LEGGO @ The Waiting Room feat. FUNAFUJI 01/01/12

British born DJ and promoter Funafuji, known to some as SA's "first lady of Dubstep", is a stalwart in the Cape Town scene. As one of the founding members of Africa's first Dubstep night "Step Up", she has undoubtedly been a key player in SA's bass music movement in general.

Fresh from recent performances in New York and Canada, she joins us this week to showcase her take on the current state of forward thinking electronic music. Expect anything from Dubstep to Kwaito to Vogue - Not one to miss!

FUNAFUJI

With Resident:

WHITE NITE  

R20 Entrance

The Waiting Room on Long

Facebook event page

LEGGO ft Malcolm Skene 21/06/2012

Venue: The Waiting Room

DJ's: Malcolm Skene // White Nite // Remy Gold 

Entry: R20
Date: Thursday 12 June 2012

Malcolm Skene - Apples/Oranges June 2012 Mixoxo


 

DISCOTHEQUE & STEP UP @ The Assembly 25/04/12

The Assembly will play host to Cape Town's longest running Bass inspired adventure. Step Up has reached it's 4th year bringing us fine Dubstep, Dub and other low frequency goodness. This month's international acts are D3ADL1NE and Jonny Miller both from the UK. I haven't heard of iether of them before but I have had a peek at their soundcloud pages and was very happy with what I heard. I am excited to check out D3ADL1NE's Future Garage/Post Garage vibes.

MAIN STAGE
- D3ADL1NE (UK) 
- Jonny Miller (UK)
- Kid Fonque
- Fletcher In Dub
- Step Up Soundsystem

THE ANNEX
- LG Fritz
- Einstein Adonis ft. Evil Boy #HOTSET
- Mongoose #HOTSET

Visuals by Il Duce

R30 GUYS & LADIES FREE BEFORE 10
R40 BEFORE 11 / R50 AFTER

Check out the EVENT page here.

TheDankish mix I 221011

Last week we took over TheDankish show on Bush Radio. Here's the 15 minute power mix from the show as promised :)

NO TRACK ID'S




PEACE
STD and EEE

Mala - From London Town to Cape Town PromoMix 05/2011

Here's a mix that the GREAT Mala gave out when he was down in the Cape (May 2011). Any one got track ID's can post them up. I do believe that this mix is NOT on the net so I decided to upload it.

Bless all the dub heads.

HONESTLY NUFF SAID.



https://www.facebook.com/malamystikz

EDIT

I found this mix on the net at xlr8r.com

Tracklisting:
01 Mala - Digital Mystikz "Livin' Different VIP" (DMZ)
02 V.I.V.E.K "Feel It" (Deep Medi)
03 Goth-Trad "Seeker"
04 Coki - Digital Mystikz "Ironshirt"
05 Mala "Enter Dimensions"
06 Kryptic Minds + Youngsta "Arcane"
07 Dark Tantrums "Unborn"
08 V.I.V.E.K "Big Bang" (Deep Medi)
09 Mavado "Dem A Talk (TMSV Refix)"
10 Coki "Revolution"
11 Jack Sparrow "Afraid of Me"
12 Mensah "Gambia"
13 The Dub Mechanics "The Clash"
14 Mala "Bad Spirits on Shoulders"
15 Digital Mystikz "Dun Stinky"
16 Commodo "Saracen" (Deep Medi)
17 Coki "Duppy Sour Sap"
18 Johnny Osbourne "Fally Rankin (V.I.V.E.K. Dub Version)" (Greensleeves)
19 Mala "Education" (DMZ)
20 Old Apparatus "Untitled Intro" (Deep Medi)


STD



Shoutouts to the Step Up crew!

Zanzibar at Carnival Court (Long Street)

Carnival Court's Wednesday Dubstep nights are the shit!

After complete boredom at home I decided to go for a beer at a pub near by, alone. Half way through I pulled out my semi-smart phone and checked facebook. I saw a status saying: "come listen to some dubstep @carnival court... (next to longstreet cafe)" - it was a sign!

