Photos: Stealth 7th Birthday (Part 4) with LOEFAH & JULIO BASHMORE

On Easter Sunday 24th April we threw the final party of the Stealth 7th Birthday weekend - featuring LOEFAH, JULIO BASHMORE & lots more.

Here are a few of the photos from the night:





The rest of the photos are up here on the Stealth Facebook Page.

Also we are pleased to announce that JULIO BASHMORE has been added to the dollop 7th Birthday lineup (alongside JAMIE XX, JOY ORBISON & BENJI B) on Friday June 3rd!

Advance tickets are available from Alt-Tickets & Fatsoma, and for more information check out the dollop Facebook event.

Guardian 'Pick Of The Week': Easter Sunday special with LOEFAH & JULIO BASHMORE

This Easter Sunday we have a special one-off event with DMZ/Swamp 81's LOEFAH, JULIO BASHMORE, Wigflex's Spamchop and dollop resident D'lex.

The lovely people at The Guardian clearly have good taste as they have selected it as their Pick Of The Week!

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LOEFAH (DMZ/Swamp81)
The seminal work of producer pioneer, Loefah has been formative in the creation and development of the now worldwide scene of dubstep. Along with his partners, Mala and Coki, he started and continues to run the now infamous DMZ brand.
Though still part and parcel of DMZ, in 2009, he started his own label called Swamp81 which better reflected his developing direction in underground music. As "dubstep" grew further and further from its roots and became increasingly commercial, Loefah turned his attention to an emergent new hive of creativity to create the home label, Swamp 81.



With a steady stream of output from the likes of Kryptic minds, Skream, Pinch, Ramadanman, Addison Groove, Instra:Mental, Boddika and Falty-DL, it became increasingly clear that Swamp81 is dedicated to the promotion of subcultural bass music rather than dubstep music per se. The releases display a like minded dedication to weighty electronic music and that is what has made the ripples world wide for this label, winner of the best new label in at the dubstep awards 2010.
Reflecting the eclecticism, Swamp81 releases are being supported by a variation of DJs such as A-Trak, Josh Wink, Joy Orbison, Ricardo Villalobos, Giles Peterson, Kode9, Benji B, and many more.

Loefah's 50 minute video mix for Boiler Room #42:


Also watch part of his set from the recent DMZ 6th Birthday:


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JULIO BASHMORE (dirtybird)
Bristolian Matthew Walker (aka Julio Bashmore) is one of the hottest names in House music, being hyped by everyone from Fact Mag & RA to Vice Magazine. Despite being straight up house tracks, his productions have enough bottom end to also appeal to lovers of Garage and Dubstep; and have gained support from the likes of Claude VonStroke, Gilles Peterson, Jesse Rose, Pearson Sound (Ramadanman), Annie Mac, Jacques Greene, Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team, Martyn, Tiga, Benji B, Pete Tong, Seiji, Zombie Disco Squad, Deadboy, Mary Anne Hobbs, Midland, Zane Lowe, xxxy, Brodinski & pretty much every other self respecting DJ on the scene.

Julio Bashmore - The Battle For Middle You:




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SPAMCHOP (Wigflex)
D'LEX (dollop)
& more tbc

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INFO:
Date: Sunday 24th April
Venue: Stealth, Nottingham

Tickets: Only £5 from Fatsoma.

For limited cheaplist info click here.

For more information check out the Facebook Event.

Get to know... JULIO BASHMORE (dirtybird)

Get to know...

JULIO BASHMORE
(dirtybird/Ten Thousand Yen/PMR Records)
It might seem counterintuitive for a producer to detach himself from one of the planet's most thriving music scenes, but in the case of Matthew Walker, AKA Julio Bashmore, that's exactly what he did growing up in bass music hotbed, Bristol. You see, Julio's first love is house music. And operating just on the peripheries of the city's scene has allowed him to quietly cultivate a take on the genre unlike any other.


Julio may have appeared to burst on to the scene in late 2009, but the lead up to the Julio Bashmore EP for Claude VonStroke's highly influential dirtybird label was essentially a lifetime in the making. This breakthrough also meant a difficult decision: on the cusp of leaving for university Julio decided instead to remain in Bristol and install production and DJing as his primary focus.



Aged 14, a battered old PC and a copy of Reason became Julio's very first 'instruments.' He later experimented with synthesizers and guitars, playing in bands for a brief period, but by the time he was old enough to experience club culture firsthand, Julio had made the realisation that DJing was the true vehicle in which to deliver his music.

After spending considerable periods of time sharpening his mixing and productions skills, Julio's big breakthrough came with his 2011 track 'Battle For Middle You' released in January on his 'Everyone Needs a Theme Tune' EP on new London-based record label PMR Records.



Prior to this release Julio had crafted critically acclaimed tracks & remixes for the likes of Night Slugs, fabric, Ten Thousand Yen & Soul Motive.

Here are a selection of his forward-thinking house productions:







With a recent collaboration with the first lady of dirtybird J Phlip, and forthcoming remixes for Turbo Records & Sound Pellegrino 2011 is set to be a massive year for the modest young man from Bristol!

