PASSAGEM DE ANO
BASSDROP 2007
METALHEADZ NYE
RANDALL [metalheadz / macII ]
TEEBEE [ metalheadz / prototype / subtitles ]
NUNO FORTE [ pressure force ]
HI FIDEL CARTEL
ALIF [ future beatz ]
BASTIAN [ bass republic ]
MAIA [ cinética ]
Pelo 3º ano consecutivo, o drum'n'bass marca presença no fim de ano do hard-club. com um cartaz de luxo, assegurado internacionalmente pela famosa label de goldie - a metalheadz - a que se junta uma presença nacional em força. a BASSDROP2007 promete uma noite de drum'n'bass inesquecÃvel, que além de marcar o inicio do ano novo, marca a despedida do hard-club das actuais instalações.
Numa organização conjunta da bass republic e do hard-club, com o selo oficial da metalheadz, a BASSDROP2007 traz ao nosso paÃs RANDALL; um dj mitico da cena drum'n'bass, que volta ao porto acompanhado por TEEBEE, um dj/produtor à muito agurdado pelo público português e que promete incendiar, com os seus sons pesados e negros o excelente espaço cénico do hard-club. a BASSDROP2007 fica completa com um poderoso contingente português, liderado por NUNO FORTE a que se juntam o lisboeta ALIF, os HI FIDEL CARTEL, BASTIAN da bass republic e MAIA da cinética.
um cartaz de peso, na noite mais longa do ano.
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RANDALL
Randall is definitely a natural when it comes to mixing, saying that the basics took him only a week to learn back in the mid 80s. However, he still had to continue refining his skills by studying music and making tapes every week. One of these tapes landed him a small gig at a club called Delerium which, in turn, got him a regular slot on legendary pirate Centreforce FM in 1989. It was here his reputation really started growing. He began playing out at clubs more and, as times changed and music progressed, so did his style towards what we know and love today. Randall's style has always been fluid and probably always will, but changes in his selection have been noticeable in the past couple of years, with more emphasis on darkside flavas than before. This can be illustrated crudely by his transformation from AWOL resident to Metalheadz regular. Randall is simply refelecting what's going on around him and, even though some might say his sound has got 'darker', he inhabits that overlap between 'jump-up' jungle and 'darkside' drum & bass. He's always had broad tastes and, as long as those beats are running, there's easily enough room in his set to contrast a wide range of flavas. When you have nothing, your hunger can focus your mind to the task in hand, and sometimes it's a harder job remaining at the top once you've got there than getting there in the first place. This situation increases the longer you're there - how many DJs out would like to be in the position of someone like Randall? Whilst he doesn't guard against complacency consciously, a significant factor to his continuing success is his sheer passion for the music. You can sense it in his voice when he talks about particular tunes and believe him when he says it's a drug and he needs a fresh fix of tunes in his box every week.
"My style has always been the same, I just like to take you on a journey, know what I mean, take you through a heap
of different styles and then blend them all into one. Theres just too many good tunes and diff styles out there at the
moment, I’m not one of these DJ’s who’s pigeon holed into pushing one particular sound. "
- Randall
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TEEBEE
DJ/producer Teebee spent ten years making his mark on the Norwegian drum 'n' bass scene, but it only took one album and a handful of singles (on labels like Rugged Vinyl and Moving Shadow) to establish him as a major player in the elitist UK drum 'n' bass scene. The 2000 release of his debut album, Black Science Labs, showed the world that Teebee could both play by jungle's rules and fuck with them. The record was an unpredictable mix of sounds that twisted traditional drum 'n' bass formulas but retained a sleek, noirish sound. It was a departure from the UK's traditional pantheon of hip-hop and reggae influence, and it took lots of scenesters by surprise.
His follow-up album, Through the Eyes of a Scorpion, was a dark dancefloor rager that retained the painstaking beat structures of his debut while fine-tuning his hard edge. Teebee has become known for a style that doesn't so much straight-out pummel you but sneaks up quietly from behind and fucks with you. He has often credited this approach as an outcropping of his devotion to martial arts. (He practices Hung Gar kung fu.)
Fast forward to the present, and Teebee now needs no introduction. He's become one of the major successes of the UK's forward-thinking Certificate 18 label, as well as winning the "Best International Producer" award from Knowledge Magazine in 2001. He's gotten raves from all the major players in D&B, including Grooverider and Fabio, Andy C, Ed Rush and Optical and Bad Company. He's had releases on numerous labels, including Prototype, Juice, Creative Source, Moving Shadow, and many more, as well as releasing several mysteriously haunting R&B-flavored drum 'n' bass bootlegs.
Additionally, he plays DJ gigs around the world, creating a stir with head-banging sets that run the gamut between dark and melodic sounds. More so than most DJs, he really gets involved in his sets, dancing about, pumping his fists, and transmitting an intense energy to the crowd.
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all the info and free tickets:
www.bassrepublic.org
www.hard-club.com
www.metalheadz.co.uk
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tickets:
25€ no local
20€ em pré-venda das lojas fnac
doors open: 01.00
( 8 hours of drum'n'bass )
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ehehhe... vemo-nos no HC! 