It was quite a cool party with LOTS of potential. Its free, they've got foosball and a pool table, balcony etc! The music is perfect for a party, a good mixture of dubs were used - which was nice to hear.

Definitely worth checking out! 

DUBSTEP @ Carnival Court Facebook page.


STD

Katy B

Kathleen "Katie" Brien better known as Katy B is a 21 year old British Singer-Songwriter who has an amazing voice and a degree in Popular Music at Goldsmiths University of London to back it up.

Before known as Katy B she went by the name Baby Katy featuring on tracks such as “Tell Me” by DJ NG feat. Mc Versatile and “As I” by Geeneus. She was just 16 years old at the time, finding her way into the underground music world of London.

Now all grown up, Katy B is doing some killer tracks with Magnetic Man, for example “Perfect Stranger” which I honestly can’t get enough of and also the mellower but equally good track, “Cross Over”. For me she really shows how her voice varies and not just a mono toned vocalist.

Katy has been criss-crossing over a wide variety of genres, taking on Dubstep, House, Drum & Bass and UK Funky. Her much anticipated album “On a Mission” was released in 2010 with so many different yet fresh styles of music coming through to make up an album that you could dance to or simply just relax and have a good listen. Tracks that got my attention are “Katy On a Mission” which was produced by the legendary Dubstep DJ Benga, “Lights On” featuring Miss Dynamite with that UK Funky feel and “Louder” a song that you just can’t help but get up and dance too.



Katy B definitely blew up last year with her own style, clever collaborations and showing off a new fresher breed of up and coming artists. So yes I am clearly a big fan of her work. Lets see what she has to offer us this year, hopefully she will be doing some more tracks with the likes of Benga, Skream and Artwork (Magnetic Man). All we can do is wait and see what happens but this Beauty is truly on a mission of note.

EEE

Tasty Treat Factory

The crew spent this Saturday past at a house party (a 21st) in the heart of TTF territory, I had a surprize waiting for me. Couldn’t believe I didn’t see it coming!    

The food was cool, the girls hot, the alcohol free and normal music. So whatever, the party was good. During the night my I found an old buddy from the TTF crew. 13. He told me he had a small suprize for me… he used his thumb and index finger and made the shape of a 4g banky -or at least that’s what I thought- and said: “That small”.

So about 2 hours later the DJ packed up and 13 got on the decks. That party went from cool to the best house party I’ve been to in a while! I thought it was quite a big suprize! 13 dropped a sick set, starting off with Dubstep and ending with Drum & Bass. The mixing was very good and the song selection was perfect for a house party.

I love seeing that kind of growth in the scene. Respekt TTF.

You can catch them on Facebook here

STD

Rock the River - Easter Beast

I plan on attending Rock the River over the coming Easter weekend in April for one reason only.

BOOAM!


The Exile Island is hosted by RubADub and I guarantee that its going to be amazing!


Line up:
MYSTERION
ISH
FUNAFUJI
MIX N BLEND
LG FRITZ
BINARY
DUBLUSION
PSYDSTEP
NISKERONE
HYPHEN

...and I think theres more to come. 

STD

Chronos, The kings of filth.

I just got my hands on an exclusive Chronos Records (UK) Promo Pack - Farmville EP

Track list:
Bloodfire-Vile
Devnik-Bumpy Ride
Eptic-Fools
F3tch - Fuck Your Mum
Getter & Juggernaut - Grindhouse
Phear Phace-Rambo VIP
Shekel-Total Fucking War
Zjasp-air & Distrikt - Printer Drive By

HUGE tracks! Keep your eyes and ears open for them.

If you are DJing the filthy stuff and you have not heard of Chronos, get your self laid and then visit their SoundCloud page - http://soundcloud.com/chronos-records/tracks

Chronos on FaceBook - http://www.facebook.com/Chronosrecords

STD
drumstepstd@gmail.com

Some cool music I would like to share.

