DJ DISTANCE – DUBSTEP – JAN 26th @ RHINO ROOM

SHADOW PLAY presents DJ DISTANCE (uk)
26TH JANUARY 2008 @ RHINO ROOM




After the recent success of BENGA and the mighty CASPA, Shadow Play brings you one of Dubsteps leading lights DJ DISTANCE.

With his releases starting to pile up, DJ Distance is noted as one of the rising producers on the UK underground. Distance has released tracks with some the UK's freshest and diverse labels including, Hotflush, Sting, Destructive, Boka, Planet Mu, Tectonic, and his own label the mighty Chestplate. His influences are as diverse as Metal, Garage, Drum and Bass and of course Dub, creating a sound that is very unique, a very grimey dark & industrial sound which has been supported by many dj's across the board.


Also joining Distance is the second Australian to be signed to an international Dubstep label representing Melbourne and the English imprint Bare Dubs, SPHERIX. He will most definitely be dropping fresh Dubs along with support from local Dubstep selectors.  This is an Australia Day show not to be missed..Rattling the Rhino Room once again .



Australia day 26th of January 2008 Shadow Play presents DJ DISTANCE.

http://www.myspace.com/djdistancedub
http://rinsefm.blogspot.com/search?q=distance
myspace.com/spherixaudio
http://www.myspace.com/shadowplay07
 

huhuhu more dubstep heaviness. boh.

nice nice!

will be interesting to see what the man has in store...

Locked in!!!

After hearing the difference between Benga & Caspa, I'm lookin forward to seeing what other new sounds they have in store for us.

oh yeah will be an excellent night. i personally cant wait. two seminal dubstep tunes for me personally are traffic and cyclops on planet mu recordings. wicked tunes badass drums. man has some of the sickest drum patterns. 

distance makes a range of stuff, hanging out on the darker end of the spectrum
can be pretty dark (in a very different way to caspa) and menacing, to just straight out sub-thumping fat dubstep.

definitely one of my fave producers.
and traffic (or is it cyclops on the flip?) is almost ravey in its intro...

this is gonna be large, i think adelaide won't be able to resist checking this fresh bassline music over something they've heard before,
i haven't heard his sets but i know there's plenty around ( see the shadowplay post below ), big up his tunes, i could imagine what kinda tracks he gets pressed for sets...
he is one of the most sought after and shadowplay have organised a wonderful australia day gift by bringing him here... and c'mon, if you lot haven't heard about what kinda wicked stuff spherix has been working on, you may as well go back to sleep

is it too soon to ask if these cats are gonna run the levels red for 90 minutes each ?   

You sure about that? Not saying this won't be good, but convincing DnB heads to think about anything other than Andy C on this weekend is a very tall order indeed.

i never said anything about d'n'b in my post(s) on here
and i've never gone mentioning any other events or artists on another event's thread, other than the ones playing at the same place on the same night,
 so edit yourself mister
....heh heh,
. i was meaning bassline music, as in dubstep, every time i hear it, it's running, i like the new sounds coming out from that group of producers at the moment, the focus IS on the bassline, more than i've ever heard in any other music,  there's no doubt in that, but i'm not here to convince anyone, they'll convince themselves, just like i did...
i'm just sharing my enthusiasm and support of freshness that the shadowplay crew are bringing ( the bit about the australia day gift)... otherwise it's like getting the same type of gift as you did last time... you know ? 
... there's three days on any given weekend as far as i'm concerned, there's no tall order in choosing to use all three days to have a good time, cats are 'ard these days!!! 

Is that the same Spherix at one of the BE shows?

indeed it is

yeah same spherix bro. but in a different capacity. makes ill dubstep as well as the catacomb bizzle. will be biggle plus hes been a good mate for years.

