FWD and longevity

slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:46 pm

FWD has been one of a handful of definitive dubstep nights for about eight years now - that has to be pretty close to as long as any single night has held a similar position in its scene. Discuss.

I dunno, I'm not normally into making grand statements like this, but looking at the latest crop of lineups it struck me - FWD got running in 2001 and established itself as the definitive dark garage fairly quickly (I think). It's now 2009 and it's still, along with DMZ, one of the two nights that defines where dubstep is at and where it's going. Eight years of being utterly crucial and it's still showing no signs of slowing up - even as dubstep goes global it seems like heads from Kuala Lumpur to Cape Town still see FWD as a Mecca that you should visit at least once in your life.

Obviously there are other nights that have gone on for longer, but how many of them have spent that long being universally recognised as being basically at the top of their particualr game for the duration of their lifespan?

So yeah, big up Sarah and Ammunition Camp, serious stuff, see you down there on sunday etc.

nimbus · Post by **nimbus** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:01 am

Furthermore, it has remained a place where DJs can be creative, original and unorthodox. Most other 'significant' dubstep nights I have been to don't seem to provide an appropriate setting to allow a DJ to be really varied within his/her set. Even dmz to an extent demands a relatively steady flow of club bangers.

I like a dirty wobbler, but its better when ther's lots of other things going on as well around it. Thats what u get at fwd - the fill mix up mix up! Hit it pon the weekly, standard.

swiftguyver · Post by **swiftguyver** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:25 am

i'm there pretty much every week...

FWD>> @ Plastic People is my perfect night out tbh...

i have had so many good nights/moments in there...

i've seen so many amazing artists...

i have so many good memories...

best weekly lineups around at the best venue around IMO...

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:49 am

I don't know if enough credit is given to DaveQ/Joe Nice/ Juakali/Seckle/SA Gel/Incyde and the whole of the dub war family for the huge spirit of openess and progression that they've built. The night in July when you didn't hear any 140bpm going until about 230am (Kode, ras G, etc), Mike Slott, Flying Lotus, Loefah spinning hiphop--

it's definitely one of the premier dubstep nights in the states, and they're doing it always looking forward.

big up boys!

swiftguyver · Post by **swiftguyver** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:54 am

TeReKeTe wrote:I don't know if enough credit is given to DaveQ/Joe Nice/ Juakali/Seckle/SA Gel/Incyde and the whole of the dub war family for the huge spirit of openess and progression that they've built. The night in July when you didn't hear any 140bpm going until about 230am (Kode, ras G, etc), Mike Slott, Flying Lotus, Loefah spinning hiphop--

it's definitely one of the premier dubstep nights in the states, and they're doing it always looking forward.

big up boys!

no doubt!

i really need to get myself to a Dub War night soon...

might be tough as i am in London but i WILL get there one day...

promo · Post by **promo** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:57 am

I only ever went to FWD once but had a fuckin' wicked night. Probably one of my fav nights ever. There was a little chav tosspot who annoyed me but aside from that top notch. Sadly I don't think it'll get as good as that for me again as that was pretty early in the dubstep discovery period when it was still fresh and exciting.

fooishbar · Post by **fooishbar** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:08 am

who remembers that old interview with n-type in some documentary where he's standing down plastic people with a huge mic and a shit-eating grin on his place going 'man, i love fwd>> ... this is ill'. anyway, point is he was right.

COURT · Post by **COURT** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:07 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xtOvP_nysg

i can't believe the end has gone

promo · Post by **promo** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:58 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHFK1yKfiGo

elementalism · Post by **elementalism** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:05 pm

fooishbar wrote:who remembers that old interview with n-type in some documentary where he's standing down plastic people with a huge mic and a shit-eating grin on his place going 'man, i love fwd>> ... this is ill'. anyway, point is he was right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-giielWLHQ

That's the one, ennit?

Yeah man, FWD>> has definitely been doing it for a long time now. Big up Sarah.

odessa// · Post by **odessa//** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:09 pm

Fwd is the place to be!
Find me standing next to the system!

silkie is guna smash it.. again!

blackdown · Post by **blackdown** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:24 pm

FWD>> changed my life. Permanently.

NilsFG · Post by **NilsFG** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:27 pm

Well OP, you got that Mecca thing right...
DMZ / FWD are 2 things I just NEED to do in my life or it will fail. Pretty hard since I'm in Belgium and 16.

And to that reaction saying that you can be creative at FWD, isn't that what dubstep is about? Just doing with the music how you feel, all together with a fat sub bass.

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:32 pm

What other place can you fart on the dancefloor and expect to see several of the scene's founders wrinkling their noses simultaneously?

The best things in life are just under 10 quid.

kay · Post by **kay** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:45 pm

Corpsey wrote:What other place can you fart on the dancefloor and expect to see several of the scene's founders wrinkling their noses simultaneously?

The best things in life are just under 10 quid.

kidcazual · Post by **kidcazual** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:09 am

TeReKeTe wrote:I don't know if enough credit is given to DaveQ/Joe Nice/ Juakali/Seckle/SA Gel/Incyde and the whole of the dub war family for the huge spirit of openess and progression that they've built. The night in July when you didn't hear any 140bpm going until about 230am (Kode, ras G, etc), Mike Slott, Flying Lotus, Loefah spinning hiphop--

it's definitely one of the premier dubstep nights in the states, and they're doing it always looking forward.

big up boys!

ive been fortunate enough to touch down to a lot of night around the world and id say dub war could show the way to a lot of nights globally big up the dub war cru

formzee · Post by **formzee** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:06 am

gotta love those sunday night treks home

darkside · Post by **darkside** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:18 am

Blackdown wrote:FWD>> changed my life. Permanently.

Ditto!

Need T-Shirts made up with this slogan on it!

FWD and longevity

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