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[blakealcock]

Halloween Showdown at La Di Da!

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[partymedia]

Deep Element - Twisted Audio Podcast 34 by Twisted-Audio http://ift.tt/1okdcyt

[mccallvictoria]

Second mix of this fine spring in sydney. decided to use some of my old favourites from home a few yeaars ago and chuck in a cheeky few new tunes ive got a weak spot for. hope you enjoy! h

Happy Friday everyone! Can’t wait for this weekend’s antics, got one of my best friends from farming visiting AND we gots a drum and bass night to attend Saturday.

Unfortunately Sydney’s drum and bass scene isn’t as big as the UK, so getting club nights to go to are one in a million. Thankfully we have Gladstone Hotel who invite us once a month to get our fix.

This week we’ll be attending Twisted Audio’s ‘Homegrown FreQs,’ which is back for another year, uncovering Australia’s upcoming DJ talent through Dj’ing competitions. With 5 heats, the 2013 champion will be flown to Melbourne for a set at Tribe Festival alongside some massive DnB’s names.

A good friend of mine Lewis is competing, so we have to give him as much support so he will then feel obliged to fly us all to Tribe Festival in Melbourne.

Get yourself down to Gladstone Hotel 115 Regent St; Chippendale tomorrow night, $5 in and really cheap drinks all night!

Attached is a link to a mix of Lewis’, have a listen to one of ‘Whatcha-McCall-it’s’ favourite competitors..

@VictoriaMcCall_

[haarpmedia]

Friday 18 October - Fragmented Sounds @ Brown Alley feat. Mefjus, Organikismness & Soulware

There will be a humungous electronic music event this Friday at Brown Alley, brought to you the combination of the glitchy and futuristic Enig'Matik Records, and the solid all-night drum and bass of Twisted Audio.

They'll be hosting a three rooms of beats, the main one of which (hosted by Enig'Matik) will feature NZ drum and bass band Soulware. Think Shapeshifter, but less commercial and more deep. They make a pretty job of defining electronic soul music as it applies to New Zealand.

Supporting them are Organikismness (also from New Zealand), Circuit Bent, Auma, Sun In Aquarius, Mind Tree, Griff and Altruism. All of these guys produce their own highly original tunes which help define a unique brand of electronica that stands up and holds its own with the international market.

And that's just the first room.

The upstairs area known as Blight's Bar will play host to Twisted Audio and their guest Mefjus, who recently was recognised as a best up-and-comer by the Drum and Bass Awards for his style of twisted neurofunk and techstep-infused drum and bass as DJ and producer. Supporting him are Monkee, Lickweed, Ctoafn, Rol-n, The Dam Busters and MC Harzee.

Finally there's a the garden area which is run by new crew LMS, who are made up of Melbourne veterans of varying styles. They have control of the upstairs Garden Bar (where smoking is permitted), where Kodiak Kid, Buck Rogers, AYNA and SVB will play broken, chilled beats before Tahl, Muska and Timmus turn it out with bassy house and twisted techno,

Phew. Only those who are really up to party should go to this one.

Tickets: https://fragmented.eventbrite.com.au/

10pm-7am. Brown Alley, 585 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne CBD. $30.

FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/192097584306456/

Written by Kristian Hatton.

[haarpmedia]

Haarp Media Guest Pick #16 - DJ Lickweed

Shemer Mann aka Lickweed is one of Melbourne's top scratch, bass and breaks DJs, and is also an events co-ordinator as part of the Twisted Audio crew. He spoke to us at length about his tastes...

  Before I started playing the heavy dnb that i've been passionate about for the past few years, I was actually quite anti-electronic music, (and was) one of those metal heads who couldn't see past his long hair.

My musical journey started when I was really young listening to my dad's old vinyl collection that was mainly made up of 60's and 70's rock artists, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Doors and the likes, this set the ground for me as a rock fan and later on a heavy metal fan which to this day remains my favourite genre of music. I got into EDM through heavy metal, first to Prodigy than psytrance and techno tracks that had distorted guitars in them. In the early 2000's, I was taken to my first DnB rave in a parking lot in South Tel Aviv and I found my passion for the broken beats.

I tried to pick some musical numbers that stuck with me throughout the years and really stand out for me to this day and represent a few different styles, here goes:

1. Pantera - Use my Third Arm (EastWest)

My absolute favourite track by my absolute favourite band of all times, nobody can compare to the energy these guys have in their songs, have been listening to Pantera for over 15 years and to this day listening to their live show makes me feel better than anything else , R.I.P. Dimebag Darrell.