I love these remixes, either of tracks from the band "The XX" or remixes from members of the band doing remixes of other tracks. Confusing right... It doesnt matter, just listen :)

Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx - 'NY Is Killing Me'



lorence And The Machine - You Got The Love (The XX Remix)



Xx - Crystalised (Dubstep Remix)

Xx - Crystalised (Dubstep Remix) by LabRat

The XX - Infinity (Marty Party Remix)




Here's some other random tracks I've taking a licking to. love it, hate it... whatevz

Lung - Relapse

Relapse (Forthcoming Med School) by Lung

The Police - Roxanne - (MartyParty Remix)



Terravita - Freak Out



Niraya - The Beginning





This is a mix from a local player in the game, you should check this guy out live!

Half-Life - Under Pressure! (mix)

Under Pressure! by Half-Life

Half-Life FaceBook page


Catch you on the d-floor
STD
drumstepstd@gmail.com

A step into the future

The honest truth is that Dubstep and Drum n Bass has consumed my sole and I'm currently unable to live without it and consider myself as theee biggest fan in South Africa. Yes that’s a very bold statement indeed, but wa'eva. I have good faith in the genres and think they will be around for ever.

I took the opportunity on Friday at a party at Fiction called “Not U2” to have a quick chat with the great Funafuji. I guess I should have taken down some notes as I can't remember much about the “interview”. I asked her about her plans for the future, knowing that she’s graduating this year from med-school, my worries were confirmed. Obviously stuff like that comes first in life. She says (in that cool accent of hers) that she’s not going to be gigging that often anymore but will definitely be making appearances at festivals and focusing on production. Very understandable!

IN MY OPINION, no-one comes close to Funafuji's talent, unique style and pure awesomeness when it comes to the art of DJing Dubstep at the moment. I have realised that our top DnB and Dub DJs have so many years of experience in their respective genres, and that's why they are so good!

What’s going to happen when the top dogs retire? What’s going to happen to the history stored on their vinyl? There are a lot of new guys in the scene, its growing so fast, but is it growing properly? Is money becoming more important than the music?

I would love to see these guys pass on their knowledge to worthy students and keep their legacies alive. Paying to learn how to DJ sucks.

Anyways back to the present!

Here's a mix by Funafuji. I was listening to it while writing this.

Zulu Chamber by DJFunafuji

Some events that shouldn't be missed:

*See You Next Wednesday FB event page - Wednesday @ The Assembly

STONE AGE CITIZENS
NISKERONE
GEORGE DANIEL
DUBLUSION

R10 for girls and R20 for guys.

BTW big respect to the guys behind this party! They took marketing to a new level. Perfect entry fee aswell :)

*Adventures In Bass FB event page - Saturday @ Club Voom Voom
MAGNUM HI-FI - GLITCH/UK BASS
REMY GOLD - GLITCH/DUBSTEP/UK BASS
WHITENITE - UK BASS/DNB
CARD ON SPOKES(LIVE) - BEATS/GLITCH/BASS

PLAIGARHYTHM(BTEAM) - GLITCH/DUBSTEP

R30 bucks entry, KILLER sound system!! :)

*Cold Turkey FB event page. - Sunday @ District 6 Cafe

SPOEK MATHAMBO
RICHARD THE THIRD
DANK
FLETCHER
O'LTAK
BLOTCHY
REBEL CLEF

Bring and braai + cash bar :) R20 entry

Some cool links to check out:

Auditory Vision - Electronic music blog

Bass Steppaz - Some guys throwing parties up the on the Westside

Catch me on Facebook for regular updates and some quality tracks I find on the net:
http://www.facebook.com/drumstepcpt

Keep skanking
Catch you on the d-floor
STD

Chaos and Disorder

So far 2011 has been packed with Dubstep and DnB gigs, this shit is getting big in Cape Town. I attended quite a few parties (shot for the comps) and saw some good quality DJ's which always make me happy!

Cold Turkey 23 Jan (District 6 cafe)

* BRUCE WILLIS?? killed me at Fiction on the 14th of Jan at Brick City. Will definitely be attending the next one which is on the 24th of Feb.

* On the 19th I partied at Ivy League. Its a weekly DnB party called AMSTERDAMNED
-DJs on the night- HYPHEN, MICKY BLUE & JUANO & JP. I had lots of fun, this party has huge potential!

