UK Bass Radio Newsletter March 2007

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UK Bass Radio Newsletter: Mar 2007

Ez all Ukbass Krew! It’s that time of the month again. More news and events from your favourite DNB site.

It’s been a busy month for the site as Overload has been putting the finishing touches to new look the site. I’m sure you will all agree that the new look is fantastic. The face lift has given the site a fresh look and the chatroom has been modified to reduce the lag and crashes.

We’ve also seen an influx of new talent on the site. As more and more people get to hear about us, DJs wanna step up and represent for UK Bass Radio.

New Djs include T-Base, Philly-B, Fada and Tribe.

Also, this month, we have been nominated for the Best DnB Website on the BBC Radio 1, 1XTRA Drum and Bass Awards. There is a feature on this later on in the newsletter.

Don’t forget that any up and coming events or Birthdays, etc... can be put in the newsletter so get busy and send em in.

Peace, CQB




Name: Terraformer
Location: Colchester, Essex
Genre: All Drum & Bass
Show Time: Saturdays 10pm – 1am
Terraformer started mixing back in 1997 playing funky house and trance in a local club. In 1999 he moved into deeper styles of dance music in the form of tech & deeper house. In around 2000 he began integrating drum n’ bass tunes into his sets. After playing more regularly at clubs and parties, Terraformer had found his forte - pure drum n’ bass.
DJ Terraformer's style has since developed into mostly the harder and darker side of d n’ b although he generally plays whatever drum and bass he enjoys. His mixing styles are unusual as he integrates elements of techno & house mixing and has developed his own specially developed techniques. His mixing is often seamless and rapid, the tune selection hard and heavy. In 2003, DJ Terraformer launched Bassknights with fellow deejays Tonyx & Onslaught. He has played frequently at the Nastybeatz/Freedom Parties in Southampton, live gigs outside at various events, and several years’ club experience from 1997-2000
In around 2004 Terraformer began making music again in the form of dark-jump up and liquid drum n bass, with early tunes that received positive feedback and internet radio playtime, such as Red Mist and Pit of Snakes. More recently he has been working with the German band 'Nude' and his remix of 'Moon' is featured on their Beatport-released EP on Wohnton Musik. Production wise he has been influenced by the work of artists such as Blame, Nero, Noisia, Sub Focus, Dillinja, Funk D'Void, Leftfield and many others.
Now in 2006 Terraformer has finished around 30 tracks (and more under various pseudonyms). Look out for his 2 new EPs, the Iron Curtain EP (darker harder sound) and the Velvet Curtain EP (deeper liquid vibes) and also a stack of remixes. In the future his ambitions are to get his tracks played at a big rave by a top DJ, and to release a track on vinyl in the UK.
Terraformer plays (almost) every Saturday night on UKBass, with guest DJs Onslaught and Tonyx, and guest MC RC Stylee. We usually cover most styles of DnB and look out for a few world exclusive productions.
Shout outs to all the UKB, Lifeplus, Reputation, Destroyer, MayhemDnB families and all the Colchester DnB heads.
http://www.myspace.com/terraformer21
http://www.lifeplusrecordings.com



Radio Schedule:

Monday
12AM - 3PM Archives / Free session [Apply ]
3PM – 4PM Philly B
4PM - 7PM Abuse (Mono and Strict), Violation
7PM - 8PM Liquid sessions with DJ Aquari
8PM - 10PM Nicky Freedom, Risky & Dr. Nast-E present Nasty Beatz
10PM - 12AM DJ Jackz

Tuesday
12AM - 5PM Archives / Free session [ Apply ]
4PM - 6PM DJ Cerberus
6PM - 7PM Clear Concept
7PM - 8PM DJ Ruffha: Liquid Soul Sessions
8PM - 10PM The Rupture Sessions with Mantra and Double 0
10PM - 12AM DJ Jackz and DJ Gustav

Wednesday
12AM - 6PM Archives / Free session [ Apply ]
4PM - 6PM Abuse (Mono and Strict), Violation
6PM - 7PM DJ MiNDSET "Filtering Silence"
7PM - 9PM DJ Catch
9PM - 11PM DJ Future presents The Federation Show
11PM - 12AM DJ Umbillacord with Evo and 4Dee

