LD
LONDON, UK
Hyperdub/Dubpolice/Ringo Records
SATURDAY 3RD OCTOBER
BAR OPEN
club 234 William St Northbridge
PLUS join us for the launch of
WATTHZ
Monthly Dubstep
Tickets $20+BF from
Planet Video Mt Lawley - Mills Records Freo
Limited Industry Tickets from DJ Factory Northbridge
18+ More on the door if avail
Since 2007 Someone Say Dubstep? had been bringing the big name International Dubsteppers to our bass hungry city. The scene was growing and Perth was showing the love. Despite this, there was no dedicated night of dubstep to expose some of the great talent we have here in Perth. After some local heads got together, the WattHz night was born at a popular hotel and it hosted some of Perth's most promising up and coming Dubstep artists once a month.
WattHz is now proud to announce its new collaboration with Bar Open monthly on Saturday nights. With a focus still on unearthing fresh Perth talent, WattHz will also join forces with Someone Say Dubstep? to deliver local and international dubstep artists.
And to kick things off we have one hell of a Re-Launch Party!!
Someone Say Dubstep? and WattHZ start October with a bang! We bring you someone for the headz. None other than Hyperdub, Ringo Records and Dubpoliceman - LD!!!!
Brought up on a diet of rootical reggae blasting through the bedroom floor on a Sunday morning in Peckham, south London, it is of little surprise that the reggae sampling, clashing breakbeats and hyper energy of Jungle, and more recently the half-step grooves of dubstep, would dictate his life’s path.
The 24 year-old first heard the sounds that would change everything at the age of nine. Exposed to the sounds of Jungle through various tape packs brought back from raves by his cousin, it was only a matter of time before he was introduced to turntables and mixing records. It was this that inspired him to go to college and take up music technology, yet it was a painting and decorating job that actually got him his first break, leading him through the door of Transition Studios in 2003.
Watching and learning as a vast array of clients from Darren Jay to Jah Shaka and Natasha Bedingfield came through the doors, LD learnt the art and science of sound mastering under owner Jason Goz careful mentorship, cutting his teeth on 10” dubplates for dubstep producers and DJ’s Distance, N-Type and Digital Mystikz, eventually graduating to 12” dubs and mastering. From this vantage point, he could view the evolution of dubstep through regular exposure to the mutating sounds coming from the constant flow of artists coming to get their dubs cut.
It was during one of these sessions that one of the scenes leading artists, Mala (DMZ), heard LD's first original production Clock Watching and instantly charted it. From here Jason resurrected his old Ringo record label and released it, with Skream’s mix of Assumptions on the flip. Once firmly on the dubstep map, things began to move. His next production, Swing Dat Skirt, created in January 2007 with it’s rifle fire rhythms, filtered key lines and funky bass drop, garnered strong support from DJ Chef and N-Type on Rinse FM, once again thrusting LD into the spot light.
Going back to back with DJ Chef at DMZ 2nd Birthday in London was a baptism of fire. This was his first booking. Playing alongside Kode 9, Skream, Hatcha, Benga and Plastician, LD showed little fear, opening with one of the most insane mixes of the night, still talked about in dubstep chat rooms now - the intro of Benga and Walsh’s Panic Room was building to the drop and at that exact moment LD switches the mix into Flames by Benga as it reaches its first drop. The place erupted, and the rest is history.
LD’s sound is his own. Drawing on his roots, you can hear the drum pan sounds of Jamaica resonating throughout, flashes of Soca drums, subtle tribal nuances, and the ghost of Jungle reverberating in the warm, pulsating sub bass.
From massiv choons collaborating with the infamous Kode 9 on Hyperdub to the rollers peace in our culture and the forthcoming riddims king of kong/international roots on Dub Police you know LD is bringing the biz with his own sound. Add to that an onslaught of the absolute freshest biznis from the man who masters the plates of the dubkings. LD.
Add to that a dash of KITO, REKAB, PROXIMITY EFFECT, YLEM and WAYY TO MUCH EXTRA SUB - you'd better be worried that the roof don't blow!!
Watch for HUGE announcements around town from Someone Say Dubstep? and WattHz in the coming weeks, stay tuned!
Tickets $20+BF from Planet Video and Mills Records
Limited Industry tickets from Dj Factory
More on the door if available
Doors open 10pm
Bar Open - Club 234 William St Northbridge
This is an 18+ event
