Funktion Brings Past, Present & Future Bass @ Goodlife Feat. Kingdom, 9.23.11

Following a brief summer hiatus, the Funktion monthly (hosted by the UnheardUv gang) is back in full swing tonight. With the closure of Savant Project, they natrually have been promoted to Goodlife status….(wait, this sounds just like Bassic circa 2007, a cinderella story in the making!) Either way, Funktion has been renowned for bringing cutting-edge and experimental talent, both locally and abroad, to the spotlight for over a year now. They’re starting the school year proper with Kingdom, his first appearance in Boston since the first Together festival in 2010.

Kingdom’s music can best be described from an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach. Tracks like “Mind Reader” (released last year on Night Slugs) bring to the spotlight everything from speed garage, R&B, bassline house, 2-step, and what everyone is calling “Future Bass” these days. “Mind Reader” even attracted legends like Todd Edwards, who reported for remix duty. “Take Me” is one of Kingdom’s more recent releases, which is also very strong in the R&B department thanks to the vocal support of Naomi Allen. Kingdom has a keen grasp on traditional songwriting, and does a nice job applying it to the framework of electronic music. And the crazy part is he’s just getting started.

David Day actually got some facetime in with Kingdom earlier this week, an interview you can check out on the DIG.

FADETOMIND by Kingdom by Oki-Ni on Mixcloud

 

Appropriately enough, G Notorious is opening for Kingdom (expect to hear a lot of classic garage, he’s digging through the crates from what I hear). Funktion founder De Qualia also on the decks, along with Rizzla upstairs. $5, 21+, get there early, all that usual stuff…

Goodlife, 28 Kingston St, Boston

Martin Kemp @ Middlesex, 2.21.11 + Free Download & SubFM Stream

The SUBduction Productions team have been stepping up their game over the past six months, hosting guests in this city that everyone will be raving about six months from now. They have a show lined up tonight at the Middlesex Lounge (315 Mass Ave, Cambridge) showcasing the talent of both UK producer Martin Kemp, as well as NYC’s Contakt, who runs the popular Turrbotax night and blog which share the same name.

Kemp is one of the freshest faces on the rapidly growing (and evolving) “bass music” front, where genres or labels cease to exist. Have a listen to some of Kemp’s tracks below and you’ll see what I mean. The influences come from everywhere: house, detroit techno, R&B, soul, rare groove, it’s all in the crock pot. Kemp has also been kind enough to put a free track out there to the masses: a remix to Norrit’s “N Gbekinho”.

BLR004 - Martin Kemp by bluntedrobots

Norrit - N Gbekinho (Martin Kemp Remix) *FREE D/L on XLR8R: http://bit.ly/evjbKs* by PartyGuyRecords

Grab Contakt’s most recent mix from the fall of 2010 on his blog!

01. XXXY – Swing Those Hips (unreleased)
02. Mista Men – Hold On (forthcoming Greenmoney)
03. Joshua Iz – It Iz What It Iz (Joshua Iz Vizual Mix) (Vizual)
04. Optimum – Broken Embrace (forthcoming Night Slugs)
05. The Phantom – Girl (forthcoming Senseless)
06. Africa Hitech – How Does it Make You Feel (DVA’s Hi Emotions Remix) (unreleased)
07. Seiji – Straylight (Seiji)
08. Brenmar – You Make Me Say (Ikonika & Optimum Remix) (forthcoming Discobelle)
09. DJ Assault – Vandalism (Jefferson Ave)
10. Aardvark – Nosestep (Cosmin TRG Remix) (Rush Hour)
11. Anthony “Shake” Shakir – Assimilated (FaltyDL Remix) (Rush Hour)
12. Galaxy 2 Galaxy – Jupiter Jazz (Underground Resistance)
13. Contakt – AuH20 (unreleased)

SUBduction residents G Notorious and Vice-T on opening duty. 21+, $5 cover. Starts at 9pm at the Middlesex.

Oh by the way, have to work tomorrow and can’t make it out? Tune in to Sub.FM, where the sets will be streamed.

Dubwise @ Enormous Room: Dev/Null, Codiac & G Notorious. 2.6.11

DUBWISE February. 

