SCRATCH PERVERTS PRESENT BEATDOWN 2010
Friday 12th November
10pm-6am. £15/10 (Students/fabricfirst Members) before 3am, £6 after.
tickets: www.fabriclondon.com
Featuring:
Scratch Perverts, Andy C, Bassnectar, Benji B, Doctor P, Dread MC, Guido, Hardhouse Banton, Jagga (LIVE), Joe Ransom, Mutants, MC A.D, MC GQ, Popof, Riva Starr, Rusko, The bPm, Theophilus London (LIVE), Untold, Zinc
His album “Cozza Frenzy” is an excellent dubstep and bass heavy album that I’m still enjoying listening to, so you can imagine my excitement when I heard that he’s realeasing (on 1st Feb) some remixes of “Boombox” and “Teleport Massive”.
Remixes are available from Bassnectar himself, RJD2, DJ Vadim, Robert Koch, Stagga, Noah D and Son of Kick.
The original versions of these tracks are pretty hot property as they are, but Bassnectar seems to be have added a harder, rawer element to them with plenty of tweaks and warped out sounds. The other remixers don’t do a bad job either, keeping to the original style but adding their own twisted beeps and tweaks, although the RJD2 versions tone the bass down a little. The Rocker Koch version of “Teleport Massive” is awesome with it’s grunchy bass running throughout with the rap and a minimal back beat, but it’s Stagga’s remix of the same track which is probably the best of the selection with a warped chords, beeps and tweaks throughout – I love it! And I think Bassnectar’s own remixes of Boombox are probably the best of the pick for that track although the Vadim mix isn’t bad.
Tracklisting:
Boombox
Cozza Frenzy (Feat. Seasunz)
Cozza Frenzy (Mega-Bass Remix)
The Churn of the Century
Love Here (Mr Projectile) (Bassnectar Remix)
Backpack Rehab (Feat. Cates & DPL)
Teleport Massive (Feat. Zumbi)
West Coast Lo-Fi Rides Again
When I Grow Up (Fever Ray) (Bassnectar Remix)
I Am a Laser (Feat. Double You)
Window Seat
I Wish I Was a Hipster
Are You Ready (Feat. Capital J)
Boombox (Bassnectar & iLL Gates Remix)
Released: 30th November 2009 on Child’s Play & Amorphous Music
Every once and a while something comes along and you think “this is what I’ve been waiting for”, and for me Cozza Frenzy is it for 2009.
I’m heavily into dubstep at the moment and other bass driven genres (Fake Blood, Count & Sinden, etc.), so to find an artist album that meets both those requirements, makes it a gem in my book.
What you have here is pure beats music summed up perfectly by “Boombox”, the opening track. It has a hint of the dubstep grind, but a little toned down. Bass heavy, rhythmic, with tweeks and bumps. Then as you move through the album the dubstep beats get bigger, the bass gets heavier and you’ll be holding your breathe waiting for what the next track will bring. In places the dark soundtracks are complimented perfectly by vocals – unlike a lot of dubstep with it’s MC shouting out over the top, you get full on, in your face, rap.
Lorin Ashton from the US (aka Bassnectar) isn’t someone I’d heard of. I didn’t recognise any of the tracks on the album, but perhaps they’re on a Skream, Rusko or Caspa mix somewhere, but if so I’d missed them. But this album could easily make it into any of the most respectable dubstep mixes that are around – although a couple of the softer tracks (“I Wish I Was a Hipster” is far from dark or dubstep) wouldn’t, most of the tracks would be worthy; perhaps the sound is not as warped as some dubstep can be, but they’d get me moving on a dancefloor for sure.
