BassHead Animal Krackerz Gets Down

Basshead producer and DJ Animal Krackerz will be playing a special set at DOWN on Wednesday, February 1st at our new home - Purdy Lounge. the (786) folks do their indie/electro thing in the main room while we bass out the side room! Enjoy NO COVER all night, $2 beers and $5 shots. 

RSVP - http://www.facebook.com/events/357460750936261/

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Sunday Funday! DJ HYPE, BEATMACHINES, JUAN BASSHEAD, BATS & AMKZ, SOMEJERK & more!

We've planned a massive one for Juan BassHead's Birthday! DJ HYPE is one of his favorite DJs and a true legend in the Drum & Bass game. He's going to play for at least 2 hours, expect the epic. Happy Birthday Mr. Feathers, Karakter & Juan! This party is 18+ for everyone to enter. Get more details from the event page. See you at the show tomorrow!

Dubporn Records Releases DP006 and DP007...

On December 12th Dubporn Record's released Adames's Be Bop Peru EP worldwide.

His first official release, Adames is a man of many genres. The opening track ‘Guanchingua’ is an upbeat romp in bass tinged house territory while the beautifully haunting ‘Crush’ is laced with a grimey bass line. The passionately aggressive ‘Fits of Verb’ and the chilled out ‘Hermittance’ are guaranteed replays.

Crush by Dubporn Records

The Dark Matter LP was released on December 26th from the Undersky Collective's own Imaginary Friend.

Hailing from Greece and aged just 20, Imaginary Friend is an immensely precocious talent. He burst onto the Dubstep scene in 2010 with the vibrant 'How To Use It' and 'Reject 'Em All' which are released on Breathe Records respectively, and more with "A Therapy For Blind Musicians" in "FUCK JAZZSTEPPA Vol.2" compilation, which is released on Jazzsteppa LTD, next to Borgore, IBenji, Bukez Finezt, Oceania and of course Jazzsteppa themselves.

Imaginary Friend: Janavar by Dubporn Records

Both releases can be found on Beatport, Boomkat, Juno and more.

On January 16th Chalk's Dirt EP will be released worldwide along with Fau & Deam's Life Act EP, which will be released on vinyl and digitally.

Chalk.: SoulWax by Dubporn Records

Fau & Deam: Blank Faces by Dubporn Records

For more info check out the links below:

DubpornRecords.com

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NOME - Dual Promo 2012 [Free Download]

All tracks produced and arranged by NOME.
[THIS IS NOT A DJ MIX]

These are two different promos with two different themes that I was handing out recently. I decided to mash'em together and post it online for those who never got a physical copy. This was a good calendar year for learning, expanding and professionalism. You can peep the full version of some of these tunes at www.soundcloud.com/the-nome. I hope nothing but the best for all musicians, producers, engineers, emcees, labels etc. Happy New Year and enjoy!

NOME - Dual Promo 2012 [Free Download] by NOME

DOWN returns / moves to Purdy Lounge

DOWN has finally found a new home! Starting Wednesday, thanks to our friends at (786), we're now located in the back room of Purdy Lounge on South Beach.

No cover all night! Try our amazing drink special: PB&Js! It's a PBR ($2) and choose a shot from the 3 J's... Jameson, Jager or Jose Cuervo ($5) or ($7) for the combo all night long!

DOWN has featured headliners Hoodnasty, Hulk, Djunya, FaltyDL, Joe Nice, Scuba, Headhunter, Distance, Brenmar, Nick Argon, DJ Rashad, Ramadanman, DJG, Salva, Zed Bias, as well as a number of prominent local electronic music acts.

Spinning the best in all thing BASS are resident DJS:

Ashworth - http://soundcloud.com/ashworth
Gooddroid - http://soundcloud.com/gooddroid
Gray Ghost - http://soundcloud.com/grayghost
somejerk - http://somejerk.net/


1811 Purdy Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Get Juan BassHead to Release His Live GET LOW Mix!

Hey everybody! We're trying to get JUAN BASSHEAD to release his live mix from GET LOW XXXI with Hatcha and N-Type, and we need your help! We need to get his new facebook fan page to 1000 and he'll bless us with the mix. It's greatness. Juan never releases mixes, so this is a rare opportunity. You know how epic the last one was. Go like this:

https://www.facebook.com/JuanBassHeadDJ

Share that page, this blog, or the facebook event page to help us get the word out. The faster we reach 1000, the faster we'll be jamming out to the live sounds of Miami's bass king. Let's get it!

My Top 5 Songs from Dubporn: The Future

After an interesting back and forth on Twitter over the new Dubporn Compilation I decided I should write a little review here and put the matter to rest. Basically the tweet suggested that I could not decide on a favorite track because they were all so good, it’s fair enough to say I was pleasantly surprised at the collection put together by camp Dubporn. I knew my long time pal Adrianna Gooddroid had put together a label catering to bassey-garagey-technoie stuff, but it was from Miami. Unless we’re talking about Wade and Lebron battling Kobe, CP3, and the rest of the Lakers in the 2012 NBA Finals, Miami doesn’t typically generate a tremendous amount of buzz internationally. Could this Miami start-up really be a relevant player, a tropical Hyperdub oasis La Sanwicherie’d somewhere in between Coral Gables and the American Airlines Arena?

