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Live at Bassweight, Chicago 9/6/12. MC Anti AKA Black Lion on the mic. 3 decks rolling as usual.

1. The Others - The Way You Make Me - Dub Police

2. Farkas & RDG - Iron Man 2 - Biscuit Factory

3. Soap Dodgers - Twister - Wheel & Deal

  4. Matt-U - Wipe Em Out - Black Box

  5. J Kenzo - Invaderz - Tempa

  6. Soap Dodgers - Ill Minded - Tempa

  7. LX One - You - Wheel & Deal

  8. Cluekid - Into The Jungle - Terrain

  9. LAXX & Farkas - Creature - Biscuit Factory

  10. Filth Collins - Bomb Bass - Dub Police

  11. Mala - Cuba Electronic - Brownswood

  12. Biome - Shadows - New Moon Recordings

  13. Distance - Deserted - Chestplate

  14. Sparxy - Shallow Grave - Bacon Dubs

>>>Skream - Filth - Tempa

  15. Tunnidge - Fear - Chestplate

  16. Proxima - Grunge - Tempa

  17. Killawatt & Thelem - Dualism - Osiris Music UK

  18. Icicle - Minimal Dub - Shogun Audio

  19. Icicle vs. TMSV - Minimal Dub / Dem A Talk (The Illuminated Mash-Up) - FKOF

  20. Plastician - Plasbar - Terrorhythm

  21. Preditah - Gargoyle - Earth616

  22. Baauer - Harlem Shake - Mad Decent

  23. Darq E Freaker vs Footsie - B.O.G. (Bag Of Grease) - Brainded Entertainment

  24. Wiz Khalifa - Taylor Gang (feat. Chevy Woods) - Atlantic

  25. SP:MC & LX One - Hunted - Tempa

  26. Vicious Circle - Hibernation - Crunch

>>>DJ Madd vs TMSV - Difference (J Kenzo Remix) - Black Box

  27. Perverse - Charade - Tribe 12

  28. Killawatt - Mystic Vocation - Osiris Music UK

  29. Kryptic Minds - The Talisman - Tectonic

  30. Seven - Breathe - Black Box

  31. Truth - Dreams (feat. Yayne) - Tempa

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I think it's 3 pounds, not 30.

So glad that the 'dubstep' scene in Chicago has weeded out a bunch of morons.

So many shit nights starting around where I am

most of which are nights for really grim dubstep because it’s the only genre people have ever heard of nowadays

And the flyers, my god.

saying it looks like something they did it MS paint would be a compliment

don’t get me started

since when did it become a thing for everyone over the age of 13 to run a DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUBSTEP night

Gonna change my middle name on facebook to “Dubstep” who works at “Really sick DJ” maybe then I’ll be able to succeed in my DJing

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3 deck dubstep mix from 2010. Previously only available at Gramaphone Records in Chicago.

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140 Podcast August 2012 feat. Mala, Perverse, Dismantle, LAXX, Soap Dodgers, Farkas, Anex, Biome and more. Share/RT

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140 jungle would go down nicely. The breakier end of UK Funky as well. Or, D&B producers who also make more mid-tempo stuff.

Some tune ideas:

Champion - Crystal Meth - Butterz

DJ Madd - Junglist - Black Box

DJ Madd - Murder 96 - Black Box

Emalkay - Crusader (Levels) - Dub Police

Kryptic Minds - The Fifth

Dear Tumblr

I’m playing house/techno/uk bass/wot u call it at 2 separate drum and bass/junglist parties this weekend.

What would you want to hear??

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Smart Mix 11: DJ The Tornado

BASSWEIGHT takes place every first Thursday of each month at Smart Bar in Chicago. Its mission is to preserve and share the “foundation sounds” of bass music through programming focused on deep dubstep, grime, UK garage, and drum & bass. Presented by Brüt Force Family members DJ The Tornado, DJ Sushi, and Whoa-B, it also aims to cultivate a sense of community in its audience of enthusiastic club-goers with support from local, national, and global DJs and MCs. Tornado began putting on the night in April 2011, and a year later found himself with the opportunity to put on the night at Smart Bar, a Chicago clubbing institution. This mix comes just days before Brüt Force takes over the Funktion 1 system for an evening of sub-bass pressure, with very special guest Seven. With releases on high-profile labels such as Tempa and Black Box, Seven makes his Chicago debut hot on the heels of his debut album "Evolution". A word on the mix... "I put this mix together to show what Bassweight is all about. I wanted to represent the full spectrum of music that I play at our night, and to engage people who might otherwise be dismissive of 'dubstep,' which has a bit of a negative connotation nowadays. I've been listening to dubstep since roughly 2005, and many producers and DJs have strayed from the scene's foundation. Though I'm not judgmental of those who have gone in a more commercial direction, it's not really the type of music I want to hear when I go to a dubstep night. With Bassweight, we want to represent that foundation sound and foster a community spirit that made the scene so inviting to people, and so exciting to be around. I tried my best to play all sorts of tunes under the dubstep umbrella to show there is something for everybody in this music - there are some techy tunes, a couple aggressive tracks, some deeper ones, then ended with some UK garage and grime as well as a few Seven cuts back-to-back so you can see the diversity in his productions. I also did my best to play recent tracks to show just how much good music is coming out of our scene at the moment. I hope you enjoy, and to see you on the dancefloor at Smart Bar for Bassweight the first Thursdays of the month!"

