Pandemic: Faust of Urban Assault, HULK, Helicopter Showdown, Sublo, Commodore 69, Glitch Report & More July 23, 2011

From the same viral minds that brought you the Emissions Campout and Ritual Thursdays, comes a new plague... PANDEMIC!
Strip down, put on these hospital scrubs, and prepare for the quarantine.

This event will be on Saturday July 23rd, 2011 at Mighty in San Francisco. The Address is 119 Utah St and we rock from 9pm to 4am with 2 rooms open. Dubstep, Drumstep and various forms of heavy bass will slap you in the face all night, so bring a change of trousers. Admission fee is 10 bucks before 10pm, then 15 bucks til 3am. After 3am you can get in for 10 bucks.
PRESENTED TO YOU BY THE IRIE CARTEL!

Your infected selectors include...

FAUST OF URBAN ASSAULT AND FAUST AND SHORTEE:

From Hip-Hop, Breaks & Electro trick sets to crushing stateside Drum & Bass scratched to perfection; Faust & Shortee (aka Urban Assault) have awed masses worldwide. Ranked as one of the top turntablists in the world by SPIN, Faust released the first turntablist album in history, the critically lauded Man Or Myth and continues to push the boundaries of his production today in various genres. URB’s Next 100, Playboy’s scratch diva & Fever/Buzz Battle of the DJs Champion, Shortee is acknowledged as one of the most diverse, technically skilled female DJs in the world and has been named “Queen of the Scratch World” by DJ Times. She produced the 1st & only turntablist album by a female, her own DJ instructional DVD series & the 1st female-centric battle record “Bikini Wax” (5 Star Records). Together their solo & team albums have earned them critical acclaim in major publications like SPIN, URB, Rolling Stone etc & their music has been licensed by networks such as MTV, NBC, CNN, ABC & ESPN.

Constantly in the lab working on an arsenal of dance floor bangers, they’ve also launched two labels of their own: Heavy Artillery Recordings (Drum & Bass/Dubstep/Electro House) & 5 Star Records (Hip Hop/Battle/DJ Tools). Faust & Shortee produce drum & bass under the name Urban Assault and their tunes are constantly charting in the Top10 listings, some of which holding the 1 spot for weeks at a time. In addition to consistently ranking high on the sales charts, their tune “Away” was nominated for the Best Jungle/D&B track in the 2008 International Dance Music Awards and their popular “Red Raider” EP was listed as one of the Top10 Drum & Bass releases of 2009, alongside such artists as Sub Focus, Chase & Status, Noisia, DJ Fresh.

Urban Assault has also released dnb singles on various other labels including a remix of DC Breaks “Do You Believe” (Restless Natives Recordings) and their remix of Nicky Blackmarket & Phantasy’s “Crank” ft MC Skibadee with their own “Easy Run Tings” on the flip (Easy Records).

In addition to their productions, DnB veterans Digital & Phantasy commissioned Shortee to create a mix cd for the popular “Jungle Story Album” featuring remixes & exclusive original tunes by Urban Assault (Easy/Sativa Records). Her live performance at Random Concept’s annual “Innovation in the Sun” festival is also featured on the “Innovation 5 Year Anniversary” Mix CD Pack as well as video & interview footage on the much lauded Random Concept DVD. Looking forward to grimey bass in 2011, be on the lookout for many more Urban Assault / Faust & Shortee releases on Heavy Artillery Recordings & beyond.

HULK:

Hulk is a collaboration of two creative minds that share a similar production style and enthusiasm for heavy bass driven music. After meeting at the 2009 Winter Music Conference in Miami, they began to send files back and forth to collaborate on projects in Dubstep, Hip Hop and Electro. Since the inception, Hulk has been catching the eyes and ears of artists such as The Glitch Mob, Dieselboy, Reid Speed, Reso, The GasLamp Killer, High Rankin, iwrestledabearonce and DJ Lord of Public Enemy, among others.

2010 saw Hulk’s first official release, dropping on Reid Speed’s Play Me Records as a Beatport Exclusive. Forthcoming releases on Foulplay, Shift, and Play Me Records are already creating a buzz around the duo. What’s more, the recent launch of their own record label, BroTown Records has the scene begging for the slated releases to drop, featuring tunes by Veelk, Bukez Finezt, Rsk, Lonestar, as well as tunes by Claw, Richie August, and Hulk themselves.

HELICOPTER SHOWDOWN:

Rinsed heavily by Rusko, Reid Speed, SLUGGO, CALVERTRON and more, their Debut EP “The Wrestler” [Ultragore] made home to Beatport’s Dubstep Top 100 Chart with the title single in the Top 10 for 3 weeks.

The next releases “Hostages” [Ultragore] (collab with SLUGGO) and their freely available “Dramatron”, “Beat Down” [Squitty Bubbler], along with the classic "Whistle Tips" [Dubsaw] (collab with Point.blank) have each received similar fanfare and critical acclaim, and have helped them earn the incredible support of the powerful Dubstep blogosphere.

Forthcoming releases on Play Me and Ultragore have these boys primed for bass music domination. Expect to see collaborations with Calvertron, Boy Kid Cloud, Mark Instinct, SLUGGO, Hulk, and others as well as an original EP and more free releases =)

SUBLO:

Seattle native Jerel Bromley aka Sublo began his musical career training and performing classically on double bass for a decade. An ear for bass and dense melodic compositions lead to an obsession with dance music. Influenced heavily by the global dub culture, Sublo has spent countless hours crafting a unique and heavy sound which chooses to emulate little and resonate large. Signed first to Shift recordings in 2009, Sublo has become a key producer in the west coast bass movement, quickly signing onto Phantom Hz, Gradient Audio, and Hot N Heavy Recordings. A heavy DJ rotation has kept Sublo busy outside of the studio, opening for acts such as Rusko, Joker, Emalkay, DZ, and holding down residencies for Ritual and Redline crews in San Francisco. A keen sense of sound design and addictive melodies are the only expectation; the sound of Sublo has become defined by grimey keys and slapping percussion with a heavy sub bass that is sure to smash any dance

COMMODORE 69:

Commodore 69 (Hot N Heavy, SF) aka dj NITSUJ (360 BPM, Sea) has been rinsing it out on the turntables at clubs and parties, playing a wide variety of styles of dance music since 1994. Getting his start in Seattle as dj Nitsuj he played all styles of drum and bass and is one of the founding members of the 360 BPM d&b crew circa 1996. He has been a resident at the longest running D&b night in Seattle history at the Legendary "Baltic Room Tuesday's" d&b since 1998 and has opened for: Goldie, Groove Rider, Fabio, Andy C, Dillinja, Photek, Lemon D, Ed Rush & Optical, Total Science, dj SS, Bad Co. UK, J Majik, Krust, Roni Size, dj Die, Mampi Swift, Usual Suspects, Future Cut, Bailey, Kenny Ken, Tech Itch, Ink, Loxy, Digital and Spirit to name a few. Moving to San Francisco in 2005 he started playing electro/heavy bass music and in 2007 began production as Commodore 69 then in 2009 started Hot N Heavy Recordings.
With releases on Formation Records, Badman Press/Digital, Sub Philo Music and more forthcoming on his own Hot N Heavy label, Commodore 69 is in perpetual motion.

~THE GLITCH REPORT~
~CRESCENDO~
~KOZ~
~EIGHTY SEVEN~
~More to be announced~

Further details on the way. Stay tuned...

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