xxxy, Slugabed, Background Sound @ Glasslands, 3/8/12
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We're very excited to be bringing Rupert Taylor, otherwise known as the Manchester-based producer xxxy, over from the UK for a second time! With Slugabed and Braille (Praveen of Sepalcure)! This aint no 'ordinary thing', it's a party yall. Let's do it!
- XXXY -
Having spent his youth in various bands, Rupert Taylor finally decided to hang up his guitar and mic and began producing electronic music fueled by his love at the time of drum and bass, and techno. Through the influential record shop Pelikan Neck he picked up on the early forms of dubstep and began focusing his productions on bass heavy garage influenced tracks. This led to his first release as “forensix (mcr)” on Revolution music in 2006 with one of his first productions.
After the release of his first record, he took a break to tighten up his production. He came back in 2009 as xxxy which led to the releases of “Reflections EP” on the influential Manchester label Mindset and “Science Fiction/651” on Formant Recordings. By late 2009 he had begun to become more and more influenced by house music which had begun to take up a much larger section of his record collection.
2010 saw the release of a split of the very well received 12” on Infrasonics. Comprised of the Baltimore influenced “Blue Flashing Lights” and the Funky Roller “Know You” which was included in FACT magazine’s tunes of 2010 list.
Later in 2010 he released the critically acclaimed garage-influenced EP “Every Step Forward” on Fortified Audio.
The January 2011 release of “You Always Start it/Ordinary Things” on Ten Thousand Yen increased xxxy’s burgeoning reputation with Pitchfork picking “Ordinary Things” as its Best New Track of the day “What's so special about "Ordinary Things" isn't its parts, though, but how impeccably they are put together...This rush comes complete with a joyous "Whoo!" sample to let you know that, yeah, while you're getting the chills, this is still body-moving music.”
2011 will see releases on Orca, Well Rounded, Infrasonics & All City together with Remixes for Tri Angle and the Count & Sinden.
As a DJ xxxy has produced well received mixes for FACT, BBQ & URB as well as playing dates all over the UK and Europe.
-SLUGABED-
Now signed to Ninja Tune Records (Feb 2011), Slugabed (Greg Feldwick), is Kingston based producer and DJ working predominantly in dubstep and hip-hop. He has previously released records on Donky Pitch, Ramp Recordings, MYOR, Planet Mu and stuffrecords labels.
Glasslands Gallery
289 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211
$12 ADV, $12 DOS, 21+
Doors 11:30 pm
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