* Some mad friends and I missioned to Stellies on the 22nd. SFR and Niskerone filled Die Mystic Boer to its max! -A Night With Dhala Kulture-

* The next day Cold Turkey (3) spoilt us heavily with Ghislain Poirier (CAN) (Ninja Tunes), Dank (Live), Soulo Starr, Jacob Snake and the regulars of course.

* Unfortunately I missed out on DJ Fresh at fiction on the 27th, it must have been crazy!! Big ups to everyone involved!!

WHATSUP MUTHA.FM!??! - I Love Bass

* The much anticipated I LOVE BASS party went down the next day on the 28th. I got a chance to catch some local DJs that I have been dying to see! Callan Maart is an awesome producer and DJ who went to college with me - check him out on SoundCloud. LG Fritz had some bangers! I went off my nut to some Skrilex just because I could. BIG UPS to the guys in charge, the sound system was HUUUGE! Check out this video I took of Mezzanine dropping some tight Eminem remix. My buddy E-Face rapping along.



* Cold Turkey 4 was very chilled, It was a dub/reggae inclined event. I enjoyed Slu Dada and if you are interested you can catch him on Mutha.FM apparently... I'm not sure when though. Funafuji played a dancehall set which was cool to see.

* It Came From The Jungle was pumping as usual this thursday past. Hyphen and Niskerone played back to back for the entire night, it was like 40degs outside, 35 inside, BANGER!! Check out the King of the Jungle Niskerone playing some hot DnB.




===NOT TO BE MISSED===

* 5th Of feb - HOMEGROWN
Counterstrike (Animal Chin B2B 500Mills):
http://www.facebook.com/CounterstrikeDNB
Hyphen:
http://www.facebook.com/hyphensa
Cutline (UK):
http://www.facebook.com/cutlinemusic
Ben XO (UK):
http://www.myspace.com/benxo

* HI-FIDELITY Wednesdays @ DAKOTA -Ft. Niskerone, Sedge Warbler, Blush n Bass etc...
The first installment will be on the 9th of feb feat. Niskerone, Liver and LG Fritz.

* Say Nuffin, Skank or Die!
@Voom Voom
WHITE NITE (Funky & 2 Step)
SUBLIMINAL (Drum & Bass)
BINARY (Dubstep)
ISH (Dubstep, 2 Step, Grime)
BLOTCHY (2 Step, Funky, UK BASS)

Line up of noteee!! That is going to be a SICK party!

* RubADub
7ft Soundsystem
Funafuji <3
Psydstep (Strobe1 vs Storm)
Dublusion
Qi

lol nuff said.

____________________________________
*LINKS*
- For all events
DrumStepSTD - FB
- Callan Maart's SoundCloud
http://soundcloud.com/callan-maart
- Mutha.FM
http://www.muthafm.com/index.html
___________________________________


Keep skanking
Catch you on the d-floor
STD

COLD TURKEY II

vGrrr

Last year on the 26^th of December I attended the first instalment of a soon to be very successful bring and braai/chill-out/dubstep party at the District 6 Cafe. For only 20 bucks you can get a heavy dose of quality music that you’ve never heard before (I can assure you). The crowd was cool and relaxed. I saw some hippies, tourists and hardcore locals.

At the last event I managed to catch Remy Gold, Ish, Blotchy and vGrrr. I might be wrong, but at one point I think vGrrr played a simple sounding dubstep loop or something on the one CDJ or whatever he was using, and on the other he dropped random trippy sounds with effects on them, sounded pretty cool :) the cheap drinks at the bar could have possibly being playing with my mind.

This week’s line up is amazing!

Rebel Clef
Blotchy
Funafuji
Binary
White Nite

I am extremely amped for Binary.  Everyone should take a listen to this mix he put together a couple months ago. I heard him for the first time in 08 I think, on UCT radio 104.5fm.

02 Mix by DjBinaryDubstep

Blotchy

I’m a big fan of Blotchy and Funafuji and they NEVER disappoint. And no… they don’t need an introduction. BIG UPS!

