PERTHQUAKE
Picklejar and Turbo Mountain present NIGHT CLASS 105.
Straight up bass party. Fresher than a baker’s whatever.
Times are fast. Stay ahead of the curve.
Ft.
DEADWEIGHT DJs;
YLEM;
BOLSTY; and
SLEEPYHEAD
UK FUNKY // GARAGE // DUBSTEP // FUTURE BASS BUSINESS
Friday June 3rd
8pm – Midnight
The Bird
FREEEE EENNTRYYYYY
Appropriate visuals by Turbo Mountain. The last party packed out – get down early booger!
There are certain simple things in life we choose to overlook, take for granted and that we let pass us by.
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Kickin it on a Sunday,
Crew,
Tunes,
Live Art,
Brews or cocktails in hand,
Chillin.
In collaboration with the ‘Double Lucky’ and ‘The Butcher Shop’ we invite you come and de-stress after a crazy Easter period and jump into a straight Sunday vibe on May 22nd. The town of Vincent have cut the red tape, allowing us make the surrounding laneway ours by fencing off the area and splaying out an externally located bar, sound/Dj booth, and furniture set-up for your laziness.
Slide through any time between 2pm to 7pm to catch the re-paint of Double Lucky’s three outer walls by a selection of the cream of the crop of Perth Aerosol artists. We’ve blacked out the walls to create a blank canvas for you to watch the masterpiece come together, live. After the sunsets, the party moves inside for an intimate mix-up both of tunes and dranks til 10pm!
Ol school / funky Hip Hop, Broken Beat & some melodic Dubstep sounds for good measure will be the soundtrack of the day.
Delivered by an All-star local line-up.
Angry Buda
Philly Blunt
Marty McFly
Mo’ Fly
Jus Haus?
Moe Steez
Shiftn
So this French duo has only just come to my attention as their debut self-titled LP is being released in Australia next week. And it’s awesome. You could describe it as nu-disco but there’s also so much more to it. It traverses through any number of genres, and the album is always surprising. Their love of ’80s horror/sci-fi shines on a couple of tracks and I love it. They even got Jarvis Cocker to sing on a track, which I’ve posted for you. Otherwise get more info and tunes here.
Quite possibly the biggest, most influential and prolific producer in the scene, Elite Force returns to our shores for the first time since his set-of-the-day performance at Breakfest 2009. Alongside him is the best Australia gets; none other than Bass Kleph. Set your Foundation Day long weekend plan in stone with two of the best producer/DJs in the world together, in one room, for one night only.
Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper and record producer. He is one of the first commercially successful rappers and the first to sign with a major record label. “The Breaks”, a single from his 1980 eponymous debut album, is the first certified gold record rap song.
In 1979, aged twenty, Kurtis became the first rapper to be signed by a major label, Mercury, which released “Christmas Rappin “. It sold over 400,000 copies. Its follow-up, “The Breaks”, sold over half a million copies. He released ten albums over the next eleven years. His first album was Kurtis Blow, while his second was the Top 50 pop album Deuce. Party Time featured a fusion of rap and go go. Ego Trip included the hits: “8 Million Stories,” “AJ,” and “Basketball”. His 1985 album, America, garnered praise for its title track’s music video. From this album, the song “If I Ruled the World” became a Top 5 hit on Billboards R&B chart. In 1996, fellow rapper Nas debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a cover version of the song.
Kurtis Blow will be joined with “Stoop Fresh”, “The Mass Appeal Allstars” “Dj Junior” and Perths top Breakers performing a rare showcase.
all attending are encouraged to dress in your flyest old school get up.
The last Friday of the Month will see a different local, original live act showcased at one of Perth’s favourite late night hangouts, The Manor. Each month will see the act perform between 10:30-11:30pm with the usual conscious party vibes afterwards with Perth’s best DJs playing until the early hours of the morning.
First up to bat is “The Stoops”.
This crew has been making music since 2002 and are stronger than ever right now producing some quality hip hop both conscious and party, making them the perfect group to kick off the live sessions.