1. Truth - Babylon London - Artikal  >>>Skream - Memories of 3rd Base - Digital Sound Boy 2. J:Kenzo - Invaderz - Tempa 3. Icicle - Acid Step - Shogun Audio 4. Perverse - Submerge - Artikal 5. District - Proof - Hedmuk Exclusive 6. Kryptic Minds - Hybrid (Biome Remix) - Osiris Music UK 7. Razor Rekta - Development - Chestplate 8. J:Kenzo - Depth Charge - Tempa 9. Megalodon - Mercy Killing - Subway 10. N-Type & Surge - Zombie Apocalypse - Wheel & Deal 11. Distance - Deserted - Chestplate 12. RDG - Bone Crusher - New World Audio 13. Killawatt & Thelem - Kaba - Black Box 14. Biome - Shadows - New Moon Recordings 15. Distance - New Outlook - Chestplate 16. Cluekid - Into The Jungle - Terrain 17. Icicle - Minimal Dub - Shogun Audio 18. Seven - Wait VIP - Black Box 19. Joker - Skitta - Kapsize 20. Swindle - Pineapple - Butterz 21. Royal-T - Inside The Ride - Rinse 22. Farkas - Idiomatic - Biscuit Factory 23. Seven - Came To Play (feat. Alys Be) - Black Box 24. Faze Miyaki - Screwdriver VIP - Woofer Music >>>Wiley - Step 7 - No Label 25. Preditah - Vinyls - Adamantium 26. Faze Miyaki - Take Off - Woofer Music >>>Plastician / Skepta - Intensive Snare - Terrorhythm 27. Seven - Siren - Tempa 28. Seven - Invader - Black Box 29. Seven - Cerebral - Subway 30. Truth - Dreams (feat. Yayne) - Tempa

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Still, that's a pretty good second option.

Sad days. Flight to NYC is cancelled due to bad weather until tomorrow. Coki in Detroit instead.

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Dubstep 101

There's been a lot of uproar from the 'heads' about SPIN's article 'Bass Cannon: 30 Greatest Dubstep Songs of All-Time'. While it is nearly impossible to condense 10+ years of a scene (and more importantly, a culture) into 30 tunes, and lists are always contentious, I thought I would try my hand at education. The tunes listed below are all hyperlinked to YouTube so you can listen to them at your convenience. I've included the label info on each tune for those who want to buy them and support the artists.

A few notes on how I compiled this list:

I broke up each sub-list into categories...

Before, which means from 1999-2003. These are tunes that influenced what we now know as 'dubstep'.

Golden Era, meaning from 2004-2007. These are widely considered 'classics' by all those into the sound, and are widely influential for one reason or another.

Current, meaning from 2008-present day. These are tunes that show where dubstep is headed. These tracks encorporate influences from UKG and grime, dubstep's predecessors, as well as jungle and other sounds inspirational to the sound and culture.

I had to represent Skream, Benga, and DMZ in their own categories.

The reason for this is because Skream and Benga are two of the most influential, iconic producers in the scene. Regardless of what you think of their current output, you cannot disagree that dubstep would sound completely different if it wasn't for their early productions. DMZ, as a crew, are an institution and to me represent what dubstep culture is about. Their productions, much like Skream and Benga's, shaped what dubstep has become and without their music (or the dances they host) our scene would be something different altogether.

I refrained from commentary on the tunes.

I want the music to speak for itself. I want people to listen to each of these tunes, if you haven't heard them before, and try to see how they've been influential. Often I find that when people try to explain to me why a certain piece of music is important, it doesn't resonate - I just have to hear it for myself.

This is in no way representative of 'dubstep' as a whole.

Obviously, these are some of my favorite tunes and it is all my opinion (hence why it's on my blog). Feel free to debate, disagree, or ask me why I chose a particular tune for the list.

Without further ado...

Before

Horsepower Productions - Sholay - Tempa

Horsepower Productions - Gorgon Sound - Tempa

El-B - Buck & Bury (feat. Juice Man) - Ghost

Zed Bias - Neighbourhood - Locked On

Darqwan - As We Enta - Soulja

Musical Mob - Pulse X - Musical Mob Royale

Rebound X - Rhythm N Gash (Sir Spyro Remix) - ?

Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U - XL Recordings

Wiley - Ice Rink - Wiley Kat Records

Plasticman - Cha - Terrorhythm

  Golden Era

Kode9, Benny Ill, & Culprit - Fat Larry's Skank (Kode9 Remix) - Tempa

The Bug - Jah War (Loefah Remix) - Ninja Tune

Cyrus / Random Trio - Bounty - Tectonic

D1 - Steam Roller - Soulja

Rusko - Jahova - Sub Soldiers

Plastician - Intensive Snare (Feat. Skepta) - Terrorhythm

Distance - Fallen (Vex'd Remix) - Planet Mu

Pinch - Qawwali - Planet Mu

Kromestar - Kalawanji - Deep Medi Musik

Matty G - 50,000 Watts - Argon

  Skream & Benga

Benga - Skank - Big Apple Records

Benga & Skream - The Judgement - Big Apple Records

Skream - Midnight Request Line - Tempa

Benga & Coki - Night - Tempa

Skream - Dutch Flowerz - Tempa

  DMZ

DMZ - Anti War Dub (feat. Spen G) - DMZ

Loefah - The Goat Stare - DMZ

DMZ - Conference - Soul Jazz

DMZ - Misty Winter - Soul Jazz

DMZ - Earth A Run Red - Soul Jazz

    Current

Kryptic Minds - Badman - Swamp 81

J Kenzo - The Roteks - Tempa

Jakes - Rock The Bells - HENCH

V.IV.E.K - Feel It - Deep Medi Musik

LD vs Cluekid - Jay's Reese - Ringo

Joker & Ginz - Purple City - Kapsize

Emalkay - When I Look At You - Dub Police

Killawatt - Sidewinder (Ipman Remix) - Black Box

Seven - Came To Play (feat. Alys Be) - Black Box

Razor Rekta - Development - Chestplate

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On a Redlight ting. Sick tune.

My next release which is forthcoming on Digital Soundboy

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Fess is a sick MC and producer. Chi reppin'.

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So hyped for this album. Interested in the Footsie collaboration primarily. A lot of vinyl heads are gonna be bummed that Cyborg City is only digital.

J:Kenzo - J:Kenzo LP [forthcoming Tempa]

Release Date: September 24th

Tracklist:

Statement of Intent

Eyes Wide Open

Semtex

Invaderz

Ruff House (ft. Rod Azlan)

No Man’s Land (ft. Footsie)

Reconstruct

Contagion

Body Heat

Ironclad

Holocron

Cyborg City (Digital Only)

Engage (Digital Only)

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Honored to have a night at this incredible club. Here's to 30 more years.

SmartBar turns 30

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SYSTEM SOUND FOR SYSTEM PEOPLE

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3 deck mix featuring tunes from Widowmaker, DCult, Kryptic Minds, Roska, Dismantle, Joker, Cyrus and more. RT / Share!

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Bassweight with DJs SEVEN (Black Box, Tempa, London UK) WHOA-B (whoa-b.com) SUSHI (thesush.com) TORNADO (djthetornado.tumblr.com) Tickets: $8 advance $10 day of $5 before 11:00pm with SB tweet or valid student ID 21 & Over Doors: 10 PM / Show: 10 PM

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BASSWEIGHT

July 5, 2012

Smart Bar Chicago

3730 N Clark

21+, Free all night!

DJs: Casper (Heavyweight Sound/Good Looking Records/Strictly Jungle Chicago) (UK Garage)

"In the 90s, Casper was the undisputed champion of atmospheric/jazzy style of drum & bass in the US. While attending college in Boston, Casper was a resident DJ at one of the first weekly drum and bass nights in the US - Phuturistic Bluez’ Jungle Roots (aka Sessionz) - from 1995 to 1997. From 1996 to 1999, he maintained a residency on the longest running weekly drum and bass radio show in the country - Strictly Jungle Chicago on WNUR FM w/ DJ Snuggles. On the production tip, Casper worked with Chris J on several atmospheric d&b projects. Their track, “Mysteries”, was released on LTJ Bukem’s Good Looking Records in 2001 under the alias Cascade. Two other tunes from that era - “Revelation” and “Symmetry” finally saw the light of day in 2003 on S.F. imprint True Intent. From 1999 to 2002, Casper took a break from d&b in order to push the sound of UK garage in the US. After hearing UK garage on pirate radio in London, he immediately fell in love with it. Casper established himself as “the leading 2-step DJ in the US” (Urb Magazine). In July 2000, Casper became the first American DJ to play UK garage in London - dropping massive sets at Liberty (Club Colosseum) and on pirate radio station Life FM. He was selected for the 2002 Urb Next 100."

Sushi (Brüt Force) (UK Garage)

Whoa-B (Brüt Force) (UK Garage / Dubstep / Grime)

DJ The Tornado (Brüt Force) (Dubstep / Grime / Drum & Bass)