Dead Crew Orbit (Dubstep) @ Bar 13

When: Tue., May 26, 9:00PM
Where: Bar 13, 36 E13th St., Union Square (MAP)
Cost: $3 donation (Drink specials between 9 and 10)

Dead Crew Orbit residents Hellfire Machina, Overcast Radio and Morphus hold it down. Soroka from Code of Arms will be their special guest of the evening.

To get a feel for DCO, check this recent mix. (Click here for tracklist.) Enoe also posted up this mix recently.

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Que Bajo?! (Tropical Bass) @ APT

When: Thu., April 23, 10:00PM (every Thu.)
Where: APT,19 W 13th St, Meat Packing District (MAP)
Cost: FREE

Looks like the Que Bajo?! night at APT was only meant to be a limited run. This will be your last time to catch this party. But they’ll be back. Oh yes, they will. At Santos, on June 4. Featuring Geko Jones and Uproot Andy from Dutty Artz.

Check Uproot’s Guacharaca Migration mix (tracklist below) or Geko’s La Nueva Guaracha mix for a taste of the flavor.

1. Guacharaca Migration Intro
2. Crime Mob – Knuck if you Buck (Uproot Andy Remix)
3. Alborosie – Kingston Town (Uproot Andy Remix)
4. Rupee – Mas Hysteria
5. Petrona Martinez – La Vida Vale La Pena (Uproot Andy Remix)
6. Noite e Dia Ft. Puto Prata vs Quantic – Mana Dança Só (Uproot Andy Remix)
7. DJ Q & MC Bonez – Get Mad
8. Forty Thieves Orkestar – Belboeli (Uproot Andy Remix)
9. 77 Klash Ft. Johnny Osbourne – Mad Again
10. Smal – Chega De Roubo
11. Ricky Blaze – Cut Dem Off Remix ft. Tony Matterhorn & Elephant Man
12. Tes La Rok – Lickshot
13. Sunship Ft. Warrior Queen – Quits (Sinden Remix)
14. Gaiteros de San Jacinto – La Camisola (Uproot Andy Remix)
15. Wes Fif – Haterz Everywhere (Nappy vs Skream Thugstep mix)
16. Omega – Tu No Ta Pa Mi
17. Grupo Naidy – El Botellón (Uproot Andy Remix)
18. Mr. Catra & Beto da Caixa – Aba Roedor
19. Chino – How Dem No Want No Gyal
20. Tego Calderon – Trangalanga
21. Mr. Vegas – Raging Bull
22. Jahdan Blakkamoore – Go Round Payola
23. Prince Nico Mbarga – Aki Special (Uproot Andy Remix)

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Trouble & Bass (Bassline) @ Studio B

When: Fri, May 15, 10:00PM
Where: Studio B, 259 Banker St., Greenpoint (MAP)
Cost: $7 advance, $10 door
Ages: 19+

Damn, T&B and Dubwar on the same night?! What’s someone gwan a do?? Well this show’s got DJ Class and B Rich on the guest tip, if that helps…

B Rich, “Everyday Hustle”

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Dub War (Dubstep) @ Love

When: Fri, May 15, 10:00PM
Where: Love, 179 MacDougal St., The Village (MAP)
Cost: $10 advance and door before midnight, $15 after

Damn, Trouble & Bass and Dubwar on the same night?! What’s someone gwan a do?? Well, the techy dubstep thing will be in effect here with Applebim and Scuba on the guest tipper. Here’s a downbeat treat for y’all:

Scuba, “Tell Her”

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Library Charity Party @ Franklin Park Bar

When: Thu., May 14, 6:00PM to 9:00PM
Where: Franklin Park Bar and Beer Garden, 618 St. Johns Place, Prospect Heights (MAP)
Cost: $40 advance, $50 door (cash only)

The city’s libraries are facing a 22 percent budget cut, so come show love for them at this charity party and throw some money at them if you got it. With Cosmo Baker on the ones and twos.

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Virtual Graf

YrWall -Interactive Digital Graffiti – Lokey from Lumacoustics on Vimeo.

YrWall is like a giant computer screen that you can paint on with spray cans that use virtual paint. Pick your color and cap size, then spray and the wall does what you tell it to. No cops, no fumes, no drip – no bombing either. It looks like you can mess with the transparency, which is cool; but what would make this really fresh would be if you could spray different textures. Seems like a good way to add the physical element that’s missing from digital art, which is only important to the artist, not the viewer.

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Drummer Boy

We’ll let homeboy do the explaining on this one. (On a side note; after I heard this and did some digging through his stuff, I wasn’t surprised to find out that Watson is also a dubstep producer. Check him on MySpace.)

“Basically the title says it all: the tar (North African frame drum) solo announces the ‘Tabla’ or doumbek/darbuka solo, and then re appears for the outro. The percussion tracks are all improvisations. The riq (Arabic tambourine) which accompanies the other instruments plays the rhythmic foundation throughout the entire song. The rhythm, which is the same from start to finish, is called ‘Khaliji’ [a style native to Arabic culture]. I recorded all the percussion parts myself using a laptop running Ableton Live.”

Also, as much as we love SoundCloud, we realize it doesn’t show up on all RSS readers. So we got the stream (and freeload) right here:


Tom Watson, “Tar in, Tabla, Tar Out

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Train Trac (Train-Abuse)


(From Brave New Traveler, via Sasha Frere Jones.)

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The Darkroom (Dubstep) @ Coco 66

When: Fri., May 8, 10:00PM
Where: Coco 66, 66 Greenpoint Ave., Greenpoint (MAP)
Cost: FREE, sucka!

It’s dubstep – in case you couldn’t tell from the flyer… This new monthly hoe down features rotating residents Nebulla and Dore from COA (Dore’s apparently in Berlin at the moment), Enkryption Projekt, Dave Gee and Hellfire Machina. Don’t be fooled by the giant pub you got to walk through to get to the backroom. Once you get there, you won’t want to leave.

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Machinedrum (Beats and Bass) @ Love

When: Fri., May 8, 9:30PM
Where: Love, 179 MacDougal St., The Village (MAP)
Cost: $8 presale

Yes, yes, yes – another Machinedrum album release party. Ha! Well, this one’s at Love. And it’s also the 2nd anniversary of the CassetteNYC parties. (Hopefully they throw some more rooftop jumpies…) Hey, at least we get to post this “Fresh Kids (Instrumental)” again.

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