after the success of the last rewind i figured its about time for another…

FEAT.
jason george
oogun
jason howson
future one
grind
apex
joe revell

guaranteed mad bass bidnis g’warn

go on, do it. come see what all this fuss is about dubstep

your 10 bucks also gets you in to ink:line next door

with:
angela fiskin
defcon1
aaron pony club

and more to be confirmed.

pretty cheap night really. the best bit is its a thursday and the friday is a public holiday so you got plenty of time to heal

Kiwiburn presents alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. Let our future return to our past, let ancient cities and temples spring up in the year 3,000 wasteland of the Moon colonies, let history repeat. Atlantis, Greece, Egypt, China, Aztek, Maori, Celt… ancient civilisations speak to our future. Come in toga, come in a spacesuit, come and create:

Future History.

Built on the guiding principles of Burning Man, Kiwiburn is a collective experience. Everybody contributes, everybody pays. As there are no paid performers at the event, there are no spectators and what is shared are the passions and dreams of those who gift them. You do not “attend” Kiwiburn, you are a part of it. There is no money exchanged for anything at the event. You bring everything you need to survive.

There will be art installations and people in costume, fire spinners, drummers… but that’s just us, and what we are doing… bring your passion and share with us your dreams.

Art is an integral part of Kiwiburn, installation, performance, interactive…. the limit is your imagination… so get creating….

nb Ice is available, and is only thing you can buy, for keeping food/drink cool.

Whakamaru Domain is a beautiful site, complete with a lake, trees, grass and even flush toilets!

BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE NOW!

http://www.kiwiburn.com/tickets.html

[It’s not in Tokoroa, this program would not let me choose Mangakino!]

 
Watch out this summer / autumn as the bassweight Recordings family invade a town near you.
Be prepared for upfront dubplate action
served fresh from some of the countries best and most respected Dubstep Dj’s & Producers.

get amongst and support your locals!

Sat 7th Feb @ Phat club - Nelson
Featuring: Organikisimness / Evil / Sandman & Mc Kryptik 

Fri 13th Feb @ Subculture - Queenstown
Featuring Evil / Organikismness / Tsubliminal

Sat 14th Feb @ Sammys - Dunedin
Featuring: Organikismness / Evil / Tsubliminal / and more tba

Fri 20th Feb @ Double Happy - Christchurch
Featuring: Organikismness / P Vans / Evil / L Que / Mr Steel / Camo MC

Sat 28th Feb @ The Basement - New Plymouth
Featuring: Evil / Thief / Lean Up / Dirty Red / MC Stepa

Fri 13th March @ The Garden Club - Wellington
Featuring: P Vans / Thief / Evil / Lean Up / Steppa D

Sat 14th March @ MODE - Palmerston North
Featuring: P vans / Thief / Lean Up / Evil / Sketch

Fri 27th March @ Fu - Auckland
Featuring: Optimus Gryme / Evil / Jason Howson / Billy Fluid / P Vans

Sat 28th March @ Flow - Hamilton
Featuring: Optimus Gryme / Evil / Billy Fluid / Dold 

DUBSTEP ALLIANCE presents.. RUSKO (UK Direct / Exclusive NZ Show)

WEDNESDAY 11TH FEBRUARY

SEBA, 63 FORT ST, AUCKLAND, 1010

Rusko Bio:

Christopher Mercer, aka Rusko was born in Leeds in 1985 to a musical family. From day dot Rusko was surrounded by music whether it be his families piano’s, guitars, banjo’s and saxophones…or in his later years the heavy reggae and dub sound systems of Leeds, music has always been an integral part of Rusko’s life.

After graduating from Leeds university with a degree in musical performance, Rusko discovered the world of dubstep through SUB DUB and a debut appearance from the “Digital Mystikz”, having spent the past 10 years making future dub alongside Leeds very own Iration Steppas, Rusko connected with the sound and moved down to London to further advance his musical opportunities with Sub Soldiers label mate Caspa.

Veering away from the dark, serious side of the sound Rusko bought a highly driven energy and fun approach to the dubstep massive and quickly coined his own take on the genre and turned the scene upside down. His sound appealed to many people outside of the dubstep world as his productions became more adventurous in formula, sound and energy. His huge hit “Cockney Thug” has been played by everyone from Pete Tong, Switch, Diplo and Santogold. And has been remixed by Buraka Som Sistema, Diplo, Drop the Lime and the Scratch Perverts.

His sound continues to develop with different BPM’s that lean to jungle, house, hip hop or electro, either way, whatever BPM or tempo…you can immediately tell a Rusko track.

