PRESENTS......
GOTH TRAD
While "Mad Rave" has started to resonate with scenes worldwide in the last
few years, from dubstep to drum'n'bass, breakcore to dub, it's been a long
journey already for Goth Trad. Since first dabbling in production back in
the late 90s, he's released three albums, appeared on many compilations
and remix projects, and released another three albums as part of Rebel
Familia, a collaboration project with legendary reggae bassist Takeshi
"Heavy" Akimoto.He's also toured Europe four times and has been playing
regularly up and down Japan, solo and with Rebel Familia, for the best
part of the last five years. His live work has only intensified since the
release of his last album, and you'll as easily find him playing at a
drum'n'bass rave as you will a breakcore event, a reggae gig or his own
monthly dubstep and grime night in Tokyo, Back To Chill. The diverse
appeal of his music and live shows is reflected in the range of artists
he's played alongside in the last few years: The Mars Volta, Don Letts,
The Bug, DJ Krush, Limewax, Toshinori Kondo, Mike Ladd, Bong Ra, Buck 65,
Zinc, Doc Scott, Skream, Mala and Iration Steppas.
And so, with the increasing interest in his work outside of Japan,
following his debut releases on UK labels Deep Medi Music, Skud Records
and recently Soul Jazz, and having recently toured Japan with Kode9 ,The
Bug and playing the legendary DMZ night at Mass in Brixton as recently as
last month, Goth-Trad brings his much talked about live show to Christchurch for
the first time. With support from a diverse range of cracking local DJs,
the SUBTLE crew again delivers the goods with the freshest sounds in
electronic music today. Another one not to be missed...
SUPPORT: TRUTH / SUBZ / J-RED / JUMBO / ill-FigZ / KNUCKLES
Limited $22+B.F Pre-sales from Cosmic Corner / $30 Door.
www.myspace.com/gothtrad
http://www.gothtrad.com
