[BRIS] Fri 25 Mar - DIGITAL MYSTIKZ (DMZ/UK) @ Step Inn
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:46 pm
Come meditate on bass weight.
This was the call from Brixton’s DMZ nightclub when it launched in 2005, inviting clubbers to succumb to the emerging pressure of dubstep. The club night and its eponymous label run by production duo Mala and Coki, producing as Digital Mystikz, alongside Loefah, were the core of a movement that had only just begun to find recognition beyond the grimy clubs of South London.
Producing tracks together and as solo artists, they nurtured a discography of genre-defining dubs specially crafted for the DMZ nightclub sound system. Featured on Rephlex’s early snapshot of emerging dubstep, Grime 2, they proceeded to map the sound’s territory with equal attention to chest-rattling spacious rumble and bowel-churning wobble. Their vinyl releases on the DMZ label are collectors’ items to this day.
Now, Mala and Coki come to Australia for the first time together, bringing their combined classic discography and a bagful of new dubs for the dance. The main room at Brisbane’s Step Inn will be augmented with extra bass bins to accommodate this landmark event on Friday 25 March.
Digital Mytstikz have been at the forefront of the movement through its evolution: In 2006, their “Anti-War Dub” was featured in the film Children of Men, logically pairing the dystopic sounds of darkest dubstep with Alfonso Cuarón’s modern classic. Meanwhile, Coki’s 2008 track “Night”, co-produced with Benga, caused DJs from other genres of dance music to finally perk up to the limitless possibilities of dubstep.
Still with us in 2010, Digital Mystikz released their first two LPs – Return II Space, featuring tracks produced by Mala and Urban Ethics, with beats by Coki.
Signing off from her long-running BBC Radio 1 Experimental show last year with one last mix by Mala, she described him and Coki “as the men who set the bar in 2005. Their club night DMZ changed my life for all time.” Now, Australia has the chance to experience the chest-rattling roots of this musical movement.
Also on the bill is the debut Morass appearance for another electronic music pioneer. Mark Pritchard’s illustrious career stretches back to the mid-90s and spans virtually every genre of electronic music. Known by many names, including Global Communications and Jedi Knights for his work with Tom Middelton, his most recent inventions come through hard-edged Detroit-style hip hop as Harmonic 313 and a collaboration with Steve Spacek as Africa HiTech. With releases on Warp Records, Hyperdub and Mala's Deep Medi, he’s stayed at the cutting edge of the beats scene like few of his peers.
Finally, Brisbane’s own dubstep royalty Frosty returns to the fray with an old school set and Dank Morass DJs Walrii and Swob.
Full Line-up:
MALA & COKI aka DIGITAL MYSTIKZ (DMZ/UK)
MARK PRITCHARD aka HARMONIC 313 (Warp/Hyperdub/Deep Medi/SYDNEY)
Frosty (Hard Graft)
Swob & Walrii (Dank Morass)
Live visuals:
Archi Lancaster & ATLASt
Date:
Friday 25th March from 9pm
Venue:
Step Inn (main room downstairs)
(Cnr Brunswick St & St Pauls Tce, Fortitude Valley)
Tickets:
$35 (+bf) presold from Oztix, Rocking Horse Records & all Oztix outlets
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=19952
Links:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142482639149954
http://www.dmzuk.com
http://www.dankmorass.com
This was the call from Brixton’s DMZ nightclub when it launched in 2005, inviting clubbers to succumb to the emerging pressure of dubstep. The club night and its eponymous label run by production duo Mala and Coki, producing as Digital Mystikz, alongside Loefah, were the core of a movement that had only just begun to find recognition beyond the grimy clubs of South London.
Producing tracks together and as solo artists, they nurtured a discography of genre-defining dubs specially crafted for the DMZ nightclub sound system. Featured on Rephlex’s early snapshot of emerging dubstep, Grime 2, they proceeded to map the sound’s territory with equal attention to chest-rattling spacious rumble and bowel-churning wobble. Their vinyl releases on the DMZ label are collectors’ items to this day.
Now, Mala and Coki come to Australia for the first time together, bringing their combined classic discography and a bagful of new dubs for the dance. The main room at Brisbane’s Step Inn will be augmented with extra bass bins to accommodate this landmark event on Friday 25 March.
Digital Mytstikz have been at the forefront of the movement through its evolution: In 2006, their “Anti-War Dub” was featured in the film Children of Men, logically pairing the dystopic sounds of darkest dubstep with Alfonso Cuarón’s modern classic. Meanwhile, Coki’s 2008 track “Night”, co-produced with Benga, caused DJs from other genres of dance music to finally perk up to the limitless possibilities of dubstep.
Still with us in 2010, Digital Mystikz released their first two LPs – Return II Space, featuring tracks produced by Mala and Urban Ethics, with beats by Coki.
Signing off from her long-running BBC Radio 1 Experimental show last year with one last mix by Mala, she described him and Coki “as the men who set the bar in 2005. Their club night DMZ changed my life for all time.” Now, Australia has the chance to experience the chest-rattling roots of this musical movement.
Also on the bill is the debut Morass appearance for another electronic music pioneer. Mark Pritchard’s illustrious career stretches back to the mid-90s and spans virtually every genre of electronic music. Known by many names, including Global Communications and Jedi Knights for his work with Tom Middelton, his most recent inventions come through hard-edged Detroit-style hip hop as Harmonic 313 and a collaboration with Steve Spacek as Africa HiTech. With releases on Warp Records, Hyperdub and Mala's Deep Medi, he’s stayed at the cutting edge of the beats scene like few of his peers.
Finally, Brisbane’s own dubstep royalty Frosty returns to the fray with an old school set and Dank Morass DJs Walrii and Swob.
Full Line-up:
MALA & COKI aka DIGITAL MYSTIKZ (DMZ/UK)
MARK PRITCHARD aka HARMONIC 313 (Warp/Hyperdub/Deep Medi/SYDNEY)
Frosty (Hard Graft)
Swob & Walrii (Dank Morass)
Live visuals:
Archi Lancaster & ATLASt
Date:
Friday 25th March from 9pm
Venue:
Step Inn (main room downstairs)
(Cnr Brunswick St & St Pauls Tce, Fortitude Valley)
Tickets:
$35 (+bf) presold from Oztix, Rocking Horse Records & all Oztix outlets
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=19952
Links:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142482639149954
http://www.dmzuk.com
http://www.dankmorass.com