What: Foamo & Slyde
Where: Villa
When: 19 March 2011
Cost/Ticket details: 30+bf perthquake store
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It’s been a long time coming: the return of two of the biggest and best-loved broken beat acts from the UK, Foamo and Slyde.
FOAMO
Fully-formed bassline, fidget, dubstep, wobble-centric, undiluted, champion. At the ripe old age of 24, Foamo has racked up a lot under his belt. ‘Wardance’ lit up ears and dancefloors as did his remixes of La Roux, Franz Ferdinand and also Diplo and Laidback Luke for LA’s Dim Mak imprint.
Not bad for Kye Gibbon (aka Foamo) a boy from High Wycombe (UK).
Known not only for the depth and quality of his engineering skills but also as a respected DJ, he’s toured America, Australia and Europe, played to festival-goers across the globe and earned a residency at Chew the Fat! (UK) and Space in Ibiza.
One of the next generation of dance music’s elite Kye was raised on a healthy diet of drum and bass, grime and garage, but as he matured he was introduced to the more house-orientated sound which gave rise to his bass heavy 4/4 productions.
After the success of his first single ‘Moving It Over Here’ gained him international exposure as did his recent production ‘It’s Going Down’, his ridiculously heavy collaboration with Lee Mortimer. Foamo looks set to continue on his rise to super-stardom and you’ll see it first hand at Villa.
SLYDE
It’s been too long between breakbeat drinks with our slickest Slybeats boys, Slyde.
Previously showcasing their skills and sets on Breakfest and Parklife lineups, this time we have Jason Laidback representing Slyde headlining the acts first show at Villa.
After their initial meeting through Bolshi (and after Laidback’s stint as Kylie Minogue’s DJ on her ‘Fever’ tour), it wasn’t long before 12Tree and Laidback’s mutual love for funk and breakbeat saw them united in the studio. Together they produced the track ‘Flow’ which was signed to Bolshi’s breaks division. From 2002 they continued the collaboration under the new name of Slyde, resulting in some immensely huge and popular releases during their time at Finger Lickin’ Records, including the outrageously funky ‘Slippedy Slide’ and the infectious ‘Krunk’. Slyde did nothing but churn out quality tracks, with ‘Space Bass Rock’ and ‘The Click’, and heavy hitters ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’, ‘Sex N Drugs’ ‘Frequency’ and ‘You’re My Fix’
In 2008 Slyde presented a whole new mixed up, multi-level sound with their incredibly successful debut album ‘Everyone’s Entitled To Our Opinion’. Stemming from a wealth of influences spanning hip hop, rave,
big beat and electrifying breakbeat, the album moved away from the expectations of Slyde’s previous dancefloor success and fully engaged with their combined lifetime experiences of live rock venues and sweaty nightclubs.
