You know the drill people! Closing in on 11 years of drum and bass music each thursday at the Phoenix Landing, Lenore and Crook have some good stuff in store to finish 2009 off on a high note.

Despite their dedication on their Hot Pink Delorean project, the Terravita guys still MAKE time to work on drum and bass, their tunes sounding better than ever before (especially that new joint Loud And Proud; can’t wait to hear that on a good system!) and are going to kill it this thursday just like always.

Xample is also one of the best jump-up producers at the moment, releasing dancefloor-based tracks left and right on Ram and Frequency. To the producers out there, I highly recommend the tutorials he made with Lomax for Computer Music Monthly this past summer, check out the youtube video below for the first part!

Oklahoma City producer Subsonik will be making his debut trip to Boston in December; he’s been well known for his fusion of trance and drum and bass music on labels such as Sudden Def, Cymbalism, and Beta. He also runs the label Subsonik Sound, have a listen to one of his own tunes on the imprint below.

DJ Fresh (of Bad Company UK fame) is also making his Elements debut! Still running the Breakbeat Kaos label and producing himself, he’s had a big hand in helping newer talent such as the Brookes Brothers and Furlonge get a bit of recognition over the course of the past year. He’s responsible for two of the biggest drum and bass releases this year: the vocal “Hypercaine” on his own imprint, along with the classic 1990s jungle-tinged Fantasia/Heavyweights 12” on Digital Soundboy. Should be a pre-holiday set!

Not to be confused with the classic early 1970s movie, Klute, better known to his friends and family as Tom Withers, will be playing this Thursday at the Phoenix Landing. Klute gets the opportunity to control the consoles there once a year, and with each visit comes a packed dancefloor waiting to hear all of the experimental sounds he has up his sleeve. 

Klute isn’t one to follow trends in the drum and bass scene. With an upbringing that involves a punk band (The Stupids) along with a very respectable batch of experimental releases on labels such as Ninja Tune and Certificate 18, he brings a ton of different influences into his sound and is well renowned for his authenticity. Over the past few years he has been working techno and minimal sounds into the 175 bpm structure. 2004’s LP “No One Is Listening Anymore” subtly hinted at it, but it was 2007’s follow-up “The Emperor’s New Clothes” that really highlighted his eclectic tastes with techno and downtempo influences infused throughout the entirety of the double disc package. He hasn’t released anything since last year’s “Halloween” (video below) which can only mean one thing: he’s busy in the studio pushing envelopes in a quest to follow a very tough act of his very successful Emperor LP.

My favorite song of Klute is “Follow Me”, featuring Robert Manos on vocals, released on Hospital in 2002 (was that REALLY 7 years ago? Damn…I really am getting old!) Video of that below as well.

Yo yo yo! Here is the September and October 2009 flyer for Elements on Thursdays at the Phoenix Landing! Be sure to check out Klute next thursday, he’s a producer who has constantly implemented unique and innovative sounds within the genre, most recently known for his fusion of minimal techno and other styles completely unrelated to dnb into his saucepot. Klute, along with A-Sides on October 29th, have both been annual guests at Elements and always draw decent crowds. 

Evol Intent is playing on October 22nd, and they’re no strangers to stateside dnb - even with the success of their side projects, which include Computer Club, Treasure Fingers, and Ludachrist, they still manage to produce and DJ under their original alias playing their original passion: a dark energetic breed of drum and bass that includes influences coming from everything including metal and south-central L.A. hip hop!

Can’t forget local cats Nuggs (founding member of Lab Boston also known as Scotch 1 when he plays dubstep) as well as Sable Gray, whose Sunrise EP I featured on here a few months ago in the Backyard section.

Btw- whoever designed the flyer this month, nice work. Colors pop really nicely, and orange is a perfect fall color (makes me want to drink a Sam Adams Octoberfest right now just thinking about it, too bad I’ll have to wait a few more weeks before it hits the shelves)

9/17: Residents Crook & Lenore
9/24: Klute
9/1: Sable Gray
9/8: old school sets by Nuggs (Scotch 1) and Rando (one of Elements’ original residents!)
9/15: Residents Crook & Lenore
9/22: Evol Intent
9/29: A-Sides

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September is just around the corner, the college kids are returning to school, the beaches have emptied out yet the water is still warm…and the Phoenix Landing will surely be packed on Thursdays! Here’s the confirmed September lineup- I was wondering if producer Klute of Commercial Suicide fame was going to play out here this year, he’s played at Elements every year since I’ve lived out here, 2009 now being no exception. Oh yeah, Caustic makes his return from the left coast. He hasn’t played here since he originally moved away in 2006- another reason for celebration (bitches)!

August 27 Dip Vertigo (Bass Dynasty, Timeless, Maximum Moves)

03 Caustic ~ Welcome Home Party! (Soundbox) Boston

10 C.A.B.L.E. aka Damage Inc. (CIA, Innerground) Brazil

C.A.B.L.E. - Another Bottle mix

01 - C.A.B.L.E. - Against the Wall (Mac II)
02 - Insight - Hold On (Digital SoundBoy)
03 - Phobia & Jubei - Overdub (dub)
04 - C.A.B.L.E. - Get Off (dub)
05 - Johnny L - Harry (Mr L)
06 - Gridlock - Snap the Whip (CIA)
07 - C.A.B.L.E. - Alternative (CIA)
08 - Icicle & Nymfo - Franky Montain (Ram)
09 - Zero T - Angel Heart (CIA)
10 - Break - Submerged (Calyx & Teebee rmx) (Subtitles)
11 - Noisia - Cannonball (Vision)
>>> Verse & SP - Surrender (Crunch)
12 - S.P.Y - New Beginning (Critical)
13 - C.A.B.L.E. - Individual (Innerground)
14 - Spor - Resolute (Subtitles)
15 - Task Horizon - Diabolism (dub)
16 - Concord Dawn & Bulletproof - Datura (Cyanide)
17 - C.A.B.L.E. - Gods Basement (dub)

17 Residents: Crook & Lenore

24 Klute (Commercial Suicide) UK

 


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