It's a free one!
The Art School, Fortified and Itch! presents
Horsepower, Joe Nice and Julio Bashmore
As you may well know, the art school which has been Fortified's home for almost 4 years now closes for refurbishment this summer, so 20th of May 2011 will be touched with much emotion, as it is the date of our final session in the place.
...So, as we count down to that fateful date, we have a few very special parties planned to ensure we see the building out with a bang. The pedigree of our two guests on our first dance of the year could not be purer, as we welcome back Horsepower Production's Benny Ill, and Joe Nice, all the way from Baltimore, USA.
Horsepower, for those of you who dont know, are the group widely acnowledged with taking the swing of garage, the ruffneck vibes of jungle, dub and reggae, the experimantal sonics of techno, sprinkling it liberally with film samples and dialougue, and thus inventing dubstep. Before most of you had heard of Skream or Burial HP already had two classic albums under their sleeve, which are still firm Eliminator's favourites to this day. After a lenghty hiatus they are back with a new full length, "Quest for the Sonic Bounty" which as far as we are concerned is a master piece for both the home and the club. Benny was the first guest we had at the arty back in 07 and it is both a privelidge and an honour to have him return to our tables.
As it is with Joe Nice. Universally recognized as the ambassador of the dubstep sound in North America and has been instrumental in the growth and success of dubstep for nearly a decade. In other words, he's been playing dubstep before it was called dubstep. For our money Joe is the worlds best DJ playing bass music full stop.
His passion, charisma, enthusiastic stage presence and technical ability are equally matched by his selection skills. Lost classics, scene anthems, hot new artists and the freshest upfront dubs (and believe us, Joe has these in abundance from all the main players) all get dropped masterfully. He is the first American-based DJ to play on London pirate radio, Rinse FM, the legendary DMZ bi-monthly bash and FWD>> @ Plastic People. A member of GourmetBeats, resident & co-founder of the most successful dubstep party in North America, DubWar (New York City) and selected as one of URB's NEXT 100, JoeNice is continually taking dubstep to the next level and beyond.
Add Electric Eliminators warming up, and B.A.S.S. supplying the subs and you have a night out that perfectly schools you in dubsteps history, whilst slapping you round the chops with its possibilities for the future. Business as usual in other words......Exept this one wont cost you a penny as its FREE ENTRY all night. And you also have access to ITCH down stairs which features special guest Julio Bashmore, someone we respect so much that we almost got him for Fortified. Any excuse not to go to this is definately a lame one.