Midnight (at the Aquarium) - J.Phlip & Julio Bashmore by JulioBashmore





For an idea of what to expect from his DJ sets check out the mixes below:

Bass Music Mix 3 - Julio Bashmore

Julio Bashmore :: Tfc Mix Series Vol 1

Jb's Armchair Dancefloor - Drowned In Sound

Julio Bashmore has been a very difficult man to book. We had been trying for over a year before managing it, as he had preferred to simply make music, than to traipse around DJ'ing. He is not anti-DJing, nor does he possess a sense of exclusivity; he simply prefers being locked away, producing. It is for this reason that we are so hyped for his upcoming set at Stealth.

Stay tuned for further info!

CLAUDE VONSTROKE exclusive interview for dollop

In advance of tonight's show at Stealth the guys over at dollop managed to catch a few minutes with the one and only CLAUDE VONSTROKE!


dollop: What do you think of the new hybrid of House, Dubstep and Techno that is coming out of the UK at the moment (eg. Julio Bashmore)?

CVS: Awesome. I love it. Finally something fresh to listen to.

dollop: And how is this hybrid of sounds received in the States?

CVS: We usually hear it for the first time just about the same time the trend dies in the UK. At the same time, we have our own trends. Maybe no one follows them like they do in London and Berlin but that's what makes us special, isn't it.

dollop: How is the dirtybird sound developing and what involvement do you have with that?

CVS: I am the A&R and owner of dirtybird so i guess i am responsible for the sound. The development is based entirely on the music that i like. Basically more grease and grit please. Don't be so obvious unless you are a genius and then you are allowed to make very simple tracks that kill because you know what you are doing

dollop: Which of your productions are you most proud of?

CVS: DB005 was the best 2 tracker combo I've done. All the way from goofy to emotional in one EP.

dollop: When did you start djing?

CVS: I had a radio show in High School which feels like about 100 years ago. There was no mixing involved with that. I would play a record then talk, then play another record. My show was called the Power Move and it was all hip-hop. I would give away a free pizza every show to get people to listen. It's not so common to have a radio station in a high school so i guess that was quite lucky.

dollop: Who is your role model?

CVS: Rick Rubin

dollop: What are you most afraid of in Detroit?

CVS: I'm not (which is the point of the track to begin with).

dollop: Have you revisited Detroit recently? How does it's current party scene compare to the past?

CVS: I don't feel comfortable being an "official" reporter on the Detroit scene because i moved away a while ago to San Francisco, but as far as I can tell it's been picking up again. Last time i went there i played for 2000 people which was quite a big jump from the time before for about 350 only a year ago. I may have to qualify that by telling you that "Mini-Me" was the 'MC' of that larger event which could have accounted for at least 30 extra people.

Claude VonStroke plays at dollop tonight at Stealth alongside Jamie Woon (live), Benji B (Radio 1) and lots more.

Check out the relevant blog posts on tonight's acts:
CLAUDE VONSTROKE
JAMIE WOON
BENJI B

Tickets : Alt-Tickets or Stealth online.

For more info check out the dollop Facebook event.

Join the dollop Nottingham Group.

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RAMADANMAN presents PEARSON SOUND at Steath (28.01.11)

RAMADANMAN presents PEARSON SOUND

This Friday at Stealth we are pleased to welcome the man formally known as Ramadanman - the one and only PEARSON SOUND.
David Kennedy’s work as Ramadanman and Pearson Sound has been a positive scourge on the airwaves this past year. His current deviation from any kind of conventional ‘dubstep’ template hasn’t come as a shock for anyone who’s been following his career from the start - he’s always had a particular slant and a percussively textured style all of his own that’s often layered with thick and potent bass frequencies and synth washes.


2010 was a breakthrough year for Kennedy - putting out nearly ten 12-inches (on labels like Swamp81, Aus Music & Hemlock), and helping bass music forward, both through his own productions and through Hessle Audio, the label he runs with Ben UFO and Pangaea. His forthoming Fabriclive 56 mix showcases the production and DJ style that have earned him so much acclaim as of late; in addition to tracks from many of his friends and contemporaries (Appleblim, Joy Orbison, Elgato, J Kenzo, Pangaea, Addison Groove), the 30-track mix works in house and techno cuts, along with a gaggle of new productions, including three from his own Pearson Sound alias.
"It's a bit of a retrospective of some of my favourite music from 2010, and is representative of a set I would play in a club," Kennedy says. "Even though I don't play much stuff at 140BPM these days, I always like to end up at that tempo as that is the music that got me to where I am, and tracks like Sub Zero by D1 are very powerful for me because they remind me of spending time at FWD in 2006, which was so formative."







As well as his own productions he has also made remixes for the likes of Jamie Woon, MIA & Julio Bashmore:







Here is the full lineup for Friday's event:

DETONATE
Friday 28th January 10-5am
Stealth & Rescue Rooms

FABIO
NETSKY
RAMADANMAN Presents PEARSON SOUND
COKI (dmz)
BREAK
BAR9
HORSEPOWER PRODUCTIONS
THE PROTOTYPES [shogun audio]
DRAMATIC & DBAUDIO
TRANSIT MAFIA
RETRAFLEX
DAWNTREADER
SOLERO
COPIUS
MC’S LOWQUI, MAVERIC, FREESTYLE, RUTHLESS

For more information check out the Facebook Event.

Advance Tickets advised: Alt-Tickets.