[Boston] 3.08 PHOTEK @ GOODLIFE

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This March BASSIC continues to turn up the heat with ever intensive line up! Prepare yourself as we bring the one and only PHOTEK!

PHOTEK (Virgin, Sanctuary, Studio !K7, DJ Kicks Tour) LA

We're proud to host for the first time ever a man who was a foundation in the early 90's jungle scene, and well known for his progressive style and influence in the development of the "intelligent" drum and bass genre. Understanding his past allows us to better appreciate what he's doing now and in the future. Be ready for a special evening of some Photek's newest sounds in a special techno-dubstep set!

Photek stands mercilessly on the edge. A sonic scientist, pushing both his sounds and fans' expectations to the outermost limits since 1994, he floods the footnotes of electronica like MP3s clutter up your hard drive.
2011 will see him drop a series of sounds that reflect the truest perception of him once and for all. Driven by his years of studio discipline; sharpened by an acute awareness that he'll be received by the heads that know him well and ears that don't know him at all, Photek's new sound carries all the barbed motifs and icy atmospherics you'll know from seminal cuts such as 'Seven Samurai' and 'Hidden Camera' all tied up tight with his own take on today's contemporary genre-breaking melting pot.

Ardent displays of his eclectic method were there from the very beginning. The seeds had been sewn back in the dancefloor's most formative days, attending early raves, pretty much in his school uniform, and hearing DJs like Jumping Jack Frost fire their way through everything from Derrick May to Phil Collins. These influences are clear from his first EP on Metalheadz with the drum & bass meets downtempo 'Into The 90s'... 'Yendi', the flipside to the 'Modus Operandi' 12", was a prototype for dubstep while 'Mine To Give', a sassy slab of sexed up house coated in Robert Owens' iconic soul, set the foundations for the genreless battlefields well trodden by the likes of Commix and Mount Kimbie.

A list of his big screen scores should follow, but it won't. Photek carelessly yarns his years in LA as 'doing this and that', but it wasn't. Hived in the western world's most creative hub, his time since 2007's 'Form & Function Volume 2' has been a creative whirlwind. Collaborations with Nine Inch Nails and troubled troubadour Ray LaMontagne; sell out TEKDBZ shows with 12th Planet and DJ Craze; the evening commute down Sunset Boulevard with Fab & Groove on Sirius reminding him of the UK bass culture he helped develop... Photek stands undeniably on the edge of undiluted inspiration.

Destination tomorrow: Photek's decorated past and diligent work ethic leads us here. The new music you'll hear this year is yet another chapter in a life spent overdosing on sonic nuances and boundary testing. An exultant voyage in a life that's shaped the very foundations of the sounds we love, these are sounds that he's teased at since the techno tickles of his 2000 album 'Solaris'

Take his collaboration with Switch, 'Avalanche'; a low-swung modulator, its half-step march belies the crafty subversion of a well known rave sample. Take '101'; its icy peripheries suggest the Photek we know while kidnapping the principals of classic electro and booting them effortlessly into the 23rd century. Take 'This City'; a lolloping load of filters and reverse athletics, its somnambulant sounds make it a literal house dream. Take '4 Aces', a bassline badguy, smiling a saw-toothed grin. Take the aptly titled 'No Agenda'; a timeless slice of spine-tingling progression, fluctuating between funk and arm-flinging euphoria.

Take it or leave it; from this moment on Photek has programmed a new system, the code racing mercilessly towards the main stage where an explosive live show, primed with nothing but his own material, patiently awaits.
http://photek.fm/
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Photek
http://soundcloud.com/photek
http://www.facebook.com/PhotekMusic
http://twitter.com/photek


INCYDE B2B PANDAI'A (Sub.FM, Hotflush, Steadfast)

Originally from outside Boston, Incyde first became involved in electronic music through his work as label manager of Scuba's Hotflush Recordings label in London in 2007, where he began playing at clubs and radio shows around the city's thriving dubstep scene. In 2008 he moved to New York City and became a resident deejay of America's founding dubstep night, Dub War, where he developed a reputation for his tasteful selection and genre-bending explorations into bass music. Focusing more energy on enhancing his sets there, Incyde's original productions were first met with support by Mary Anne Hobbs of BBC Radio 1 and Scuba in 2010. His debut, "Axis" was released on Hotflush's BACK AND 4TH compilation in April 2011, followed by the four-track "Telophase" EP on Brendon Moeller's Steadfast Records in August. Later that year, his rework of "Lost Highway" by Badawi (Raz Mesinai) was featured in Scuba's DJ-Kicks compilation on !K7 Records. He now produces from the remote island of Maui, Hawaii. As a producer, this is only the beginning of Incyde’s path, as he melts and reshapes broken beats and bass into his own signature concoctions. If otherworldly futuristic beat & bass explorations are what you’re after, look no further.

Pandai'a is a Boston-trans-Maui based DJ specializing in music across the low end spectrum. She is a co-founder and resident DJ of BASSIC in Boston. We are so blessed to give our long time and deeply missed friends a warm welcome while they are back in town! I don't think there's any more that needs to be said other than don't miss their set!
http://alexincyde.blogspot.com/
http://soundcloud.com/incyde
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Incyde
http://www.mixcloud.com/incyde/
http://www.hotflushrecordings.com/
http://www.percussionlab.com/sets/panda ... ab_feature

Kate!Rush (Morlock Musik, Betamorph Recordings)

Breaking into the scene in late 2006, Kate!Rush has come a long way. Always on the hunt for something new and challenging, throwing parties has been a driving force in her life since the same week she came home from her first party. 9 very successful shows & 4 years later it was time to see the scene from another point of view. Picking up her first set of turntables in early '07, she'd been hiding her Progressive House/Trance mixes in her living room until summer '09. Combining her love for trance, and her addiction to dubstep- trancestep was born! She’s been expending every last ounce of her energy into growing, learning and expanding outwardly as a dj and working on sliding into production. Moving from Syracuse to Buffalo & currently posted up in Providence, she’s going to continue making waves, be prepared for the tsunami that is Kate!Rush. (Don’t forget the “!”)
http://www.katerush.com/
http://soundcloud.com/katerush
http://betamorphrecordings.com/
http://morlockmusik.com/katerush.html

BASSIC Boston w/

PHOTEK
Incyde B2B Pandai'a
Kate!Rush
@ GoodLife Bar
28 Kingston Street
Boston, Ma
21+
Damage $5 B4 11pm $10 After