At 23 Rusko is only in 1st gear, with collaborations on the table with the likes of Switch, Diplo , Yo Majesty and Wiley the future sure is looking bright. Already setting the radio airwaves alight with his own productions and remixes of artists such as Adele, A-Trak featuring Kid Sister, Leon Jean-Marie Rusko is only going in one direction. Onwards, upwards and far beyond any producer could dream of. Rusko is like Dr Dre, Timbaland and Switch all rolled into one with a serious overdose of bass.

Rusko Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/ruskonfire

Support from:

ILL FIGZ
(Subtle Soundsystem / Christchurch)
SILVERBEAT
(Back from London / exclusive DJ set)
OOGUN
(Dubstep Alliance / Drunk Elephant Sound / Base Fm)
SEEKA
(Dubstep Alliance / K Fm)

Hosted by DAPHT ONE (Dubstep Alliance / Base Fm)

9pm - 4am (Rusko on at Midnight)

Presales $30+b/f from Beat Merchants and Conch. $40 on the door.

R18 - Please remember your ID!

Aotearoa Bass Culture is THE magazine of 2009

We represent Aotearoa Drum&Bass, Dub/Reggae, Dubstep, Hip Hop and Breakbeat, Spreading word of these sounds all across New Zealand and eventually world wide

Currently Aotearoa Bass Culture is only distributed in Christchurch, New Zealand but we plan to have it South Island wide by the end of 2009 and I will personally be bringing the magazine up North in 2010!!

With an exciting year ahead of us we are celebrating the launch of Aotearoa Bass Culture in 2009 with one of the hottest local/national Bass Music line-ups we could through together, and its all FREE! So please come along and celebrate with us!

Headlining will be Queenstown’s Black Planet with their Live Drum&Bass styles this is set to be next level and will be a set you do not want to miss! These boys are set for big things in 2009!

Also playing are Dave Lad and Jay Roacher (former NZ Freestyle Champ) both representing ChCh Hip Hop label Grymeworks, with an exclusive live Hip Hop set!

L-Que will be representing the Aoteoroa Dubstep massiv, with fresh dubs a plenty (produced by himself and J-red) including remixes of OG tunes, and collaborations with such artists as USA’s Werd2jah, on top of talk of a locally based Dubstep label kicking off, L-Que is definitly one to watch!

Import and Majiika will be representing Christchurch Drum&Bass in style! Import of course the man who brough the RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE title back down South, with Majiika playing a set at Phat09 to a massiv response, these two are ready to rip shreads!

Aotearoa Bass Culture will be available at Sounday this Saturday and in stores on Monday in our new format, A5 in size, 12 pages, in Black and White! We ready to take this shit world wide!

DOUBLE HAPPY - THURSDAY 12th FEBRUARY - MAIN ACTS ROLLING OUT FROM 10pm FOR THE WORKING MASSIVE - FREE ENTRY - BE THERE!

(Giveaways on the night!)

As the cold dry air from the antarctic regions collides head on with the relentless tropical humidity from the north, conditions become right for a special kind of storm. Towering cumulonimbus clouds have been spotted forming and are heading towards Dunedin, and if weather predictions are correct, they will converge directly over 1 Bath Street. These majestic cloud formations are both awe-inspiring and highly dangerous as they are they are known to spawn the TORNADO. These storms are capable of driving pieces of straw through fence posts but conversely have been known to deposit eggs up to a kilometer away from where they were picked up completely unharmed. Come to Bath Street this friday and if conditions are just right, one may just touchdown!!

FRIDAY 13th FEB at BATH STREET - DUBSTEP SPECIAL

PHIL-O is back with support from SYRUS and PLAYJAHRHYTHMN

no cover charge! $3 tap beers, $5 doubles, $10 SHAKERS

Bomb the Base is back with another installment set to shake the foundations this Friday the 13th at Fu Bar. Swindle, Flex, Confused Organization, Shift, Convolute and Deja Vu along with Mc Razorchest and 309Z Media on the visuals will be serving up Drum & Bass, Jungle and Dubstep vibes to fuel the fire.

DJ’s
Jason Howson
Seeka
Sean Lyons
Grind
Toby vs Tin Tin
$10 door sales

Sub Heavy absolutely smashed apart 2008, bringing some of the biggest Aotearoa Dubstep names Christchurch has ever seen, including Truth, Optimus Gryme, Undertow, Billy Fluid, Future One, Organikismness, Phill-O and much much more!

2009 is going to be another huge year for Sub Heavy, and we are celebrating it in style on Friday February 20th at Double Happy!