Dev/Null [Cock Rock Disco]

Tekstyle Mix December 09 by DevNull-DJ

Codiac [SUBduction/Sub.fm]
Codiac currently helps run SUBduction Productions and works very closely with several other Boston-based outfits. He’s been featured at most of Boston’s best underground music nights including Music Ecology, BASSIC, Left Turn and SUBduction’s own events at Enormous Room, Codiac has also performed at other parties at Tufts, RISE, Savant Project, Phoenix Landing, An Tain, Milky Way, Privus, SPACE and many a’house party. Spinning some of the deepest and duttiest tunes spanning many subgenres of dubstep & beyond, Codiac can also be heard every Monday night 9pm-12am on his Sub.FM radio show ‘longside DJ Spliffolian. 

PS: Codiac just had one of his mixes featured on the Weekly Dig. Check out the writeup here, and mix below.

Codiac - MushPost.com Grime Brick Series Mix No 20 by Codiac

And of course your host:

G NOTORIOUS [SUBduction/SoulChampion.com/Dubwise]
DJing since 1994 at the very beginning of the Jungle era, G Notorious has been riding the subsonic soundwaves from the UK Underground ever since. DUBWISE, running for over 3 years, is G Notorious’ showcase for the next, bridging the classic and the new across the evolution and permutations of the ‘Ardcore Continuum.

9:30pm-1am // 21+ // No Cover

The XX Afterparty @ Middlesex and LTJ Bukem @ Middle East, 10.3.10

As you may know, The XX are playing this afternoon at the Orpheum. (You may still be able to score tickets here if you want to go last minute). Jamie from the group will be joining a couple of colleagues and playing at the Middlesex later on tonight. I recommend getting over there early, this one will definitely fill up quick. If you don’t get in, you can always go across the street to catch LTJ Bukem, a long-standing DJ and producer who’s significance to drum and bass music needs no question. 

Future Classic presents:
Live from The U.K., LTJ BUKEM + MC CONRAD!

Sunday, October 3, 2010 @ The Middle East downstairs

Featuring G-NOTORIOUS (Soul Champion//Dubwise//Subduction) + VICE-T (Left Turn//Subduction)

8PM DOORS. Must be 18 years of age or older to attend this event.
GET TICKETS NOW AT http://futureclassic.net/

472 Mass Ave, Cambridge

Down With Snow, Up With Bass! Goodlife Tonight, E-Room Tomorrow.

OOOOOOOO! Peep my man with the boom box right there!

Good Life brings you a fine assortment of random DJs to rock your dome piece the Saturday after New Year’s Day.

So recover, relax and enjoy the rest of your weekend with us!

No cover. No bull shit. Plenty of Hip Hop, House, Disco, B’More, Reggae, New Jack Swing and Transylvanian Vampire-Step to shake yer tail-feathers.

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The Cartoon Calamity Throwdown!

Nick Dawg vs Kat Fyte
Plus resident: G Notorious

We’ll all have fresh new UK Funky, Garage, and House bits on the play-thru!

www.soulchampion.com

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LTJ Bukem @ Underbar and Thunderdome XV Pics Uploaded!

Future Classic Present LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad :: Underbar :: 10.29.09

Thunderdome 3-Year Anniversary :: Villa Victoria :: 10.30.09

Have a great Halloween everyone! I’m off to go see Joe Nice at Goodlife tonight, possibly Privus too if I have time. 

A Rare Chance to Hear Old School Jungle This Sunday at Dubwize 10.4.09

SoulChampion.com and DUBWISE present:

DUBWISE OLD SCHOOL SESSIONS
This time we’re going WAY back. Before Funky, Dubstep, Grime, 2-Step… the beginning of what some people call the ‘Ardcore Continuum… the ever evolving music pathway through the UK Underground that started with UK Hardcore at the very beginning of the 1990’s and spawned genre after genre with each generation of producers and club-goers in the UK.

DEV/NULL (Thunderdome // blogtotheoldschool.com)
1992-94 UK Hardcore/Jungle

G Notorious (DUBWISE // SoulChampion.com)
1994-96 Darkside Jungle

Check out a quick 40-minute mix by Dev/Null, all ‘92-‘94 breakbeat hardcore/jungle!

Oldskool hardcore mix sept 23 09 by DevNull-DJ

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Dubwise: UK Funky edition @ Enormous Room, 6.7.09

G Notorious's monthly edition of Dubwise is set to lean towards the side of UK Funky music. You probably already know the drill, but in case you just started checking out Beantown Boogiedown you're going to want to check out G & Vice-T's UK Funky mix from earlier this year which highlights this sound.

