is none other than the man like Utah Jazz and he’s bringing the his newly launched Groove Therapy album with him. If Liquid V, Good Looking and Hospital Records is your bag then this is something you are not going to want to miss. But don’t our word for it, check out these reviews:
Mixmag Drum & Bass June 2012 – ALBUM OF THE MONTH
Utah Jazz / Groove Therapy / Vintage Recordings
One of the shining lights of the noughties’ liquid-funk boom, Luke Wilson’s much-envied library of rare soul samples continues to earn him legions of international fans and a unique perch in the d’n'b galaxy. True to his defiantly old-skool production ethic, album number three is awash with the dusky sax trills, lilting piano rolls and shuffling breaks that have become his smile-inducing signature – a trove of unvarnished rollers entirely devoid of mechanoid modern gloss or studio gimmicks. You’ll also find sassy reggae-flecked funk (‘The Warning’ feat. David Boomah) and loping 150bpm breakbeat grooves (‘Infinity’), but it’s the tear-jerking brilliance of mournful piano gems like ‘Loops for Days’ that do it for us. Get those jazz-hands ready, people – summer has officially arrived. 9/10
“Truly unique. Utah Jazz’s burgeoning success is nothing short of remarkable. It’s been two long years since the debut LP of the finest liquid funkster in the galaxy – and what a way to return…” (iDJ)
“Could Utah Jazz be the most underrated D&B producer out there? This unbelievable album certainly suggests so…”(DJ Mag)
“Experimental? Utah Jazz? Believe it – true to form, the world renowned party-rocking DJ is quite happy bucking all preconceptions as well as ignoring musical trends, and the results are his best work yet…” (iDJ)
“ALBUM OF THE WEEK. More emotion than a Bollywood film… Vintage has been painstakingly crafted, oozing finesse and attention to detail…” (The Metro)
“If the Drum & Bass scene’s upper reaches have a reputation for maintaining their rigid hierarchy with all the ruthless efficiency of a Stalinist accounting firm, then Utah Jazz is most certainly the kid who cracked the code…” (iDJ)
“X-amount of cast-iron jungle legends can’t be wrong – and they ain’t. When Utah Jazz waves his wand, D&B invariably swoons…” (iDJ Magazine)
“With his sublime debut album ‘It’s a Jazz Thing’ out now on Liquid V, it’s time to flip the script, and remind the pretenders who’s really boss…” (DJ Mag)
“A remarkable composer… this is Drum & Bass royalty in the making…” (Knowledge)
“After 10 years of producing, ‘It’s A Jazz Thing’ is well worth the wait, showcasing Wilson’s knack of excavating big riffs and hooks from 70′s soul and funk, and melding them together in an uplifting dance floor soup. 4 out of 5…” (Mixmag)
“A dive into the inviting blue skies of summer, ‘It’s a Jazz Thing’ takes the liquid funk template and submerges it in black-golden layers of ’70s symphonic soul, equal parts Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, High Contrast and Calibre…” (DJ Mag)
“The most eagerly-anticipated debut album in years… Utah Jazz has got a rhythm, soul & vision all his own and the entire Drum & Bass world will soon be stepping to his beat…” (K-Mag)
“An original and unique listening experience. If you don’t know about Utah Jazz yet, what exactly is your excuse?!…” (ATM)
We’re a little bit excited to say the least. Alongside your usual BK residents we also have a selection of top notch DJs who will be bringing their own spectacular style and sound to Bristols longest running bass orientated night:
Snowflake_F, Esque, Mossis Chesnut and Butcher are all in attendance and we’re looking forward to seeing what they’ll bring to the table.
See you down the front!
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