Featuring:

P-VANS (Wgtn)
EVIL (Wgtn)
ORGANIKISMNESS (Nelson)
MR STEEL
L-QUE
KNUCKLES
CAMO MC

$10 Entry

Expect weight in the bass

Get your Saturday stride on with d’erbalist 7-9pm and 9-Late Seeka with Speakeasy from Kolab on the Mic…. Ez

DUBSTEP ALLIANCE return uptown for a night of bass business at 4:20

Special guests J-RED and TIMMY C are up from Christchurch for an exclusive Alliance set. These boys represent on the regular holding down at the Dubstep Central clubnight @ Double Drop and the Subtle Soundsystem events @ Double Happy. Playing together for 5+ years and with over 20 years combined DJ experience this will be a heavyweight showcase of pure bass vibes, BIG !

J-RED & TIMMY C / OOGUN / SEEKA & SHUTTA / HOSTED BY DAPHT ONE

From 9pm / $10 on the door / R18

HEAVYWEIGHT SOUND INSIDE !

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=53302645237

Born in Fiji, raised in New Zealand and formed musically in the dance music revolution of London in the 90’s, FreQ Nasty now splits his time between Los Angeles and London. He started his career on the seminal UK label Botchit & Scarper in the late nineties, moving to SKINT records in 2003. He has gone on to release a slew of cutting-edge records collaborating and remixing a diverse range of artists including Fatboy Slim, Kelis, KRS One, Roots Manuva, Rodney P, and Reggae legend Junior Delgado. He co-founded the www.Giveback.net site in 2007 to help musicians and artists support causes they’re passionate about, and in the past year his collaboration with MIA producer Switch and NYC hipster Santogold ‘Creator’ has been an unavoidable crossover hit. His ground breaking FABRICLIVE 42 mix CD is out now on London super club Fabric’s own imprint, and he has a new artist album in the pipeline for 2009.

HISTORY
Santogold producer and collaborator, breakbeat innovator, and international DJ FreQ Nasty established himself as one of the UK dance music scene’s pioneers early on by producing many of breakbeat’s defining moments. Not content with rehashing his genre-defining debut album FreQ’s Geeks and Mutilations (1999), he dropped his “Bring Me The Head Of Freq Nasty’ album in 2003 for SKINT records, creating the template for the ‘ragga breaks’ movement and simultaneously kicking off the breakbeat garage scene with signature tracks ‘Goose’ and ‘Amped’ effortlessly traversing genres, earning plaudits from breakbeat and garage DJ’s, as well as house and techno jocks internationally. ‘04 and ‘05 saw FreQ touring the world with his ‘Video Nasty Experience’ live show, an eye-melting DJ/VJ fusion of animation, graphics and live Vjing perpetrated by a hit squad of crack artists including fellow New Zealanders ‘Brother’s Mogg’ (Lord of the Rings/King Kong animators), and ‘Gorrillaz’ artist Jamie Hewlett’s company Zombie Flesh Eaters.

In 2006 FreQ took time out in California to avoid the perennial UK winter and ended up semi relocating to the sunnier climes of Los Angeles. As the Web 2.0 phenomenon exploded in part out of LA, home to Yahoo, Google, Myspace etc, he connected with music oriented tech renegades from Yahoo and Shopzilla and a cell of underground code junkies out of San Francisco and spent a good portion of his down time creating www.Giveback.net, a website dedicated to enabling artists to use their musical clout to help make the world a better place. It launched in early ‘08 and he has since donated music for several campaigns exclusive to the Giveback site supporting freedom for the Tibetan people (with US artist Bassnectar), an irrigation system for a village in Ethiopia (with Damien Marley), and a music studio for kids in an economically deprived area of San Francisco (with Michael Franti).

As anticipation for the next album grew, 2007 found FreQ back in the studio working on prototypes for fresh new sounds that would take him in a new and exciting direction. In collaborating with MIA producer Switch they re-invented the idea of what dance music could be with the uncategorizable 2008 crossover hit ‘Creator’ featuring the vocals of the now ubiquitous Santogold, launching her career as an artist in the process.

The latest instalment of FreQ flavour dropped in the form of the FABRICLIVE 42 mix CD for legendary UK super club Fabric. Fabric described it as “Bridging the gaps between the most current sounds in the UK’s bass culture, FreQ rumbles with underground thunder in a staggering showcase of some of the rawest bass led beats around. Evading the pitfalls of a genre controlled mix yet at the same time avoiding the stop-start feel of a mash-up mix, on FabricLive42 he imaginatively arranges a tightly connected blend of FreQy tracks. From the bass heavy stomp of L-Viz 1990’s UK take on Baltimore club music, the blistering shatter of TRG’s ‘Oi Killa’, to a bunch of his own new productions including his hit with Switch and Santogold ‘Creator’, this mix is a terror to bass speakers worldwide.” Along with other rave reviews, it was picked as DJ Magazine’s compilation of the month.

