2562 is another one of those unique artists VOID has been trying to get to our shores for as long as we can remember. It finally happens on Friday October 9th at Sydney’s home of Dubstep – Phoenix Bar. 2562 is not you’re your average Dubstep artist. He has a unique sound which draws heavily from Techno, Electro and Electronica ensuring this Dutch artist is always pushing the Dubstep sound forward and in new directions. For a night of stellar future music this is one show not to miss.
2562 BIO
Imagine a head-on collision between soundsystem shaking sub bass, techno-infused offbeat rhythms, moody chords and unusual sampling ethics… or actually, forget about it. The music of 2562 – aka Dutchman Dave Huismans, the number representing his zipcode in The Hague – has surprised dubstep, garage and techno communities alike right because it escapes easy categorizing.
Funky and futuristic up-tempo transmissions such as ‘Channel Two’, ‘Kameleon’, ‘Techno Dread’ and ‘Hijack’ (released on DJ Pinch’s much respected Tectonic Recordings and Martyn’s label 3024) found their way onto the decks of everyone from Kode9, Appleblim, Mala and Mary Anne Hobbs to veterans like Francois K, Pole, Shake and Laurent Garnier. ‘Aerial’, the subsequent debut album, ended up in many 2008 year lists and was followed by a string of remixes. In the meantime sought after experimental techno and house releases for his other project A Made Up Sound appeared on Shed’s Subsolo label and Clone Records, to be followed by a label of his own this September.
Currently 2562 is preparing the release of his second album ‘Unbalance’ due in October 2009, taking a fresh new direction. The intergalactic machine funk of recent 12” Love in Outer Space, arguably his most colorful release so far, serves as a cracking taster.
Known for an energetic dj’ing style and wide knowledge of electronic music, 2562 is a proper selector who enjoys making a trip out of a dj-set, going across the board and mixing up brand new dubs from the studio with unexpected classics. He played a.o. in clubs like Berghain (Berlin), Fabric (London) and 11/Trouw (Amsterdam), at dubstep/bass-strongholds Subloaded, FWD and Sub Dub, and at numerous festivals and underground venues from Scandinavia to Japan and from the US to Russia.
Discography
2562 – Channel Two b/w Circulate (12”) – Tectonic 015
2562 – Kameleon b/w Channel One (12”) – Tectonic 016
2562 – Techno Dread b/w Enforcers (Aerial album sampler 12”) – Tectonic 020
2562 – Aerial (lp/cd) – Tectonic 021/CD04
2562 – Embrace b/w Hijack (12”) – 3024-004
2562 – Love in Outer Space b/w Third wave (12”) – Tectonic 029
2562 – Unbalance (lp/cd) – forthcoming Tectonic 034/CD06
A Made Up Sound – Sunday b/w Late Drive (12”) – Philpot 016
A Made Up Sound – Sleepwalk b/w 699 (12”) – Subsolo 002
A Made Up Sound – Next b/w Density (12”) – Subsolo 003
A Made Up Sound – Shortcuts (CD) – A Made Up Sound
A Made Up Sound – Archive – Clone Basement Series 002
A Made Up Sound – Rework b/w Closer (12”) – forthcoming A Made Up Sound 001
VOID featuring 2562 (NL)
Line-up
2562 (Tectonic / 3024)
ELI
WESTERN SYNTHETICS
RITUAL
TYPHONIC
PORTRAIT
Hosted by STEVE SPACEK
Friday October 9th, 2009 / Phoenix Bar – 34 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
9pm – 5am / $18 presale from Qjump.com.au and Inthemix.com.au