Illegitimate Children and Handbook both add two songs a piece making up just over a quarter of the entire compilation between the both of them. I want to go on record and say that even if Illegitimate Children produced a pile of dirty laundry I would still listen to it at least once based solely on the name. It’s definitely not laundry though, they’re actually delightfully produced tracks. Especially “Cubicle”, which I believe is the opening track and does of good job of quickly raising the expectations throughout. Blacksmif’s contribution, “Legend of the White Horse Plains” jumps out as wordy frontrunner for my personal favorite despite him modestly admitting that he himself preferred Handbook. Noble move on his behalf but Handbook’s two offerings “Luurrve” and “Girl, Stay” are slightly sappy for my taste. Sentimental baked goods not suited for misanthropes who like making love while watching Ichi the Killer or the even more barbaric film, Babel. They’re probably Drake’s favorites though.

“Mortem Obire” is the second song on here and it definitely appeals to my nostalgia for bottom notes. The moody layers and mature tones means it was almost certainly produced by a grizzled veteran involved in the intricacies of sound engineering for numerous decades…wait, WHAT! 18 years old! Fuck man, this happens to me now at least once a year when I’m introduced to a producer that I think is much older based on the maturity of their music. Whether it’s Kode9 first introducing me to Joker or in this case Biak. Could it be us twenty thirty somethings naturally feel like the next generation couldn’t possibly understand the subtle philosophies and vacuous nuances that made this sound great in the first place? It’s quasi Gran Torino mentality that should get the kibosh before we’re left standing on the porch like Walt Kowalski waving a M1 Garand around at 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

5 Years of Hyperdub cost me somewhere in between three months interning at a Miami ad agency and half a day raking autumn leaves off Granma’s front lawn. I’m not saying Dubporn Records: The Future is anywhere close to 5 but it’s free and it’s worth talking about. The labels potential and the strength of its young roster make downloading a no-brainer. If I had to make a critique it would be that a few of the songs feel over-ambitious technically, bordering on pretentious. The best beats in the world are simple loops with just one or two creative breaks. As soon as I start hearing classical piano samples and build-ups that progress into a song’s third melody I tune it out faster than I tune my family out when I’m trying to watch the second game of a NBA tripleheader on Christmas Day.

Overall I stand by my original tweet, the whole collection is highly enjoyable and paints a ton of atmosphere for the listeners. It’s layered, moody and challenging and a brilliant way to showcase the first year of a promising new label from the land of cortaditos, flamingos and Ferraris.



Top 5:

1. “Concentrate” - Somejerk

2. “Spun” – Sipp

3. “Shimma” - Porphyro

4. “Legend of the White Horse Plains” - Blacksmif

5. “Opaque” – Chalk.



Download it.






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Win tickets for GET LOW with HATCHA + N-TYPE!

I know everyone who remembers GET LOW WMC is excited about the Sin City Tour coming to Miami!



That was HATCHA destroying The Vagabond, in case you forgot! This time he brings back badman N-TYPE and their MC CRAZY D for his Miami debut. Get more info on the night from the Sweat Records blog and our official event invite.

All the heads already know what's going down, and we want to give you a chance to get in FREE! Win your tickets by following the instructions below...

1) Like GET LOW and MiamiDubstep.com on Facebook.

2) Leave us a comment on the wall of our MiamiDubstep.com Facebook page.

3) We'll choose the winner Thursday, Dec. 1 at 4pm, so do it before then. Good luck!

P.S. There will be another contest on the GET LOW Twitter tomorrow, so follow them if you don't already.

DP005 Released on Dubporn Records

Ukranian based DJ Reixtra's Prymara EP was released on Dubporn Records on November 28th. After many years performing everything from Drum and Bass to IDM to experimental and anything in between, Reixtra settled on a found that gravitates towards Dubstep and Future Garage, with heavy influences from Reggae and Calypso.

The EP, titled Prymara, features seven tracks that showcase the artist’s versatility while embracing the label’s deep bass roots. With tracks like the haunting yet romantic “Pregnancy” and the equally airy yet dark and bass fueled “Neverliving”, the EP explores the “pacifying, often sad atmospheric sounds” that he is known for. The ep’s title track, “Prymara, is a perfect dreamy example of the “set of extraordinary rhythms” that he is well versed at creating.

Reixtra: Pregnancy by Dubporn Records

You can purchase the Prymara EP at many fine online retailers such as Beatport, Boomkat, Juno, Itunes and more.

Dubporn Records also recently released a new free compilation EP titled 'The Future' featuring tracks from signed and unsigned artists.

Look out for Adames's 'Be Bop Peru' EP released on December 12th as well as Imaginary Friend's 'Dark Matter' LP on the 26th.

For more info go to DubpornRecords.com.

Download a Free Dubstep Tune + New Mix from Animal Krackerz aka AMKZ

As a thanks for helping to get his Facebook page to 500 Likes, ANIMAL KRACKERZ aka AMKZ is giving you one of his dubstep tunes for free download! As a bonus we've attached his banging Smile For Camera mix for download as well. Get it, and don't miss your boy opening for HATCHA, N-TYPE and JUAN BASSHEAD at GET LOW this Thursday!

Animal Krackerz - Dome Piece!(Free DL) by Animal Krackerz (AMKZ)

Animal Krackerz(AMKZ)-Smile For Camera Mix-FREE DL by Animal Krackerz (AMKZ)