Maverick Sabre@02 Academy Brixton – 6th October 2012

After missing his gigs at countless festivals this year, Maverick Sabre shall evade me no more. The last on my list of must see artists [except from the mighty Michel Buble], I have just purchased tickets to see Maverick Sabre at 02 Academy Brixton, and I am extremely excited. Adding to what is set to be an incredible evening of musical talent, Ms Dynamite, Daley, and Rudimental are also supporting. Review pending…

Tickets are still available: http://www.o2academybrixton.co.uk/event/40263/maverick-sabre-tickets 

 

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Pause Launch Party@Proud2 [Saturday 15th September]

Launch Party // Saturday 15th September // 10pm – 6am

Frank PR Statement 

Proud2 are delighted to announce the arrival of Pause, bringing the very best in underground House and Techno. Situated at the O2 Arena, we launch with a bang on Saturday 15^th September and we’ll be using our huge Martin Audio sound system and renowned Body Sonic dance floor to full effect.

Line Up

Darius Syrossian (ViVa Music, Get Physical, 8Bit)

Burnski (Hot Creations, 2020Vision, Poker Flat)

Glimpse (Hypercolour, Crosstown Rebels)

Waze & Odyssey (PetFood, Southern Fried)

Casino Times (Wolf Music)

The Beat Medics

Jim Rider

Headlining the inaugural Pause is ViVa Music star Darius Syrossian. Having grown up influenced by House legends Kenny Dope and DJ Sneak, Darius has gone on to tour every continent while releasing music  on some of the world’s leading House/Techno labels such as Get Physical, ViVa Music and 8bit. He consistently charts on Beatport and in DJ Mag’s top 100 tracks with efforts like “I Am The Creator Of Jack” and this summer’s “Freaky D” is sure to be a huge Ibiza hit.

His position within the ViVa Music team sees him present a monthly online radio show, including interviews and guest mixes from world renowned artists, going out to listeners in 30 countries across the world. Plus, this summer he releases his own ViVa Music Mix CD!

With one of the biggest selling releases in the history of 2020 Vision, Burnski was hailed as a prodigy upon first surfacing in the mid 00′s. Since then, he has cemented a solid reputation as an artist erring on the deeper side of the dancefloor, releasing consistently excellent music on labels such as Poker Flat, Dessous and Hot Creations.

We also welcome Glimpse. From the early days of his hugely successful ‘Black Series’ through to the groove-laden tech house of ‘Drifting’ on Planet E and, later, fully pursuing the deep and organic take on house via his Crosstown Rebels singles and album – this musical range has gained him the respect of his peers and culminated in two successive nominations in DJ Magazine’s prestigious ‘Best British Producer’ category.

Mysterious duo Waze & Odyssey (PetFood, Southern Fried) bring the best elements of nineties NY house and garage whilst still sounding totally fresh, W&O have seemingly appeared out of nowhere, clocking up their essential debut EP ‘Ah Baby’ on PetFood.

Casino Times are Joe Spencer and Nick Church from Oxford. They’ve been tearing clubs up recently as well as remixing the likes of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, MJ Cole and Jozif along the way. Ones to watch for summer 2012 and beyond!

Proud2, The O2, Peninsula Square, London, SE10 0DX

0208 463 3070 // www.proud2.com // Limited Earlybird Tickets £8

Contact: jim@proud.co.uk

 

Newsflash! Skream’s Birthday Bash + Special Guests – Thursday 31st May

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Video: Jaguar Skills@Scala March 17th 2012 [Rated*****]

Jaguar Skills and His Amazing Friends@Scala London March 17th 2012 [Rated Off the Richter]

Zombiemeat and Raider are currently recovering from a truly epic evening with the original ninja Mr Jaguar Skills, who played last night at the Scala for his Spring 2012 ‘Jaguar Skills and his Amazing Friends’ Tour. DJ Cable and Murkage were the first acts to start us off and they done an almighty job in hyping up the crowd-by 1:00am the main room was heaving and there wasn’t a reveller in sight who was not unleashing elated bass fury into their moves. Anyone who is fan or has already experienced a night with Jaguar Skills can just imagine how much buzz was flowing through the room by the time we were graced with his presence. The Radio 1 mixologist went down an absolute storm with his infamous lightning-quick mixing and uber mash-up skills. It was an aural assault of Dubstep to Drum n Bass, and everything in between, and I can honestly say I have never been part of such extreme dance mayhem. For the first thirty minutes of his two-hour set, we found ourselves being aggressively moshed around all four corners of the modest sized venue. The crowd went mental, and the epicness of his set done nothing for the safety of our internal organs. Suffering serious body crushing and headrush claustrophobia we battled our way to higher ground and relished a good deal of the set with ample body whipping and arms flailing space. An amazing night. At no point during Jaguar Skill’s set was there time to suck in the stitch and catch our breath; he banged out one epic tune after the next; having had the tickets and waited so long to experience the DJ on the top of our must see list it was certainly not a disappointment.  I would recommend absolutely everyone and anyone to hit up a night with Jaguar Skills! I wouldn’t recommend the cabby office near the Scala though. I get a need when I’m leaving the club and I’m wanting to please it (that’s going to bed) and I’m usually on the roam so I need a car when we leave clubs immediately; 45 minutes into our journey lost and driving the wrong way up a dual carriage way I’m thinking we need to get out, but the more that I need it the less that I believe it. Thankfully we are alive so it’s all good… moral to the Lindsey OCS, is get the bus. All I can say now is bring on the next one!