To learn about FreQ Nasty’s Giveback project visit: www.Giveback.net

Strictly138 presents
Ghost Dubs
NZ Dubstep
featuring
TRUTH
(Christchurch / Deep Medi Musik UK)

Thursday 26th Feb @ Sandwiches
$10 doorsales or 2 for $15

+ Strictly138
P-Vans // Kaps // Thief & Steppa D
Bar: DJ Sweep // Excelle
hosted by steppa D

Truth on @ midnight

TRUTH

The theory that isolation breeds creativity has never been as apt as it is for Truth, a dubstep outfit hailing from one of the world’s most southern cities.

What began as a musical experiment has now become something much more significant. A chance encounter with dubstep visionary Mala (Digital Mystikz) late in 2007 inspired the New Zealand trio, who have been working together for years, to try their hand at a new sound – one comprising serious sub bass and snares so nasty they make eyes water.

Within days of slipping Mala a handful of tunes made in as many days, Truth had been signed to his label Deep Medi – widely regarded as one the most progressive in the scene, alongside a cluster of highly respected artists including Loefah, Kromestar, Silkie & Quest and Goth Trad.

Truth’s style defies categorization, encompassing an array of melodies and vocals within spacious beats that range from half-step stompers like ‘The Fatman’ to deeper tunes like ‘Stolen Children’. One common element underpins every track though: a heavy bassline riddim that lays sheer force on any system heavy enough to handle it.

In just a year, the sound of Truth has spread across the world. ‘The Fatman’ has been pulled back countless times in numerous cities, from Dubwar at Club Love in New York, to Sonar in Barcelona, to Mass in Brixton – the home of dubstep’s seminal club night, DMZ.

Today, in a scene that is defined by dubplate culture, some of its biggest players
are dropping Truth dubs in their sets including Mala, Skream, DMZ, and Goth Trad, to name a few. Nick Argon is flying the flag in LA, while Skream is showcasing their beats in his legendary sets and on his notorious Rinse FM radio show Stella Sessions. Watch out for the 12” Vinyl release on Deep Medi Musik (DM013) out on the 26th January 2009!

Check out: www.myspace.com/truthdubstep - for music and vids.
www.myspace.com/ghostdubs
www.myspace.com/pvans

Stomp’n Till Dawn Productions bring you a night of DRUM ‘n’ BASS, DUBSTEP and JUNGLE.

Top shelf local DJ’s will be spinning every style of the music you love.. Liquid, Jump Up, Tech, Dancefloor, Ragga, Neuro, Deep.. From old skool classics to brand new tunes hot off the press, this will be a night NOT to be missed.

For those who have been to Forte before, you won’t be able to recognise it. Forte will be decked out with cargo nets, crates, camo paint etc. to give the true original dnb vibe. And for those who havent been to Forte, this night will leave you wondering what took you so long to discover it!

We will be bringing in extra lasers, lights, smoke machines, speakers and subs to make sure it will be a visual experience that will rattle your ribcage.

And perhaps the best part of all, this gig will be FREE. No cheeky $10 doorcharge here!
-Also heaps of drinks specials on the night!

:LINEUP:
DEF ANTIKZ
SURFACE
XMAN
BEZ
+ Special Guests

Brought to you by..
Demon Energy Drink - No Limits! No Laws! http://www.demonenergy.co.nz

Strait To The Point presents CODE 305 AKA A-SIDES, direct from the UK for one night only

Code 305 is the dubstep alter ego of pioneering jungle and drum and bass DJ/ producer A-Sides, well known in these parts thanks to his lethal DJ sets on his numerous visits to our shores.

This time round he is set to unleash a plethora of heavyweight dubstep material courtesy of his Basshead label, that reps many of the U.S best dubstep talent, including 12th Planet & Emu. Basshead 001 has hit the shelves containing an exclusive remix from Skream. DJ support for this seminal stateside release has included N-Type, Hatcha, Plastician and many more!

Local dubstep support on the night provided by The Chop, direct from the deep south Silk Cuts supremo Jason Howson, Dirty Cash Headhoncho Frosty, Wellington bad boy Flex and on host and toast One Like Tek aka MC Rugged Technique

Strictly limited $15 door sales on the night /// 10pm to late