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Dubstep Alliance DJs Manaia Toa, Oogun, Seeka, Jah Praise host MC Dapht One with featured guests bring the regular doseage of local Dubs and worldwide freshness alongside the tunes that shaped the sound.

This editions guest is none other than the Ill Figa up from Christchurch where he runs the Subtle Soundsystem as played on by many a top UK player. Figz has his roots in the Jungle scene and knows how to bring the heavy when required. We shall also have the mighty JBL dual 18's back in effect as witnessed last month, thats 300% more sub goodness - Big!



When: Wednesday July 16th from 9pm

Where: Rising Sun, 373 K’Rd, Auckland

Who: Dubstep Allliance DJs, guest ILL FIGZ (CHCH), Host MC Dapht One

How Much: $5 on the door

Thanks to Beck's, Red Bull and Serato.

More Info:

http://beatspeoplemovement.com/
http://www.myspace.com/dubstepalliance
http://www.mukuna.co.nz/auckland/central/gig10598.htm
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10576221414

Slasher inside

yeah! will definately be hitting this one up. Saw the alliance crew in the herald, nice article..

looking forward to it

will be interesting to see if the audience grows after the article

ez

3275 wrote: will be interesting to see if the audience grows after the article

Definitely was one of the bigger crowds for a Wednesday night. Could just be a coincidence with the herald article ??

Big Up Barry & the Alliance crew for another top night.

Just quietly, how many hot ladies were there (especially the English lass I was chatting to)

was a good night as always, jason george set was massive

crowd was definitely big for a wednesday, hard to know if the article played a part

ez

Biggup all steppers in the dance, our guests Jason George, VJ Slasher Vision and the Alliance for holding down!

Id say the article would have defo brought some new people along, can only be a good thing..

Pics are up: http://beatspeoplemovement.com/photos/a ... g-sun.html

Nice one guys, looks like it went off!

Decided to update the first post since it was already a sticky! Looking fwd to a big one next week!

Devastating nights for july, Jason's set was a trailblazer, such good vibes & yeah carl, knee deep in hot dubstep chicklets!

first time i been distracted from my bass meditations, quite offputting. Sposed to be about the bass!! I cant multi-task!!

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BIG TINGS!!!

Yes be good to hit akl again, lookig 4wd to it Rising Sun P.A looking sick !!!

Daphter wrote:We shall also have the mighty JBL dual 18's back in effect as witnessed last month, thats 300% more sub goodness - Big!

ocr wrote:Devastating nights for july, Jason's set was a trailblazer, such good vibes & yeah carl, knee deep in hot dubstep chicklets!

first time i been distracted from my bass meditations, quite offputting. Sposed to be about the bass!! I cant multi-task!!

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yeah it's like in auckland the ladies chat up the guys lol!

have a wicked one up there figz and Dubstep Alliance crew. Big up Dapht1 and crew.

at the development of rising sun system.

P-Vans wrote:yeah it's like in auckland the ladies chat up the guys lol!

have a wicked one up there figz and Dubstep Alliance crew. Big up Dapht1 and crew.

at the development of rising sun system.

hmmm, dubstep and the laydeez, worthy of its own thread even...

But in all seriousness the sound system is heavyweight, those who got filter plugs wear em, those who dont should get em, I was deaf (wooshing sounds and tinnitus) for 12hrs after last time. Thats the longest recovery I've ever had to endure and it scared me a bit.

Mostly im thinking about the stamina crew down front for hours at a time.

Granted i have over ten years of damage to cope with already, but if you love music & you wanna stick around and hit dubstep gigs hard as the sound continues to mutate and develop then you should look after your hearing.

The plugs are cool, (get them from rock shop on K Rd. or look on trademe or builders merchants & many online stores like hardtofind and chemical records) they're discreet and made for industrial noise and/or musicians/sound engineers working with loud PA's, you can still hear the clarity of the music but the harmful resonance is filtered.

Just a thought...as it looks like dubstep culture has taken root for good here in NZ, and earplugs are part of dubstep culture, dont say u weren't warned! they come as standard at DMZ and other big international gigs, its not a game out there skanking for 5hrs straight in front of all that bass pressure! I always thought there was no way I'd ever wear them, thought they'd look stupid and ruin my night but without them, eventually every night (and day!) would be marred with hearing damage, Im 110% converted now.

There's nothing i can say that hasn't already been said on D.Step forum. Search for threads on this topic, there's plenty of distraught individuals with permanent ringing in their ears, its a real problem. Look on it as wearing a condom, its not as good, but its still pretty good, and with no long term regrets...hmmm, that brings us back full circle to dubstep and the laydeez....

^^ Wise words! got to look after those ears.

Looks like Wednesdays are absolutely cranking up there! Impressive achievement guys, big up.

ocr wrote:

P-Vans wrote:yeah it's like in auckland the ladies chat up the guys lol!

have a wicked one up there figz and Dubstep Alliance crew. Big up Dapht1 and crew.

at the development of rising sun system.

hmmm, dubstep and the laydeez, worthy of its own thread even...

