[GRAZ, AT] 5/28 - skaLA #.02: dubsquare labelnight @ Ska

[marty]

skaLA.#02: Dubsquare Records Labelnight / Releaseparty

28.05.2010 | 23:00 | EUR 5,00
Ska / Grabenstraße 8 / 8010 Graz

IZC (dubsquare, sub.fm / Wien)
Boris (dubsquare / Wien)
El Rakkas (dubsquare, lodubs / Graz)
Element012 (stubenmusicstudio / Graz) live
Ambient Projection (Graz)

http://www.dubsquare.net
http://www.myspace.com/djizc
http://www.myspace.com/elrakkas
http://www.myspace.com/element012

http://skala.stubenmusicstudio.com

[marty]

Dubsquare is a radio-show, a label, a club-night and a blog. The radioshow started in 2006 on Vienna’s free radio Radio Orange 94.0 and has moved to a weekly slot on Sub FM in 2008. Every Thursday 2-4pm GMT (15-17h CET) DJ IZC & guests are presenting a blend of dubstep, 2-step-garage, grime, dub, techno, elektro and other bass-driven genres of electronic dance-music, with a special focus on the scenes in Central Europe. The show also includes dates for the region as well as recurring features on politrix.

In 2008 Dubsquare Records was established, representing a deep, dark and percussive end of Dubstep, with strong Detroit-influences. The bi-lingual blog Dubsquare.net complements all of these activities, providing additional background information.

The next two releases on Dubsquare (004/005) are available in the shops around mid-May!




DSQ-004: El Rakkas – Extremely Cheap And Effective EP
Side A: Extremely Cheap And Effective (original / Pomassl remix)
Side B: Done Already / Interference

Listen here.



DSQ-005: Ca.tter – 4th Motion EP
Side A: 4th Motion (original / Double Helix remix)
Side B: Never / Babypolitics

Listen here.

[marty]

Hier mal etwas Info über den ersten Dubsquare Release von IZC aus dem Jahre 2008!




Pulsating subbass, stumbling percussion and the metallic snare are the leading elements of Sand (A1), the opening-track of the record. Over constantly mutating rhythmical patterns a ghostly synth-pad comes in from time to time, hovering on top of everything. Cyma (A2) combines elements such as midrange-wobble-skeletons, deranged plastic-reggae-skanks and 80s synthesizer-clouds to a kind of ultra-slow sci-fi-step.

On the flip, Optomagnetic (B1) is probably the most dancefloor-orientated tune on the record, with a rhythm full of verve and a forward pushing bassline combined with a slightly pathetic chord and a panorama of dubbed machine-sounds in the background. Sand Robotic (B2) returns to the opening theme, picks up its elements while exchanging its metallic aggressiveness with synth-pad-melodies charged with machine-romanticism. A robotic voice from the off is fueling boyish technosex-fantasies and radical cyberfeminism alike.

Listen here.


De:Bug Review:
Spärliche Informationen. Aber dafür verdammt unerwartete Musik. Das sollte viel öfter passieren. Der erste Track wirkt auf mich ein wenig wie ein 2Step-Detroitsound, den es nie – warum? – gegeben hat. Vertrackte Melodien wie zu den besten Zeiten von Morgan Geist, an die sich heutzutage kaum noch wer erinnert, eigentümliche Grooves, in denen schon mal eine einsame Cowbell heldenhaft aufblitzt, dann so ein deep-verwirrtes Stück galaktischer Housemusik für den Jungle – ich musste erst nochmal nachsehen, ob die Platte wirklich aus dieser Zeit stammt. Die Rückseite spielt ein wenig mit Dubstep, das aber auf eine so ungewöhnliche Weise, dass man sofort begeistert ist. 4 perfekte Tracks jenseits aller Richtungen. Wer Platten liebt, die neue Wege zeigen und sich von nichts beeindrucken lassen, der wird Dubsquare lieben. BLEED
(De:bug 124 Juli/August’08)

[marty]

T I M E T A B L E

23:00 Ambient Projection
00:00 Element012 live
01:00 El Rakkas
02:00 IZC
03:30 Boris
05:00 b2b