Our second installment of The Experimental Sessions sees us back at the basement rooms of The Philharmonic again for another session of dirty beats, pounding bass, audio filth and good vibes!!
Providing pressure on the night we have...
MAIN ROOM ( JUNGLE / HARD N DARK DNB / BREAK & DUBSTEP / RAVE BREAKS / BREAKCORE )
KING CANNIBAL
[NINJA TUNE || RAG & BONE || COMBAT]
South London based King Cannibal (previously known as Zilla) is one of the newest additions to Coldcut's Ninja Tune label. He has received high praise from the likes of Amon Tobin, The Bug, Erol Alkan and Mary Anne Hobbs for his trademark dark techy dancehall takes on drum and bass and dubstep.
"Too dark, love this tune"- Mary Anne Hobbs (BBC Radio 1) on Aragami Style
"..a great tune...put together like a dj's wet dream."- Amon Tobin writing about Aragami Style for Urb
"seriously heavy tunes"- The Bug
"If music could do you violence, this is what it would sound like. Brutal and brilliant"- The Sunday Times on Aragami Style
"This sonically incredible Ninja Tune signing has inspired me to start a new section of The Remix show, called The Darkside"- Eddy TM for DJ Magazine
"this is soundclash in hell, devilish dancehall electronic bass murder. Call it what you want, but ignore it at your peril"- Clash on Aragami Style
It completely blew me away' - Erol Alkan on 'One Foot in the Fire, One Fist in the Air'
"quite simply....fucking amazing"- ireallylovemusic.co.uk
"Fucking ace. Music to piss your parents of with! Love it"- Rocky (X-press2)
"Heavy as fuck!"- Parasite (Deathsucker Records)
"Heavy as fuck tech step dancehall!!"- Bong Ra
“Fucking great….I love it!”- Knifehandchop on Grinted Teeth & Brawlsville
Other reactions for Grinted Teeth... Album of the Week- Boomkat, Warpmart and Banquet Records “..the mix album of the year”- Fact Magazine “stunning …”- Sounds Of The Universe
www.myspace.com/kingcannibal
ALKEMY
Part of the Dissident Soundsystem crew and the Southwest Free Party Massive putting on nights like BASHOUT, GENER8R, Dissident and Drum Disciples to bring the sub-bass to all! Having been a DJ under the guise of Alkemy since 2001, Alex Clark has moved from strength to strength and genre to genre. Starting out with the darker side of drum'n'bass his styles have moulded around the dissident sound pulling many influences from hardkore, hardtek, jungle and old skool and often dropping in breakcore and ragga the darker sets are not to be missed!
www.myspace.com/alkemyuk
With support from residents THE KINGDOM and PRIME EVIL plus guests LOGIC & MR BEN.
ROOM 2 ( DUB / DUBSTEP / GRIME / MINIMAL / TECHNO )
ATKI2
[PUNCH DRUNK || IMMERSERECORDS || TERMINAL DUSK]
Sam Atkins is Atki2, 27 year old Bristol based producer. He has been developing his twisted vision of grime and dubstep styles through his various releases on Immerse, Punch Drunk, Shadetek Records and Werk Discs . He also records as one half of Monkey Steak with partner in crime Hanuman.
www.myspace.com/atki2
www.myspace.com/monkeysteak
With support from our residents ONEMANDUB and THE NANCY SOUND CREW, along with guests INTELLECT and MIKEY H.
TWO ROOMS, TWO SOUND SYSTEMS, DRINKS OFFERS ALL NIGHT!!
£5 BEFORE 11PM MORE AFTER
9-3AM
THURSDAY 30TH JULY
THE BASEMENT ROOMS @ THE PHILHARMONIC,
76, ST MARY ST, CARDIFF
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ELEMENTALCARDIFF