But in all seriousness the sound system is heavyweight, those who got filter plugs wear em, those who dont should get em, I was deaf (wooshing sounds and tinnitus) for 12hrs after last time. Thats the longest recovery I've ever had to endure and it scared me a bit.

Mostly im thinking about the stamina crew down front for hours at a time.

Granted i have over ten years of damage to cope with already, but if you love music & you wanna stick around and hit dubstep gigs hard as the sound continues to mutate and develop then you should look after your hearing.

The plugs are cool, (get them from rock shop on K Rd. or look on trademe or builders merchants & many online stores like hardtofind and chemical records) they're discreet and made for industrial noise and/or musicians/sound engineers working with loud PA's, you can still hear the clarity of the music but the harmful resonance is filtered.

Just a thought...as it looks like dubstep culture has taken root for good here in NZ, and earplugs are part of dubstep culture, dont say u weren't warned! they come as standard at DMZ and other big international gigs, its not a game out there skanking for 5hrs straight in front of all that bass pressure! I always thought there was no way I'd ever wear them, thought they'd look stupid and ruin my night but without them, eventually every night (and day!) would be marred with hearing damage, Im 110% converted now.

There's nothing i can say that hasn't already been said on D.Step forum. Search for threads on this topic, there's plenty of distraught individuals with permanent ringing in their ears, its a real problem. Look on it as wearing a condom, its not as good, but its still pretty good, and with no long term regrets...hmmm, that brings us back full circle to dubstep and the laydeez....

Thats my sound guy's bassbins there Phil, JBL SRX's so top of the line, bi-amped so one QSC amp per Sub..

Not sure what the other threads say but I can share what I know from having done a Live Sound Cert and some Audio Engineering papers..

Totally agree bout looking after your hearing. Thing that is most harmful is frequencies in the vocal range approx. 300Hz to 3.5 KHz as that can leave you as an old man (or woman) who cant hear what your grandkids are saying..

Clubs with shitty rigs tend to crank the EQ in this range so it sounds 'louder', you will notice this as you wont feel any bassweight but you cant hear your friend shouting at you from 20cm away..

Ringing in the ears is the result of overexposure to frequencies that have damaged the fine hairs in your ear canal that react to soundwaves and left them lying down. So the pitch of the ring (ie it sounds like 9K or 12K or whatever) will be the frequency you have been overexposed to.. It may be more than one frequency however!

You can recover from small amounts of damage and having 24-48 hours away from loud music is a definite positive after overexposure.. OCR makes a good point about length of exposure as this also plays a big part..

Exposure to full bassweight pressure doesnt damage your hearing, you might feel sick as people report from standing near the Valve subs etc but wont have the ringing as that is chiefly the result of damage to higher frequencies..

Apologies to anyone who has felt overexposure after attending one of our nights but we do have a concrete floor and walls to contend with which means a few mid to high range frequencies ring around.. Im often turning down the levels as most DJs Ive promoted for whether DnB or Dubstep like to crank it up! When we do bigger shows with bigger rigs we are also trying to stack the horns up higher in a Dub style so the snare rings over your head rather than through it..

Simply put the Rising Sun has the best soundsystem / venue combination in Auckland for our night and when we boost the in-house rig (that has had quite a few local and international Dubstep players now without complaint) with the JBL bassbins its on par with the Subtle Soundsystem in Christchurch as the equal best Dubstep rig in NZ although they have their own flavours.. Be wicked to soundclash them at some stage!

Im gonna try get some cheaper plugs in bulk to have available at future nights too..

just to clarify, i dont feel that barry and alliance crew & associated sound guys are in anyway reckless with the sound or lax in considering those in attendance, the main point i'm making is that you're responsible for your own hearing (and the protection of said faculty!) Last gig i danced solidly for 4-5hrs several inches away from the speeka stack!! ( i also had bad flu too...dunno if that compounded the problem...)

So im mostly to blame for my recent deafness (and ive spent last 15years clubbing and djing), but if you're an extreme bass devotee, (especially a recent convert, of which there are more each passing day) then it helps to be aware, jesus...i sound like an anti-drugs or sexual health counsellor,

"hey kids...if u gonna play wit da high frequencies..play it safe *cheesy wink* "

(p.s. it also helps to be aware that these night are f****ing SiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiCK too and you need this in your life!!)

ocr wrote:just to clarify, i dont feel that barry and alliance crew & associated sound guys are in anyway reckless with the sound or lax in considering those in attendance, the main point i'm making is that you're responsible for your own hearing (and the protection of said faculty!) Last gig i danced solidly for 4-5hrs several inches away from the speeka stack!! ( i also had bad flu too...dunno if that compounded the problem...)

So im mostly to blame for my recent deafness (and ive spent last 15years clubbing and djing), but if you're an extreme bass devotee, (especially a recent convert, of which there are more each passing day) then it helps to be aware, jesus...i sound like an anti-drugs or sexual health counsellor,

"hey kids...if u gonna play wit da high frequencies..play it safe *cheesy wink* "

(p.s. it also helps to be aware that these night are f****ing SiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiCK too and you need this in your life!!)

Seen bro

One like SHUTTA aka OCR gonna rattle the foundations 30th of this month, watchout!