Thursday
12AM - 4.30PM Archives / Free session [ Apply ]
4.30PM – 5.30PM DJ Skelm
5.30PM - 6.45PM DJ Sky and Generic B2B
6.45PM - 8PM Into The Rainforest with DJ Roostah
8PM - 9PM DJ Typical
9PM - 10PM Ragman Jets
10PM - 12AM FΛT BΛЯRY™ presents LIQUIDation

Friday
12AM - 3PM Archives / Free session [ Apply ]
3PM – 4PM Drumfunk Hour with DJ Fada
4PM - 5PM DJ Psycho-666
5PM - 7PM "Gone A.W.O.L." with DJ CQB
7PM - 8PM Free session
8PM - 9PM The Overload Show
9PM - 2AM DJ C-Jay and Kalaish present United Mindz

Saturday
2AM - 12PM Archives / Free session [ Apply ]
12PM – 2PM Double Trouble, DJ Tribe and Guests
4PM - 6PM DJ G-Rat
6PM - 8PM DJ SparkEE, JungleRavers
8PM - 9PM NoiseMonkey's Bananas Jungle Show
9PM - 10PM Coming soon
10PM - 1AM Terraformer presents Midnight Resistance
1AM – 2AM Adge Dub and the GRID Recordings Show

Sunday
12AM - 2PM Archives / Free session [ Apply ]
2PM - 4PM Rollin'thund4 & DJ Deadly
4PM - 5PM DJ Mindset "Sunday Roast"
5PM - 6PM DJ Loonie
6PM - 7PM DJ Gwynstarr returns... coming soon...
7PM - 9PM DJ FuZion presents the Deceptive Audio show
9PM - 11PM Klippa and Random Swych with MC Dan Dark
11PM - 12PM DJ T-Base presents Sunday Mass

Name: Cerberus
Location: Southampton
Genre: All Drum & Bass
Show Time: Tuesdays 4pm – 6pm

Ez all,
I started mixing about 10 years ago and back then I was into my hard house and Nu Energy but as I got older my tastes changed and I have been mixing DnB since. I have always been into the Dance/Rave scene started listening to Fantazia/Dreamscape tapes and it has progressed from there.
Some of my favourite producers are:
John B
Resonant Evil / Audio
Aphrodite
Kryptic Mindz / Leon Switch
Black Sun Empire
Break
Noisia
G Dub
Seba + Paradox
Calyx
and many more.
My style of mixing is clean mixes with a bit of chopping (not too much)and I try to play a variety of genres in my sets.
I have had a couple of sets out (not enough tho )and have also mixed on a few Internet radio stations over the past few years.
Big up all the UKB Kru and keep it locked
Peace.

Events

Just in case you guys missed the post in the Forum, Kalamata @ Earth Club in Eastleigh has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

DJ Marky & Friends
DJ Marky & Friends at The End 23rd March 2007
The first DJ Marky and Friends of 2007 has a line up that is the best possible start to the year including DJ Storm and Seiji, Alex Phountzi and MC MG from the Bugz in The Attic crew.
Tickets are £13/£11 NUS on the door or from www.ticketweb.co.uk.
For more info contact calvin@bulldozermedia.com.


BANG FACE XLIII
BANG FACE XLIII - HARD CREW WE HAVE A PROBLEM
Friday 13th April 2007

An Outer Space Neo-Rave Explosion marking the day that Apollo 13 was crippled by an explosion en route to the Moon in 1970...

LEEROY THORNHILL - Rare DJ set from the 90s Prodigy Legend!
LIQUID - Live - Rave Heroes responsible for 'Sweet Harmony'
THE PANACEA - Slamming Neo-Rave Techno Mayhem
AARON SPECTRE - Live Jungle at its rinsing best
BREAKAGE - The D&B / Amen Master
JAHBA - Rave Junglist who gave us 'War Pigz VIP'
CHEVRON - Acid fuelled Neo-Rave Hysteria
OEN FLUX - Hyperspace-style Happy Hardcore
ED REAL - Maximum Hard Crew Representation
SAINT ACID & THE BANG FACE HARD CREW

9pm - 6am @ Electrowerkz, 7 Torrens Street, Islington, London EC1V 1NQ

Hype + ticket info: www.bangface.com

RAVE THEME: OUTER SPACE
Come dressed up as Astronauts and Aliens


Ez UK bass
New nite in Swansea starting Sat March 17th, upstairs at Sin City (previously juice bar/engine room)
10.30 till late
2 QUID WITH FLYER, 3 QUID WITHOUT
DRINKS DISCOUNTS
KENNY KEN mix n blen
CRISSY CRISS 1xtra
MINDSET UKBassRadio
C-4 (me!!!) b2b AIRAYD
MC's MELLO'D, NORTZ, RASCAL
nothing but jump up to heavy DnB all nite.

