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Kode 9 destroyed Sheffield last night.

He played a beautiful, lush, heavy, utterly vibe-infused set on the Valve soundsystem - this was the first time dubstep's been played on Valve and it was very good, certainly much better than the distorted mess that 190bpm heavy metal d'n'b sounded.

Julian C90 opened up and was excellent as well.

Together they turned an empty dancefloor with disinterested d'n'b heads looking on from the sidelines into a full-on dubstep rave. It was fantastic. Brought a big chunk of DMZ magic to Sheffield.

Full report here: http://blog.grievousangel.net/?p=370

Grievous Angel wrote:Kode 9 destroyed Sheffield last night.

He played a beautiful, lush, heavy, utterly vibe-infused set on the Valve soundsystem - this was the first time dubstep's been played on Valve and it was very good, certainly much better than the distorted mess that 190bpm heavy metal d'n'b sounded.

Julian C90 opened up and was excellent as well.

Together they turned an empty dancefloor with disinterested d'n'b heads looking on from the sidelines into a full-on dubstep rave. It was fantastic. Brought a big chunk of DMZ magic to Sheffield.

Full report here: http://blog.grievousangel.net/?p=370

wow...really insightful and thoughtful review. wish i coulda been there. :/

Cheers Sapphic... it was one hell of a gig.

And it's one thing to rock DMZ where everyone is already committed... it's something altogether different to turn an empty room at a d'n'b night into a wild dubstep party!

couldnt work out how to leave a comment on ur blog but yeh good read mate, good to hear it went down well especially so early. i had mates who went to the dance for dnb and were left wantin more k9 an dubstep

room too empty when i went on. meh- what do you expect at 9pm on a saturday i guess?

playing on valve was a privilege though. had to drop the candyfloss remix just to see how much air it'd shift

big up kode and space ape tho- started with a full-length rendition of the beatless 'sign of the dub' which wrong-footed some ravers but the set built to a wicked climax.

definitely exposed some new heads to a new sound whilst simulataneously playing to them that already know...

when i've got a bit more time i'll post some links to some photos. big up everyone who feels like a muppet for not being at mass!

kode's remix of dabrye's "air" which has the mf doom acapella is too much by the way... first time for me to hear last night. big like ben.

Glad you enjoyed the sensations Juliun - your set was smooth and sweet!

Sadly comments are broken on the blog...

Must say big up to Kode 9 and Spaceape for their hard work too... Two shows in one night!... "Hardest working man in dubstep" as Space said at Brixton... Kode's and Space were both well good at DMZ too... Jules informs me Kode's played that mental arhythmical thing that he started with at DMZ. Mental that one. And the MF Doom thing is sick. Kode's is on it atm f'real.

It's kind of weird that I missed one of the biggest dubstep things to go down in sheffield. (And there were alot of other familiar sheffo faces down DMZ - big up each). But there was no way in the world that I was missing the birtday bash.

Bless up all the sheffo gang...

great review grievous angel. yeah kode9 was indeed brilliant (and im sorry to say i missed juliun's set cos my girlfriend was faffing around doing her make up) but sadly the drum and bass was pretty dire, spent most of the night after kode9 sitting down in the side room.. shame.
well at least kode9 lived up to his good name and delivered an amazing set and hopefully brought some new converts to the sound.

A sheffield scene is building, slowly...

Yeah, the d'n'b later that night was pretty awful!

Grievous Angel wrote:A sheffield scene is building, slowly...

There are some other treats in the C90 pipeline too, trust me...

bless up...

sounds good mate, any clues who? think the one in your sig might be a bit out of date tho heh

Yeah was ace to hear Kode 9 on Valve, they could of turned it up more though! Know what you mean it was good to see a small crowd go apeshit for the dubstep, at a drum&bass night.

Grievous Angel wrote:
A sheffield scene is building, slowly...

We just need some bigger, purely dubstep nights, that'll help the scene grow!

Respect to C90 though for doin your part, intrigued as to what you've got comin up...

rL83 wrote:We just need some bigger, purely dubstep nights, that'll help the scene grow!

It's financially hard when you're pushing something that's slightly different tho. The sums soon get out of hand and you just can't bank on 100 people turning up.

Yeah agreement. Bit of a bastard really.

Heard about Plug next friday? Heard Viberts going tobe doing abit of a dubstep set, amongst jungle an that. Should be pretty shit hot

cheers

Fucking awesome!!! Kode 9 really is a don, well hoping he turns up at the bloc weekender

yeah sheff definately needs some more dubstep goin on
maybe it is and i just dont know where to look? if so some enlightenment would be very much appreciated:D

yeah sheff definately needs some more dubstep goin on
maybe it is and i just dont know where to look? if so some enlightenment would be very much appreciated:D

At the end of the day, things aren't that bad...

In the last year and and half, we've (c90) done Vex'd, Mala & Spaceape, Pinch, Atki2 and the Werk lot, and Skepta and Jammer. And we're not even a dedicated dubstep-only night!

In addition, others have done Youngsta, Loefah, Plastician, M/A, Mark One, Kode9 and Oris Jay.

That's much better than alot of places. And anyone who's in the know about sheffo knows what this city can be like with respect to clubs.

Y'all know Skream is playing soon (April 17th?) too? I'll let you know about the forthcoming c90 offerings one day (still a few details to be sorted)...

Skream is another Tuesday club extravaganza is it not?