2012 sets to be another landmark year for our masked hero. His highly successful mix compilation for Toolroom Records received critical acclaim, and he has now been donned the“King of the Comps”. The demand for Jaguar Skills in and outside of the UK has gone to new levels; we literally cannot wait to see to see what he pull out the back this year. Keep an eye out for forthcoming event information.

The following  videos include “Ginger Pubes” and a rather special mash-up mix - more videos pending.

Also a special Raider shout out to the one and only legendary MC on the Mic Mr Stuuuuudiiiioooo…I’m sending one of these out to you (x)

Finally a message fellow lovers of the mighty Jaguar Skills – HoooOOOooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

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Raider Recommendations: Fabric London Presents Rinse 05/04/2012

Purchase tickets here: https://fabriclondon.ticketabc.com/events/fwd05-04-12/

Zombiemeat & Raider attend Jack Beats/Benga & Youngman@FabricLive London March 2012

What an absolutely quality night at Fabric! With our new FabricLive membership cards we were able to skip a rather hefty queue and paid a very reasonable £10 entrance fee with our student cards. As usual we headed straight to the main room to be greeted with the delightful sounds of Zinc pumping out some seriously sexy baselines to a heaving crowd. After several hours of perspiration and full body whiplash dancing we were graced with an incredible set by Jack Beats, which was followed by an equally epic and impressive showdown by the Dubstep King Mr Benga himself with Youngman MC – [who is hot hot hot!] Annie Mac joined the duo on stage with her entourage and was donning a new blonde Gwen stefaniesque hair do- you could hardly recognise her! I took several videos which I have linked below, but as usual they only capture a flavour of the awesomeness! Fellow lovers of the D’n'B and Dubstep, get yourselves down to FabricLive on Fridays, come hunt us down and join us for the wobbles!

            

 

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Raider & Zombiemeat Attending FabricLIVE. Tonight! [Update Pending]

Room 1

JACK BEATS LOVES    

Jack Beats Live

Benga & Youngman

Zinc & MC Script

Botnek

More TBA

Room 2

MODA

Jaymo & Andy George

Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team

Doorly

T. Williams

Tom Staar

Room 3

CIVIL MUSIC

Starkey

Drums of Death

Reso

Kuhn

Raider Club Review: XOYO – East London [Rated****]

Situated on a side street close to Old Street Station, XOYO is an 800-capacity live music venue attracting an eclectic crowd. 
An industrial space donning concrete floors and white columns, XOYO has two rooms including an intimate upstairs bar area, and the main basement space with two bars and a stage for  live events.   

We attended the XOYO vs Ingredients club night a few weeks ago and had a brilliant night. The venue and the event attracted two very different crowds; Shoreditch hipsters in the intimate bar, and hard-core bass heads in the basement-this may sound random, but actually made for an even more pleasant evening given we could shift between different crowds and music genres.  

The line up for XOYO vs Ingredients was awesome and included: dBridge + Total Science + Dub Phizix & Skeptical ft Strategy + Jubei. All of the acts went down a storm, but Dub Phizik & Skeptical ft Strategy has to be the highlight of our night [see video below]. Given many of the events end at 3:00am, we recommend XOYO as the perfect starter venue for revellers intending on heading down to Fabric.

There are a range of new bars and venues in and around Shoreditch, but XOYO offers an array of different club nights and attracts an assortment of crowds, which ultimately makes for a venue that should stand the test of time. XOYO plays host to some of the best upcoming and cutting edge artists on the scene with a mixture of live performances and DJs. We would certainly recommend XOYO for a good night out. Entrance fees vary according to the night…we paid £6.oo for the early bird ticket to this event, which we thought was excellent for an East London club and drink prices are typical averaging £3.80 for a bottle of beer with a range of spirits and cocktails on offer.  