Safe, hope to c u there.
Craig AKA C-4

The 1st BBC 1XTRA Drum and Bass Awards 2007

Sunday March 11th saw the very first Drum and Bass Awards from Radio 1s, 1xtra. With headlining acts like Jenna G, Ben Westbeech and Clipz + Die, we knew we were in for a Monster of an evening.

Tickets were in the form of leather wristbands with either GUEST or VIP inscribed on them. “No wristband? No entry!” was the message that came with the invitation. Yeh like we were gonna forget them.

Due to the late arrival of my own, I couldn’t make it to the event so Fat Barry and Techy Rabbz ended up going using my wristbands and I believe Overload had a couple spare who he gave to some of the other Djs on the site. All those plus many others from the site headed to the Neighbourhood Club, Ladbroke Grove, West London faster than a Scotsman running to the pub with a money off voucher!

UK Bass Radio was up for the Best UK Drum and Bass Website. With the competition as DnB Arena and Dogs On Acid, the race was on.

The fact that we got nominated for this award, and that we are a fairly young website, shows the dedication and hard work that goes into running the site as well as the 110% effort that the DJs / Mcs give week in week out. So no matter what the result was gonna be, we all knew that our hard work had been recognised by the listeners from around the world. That in itself is a MASSIVE achievement. So I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you that voted for the site. We will be giving you much more this next year coming.

DnB Arena won the Award, but I’m sure it would be safe to say that it was a close one

Having spoken to a few of the guys who went, it was an absolutely stonker of a night out. With some of them even going to the after party.

Some photos of the night can be found on the 1xtra website using this link :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/xb07/galleries/awards/1.shtml





Here is a round up of the results for those of you who missed them:

Best Website
WINNER: Drum and Bass Arena
2. Dogs On Acid
3. UK Bass Radio

Best Breakthrough Producer
WINNER: TC
2. Benny Page
3. Alix Perez

Best Breakthrough DJ
WINNER: Cyantific
2. Alix Perez
3. DJ Steppa

Best Breakthrough MC
WINNER: MC Dre
2. Reborn MC
3. MC Ramin

Best Club Night / Promoter
WINNER: Innovation - M. Finn / L. Galloway
2. Hospitality, Hospital Records - T. Colman / C. Goss
3. Detonate - J. Busby / K. Pyer / R. Scott

Best Live Act
WINNER: London Elektricity
2. Craggz and Parallel Forces
3. Jenna G

Best Single
WINNER: Jenna G with Chase & Status - In Love
2. Subfocus - Aeroplane
3. TC - Deep

Best Album
WINNER: Logistics - Now More Than Ever
2. Lime Wax - Scars On The Horizon
3. Breakage - This Too Shall Pass

Best Label
WINNER: Ram Records
2. Hospital Records
3. Subtitles

Best International Artist / DJ
WINNER: DJ Marky (Brazil)
2. Noisia (Holland)
3. Marcus Visionary (Canada)

DJ of the Year
WINNER: DJ Hype
2. Andy C
3. DJ Friction

MC of the Year
WINNER: Skibadee
2. SP:MC
3. Eksman

Vocalist of the year
WINNER: Jenna G
2. Stamina MC
3. Ben Westbeech

Producer of the Year
WINNER: TC
2. Benny Page
3. Alix Perez

XtraBass Icon
WINNER: Andy C
2. Nicky Blackmarket
3. Tony Colman (Hospital Records)




Attention all up and comings Djs and Artists!!

We are a proactive site and are always looking for new talent for the station. So if you think you can mix, or you have put down a track that you think we could play on air, then follow these simple steps.
1. Contact us at the email below telling us what you would like to submit or alternative click on the link next to “free session/apply now” in the radio schedule.
2. If you submit a mix then it should be between 45 and 60 minutes long, with a track list as much as possible.
3. Send us the link to the download and we will get back to you or contact us for FTP details.

Feedback and Suggestions:

Don’t forget to put your ideas, questions and announcements into us at dj_cqb@hotmail.com

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