Subloaded report thread!

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:43 pm

Subloaded was proper. Not long back in London and probably not in the best condition to write a full report seeing as i haven't slept yet but everything was seriously heavy.

There were a few problems with the sound but they eventually got ironed out. What is that limiter all about? I couldn't belive it when i heard what it was for.

Set by set:

Joker - sadly i missed Joker's set - how was it?

Headhunter - deep and dark bizness, really tight set. Cha remix!

Pinch b2b Blazey - Blazey tore it up with a set of banging grime, got the crowd seriously charged up. Pinch, obviously anxious about the sound issues played some heavy heavy tracks but there wasn't really enough decktime from him.

Plastician - Skepta came down with Plastic, both sporting the fetching Boy Better Know t-shirts. Was so refreshing to hear skepta again. Seems like absolutely aeons since his last FWD appearance. Plastic was hectic as ever. He really is a banker - massive selection. Big up the duppy remix! I like to move it!

DMZ - A little more disjointed than what we've come to expect but when you've got people pill'd off their face knocking the decks what can you do. Massive selection tho. Learn was immense in particular. Antiwar dub set the crowd off big style. Pokes held it down, standard. Quality throughout.

Vex'd - in total, brilliant contrast to DMZ, Vex'd stepped up with a dex'n'fx set, mixing crunching beats with vex'd's inimitable atmospherics. The brutality of Vex'd worked really well against the dub dynamic of the Mystikz. Some of the audience seemed a bit taken aback by it at first but soon got into things. Those +up grime vocal tracks just kill it: they're almost alien sounding. Lights (Loefah mix) provided everyone's favourite singalong (in your head or otherwise).

Youngsta & Task, typical end of night set problems, the nonchemically assisted members of crowd souljah-ering on; the stamina gang. Obviously worth hanging on in for. Couple of interesting new skream bits. Tortured soul i think it was - not sure what to make of that yet. Another totally consummate yunx set.

Truly excellent first experience for me of dubstep in bristol. Great vibes, great event. Big up Pinch everytime - the man grafts!

Big up to everyone i met.

Photos to follow.

mos dan · Post by **mos dan** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:31 pm

sounds heavy

god i wish skepta would come back to fwd - boy better know, no better boy.. plastic's on the bill this thursday innit. here's hoping he's packing mcs

sleep well boomnoise

elgato · Post by **elgato** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:00 pm

Heavy write-up, hits the spot man

Skepta smashed it for me, i thought he brought the vibe, and plastician was as usual outrageously fast and tight on the mix (i think he was using final scratch/some variation thereof, might be wrong tho). Cant explain how happy it made me to come back into the room after all the worries to find the limiter gone, the sound big and Plasticman rinsing it!

Was a shame about the mans bumping the tables but what can be done?! DMZ still tore it up proper, as one would expect... Mala is too big... Learn, Blue Notes, Left Leg Out, i could go on and on, and Loefah brought extreme weight...oh my gosh Mud is such a ridiculously large tune, still got those hi's rattling through my head. And a rare and very very welcome appearance of Da Wrath VIP big up loefah for bringing that one back out, i love that tune as much (if not more) now than i have ever done

Vex'd were killing it from what i saw, they have obviously been working hard on their live set, very very tight and confident. Unfortunately their set was cut short for myself as the rigours of academia screamed for my attention, much to my obvious dismay. But regardless, i travelled home very very very contented

Big up Pinch and Blazey, you guys smashed it

Cant wait for the next one

deapoh · Post by **deapoh** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:00 pm

mos dan wrote:god i wish skepta would come back to fwd

he's been banned from ever going there for whatever reasons, I dunno.