They consist of local legends Arms In Motion, Coin, Nat Bonita Alley, Pronto & Roc Walla.
Joining them on the wheels of steel will be Royce and Charlie Bucket.
9.30 -10.30 – Arms in Motion
10.30 – 11.30 – The stoops
11.30 – 1.30 – Royce
1.30 – close – Charlie Bucket
$10 entry for the whole night.
STOOPSQUARED BIO
The Stoops have teamed up with acclaimed beat maker J-Squared (Illy, Pegz) to produce what can only be described as a master piece. A year in the making “StoopSquared” has got it all. I know people say this a lot but there are literally NO fillers and at 12 tracks in length that is a hell of a lot of quality! Every track has its own purpose and is there for good reason. “Bucket List” with its clever topic applicable to anyone, “Who I Be” to let the listener know that no one is perfect, “Right Time” shows how willing they are to make something of themselves and “Paperplane” with its lyrical substance. The Stoops are able to deliver clever lyrics that make you think and booming hooks by Bonita encase the whole lot in a tight package within your head. The production is what can be expected of J-Squared; straight out fire! And Arms In Motion displays an amazing digging skill with his perfectly matched vocal samples each of which are cut to perfection. I’m not even sure why I’m trying to sell this to you. I mean it is FREE after all…
Okay, let’s be clear. We’re talking about Supafest here, a pop oriented hip-hop and R&B festival. It’s up at Joondalup Arena and all ages. One shouldn’t be attending and expecting Laneway style conditions and crowd. Expect juvies, people with rats tails, dickheads, long ass lines, video interludes with Pharrell pretending to be Cab Calloway and leading the crowd in “Minnie the Moocher” (yes this happened), conventional interludes getting girls on stage to dance and something called the “bling ring”. But that being said, Supafest has been one of the most fun and entertaining festivals I’ve been to this season. Read on after the jump
Don’t Sleep X Destination? are proud to present.
IKONIKA [Hyperdub/UK]
Support
+ Clunk/Ben Taaffe/DYP/Allstate/Rekab
Right. Meet Ikonika. A young woman from West London. Now, the Kode 9 curated, untouchable Hyperdub label has thrown up some choice names in the last 18 months – but none more so than her. With her debut release ‘Please’ dropping back in 2008, the Londoners bleep-fuelled, percussive bass adventures have since pushed her to the top of the pile. Warm and wierd, heartbreak garage shapes, thick veins of 90s RnB.
Interivews & features in NME, Pitchfork, DJ Mag, and the Guardian as well as the unanamous love for her other worldly synth patterns, driving drums and melancholic sub bass led to critical acclaim for debut album Contact, Want, Love, Have – the latter listing her album in their top 10 albums of 2010 alongside mainstream stars Erykah Badu & Kanyne West.
The blissful semi-slumber of her unique productions have been supported by everyone from Mary Anne Hobbs to Flying Lotus and in demand DJ sets have littered the globe, showcasing the constantly mutating underground sounds of the UK, spanning from the freshest Dubstep and Funky dubplates to the classic foundations of House and Garage. These genre-hoping rollercoaster rides gained her a DJ Mag nomination for “Best British DJ”. Ikonika is truley one the UK’s brightest stars.
Mind The Gap have never let me down in terms of good nights out and there was no denying the atmosphere at Shape on the 30th. With two incredible names on the stage, Calibre and DRS, it was no wonder the crowd was bouncing and grooving to the seductive liquid drum and bass sounds for two and a half hours straight.
The Perthquake crew ventured out to Future Music Festival two weekends ago, and I think on the whole we all had enjoyable days. We had some small troubles getting in, but I don’t think that effected most people, but it did but a bit of a dampener on the beginning of our day. However once into Arena, I saw plenty of stuff I didn’t think I’d enjoy and was pleasantly surprised. By far the stand out act was Richie Hawtin’s Plastikman show – I’ll let Cam fill you in on the details, both of our reviews are after the jump…
