PERTHQUAKE
With a career spanning nearly two decades and still innovating Rap, Soul and Hip-Hop, Big Boi is a pioneer who is cherished across a number of genres. Do not miss ‘General Patton’ and his superb live band together with Theophilus London as they touch down across Australia and New Zealand in August and September 2011.
Neurofunk master PHACE returns to our shores this coming May… GERMANYS ÜBER-PRODUCTION OUTFIT…. (Mixmag Magazine).
Over the past years, Germany´s Phace has cemented a prominent role within the international Drum & Bass and Broken Beats scene with a plethora of distinct and outstanding releases on the scene’s biggest labels such as Renegade Hardware, Subtitles Music, Virus Recordings, Shogun Audio, Vision, Lifted, and Cyanide, amongst many others. The unique sound of Phace is imbued with deep cinematic flourishes, explosive energy, and a human analog touch, piquing demand for appearances at clubs, festivals and within the music press around the globe. Voted as ‘Best National Drum & Bass Producer and DJ’ in 2006 and ‘Best National Producer’ in 2009 at Germany’s Future Music Awards, Phace has proven early in his career what he’s capable of, both behind the boards and on the decks.
The gritty and rebellious debut album Psycho released in 2007 on the Subtitles Music Imprint was voted Album of the Month in Mixmag, and successfully garnered massive support by top international acts like Andy C, Noisia, Pendulum, Goldie, Ed Rush & Optical, Teebee & Calyx, Friction, and Spor. As a DJ, the Hamburg-based artist is known for his precise and energetic sets, and his constant touring has taken him to metropolises in all corners of the planet.
At the tail end of 2008, Phace joined forces with long-time friend Misanthrop and launched Neosignal, Phace’s long-awaited record label, and unleashed celebrated singles, remixes (for UK’s Hadouken!) and collaborations (with Noisia, Misanthrop and Spor) throughout 2009. Phace began work on ‘Phase II’ for Neosignal in 2010 with his heavily anticipated second full-length, From Deep Space, released to great fanfare within the international D’n’B scene. After a worldwide album tour in the first half of the year, Fall 2010 marks Phace’s return to the recorded realm on Neosignal’s next set of singles.
In the world of dubstep few names command as much respect as the pioneering duo of Mala & Coki or DMZ (Digital Mystikz). Starting writing music together from an early age their unique blend of of dubbed out London sounds. Both derived of jungle, dub reggae and garage yet brand new has captivated audiences and inspired debate about the sound the world over.
While the two are recognized and praised predominantly for their deeper productions their DJ sets which are more akin to old school reggae sound system shows are widely regarded as some of the most varied and musically rich you can hear anywhere in the dubstep world today.
With numerous seminal releases that date all the way back to 2004 (Twisup, Anti War Dub, last years stellar Return II Space and Urban Ethics to name but afew) and a genre defining, taste making party of the same name (DMZ) there is no doubt that when these two behemoths of scene touch down in Perth for the first of the new BASS NOTION parties at the newly refurbished Bakery, it will be a night to remember.
Local support from Rekab, Clunk and DeadWeight! DJs
Come meditate on bass-weight.
Knowledge Music proudly Presents: MARKY + STAMINA. Plus local support; Muller, Qbik + Seeka MC, Sardi.
Alright guys these guys need no introduction. Last time they sold out and blew up villa, before that the main stage at Origin.
One of the finest Mc and DJ combos are back after their recent FABRIC LIVE MIX and going to be stopping by shape for another dose of mid week madness.
Holidays may be over but the party keeps going.
There couldn’t have been a better way to conclude what was another stellar year in Perth for drum ‘n’ bass and dubstep music than Origin New Years Eve. Over the last twelve months we’ve had some amazing artists from each genre visit our shores and rock the shit out of our clubs and on the final eve of 2010 Origin was set to take it up yet another notch. This year saw the event scale back from the more typical festival set up of the previous two years and return to it’s home, the magical Belvoir Amphitheatre – a change welcomed by many. Break it down for the full review.
Knowledge Music, Peace Music, MTV Classic & 3D World present…
…Presenting… Grammy Award-nominated rapper, actor and poet MOS DEF in his first ever headline tour of Australia – The Ecstatic Tour. Titled in support of his current album of the same name – ‘The Ecstatic’ (his 4th studio album to date) just earned a 2010 Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album & Rolling Stone magazine named it one of the best albums of 2009.
The Ecstatic Tour is the first time Mos Def has been in Australia since he was here with DJ Shadow in 2006 and this is his first and ‘only ever’ headline Australian tour!
MOS DEF’s musical career has spanned nearly two decades, starting out in a short lived group with his brother and sister. By ‘96 he was an emerging solo artist and was working with De La Soul and Da Bush Babees before releasing his own first single, ‘Universal Magnetic’ which was a huge underground hit. He then went on to join with TALIB KWELI and together they released a full length album under the name BLACK STAR. 4 solo albums and nearly ten years later, Mos has now signed on to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music imprint for the next chapter!
West and Mos have collaborated several times, most recently on the G.O.O.D. Friday track “Lord Lord Lord”. Mos has taken on something of a spiritual adviser role for Kanye as of late – in a recent Tweet about his “Power” remix verse Kanye wrote, “Mos helped me find the ‘old me’ lyrically.” Initially recognized for his musical output, Mos Def’s screen work since the early 2000s has established him as one of only a handful of rappers who have garnered critical approval for their acting work.
What happens when you take three of the most exciting, forward thinking and hugely popular bass music artists, put them in a dark room with a few hundred kids ready to rinse, give them a set of decks and let them throw it down on a Friday night in Perth? Knowledge Music must have a gypsy holed up in their offices, as they seemed to predict the unfolding of this situation with extreme accuracy, and had the forethought to aptly title the event, The Blow Out. Yep, shit certainly got hectic as Headhunter, Opiou and Doctor P served up supreme sets and the capacity Shape crowd took to it like junkies to clean needles. Break it down for the full review.
Knowledge music presents the most diverse Dubstep lineup ever to grace clubland in Perth… Featuring one of the most underrated names in the game – OPIUO hailing from the back blocks of Melbourne, one of the most hyped and heavily rotated badboys of the scene DOCTOR P, and to round it out, one of the Godfathers of dubstep and and king of the deeper side of things HEADHUNTER. Supported by an all muscle local contingent of DR SPACE, SAXON and BOY PRINCE. Taking you on a trip to each and every corner of the dub spectrum!