2. Pearl Jam - Go (Epic)

My friend's older brother introduced me to Pearl Jam in High School and they are still my second favourite band and this is my favourite song by them, unlike my favourite band I actually got to see Pearl Jam live and there's nothing more amazing than 45,000 people singing together, Memories...

3. Skindred - Nobody (Lava Records) 

Skindred is the last band that made me feel excited about new metal music as I found that hardly any of the new bands were unique and all while being good, just sounded like the rest.

Skindred combines sounds from Metal, Punk, Dub, Raggae, Ska, DnB and more into their songs, have seen them live 3 times now and it is no doubt the most fun I've seen, if you like this i recommend checking more of their music, brilliant!

4. Spor & Ewun ft. Evol Intent - Levitate (Lifted Music)

Spor has forever been my favourite EMP, Evol intent are my 2nd favourite and this track features both of them plus the talented Ewun as well, a great example of the heavy DnB and breakbeat styles that these guys used to make back in the day, hard hitting bass lines with absolute no mercy!

5. Ctrl Z vs. Screwface - Dar Licks (Hardcore Beats)

Ctrl Z & Screwface are also 2 of my favourite EMPs and my favourite breaks producers, Hardcore Beats have always had quality releases and those guys were the cream of the crop, this track is breaks like breaks are supposed  to sound, hard and relentless !

6. QBert &  Mix Master Mike - DMC 1995 showcase

Mix Master Mike is the reason I even got into DJing, all I ever wanted was to scratch records and he is still my DJ role model and all time favourite DJ.

I've watched this routine so many times trying to pick up on his moves and repeat them at home, I'll get there one day Mike!

7. DJ Clue, Royce Da 5'9, Eminem & Method Man - What the Beat (Roc-A-Fella Records)

This is one of my favourite hip hop tunes ever mainly because my 2 favourite MCs and Lyricists - Eminem & Method Man.

Crazy lyrics and even crazier rapping skills, plus it features my favourite quote - "I ain't crazy, I just do what the beats say do" ;-)

8. Cypress Hill - Riot Starter (Ruffhouse)

Cypress Hill are my favourite hip hop group, mainly because of their songs like this one that combine elements of hip hop and rock, they do that so well and their shows are so energetic, if you haven't seen them live yet make sure to to book tickets to their next show!

9. Noisia & Mayhem - Moonway Renegade (RAM Records)

I LOVE NOISIA, and how can you not really?! Have not heard a bad tune by these guys, just pure skills, most people have a favourite Noisia tune, this is mine...

10. Sneaker Pimps - 6 underground [Nellee Hooper edit] (Virgin)

My friend played me this song when I was 18 and although I wasn't into softer music back than I fell in love with it so much that I listened only to it in repeat for a whole week, I guess once you pass the hard metal shell there is a soft nut in me after all ;-)

Links

https://www.facebook.com/DJLickweed

https://soundcloud.com/lickweed

[haarpmedia]

Friday 28 June: The Kiwi Invasion - State of Mind + Trei + Dose

This party receives the nod from Haarp Media as one of the best events in Melbourne this week because it's the party that will provide the best place for punters to let loose and dance up a storm. The last Kiwi Invasion party proved to be a ripper.

However, in my personal opinion, it kind of sucks that we have to rely on other countries outside of Australia to promote a kick-ass party, especially when we live in a city as strong in music as Melbourne. What an event like this says to me as so far as promotion is concerned is that Australia is lacking in confidence as a solid scene, and this is something that all Australians should consider in their show of support for external entities.

Most money payed to these international artists is taken outside of our country, which means less resources for our own artists to receive. It says "invasion" on the promotion, perhaps Australians should be judging as to whether or not this international invasion is quite literally that. If we supported our own artists, we would strengthen our own economy and overall music industry. It's lovely to think we can have a global sharing of resources, but not when most of the resources disappear from our country. No disrespect intended to Twisted Audio, they always do deliver awesome parties, but I would be more impressed by crews successfully promoting all-Australian parties.

However, this will be an awesome party with NZ duo State of Mind set to rock shop with self-released music from their label Som Records, on which they also release music from artists like Dose and Trei, who are also set to play at this Kiwi Invasion. Other supporting acts include Buck Rogers, Soulflex, Monkee, Lickweed, Deall, SK, MC Harzee and more.

Final release tickets are available through Eventbrite and Moshtix, and are selling quick for $30 each.

Friday 28 June 2013. Starts 10pm. Brown Alley, 585 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. $30.

FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/605913892770156/?ref=2

Sounds Like: https://soundcloud.com/trei https://soundcloud.com/dose-nz