As for Rebel Clef and White Night, I haven’t seen them live before and actually haven’t heard of White Nite before, but I’ll find out shit and let you know :P

Because dubstep and everything else on this planet changes everyday, I decided that I’ll post something Rebel Clef uploaded on to SoundCloud 11 months ago – for the hell of it. Listen to them wobbles bru ;)

Mountain Kings by RebelClef

Pack in something warm, the wind can get hectic out there, I felt like I was dancing in a sandstorm – which was quite fun!!

Get there early! It starts at 2pm, ends at 10pm.
Venue: Distric 6 cafe

STD


Those important links:
Cold Turkey II
Funafuji
Rebel Clef
Blotchy
Binary
and ofcourse
DrumstepSTD

Vermin - Chronos

I would love to see this guy live!

Here are my three favourite tracks by him, so far, from what I've heard.


Vermin - Chemical by DUBliminalCOM


Vermin- Man Down VIP by DUBliminalCOM





Watch out for this guy!

Step Up @ Fiction 18 Dec

Definitely the best monthly Dubstep party in South Africa! PERIOD!

At first I was comparing Step Up to RubADub but quickly figured out that it's impossible to compare the two. I enjoyed RubADub because it was insanely full and more of a "jump-up" kind of vibe. Step Up took me back to when I was more into the chilled out, bassy, wobbly kind of dubstep, you know… the good stuff. The crowd was fairly light, no shaky floors or congestion but I could see that everyone there LOVED Dubstep. By the way, if you count yourself as a regular, count yourself spotted.

The line up was as follows:
FUNAFUJI
ISH
7FT SOUNDSYSTEM
DR SHADE
BINARY
BLOTCHY

I got there reasonably early but not early enough to catch my favourite local DJ, Funafuji, who was up first. I was very disappointed but there will always be a next time.
http://www.facebook.com/Funafuji

When I arrived Ish was on the decks. Originally from the UK, she was raised in a Rasta community… how cool is that? Ish started off her set smooth and chilled with just a few of us floating on the floor. She then dropped some hectic beats which naturally drew a crowd. I really enjoyed it. She knows her stuff and is definitely worth taking a GOOD listen to. *Side note* We might have been over thinking it but my friend and I noticed that Ish had some crazy mixing skills! My friend described it as “the sound a jigsaw puzzle would make”. Check it out for yourselves.
Ish - FB

Next up was 7ft Soundsystem. Because I never really was a huge fan of reggae and I heard 7ft were more reggae inclined (Dub if I’m not mistaken), I never really took notice of them in the past. When I saw that they were playing at the party I was a bit sceptic, however, I trusted that the guys at Step Up would give me nothing but quality. Quality is an understatement in this situation, they were pure class! A live Dubstep crew? Yes. Awesome! What a cool experience. Can’t wait to check them out at Rezonance.

7ft Soundsystem live gear:
1. laptop
2. edirol midi keyboard.
3. Novation launched (controlling ableton live)
4. Kaoss pad kp3
5. Roland 404 fx and sampler
6. Korg monotron
7. Melodica

Very tallented guys! This is art!

Here's a quick video taken with my Sony Ericsson Vivas Pro (Good Quality).
7ft-Soundsystem - FB

Dr Shade aka The Bulgarian was a bit of a letdown for me. I guess its personal taste but I will have to take another listen to him some time and make up my mind. It could have been that I sobered up when it came to his set which in turn was the reason for me missing the Binary set. I thought I would be back in time from the local drinking hole, Cadiz. FYI: if you are lucky, you can find some Dubstep and DnB at Cadiz, for your listening pleasure. Unfortunately I missed this legend of the Dubstep scene.

http://www.facebook.com/thebulgariandj
Binary - FB

Blotchy – the guy that made my night. I got back in time to catch the start of Blotchy’s set. I didn’t know who he was to be honest but he absolutely blew me away when he played one of my favourite tracks: Scuba - You Got Me. Lots of respect right there!
facebook.com/josiah.bourguet

What I love about fiction is that if you stay for the last set, you will be blessed with huge tracks and they never disappoint. Blotchy had the smallish crowd in the palm of his hand and like puppets we danced to his beats. I could feel the love for Dubstep in the air as the remaining hardcore fans gathered on the floor for the last couple songs. As the lights came on and the music switched off, the crowd begged for one more track, Blotchy dropped Flux Pavilion’s “Can’t stop”, unfortunately the subs were turned off, but it was still a jam.
Fiction - FB
Step Up - FB

 
BIIIIG ups to Fiction and the crew at Step Up!