The night was big once the sound system was on, Plasticman and Skepta were sick, I loved that set the most.

mary anne hobbs · Post by **mary anne hobbs** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:05 pm

BIG UP Pinch a major major truiumph in the face of the Council's militant bass-hating suits... u r runnin' Brizzle City my son...

every single DJ and MC smakkked it so hard last night, had us over their kneez and ruined us proper...

btw Plastician had 3 hours sleep and still scored a devastaing goal and got Man Of The Match in his football final... the first final his team reached in 22 years... bare History... i'm thinking a framed photo of the ball hittin the back of the net 4 the mantepiece

left Pokes and his kru doin' birthday cocktailz about 6pm tonight... it ain't over... even now..

roll on DMZ...

m/a.. x

auralassassin · Post by **auralassassin** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:15 pm

Must... see... vex'd...

thinking · Post by **thinking** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:18 am

It's so difficult with that limiter - most nites haven't had any problems with it, but the council seem to pick on Pinch for some reason. Last Subloaded in October was the first nite when they fitted it and again it messed with the sound a bit.

Basically, the club nearly lost its licence last year due to a particularly vocal bunch of residents complaining about noise pollution, and also claiming that it's just full of drugged-up lunatics (not always the case). After an online petition, they agreed to renew the licence, but only if they fitted a limiter. For some reason, they decided to re-adjust it this weekend due to renewed complaints.

Anyway, once the sound started working I thougt the nite was great, propa wicked vibes cos everyone was so happy the volume got turned up. Highlights for me were Skepta droppin a couple of tight verses, Loe's 3rd Choice remix, Mala tearin the roof off with Anti War Dub and Left Leg Out, Vex'd playing some fucked up remix of Fallen (was I imaginin this?), and seeing my flatmate so drunk by the end of the nite that he could hardly stay on his feet.

Roll on Subloaded V.

struwwelpeter · Post by **struwwelpeter** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:35 am

Absolutely massive. The vibe in the swan was absolutely ridiculous. Big up everyone involved, they'll be talking about these nights for years...

Gutta's comprehensive review and a few of my shots here.... http://www.gutterbreakz.blogspot.com

Jack.

hamzen · Post by **hamzen** » Mon May 01, 2006 11:32 am

Had a well good night, & a well patient crowd, all good sets I thought, but the stand out for me was Youngsta, closely followed by Blazey and Headhunter funnily enough, since you had to be imagining what they'd sound like at volume.

Really great crowd and attitude as seems to be the norm west country wise.

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Mon May 01, 2006 12:54 pm

my (not great) pictures are up here:

http://boomnoise.googlepages.com/subloaded

middle man · Post by **middle man** » Mon May 01, 2006 1:27 pm

boomnoise you have just made my day i can't help but smile at these pics nice whan, u got loads of me and the rest of the bristol lot

plastician · Post by **plastician** » Mon May 01, 2006 1:42 pm

I love Bristol

big up the Subloaded crew

Bristol is officially my favourite city in the world to play in

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Mon May 01, 2006 1:46 pm

Plasticman wrote:I love Bristol

big up the Subloaded crew

Bristol is officially my favourite city in the world to play in

get that in the tourist information!

luke.envoy · Post by **luke.envoy** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:18 pm

large night, large hangover

special shout to mala for pure weight

tronman · Post by **tronman** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:25 pm

ThinKing wrote: Vex'd playing some fucked up remix of Fallen (was I imaginin this)

that tune was disgusting

delsa · Post by **delsa** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:51 pm

A heavy heavy night, I'm still reeling from the effects now, good to meet some new faces too.

Rob H · Post by **Rob H** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:24 pm

very live once the sound got sorted, and that fallen thing was fuckin ill, id completely forgotton about it, some crazy shit man!

j_j · Post by **j_j** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:34 pm

Deapoh wrote:
mos dan wrote:god i wish skepta would come back to fwd

he's been banned from ever going there for whatever reasons, I dunno.

merktation?

struwwelpeter · Post by **struwwelpeter** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:54 pm

More phots here and there....

http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f8/ja ... %204%2006/

http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h27/r ... %204%2006/

deapoh · Post by **deapoh** » Mon May 01, 2006 11:16 pm

shower face!!! big up boomnoise each and every

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