BRISTOL - TONIGHT - Pollen @ The Tube w/ Bullion & Metsk

[rekordah]

BULLION
(One-Handed Music//Tru Thoughts//Domino)

http://www.myspace.com/bullionness

"The West London beat freak with the midas touch," as Dazed & Confused put it, is one of the hottest young producer-DJs in the UK. He's notched up more plaudits for his debut single, Get Familiar, than most artists get in a career.

Mary Anne Hobbs declared that Bullion's music "literally stopped me in my tracks" and invited him straight in for a Radio 1 DJ mix and he can count Gilles Peterson, Benji B, legendary US DJ Jason Bentley of KCRW LA, Phil Asher and the Turntablelab crew amongst his many fans around the world.

His DJ gigs, mixes & remixes of the likes of Tricky and Osborne have established him as far more than a one-hit wonder: Bullion is a selector & producer with great taste, an individual, eclectic approach and a refined ear for what works on the dancefloor without resorting to the obvious or lazy classics.

And did we mention his Pet Sounds: In The Key of Dee remix project was downloaded over 100,000 times, landed him onstage at the Big Chill festival, and ended up in the New York Village Voice 'Albums of the Year' list?"

Alex Chase (One-Handed Music)



METSKE
(Live//Harmönia///Flogsta Danshall//Wigflex)

http://www.myspace.com/metske
http://www.myspace.com/metaphi



"The "new sound of Scandinavia" Originally from Scandinavia, Skweee combines very simple synth leads and basslines with the rhythms of funk, RnB and soul. It is a flourishing community based around online networks that are moving beyond those frontiers thanks to their personal overhaul of dance music. Flogsta Danshall brings us the prime movers from the heart of Sweden. We call it skweee Working on a network and with a permanent connection with Flogsta Danshall and the rest of the world, Finland's Harmönia label is one of the standard bearers of the new sound that is coming in from the cold and which they themselves have christened skweee - simple but effective synths and basslines, coated with funk, R'n'B and soul. Discover it for yourself, courtesy of the Finnish school."

Harmönia

Nottingham's Metske originally made his name as Metaphi destroying dance floors with his blend of Dubstep, Minimal Techno & Glitch Hop. Then he started dabbling with the off kilter beat music from Scandinavia called Skweee and landed a string of quality releases with the founding labels Harmönia & Flogsta Danshall making him the UK's number 1 in the scene. His live set combines analogue synths & Ableton Live to devastating effect, he may well take things up to Metaphi tempos and blow the roof off afterwards as well!


BEN ONE

(LIVE MPC SET//Root Elevation//Umbrella 6)

www.myspace.com/thebenone

Local support comes from Swindonite, Ben One of the Vertabrae crew. Ben has been releasing since 1998, with 2001's Communication EP featuring Tommy Evans and NumbSkullz. Since then Ben One has been ripping up shows in Bristol and surrounding areas regularly and his productions carry on going from strength to strength. His 'War On Television' mixtape earlier this year gained masses of praise. Ben will be dropping a Live MPC set for this show, don't miss out!




Plus the residents......

REKORDAH
(Live//Eclecticism//Pollen)

www.myspace.com/rekorder87

Rekordah is an artist very much on the up and up. Receiving DJ support from Starkey, Dom Sum & Fine Art (LuckyMe), Alexander Nut (Rinse FM), Mr Beatnick (Altered Vibes), Distance (Rinse FM) and Ikonika (Hyperdub) amongst many others, Currently working with Stones Throw Records' Baron Zen and with a string of releases in the pipeline, expect to see a lot more of this guy!


EFA
(Dex n FX//Pollen)

http://www.myspace.com/essentialfattyacid

With the release of Pollen 001 (Brackles and Shortstuff's Broken Harp b/w Geiomix) just round the corner, Pollen records CEO and all-round rudeboy EFA will be bringing a range of dubplates and styles. EFA is a massively skilled DJ mashing up the likes of Dabrye, Madlib, Prefuse 73 & Dilla with the new breed of beat music pioneers such as Herrmutt Lobby, Take and the LuckyMe collective in a Digital Turntablist stylee! Then later on he'll be switching up to higher tempo's and playing out the night with next level Broken Techno & Detroit Garridge!

http://www.myspace.com/clubpollen


Thursday 5th February 2009
The Tube
1 Unity Street
Bristol
BS1 5HH

[rekordah]

Oh and by the way, everybody needs this in their lives...



http://rapidshare.com/files/62652846/Pe ... Of_Dee.zip

[dawntreader]

this looks wicked
metske sure is one to watch

[efa]

http://one-handed.ithinkmusic.com/my-st ... =LR&r=3479

Monstrous instrumental beats from Bullion.

"A Deviation classic!"
BENJI B (BBC 1XTRA)

"Absolutely loving this!"
MARY ANNE HOBBS (BBC RADIO 1)

"This is someone I'm really feeling right now"
GILLES PETERSON (BBC RADIO 1)

After listening to the new Bullion joint, i drove back to Detroit, and punched my mom in the stomach. FILTHY.
THE HONORABLE DJ HOUSE SHOES (USA)

Really like this, will definitely be playing it out
MARK PRITCHARD (Troubleman/Harmonic 313/Warp Records)

Sounds great! I'll be playing it for sure
TODD OSBOURNE (Spectral Sounds, USA)

‘Get Familiar’ is one of those tunes with a magical riff: this is instant gratification, and done in some style. If Bullion stands apart from his peers in the so-called ‘beat-tape’ world of Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke et al, it’s down to his ear for a memorable melody and arrangement. It might be filthy instrumental hip-hop, but, as my dad would say, you can still whistle it. What’s more, b-side ‘Rude Effort’ is probably even more accomplished. While less immediate in its charms, it’s a darkly epic, insidious one that sticks hard in the internal jukebox.

Don’t just trust me though: the rough demo of ‘Get Familiar’ was played on the radio a fistful of times by Benji B last year, and also by Gilles Peterson who enthused that “this is someone that I’m really feeling right now”. Now properly mixed, and mastered by MJ Cole, it’s set to do even more damage. Bullion’s ‘Pet Sounds: In The Key of Dee’ project was named ‘one of the dopest records you’ll hear all year’ by FACT Magazine, placed in New York’s Village Voice albums of the year, gushed about all over the blogosphere, and got heavy rotation as far as LA’s influential KCRW radio, all from word of mouth.

So who’s Bullion? Like Paul White, the label’s debut artist, he’s a young London producer with plenty of music on the way. For now, you’ll have to make do with this auspicious debut, his opening gambit and a sign of fine things to come.

Get this in your lives as well

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=153803

if you can find it

[seen]

even though i hate the tube, this is a must see for all beat heads.

[pollen]

Bullion's Mary Anne Hobbs & RBMA Radio mixes - http://www.5to9.co.za/bullion-rbma-radi ... -hobbs-mix

Bullion mixed up in love: http://www.shhhhh.co.uk/guest_mix/mixes ... n_Love.zip

In fact loads of big mix's in this style @ http://www.shhhhh.co.uk

[rekordah]

TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!

[starkey]

i really wish i was going to this.

[efa]

Cant get much more of an endorsement than that, bigup!

Well despite the snow Metske has arrived safe and warm, Bristol get ready!

[spooKs]

Hope there are tickets left!!! In the unlikely event that anyone involved is still on their computer, any chance of set times?