Well ain't he one multifaceted young fella.

check this out

SPHERIX JULY MIX
http://barefiles.com/download.php?id=1623

Tracklisting :

1. distance - my demons
2. spherix - drone
3. reso - void
4. omen - frontline
5. reso - holograms
6. elemental - deep under
7. flash - heaven dub
8. reso - havok
9. reso - onslaught
10. distance - traffic
11. headhunter - the arrival
12. jakes - gate 9
13. tes la rok - broken reality
14. tes la rok - uprise
15. heny g - gangsta shit
16. kode 9 & space ape - kingstown
17. reso - onsen
18. distance - delight
19. various production - circle of sorrow

also...here is a peek at his tune that have been signed to Bare Dubs
A. Spherix - Blackwood
http://barefiles.com/samples/BDR005_1.mp3

B1. Spherix - Screw Loose
http://barefiles.com/samples/BDR005_2.mp3

B2. Spherix - Crack Kings
http://barefiles.com/samples/BDR005_3.mp3

I was in Melbourne to see daft for the last show, pretty sure I'll be able to hit up this one though.

i'd like to rock a dubstep show one time to see what it's all about perhaps this maybe the one

dont hesitate dave. i know you love your drums and this dude has the tightest drums in this here bassmusic. he comes from a metal background and programs his drums well tight. plus a healthy dose of bassweight as well. large ups macro. brings the sound ery time. 

http://rinsefm.blogspot.com/2007/12/distance-11th-november.html
 

bumpy mcbumpington australia day goodness. check the mix is naice.

shit is grimey as feck.

Not meaning to spam here guys, just notifying that I'm doing my bit to help the dubstep thing and that Jayar is playing a dubstep set leading into Salmonella Dub on Saturday night and you guys are welcome to flyer the show ok =)

the macropeed sound is locked in for this. rib rattling, chest vibrating goodness. big ups macro each and every.

spherix has some sick sick sick dubs...
u guys are in for a treat

man is a gun looking forward to hearing what the badman will pull out the bag.

yeah i am also looking forward to Spherix... a few weeks to go! i hope some peeps will check this one out 

hope this one goes well for u guys.
check out the flyer we got for ours..

image not archived: distance_poster.jpg

Who does your artwork? Some of it is fuckin fantastic.

yeah, its pretty elaborate artwork coming outta melbs... someone was hard at work with the pencils!



just had a massive stack of tunes arrive on my desk this morning in readyness for this show

think i might make this 1 see what all this fuss is about

keen to catch spherix again 2 he played the set of the night at our birthday show cant wait to hear some of his dubstep flavour bizzo

was done by this guy

www.drewfunk.com

two weeks till this shit goes down 

oh yeah going to be mussive 

man knows

check out myspace.com/shadowplay07 for some footage of distance killing a party.

Interesting.... will do

Havent got a single mix of his i realised, liked purely for just his productions.

sound is sorted boh

  can not wait

  yeah i wish it would hurry up too, very keen to see the man in action! got my lovely Ladies coming along too yay! non stop dancing all night long! 

best album: my demons. distance. large up distance 26th january rhino room.

me 2 dave a fat session will be in order b4 hand 

i reckon this is gonna be one to pop my dubstep cherry

better not be or i'll be after ya

come one come all you wont be dissapointed 

sorry megs. wont be making it. x

All good sunshine 

finally..This Saturday can’t wait! Very much looking forward to this! Distance winning best album should make it even better and Spherix's tunes are hot! look forward to hearing it all on the Mac daddy Macro system    

And periodically throughout the night

period = about 30 mins

Try telling that to my girlfriend.

not long now peeps hope yall ready for distance to show adelaide how its done. and yeah spherix has some mad fresh tuneage to blow us all away with.

ROFL


good luck with this one guys

  we can only dream guys

Oh we are pulling you away from the gutter for the night are we - be good to see ya there Give me a call and maybe you can head over to mine for a bit first

  boh set times soon. 

where's my invite to the pre-sesh

your just not cool enough dave

It said Dave in the sentence - I thought that meant both of yas lol Sorry session - rumble and dave all seem to go together for me without thinking

Give us a buzz yeah

set times

9.00 till 11.00 jayar b2b macro
11.00 till 12.30 spherix
12.30 till 2.00 distance
2.00 till 3.00 audio opticon

ready to get your bassfaces on?

Not shotgun yet

The annual neighborhood barbie is a very drunken thing now so if am not past out alredy we might scrape ourselves off the floor, out from the pool and come in. Couches will be nice
I heard it is to be 40 degrees???

get yo ass down there bro. i promise no lonely crackheads

Here's some reading material on Distance, big up void crew on the write up.




A gnarled defender of dark bass and nasty beats, DJ Distance is one of the best producers of Dubstep and Breaks emerging from the UK underground. Rinse FM selecta, Distance’s productions toil amidst bracing basslines, fluid percussion, rock, metal, hip-hop, and breaks.

After releases on the cream of the underground imprints such as Planet Mu, Tectonic, Boka, Ringo,Hotflush and Destructive, the south Londoner's new label Chestplate is designed to showcase his freshest, most venue-quaking new material. The first release is 'Radical' as featured on the scene-leading Dubstep Allstars compilations.
Alongside contemporaries like Benga, Skream, Pinch and Digital Mystikz, Distance has been responsible for shaping the dubstep sound as we know it today. With Chestplate, he intends to showcase the freshest of his own productions which have been devastating dances and flooring radio listeners over the recent months. The two tracks featured on the release have been firm favorites in his live sets and on his Rinse FM show, garnering major support from the likes of Mary Anne Hobbs, Hatcha, Pinch, Chef and Cyrus along the way. 'Battle Sequence' sees Distance exercising his darker side. It is a metallic stomper with lethally programmed precision percussion, full of low-end gnarl and stray feedback squeals. On the flip, 'Feel Me' reflects Distance's lighter side. With a suggestive female vocal sample and motorik drum patterns, the track skips along amidst ring modulated synths and subtle low slung, pulsating bass."

Distance's debut album My Demons released to critical acclaim, following a dark cinematic path taking heavy metal and twisted industrial textures en route. As Distance puts it right at the beginning of his debut album, "I like the street--the smells, the scents of another world." The grim, otherworldly atmosphere of My Demons is accomplished with only a handful of ingredients, but little about it feels remotely "minimal." This is sturdy, full-bodied music, especially when Distance lets a little light flicker through the fog.

The title track features a twinkling, looped synth motif over a gurgling, high-pitched bass line--think New Order's Peter Hook amplified through an industrial fan--and very crisp percussion, in particular a ricocheting conga that provides the track's hook as much as the keyboard does. In addition to glowering, massive bass, the "dub" in "dubstep" generally applies to the application of echoing reverb. Distance uses both judiciously and well. His use of reverb turns a sketch like "Tuning" into something more haunting and resonant, and provides the snaking, distorted 303 bass lines of "Night Vision" and especially "Confined"--on which Distance's synth tweaks evoke heavy metal guitars--a clear space in which to roam, scuttle, and zoom.
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tomoro peeps im pumped. going to pick up spherix now. big oz day incoming.

DISTANCE INTERVIEW
BY Simon Hampson
http://www.myspace.com/symbiosisradio


Distance is one of the English producers and DJs behind the English dubstep sound that is sweeping the world. Distance’s unique take on dubstep has led to DJ bookings across the globe as well as numerous releases on prestigious labels including Planet Mu, Hotflush, Boka and Tectonic.
   His album "My Demons", released through Planet Mu in January 2007, was one of the first full length dubstep releases and he has twelves under his belt from some heavy weight labels in the scene. To top off a great year, he has just won 'best album' for 2007 in the Dubstepforum awards.
   Distance is bringing his productions to Australia and New Zealand for the first time this month.

Speaking via email on the eve of his departure I wonder how his life has changed since the release of his album: "Things have been a lot busier, more booking, more remixes and collaborations. Plus I upgraded all of my studio equipment."
   “My Demons” showed an artist at ease with his musical past - Distance started learning guitar when he was 11 and by 15 he was playing in rock and metal groups. Some of his listening lead him to metal groups employing drum machines and samplers, which then started a journey towards different styles of music.  “The idea was to show the audience that I have many musical influences that they may not be aware of, that’s where the whole idea for the name came from, My Demons.”
   It’s not the background that you would expect of a dubstep producer. But the sound of “My Demons” does have a dark, metal-laden edge to it. Opening with ‘Night Vision’, the record draws you into a similar feel as watching “Taxi Driver”. An anonymous male vocal repeating his mantra, “I like.. the street, the smells, the scent of another world. Sometimes you come face-to-face with yourself.” It’s definitely a sound that Distance has made into his own. I have noticed a confidence and ownership of his sound since the record came out.
   “I definitely have a certain way of doing my mix-downs now, which are a lot tougher sounding - I’ve spent along time on my basses and subs. My production as a whole has stepped up. I still make all kinds of tunes though.”
“I like to build up a set when I DJ so I want tunes which can take you on a journey. I’m not all about the tear-out beats - I normally start a set very deep and dark.”

As if 2007 wasn’t a busy enough year, Distance set up his own label, Chestplate. “Its something I’ve always wanted to do,” he confesses, “To have a label where I can release what I want and not what someone else thinks will sell. Its also means I can experiment a lot more. There is no pressure to make a certain sound.”
   The label kicked off with a beat created by Skream and Distance in collaboration.  “Political Warfare” makes a bold statement on the label’s focus – a kind of ambience and spaciousness that let tracks really speak whilst retaining their dance floor feel. The follow-up, “Feel Me/Battle Sequence” (both Distance tracks), came out in November to much acclaim. “Both release have sold really well. I still drop them in clubs and the response they receive is amazing.
   “I’ve got the next Chestplate being mastered at the moment which will be "V" and "Present Day". I already know what the next 3 releases will be. Expect a lot of collaborations this year and remixes. I am thinking about the next album and I’ve got a few ideas for it, should be some vocals this time round!”



Australian Tour dates:

Brisbane, Fri 25th Jan @ Uber
Adelaide, Sat 26th January @ Rhino Room
Melbourne, Sun 27th January @ Laundry
Sydney, Fri 1st February @ Phoenix Bar

So disappointed that the timing for this weekend is soooo screwed up guys. Not much can be done about it though. I will get there when i can, most likely to be fairly late. Will catch you two and Spherix for booze and food tonight though. Cant wait for 5 to roll around.

see ya tonight suckas time to see what the fuss is about i reckon

just on my way for soundcheck now im excited

set times

9.00 till 11.00 jayar b2b macro
11.00 till 12.30 spherix
12.30 till 2.00 distance
2.00 till 3.00 audio opticon

ready to get your bassfaces on?
 be good to see you there trizz

This night has finally arrived! very much looking forward to hearing what Distance has to offer! and i know Spherix will not dissappoint.... big tunes no doubt 

bring it on!!!

kickin off nicely ? ....  ... i swear, if it ain't the fireworks scaring the dogs bout now, its that bass system of McDurty's... bone-rattler sound   

Sorry I couldn't make it again. I've fronted what, like 3 times now?

Commitments, commitments

Was a good show i enjoyed distances set. big up to megz for all your hard work.  big up to macro for sorting the sound even with his brokeback. big ups noble and insidious for the load in and load out. we going to grow this shit just needs time. im out    peace thanks all who attended.

Ts'all good mate, no thanks required. It was a low turn out, but, all the peeps i have spoken to this weekend have highly rated the tunes and generally had an awesome time. What was the deal with Chief Drunken Bull??? Ahhhh but i digress. Thanks to all that came and showed your support. I get the feeling that with each and every show, people walk away from it thinking "ahhhh so thats what dubstep can be." Extremely satisfying. Big ups Audio Opticon and the always lovely Megz. Peace guys, see you on Friday!!!!!!' 

aah well too bad for the people who missed out. still, there were a few people there i spoke to who sound like subsequent converts...

damn nice tunes and mixing from distance (nice guy too) and spherix was cool too, had a good time mixing b2b with the macropeed even if there were few there to hear it! thanks for having us play james and megz...

woulda liked to go i however purchased a future music ticket good to you hear it was a good night

I was to drunk to get it he cab!

was dj distnce any good?
I would have liked to hear sphereix mix dubstep as hsi D&B was heavy as!

distance slammed it man, and spherix was cool (though i aint seen him mix d&B so cant compare) but it was a pretty quiet night unfortunately so not many got to witness it.