Got Low

Finally got to one of the Get Low nights at Po Na Na in Norwich last night, they've had some big names come through in the last few months & I've been meaning to go for ages. Tomb Crew who I've seen in Nottingham a couple of times, played pretty much what I expected which was party/jump up dubstep so I was looking forward to some atmospheric, moody, half-step D&B and dub from Breakage.
But alas, he started with "Hard ft. Newham Generals" (fair play, its massive) and followed it up with loads of wobble dubstep, seriously disappointed with the set. It didn't sound like the tunes he produces at all, could've been any DJ behind those turntables & I was hoping he would switch it up for the last 20 minutes but no luck there. I don't know if he got told "It's a student gig", which it mostly is, and then decided to play this middle of the road 'Johnny Dubstep' set, something which I see more and more DJs doing at the moment.
No disrespect to the Get Low boys in any way, it was a good night, I would definitely recommend it and go again myself.
But as DiDi put it "I thought Breakage would at least be boring and interesting, not boring and shit."


Out to the scumbag who nicked our drinks from the bar while we had our back turned. LOW, f**king LOW

Short & Sharp

Just a quick one to say to Tees are back up on eBay, only 5 left.
http://bit.ly/teeshirt

Attack, Attack!

Here's a little runthrough for this Saturday in London, I've only got 40 minutes so I'd thought I'd see if all the tracks would fit in, and yep, they do! Probably gonna go over a couple of bits in the middle to make sure they're tighter for the night, but overall fairly pleased. There's plenty of dubstep DJs on the lineup so I thought I'd come from a completely different angle, should be hearing more sets like this from me this year. Been experimenting with Ustream for a little while now and may start a regular show on there in the not too distant future, keep your eyes peeled. Set time is 11pm on Saturday, few of us from Ipswich are heading down, couple of my mates from London are coming too and Fused Forces like a drink so I'll be propping the bar up with those boys mos def! If you're in the area make sure you make an appearance, it is free after all.

facebook event



Back & Forth, Back & Forth....

Dynamite-ee-eeee

Still prefer the original, but hey Zinc's gotta get his P somehow! Been a big fan of his 120ish stuff for ages now, even back when Bingo first started I loved all the garage/breaks that was put out. Shame I've not seen him play this past year, but BLOC Weekend tickets are bought, so I'll get to see him then as long as it doesn't clash with any of the other great acts on the lineup.

Boooo!

Old Song Sunday

Bought this one in Out of Time Records winter sale, had the cd but it's well worth £1 to have the 12 inch, Oops Upside Your Head on the flip too! As sampled on the Nas track "Life's a Bitch" and also by drum & bass weirdo Jon B on "Without You". There you have it, three great tunes for you to get your ears round :)

I've had my Roast, have you....?

Mmmm Bacon

Wanna draw some attention to this LA based hiphop/skwee/dubstep producer who goes by the name KidLogic. First got wind of him last summer through dubstepforum where he posted a re-working of Kool & The Gang's Summer Madness, the drums sounded like they we're being played a lazy stoner, with snippets of "Summer, summer, summer time" laced over the top. Recently the boy has put up a load of new tracks, and I strongly recommend 'Suprise Potatoes' from the FREE Baconomics EP and also checking out his SoundCloud page. The track below I'll be dropping at Woofer Attack! in London next Saturday along with loads more electro-skwee-disco-rap business! Check previous post or keep it locked for more info on that.
Polyester Shirt by KidLogic

Peace

Old Song Sunday

Gonna do a little feature like this each week, basically I choose an old vinyl I've been playing recently and share it with you! This one came in about a month ago on a five finger discount (I like those ones) and has three versions which hardly differ at all, I chose the dub one 'cos it's got a few different vocals on it. Enjoy those disco synths and.....

Get the roast in!

2010.1

Happy New Year everyone, sorry it's been so long, anyways.....

Right, I've decided to bin everything from 2009 and start this blog afresh, if there is anything in particular from '09 you're after just email me directly at the address below, this goes for any questions about anything, events, tunes, bookings etc.

excusememate@hotmail.com

I recently joined twitter so you can now follow me on there at twitter.com/djhamual although I feel an iPhone or something similar (which I don't have) is definitely needed to feel it's potential!

www.pubstep.tk is still the Pubstep facebook group, that event restarts in April so keep your eyes peeled on that, T-Shirts got printed at the end of November and I only have 6 left so all smiles there, as you can see from the snap above they look the biznizz once again big up sampeet.com for the design! If you want one hit up the above email with your size and colour preference and I'll hook you up!

Next set you can catch me on is at Woofer Attack! @ Grammaphone in London on Saturday 30/01/10 - facebook event
I'm also playing at Sin in Ipswich on Monday 01/02/10, cheap drinks on that so get down for the mangle - facebook event
Not sure of set times for those yet but keep your ear to the ground.

And last but not least here's a 50 minute mix I entitled Discospazz, real varied stuff on there, electro disco rap skwee funk etc!

Take care all, more posts soon!