Mix 1: G Notorious
Tell Me - DJ NG & MC Versatile feat Baby Katy
Dutty Dance Apple
Boombaclot - Klaus Hill
Sirens - Hard House Banton
Make Your Move - Dj Seany B Feat Monique Parris
Riddim Box - NB Funky
Gabryelle Refix - D Malice
Emotions - Geeneus & Zinc Feat. nikki
Reign - Hard House Banton
Soundtape Killin - Toddla T

Mix 2: Vice-T
Over The Horizons - Roska
Im Right Here - DJ-MA1(TT Sky mix)
Tack Tiles - Roska
Funky Underground - Dub Boy
I Wish - X5 Dubs Ft Teresa
Do You Believe - Roska
Log 19 - DJ Tremendous
Pyramids - Roska
Losing Wings - EDDY meets YANNAH (feat Capitol A Koolade mix)

Dubwise @ Enormous Room, 5.3.09

May's installment of Dubwise goes down this weekend, hosted by the Soulchampion crew. Come check out some of the freshest UK Funky and Dubstep tracks out there right now!

Vice DJ

(AKA Viceroy // Wareham, MA)

Pandai'a

(BASSIC // Soundbox Presents)

G Notorious

(Dubwise // SoulChampion)

9:30pm / 21+ / No Cover

The Enormous Room
567 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA

Here's a link to Vice DJ's Arkology mix from earlier this year:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=597b85732bbca728d2db6fb9a8902bda
Starkey - Miracles
Quest - Eden
Mungo's Hi-fi - Babylon
RSD - Over It
XI - Smoke Signal
Tayo - March Of The Soundbwoyz (TRG Rmx)
Shackleton - You Bring Me Down (Peverelist Rmx)
Cotti - Truth Hurts
Nero - Night Thunder
Riskotheque - Def Disco
Optimuz & Droid - Techno Synth
DLX - Matter Of Fact (Breakage Rmx)
Kromestar - Wooo
Starkey - Striking Distance
Distance - Out Of Mind
Pinch - Joyride
Jack Sparrow - For Me
Kadikal Guru - Strong Dub
Optimuz & Droid - Stiff
Jack Sparrow - Lights Off
Shackleton - The Branch Is Weak (Geiom Rmx)
Scuba - Systematic Decline
Basic Channel - Q1.2
Basic Channel - Mutism

Dubwise @ The Enormous Room 4.5.2009 Steppo & G-Notorious!

Soulchampion returns to Enormous Room for their monthly Dubwise event! This edition features one of the most well-known Dubstep slingers in New England: Steppo from Providence. This kid knows his shit when it comes to dubstep music in general and has even been producing when he has time, getting tracks signed to the likes of DPR Recordings, the label run by Groove Chronicles. Check out some sound clips of his Caffeine Dub/Flossin MP3 release here. 

G-Notorous is probably the first DJ in New England to be showcasing UK Funky, a new style of dub-oriented music that actually draws the most influence from early 90's U.S. deep/garage house. It has a slower tempo than most dubstep and garage but is very danceable and, as the name implies, is funky. 

Vice-T is also part of the Soulchampion crew, and similar to G-Notorious has also been on the UK funky tip lately!

Check out the mix "Boston Gets (UK) Funky", mixed by both G-Notorious and Vice-T. 

Mix 1: G Notorious
Tell Me - DJ NG & MC Versatile feat Baby Katy
Dutty Dance Apple
Boombaclot - Klaus Hill
Sirens - Hard House Banton
Make Your Move - Dj Seany B Feat Monique Parris
Riddim Box - NB Funky
Gabryelle Refix - D Malice
Emotions - Geeneus & Zinc Feat. nikki
Reign - Hard House Banton
Soundtape Killin - Toddla T

Mix 2: Vice-T
Over The Horizons - Roska
Im Right Here - DJ-MA1(TT Sky mix)
Tack Tiles - Roska
Funky Underground - Dub Boy
I Wish - X5 Dubs Ft Teresa
Do You Believe - Roska
Log 19 - DJ Tremendous
Pyramids - Roska
Losing Wings - EDDY meets YANNAH (feat Capitol A Koolade mix) 

Dubwise @ The Enormous Room 3.1.2009

EDIT: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 1st

Full info:

UK Garage: Old School In Session!
A night of classic 2-Step, 4x4, and Speed Garage brought to you by original SoulChampion Crew members:

DJ Elyte

(SoulClap)

Inanna

(La Folia Recordings)

G Notorious

(SoulChampion / Dubwise)

9:30pm / 21+ / No Cover

The Enormous Room
567 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA