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VOODOO RAVE - #SKANKTHEPLANK
FRIDAY 06/04/20-12

Tamesis Dock, Vauxhall / Lambeth, South London. 7pm till 1am.

Get ready for some VODOO RAVING this Friday on the banks of the River Thames, right in the centre of London (well, slightly South of it…) on an old Dutch barge called the Tamesis Dock (just down from Vauxhall station and in full view of the houses of Parliament!)

#SKANKTHEPLANK is the first party of 2012 for veteran underground party people the VOODOO RAVE CREW.

It’s in an intimate 100 capacity venue, and entry is free all night.

Past raves have featured people like Sheffield bassline DJ (and CryBaby Records owner...) J69, Finland's top / only? grime producer Gremino (Rag & Bone Records, Car Crash Set) and Frijsfo Beats label leader DJ Oslek (home to FACT mag / Rinse FM's Blackdown favourite + Future Garage conoisseur Sully, Geiom, Submerse, Cardopusher and many others...).

But there are no headliners for this one, for a change, just VOODOO DJs -

Ras Jambie, Frankly $ick, Greazy B, Datwun, Zombie Nathan, The Worm & Maxi Banton.

Music policy for the night is very varied, but all tailored to make people skank.

Queen Greazy B will be kicking things off early, going back to back with Maxi Banton (aka Jambie in a Dancehall mode…) playing nothing but carnival tunes – Soca, Reggae, Bashment & Dancehall for the Wuk Up, 7pm till 8.30pm.

Next up is Datwun. With a DJ alias harking back to ‘Dem 2’ and the classic late 90s early 00s 2-step era UKG that go with it, he’ll be on an all vinyl hype mixing up Garage and 4x4 Classics with newer UK Funky material, post dubstep and Future Garage vibes.

Then it’s The Worm – original Voodoo hype lady and hardcore junglist she’ll be playing 90s ardcore n’ jungle mixed in with some darkside Drum & Bass pressure for the headstrong.

Next Zombie Nathan, purveyor of low pH ACID squelches and classic Underground Resistance era techno & electro vibes he’ll be playing his own unreleased material mixed up with classic bits from the darkchives.

Next is DJ Frankly Sick / $ick – Grime Kid and peak 02-05 sublow / eski / wot-u-call-it vinyl hoarder don, Frankly’ll be doing what he does best regularly (and internationally) on his regular slot on Osaka Japan’s 241FM. Mashing up the place. Expect grime, bassline, UK funky and all of that sort of urban noise all cunningly deployed and perfectly blended.

King Of Ustream and UK underground supporters to the core: our good friends from 241FM will also be streaming the whole night live from the other side of the world on their channel.

Lastly it’s Voodoo Rave founder Jambie (again, not under an alias). Regular DJ on London’s Innacity FM, and some time guest on Ray Nulds’ weekend Sub FM show online, he will be bringing a hardrive full of dubplates and exclusives from Steel City Bassline, to Wolverhampton Grime, South London Bass, Yuteful Dubstep, Chicago Footwork, East London Funky and Dutch Bubblin House.

All upfront pirate material gathered from the darkest edges of the internet and let loose on the deck to get people skanking.

The party starts at 7pm and ends at 1am.

See you at the front!

Here are some links if you want to hear / see more VOODOO online,

Voodoo Rave Page
#SKANKTHEPLANK Event Page
#SKANKTHEPLANK YouTube Trailer
Jambie Footwork Mixtape
Jambie Mixcloud
Frankly $ick Mixcloud
Jambie Dubplates
Voodoo Radio RIP!

The London Borough Of Bass

On 26th February, six of London’s grubbiest will take over Corsica Studios for a rave that stands to take you lower than ever before. The London Borough of Bass is here and I can tell you now, it’s not a pretty sight. 

THE Z-SHED, RAG & BONE, COIN OPERATED, SPAM FRITTA, SENSELESS RECORDS AND CREEPS LAW PRESENT...  

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Stagga + Skamma & Joe Blow (album launch) 

Burgaboy

Dexplicit

Remarc 

Jerome Hill 

Rrritalin 

Warlock

The Squire Of Gothos

Pirate Soundsystem 

Mustard Gunn VS Spaceface 

DeVille & Sasquatch + MC’S 

Silky Boys 

Your Niece 

Bump n’ Grind VS Josh West 

Das Boot 

UK BASS// GLOBAL BASS// MUTANT BASS  

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Saturday 26th February, 10 til 6am

Corsica Studios, Units 4/5 Elephant Road, SE17 1LB

£4/£6/£8 

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£4 EARLY BIRD TICKETS SOLD OUT! £6 TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM: http://tinyurl.com/4ltv72z

Be there, or be a square.

Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing

"Man Down \ Bad Sex" (plus free download "Let's go mental").

Artist: Valta & Minikin

Label: Rag & Bone Records

Catalogue no: TOTTER 25

Genre: Mutant Bassline / Dubstep

"Valta & Minikin are the kingpins of The Ukrainian underground music scene. For a good few years now they have been running the leading night in capital Kiev dedicated to Bass music...in between gigs they have been busy in the studio developing their sound and it’s a perfect infusion of their Ukrainian roots and the inspiration gleaned from the artists they have worked with at Kievbass.

Rag & Bone Records have chosen 2 tracks that bang on the dancefloor. Already road tested by a few select DJs, they are nothing short of infectious."
 

http://soundcloud.com/ragandbone/sets/valta-minikin-man-down-bad-sex/ 

Out on digital release Moday 31st January 2011.

To coincide with this forthcoming release Rag & Bone are giving away a little freebie track entitled "Let's Go Mental," also on their Soundcloud page.

http://soundcloud.com/ragandbone/valta-minikin-lets-go-mental

I suggest you that you all go and download dat.

Door Number 2

http://www.mixcloud.com/jambie/da-advent-mixes-door-number-2-slewaka-bassline-in-da-house/

"Hold it down, hold it down..."

All Of My Soldiers Four 2 tha Floor

Just to point your eyes towards this new one up on mixcloud by Voodoo fam franklysick.

http://www.mixcloud.com/franklysick/frankly-sick-grim-up-norf/

Lots of good stuff - manz got the niche ting nailed!

Respect where respect's due.

Bassline is...Killin It

Has anyone else noticed that's there's a sh*tload of good bassline coming out at the moment?!?!?

Not much getting pressed unfortunately, so I've been raiding back catalogues.

London, Leeds, Sheffield....

...it's grime up north.