There are some excellent nights come up at XOYO that are definitely worth checking out. Plastician, Joker and Stinkhabell will be playing next Friday, followed by Jackmaster, Ben UFO and Oneman next Saturday; next weekend alone demonstrates the calibre of acts that are playing at this club. See the website for full club listings and information: http://xoyo.co.uk/listings

Boiler Room Ninja Tune Takeover

So tomorrow sees the first London Boiler Room of 2012 with the Ninja Tune label heading up proceedings. With the launch of the remixed version of Bonobo’s immense album “Black Sands” just round the corner, Ninja Tune are keen to showcase the talent the label has to offer and if their christmas party is anything to go by, this should be a good night. You can tune in tomorrow from 8pm on the Boiler Room website, might see me bouncing round in the background.

http://boilerroom.tv/

[Video] XOYO vs Ingredients – Dub Phizix and Skeptical feat Strategy – “Marka”

Zombiemeat and Raider attended XOYO vs Ingredients last night to check out the Dub Phizix and Skeptical set, and the place went off! Check out the video below…Were heading off to Nomad Club in Shoreditch this evening to review Dana Ruh, so a great weekend for the Raiders.  Reviews pending for both XOYO vs Ingredients and Dana Rah@Nomad Club.

Raiders are attending XOYO Versus Ingredients – Friday 3rd Feb 2012 – [London]

Get ready for a heavy earbleeding night of bass at the unique XOYO art and club space in Shoreditch. Not one to miss fellow bass cravers! XOYO Versus Ingredients presents: dBridge + Total Science + Dub Phizix & Skeptical ft Strategy + Jubei. Oh yes! All equally amazing… but the Raiders are particularly excited about seeing Dub Phizix & Skeptical ft Strategy… Bring it on! 

Early Bird Tickets cost £6:00 – buy tickets here: http://www.musicglue.net/xoyo/eventdetails/3-feb-12-dbridge-xoyo/

32-37 Cowper Street London EC2A 4AP

XOYO website: www.xoyo.co.uk/

 

I give to you an assortment of tracks for your listening pleasures!

 

Newsflash! Croydub@Black Sheep Bar 18/12/11 – Dubstep has come home!

Now if we knew we had a uber cool alternative strictly members only bar right on our doorstep that was playing host to some of the best names in dubstep, drum and bass, rock and indie, we would have been members a long time ago. Looks like Croydon may be our new local hotspot. We have yet to visit this Black Sheep Bar, but we intend on heading on down this week to check out the venue and the sets. [Review Pending] 

Every few months the bar hosts the club night ‘Croydub’. By the looks of the last line up (Coki, Artwork, Plastician, P Money, Hatcha, and many more) and tonights line up - the one and only Skream (which we are very disappointed to be missing) Croydub@ Black Black Sheep Bar is the place to be.

If you are in or around Croydon tonight head on down 8-4am - Skream, Tunnidge, Chefal, Kutz, Hijak, Walsh, Dismantle, Skandal, Surge and Mic Man Sgt Pokes…There are still wrist bands going at the bar.

On Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat playing Dance, Drum & Bass, Eclectic, Hip-Hop, Indie, Metal, Rock, Techno / Trance.  68 High St, Croydon, CR0 1NA.

Entry: Membership can be obtained on the night, bring photographic ID. Membership fees may vary.

http://www.blacksheepbar.com/croydub/

Art Department@Secret Warehouse -16th December 2011 [London]

Tomorrow we take it to the future with the new skool wizards of techno. Straight from Canada, Art Department take over Hackney to indulge in some rebel raving and mind bending musical bites from out of this world. Raiders will report back upon landing down on planet Earth. Peace out.

Surprise Newsflash: Raiders are attending Jaguar Skills@Scala 17/3/2012 [London]

We were unfortunate enough to miss the majority of Jaguar Skills set at the LED Festival in June, we have missed several more nights in and outside of London since…but the ninja shall elude us no more. I have just treated Raider 3 aka (Mr Kenny) and myself to x2 tickets to see Jaguar Skills at Scala London, King’s Cross (surprise is out- Happy 2012 Skenmeister :-) heres to another wicked year!).  Beyond excited – this wont be a night where you walk out thinking you’ve listened to a 5 hour song, no… we are guaranteed to leave Scala suffering severe lactic acid leg quivers after a superb onslaught of amazing mashup tunage.

Get involved-tickets will sell fast!!   

Buy tickets here: http://www.seetickets.com/Event/JAGUAR-SKILLS/Scala-London/598569

Website – http://jaguarskills.com/ Blog – http://jaguarskills.blogspot.com//