Doctor P - DJ/Producer UK

Doctor P just droped a new remix out on SoundCloud now and its free!

Plan B - Love Goes Down - Doctor P remix by time4planb

He's got some very good tracks out there and is defnitly worth a look at if you havn't alrdeady.

Doctor P - Gargoyle


Doctor P - Sweet Shop

Mercury - Club

I was first introduced to this amazing club in late 2008 by my friend and former band member (The Manic Mischiefs - strangely enough named after Manic Mondays at Merc). Found in De Villiers Street in Zonnebloem (next to The Shack), there are a few things that make this club awesome: It’s pretty big, drinks are cheap, the vibe is cool and the sound is perfect (big ups to the sound engineers).

Homegrown – My first time at Merc and my first club DnB experience was at Homegrown. First Saturday of every month, hands down the biggest dedicated DnB party in South Africa. The hosts Animal Chin & 500 Mills have been running Homegrown since 2000 making it the longest running DnB party in SA.

RubADub – A monthly Dubstep event held at Mercury. If I remember correctly I attended one of the first Rubadubs when it was still very small and not that well supported. A couple months later I started hearing very good things about Rubadub and I decided that I should have a second go at it. IT WAS CRAZY! The DJs were ripping the place apart! I hope to see big things from them in 2011.

Links:

Mercury - Facebook

Homegrown - Facebook

Rubadub - Facebook

http://www.mercuryl.co.za/

African Dope Records

"African Dope Records is an independent record label based in Cape Town, South Africa. It is the brainchild of the world renowned beats ‘n breaks DJ/producer duo Krushed & Sorted, who began and ran the record label from its original humble HQ in the centre of Cape Town back in 2000. Since April 2000, Dope has been releasing the phreshest beats and breaks by artists from the Mother City."
-Source

These guys are doing such a good job with DnB and Dubstep in Cape Town, I think I may have heard my first Dubstep track at an African Dope party.

There are a couple of free tracks on their site:
http://www.africandope.co.za/

Look out for krushed & sorted - king of the swingers [animal chin remix] :) One of my favs



African Dope Offerings by africandope

Fiction - The home of Dubstep and Drum and Bass in CPT

Fiction - The home of Dubstep and Drum and Bass (DnB) in Cape Town.

Fiction is a comfy club where people from all over the city come for their dose of Dubstep, DnB, Indie Electro and other genres of music that you wouldn’t find at your average club. Overlooking Long Street from the second story of a building on the corner of Long and (find out the name of the other road) is definitely one of the best parts of this club. The walls are filled with interesting pictures of characters from classic movies that also surround dance floor that is considerably small but still has a big-ass sub in the corner. The crowd all bouncing to their own interpretation of the beats makes the floor wobble hectically and it feels like the building is going to collapse. It’s really unexplainable and you have to experience it to understand.

If you are looking for a Dubstep party, the event "StepUp" at fiction is where it’s at. Fiction hosts this party once a month and you get to see South African's top Dubstep Djs in action such as Funafuji and Fletcher.

Your DnB needs can be fulfilled every Thursday night at "It Came from the Jungle". I was very lucky to have seen international Djs/producers Camo & Crooked perform at one of these events. Niskerone and Hyphen are the regular DnB "Selectors".

Here's a couple of helpful links:
http://www.fictionbar.com
http://www.facebook.com/itcamefromthejungle
http://www.thesoapbox.fm/2010/12/02/steppin-to-the-dub

Happy Steppin'