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CONCRETE recommends: RUNTINJAM 1 w/ PAIGEY CAKEY (UK) x ROXXXAN (UK) x PHOKUS (DE) & many more

Full blown girl power tonight - the RUN TIN crew, holding up the flag for everything UK Bass, from 2 Step to Garage to Jungle to Grime in Vienna, invites two of the most buzzin’ female MCs the UK has to offer right now: PAIGEY CAKEY and ROXXXAN will grace us with their presence tonight at FLUC WANNE.

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With a flow so fresh like a crisp summer breeze and lyrics so deep that they could stem from a seasoned veteran, PAIGEY CAKEY has already made her mark, especially in the UK. Heavily inspired by the likes of Missy Eliott, Teedra Moses and Lauryn Hill, she manages to melt the borders between the genres with soulful vocals and hard-hitting verses.

Hitting the scene with a contemporary and distinctive style that is destined to carry her to the top, it is easy to predict that 2015 will be her breakthrough year. Whilst being only 20 years old, the East London native already has crossed off some major milestones in her career, not just in music: She was featured in the critically acclaimed British film Attack The Block and the popular BBC drama Waterloo Road, toured through Europe with fellow British MC Lady Leshurr and was playlisted on BBC Radio 1 with her single “Hood Swag” off her debut EP “The First Paige”.

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Not much is known about RoxXxan, but these things are for certain: this chick spits with more swagger and elegance than most of her peers and breaks necks with her exceptionally good looks while not even breaking a sweat.

The charismatic Birmingham native, with a flow that takes inspiration from classic 90s rap and gritty Grime, has also been a mainstay in the female UK MC scene for more than 5 years, amassing more than 500,000 views on her singles “Too Fucking Facety” and “Power” through Noisey.

She’s been a bit off the radar for a while, but she’s recently picked up the pace again, steadily on the grind with her crew BACKPACK GANG, dropping snippets left and right as well as her newest EP, “No ExXxcuses”.

After the ladies performed their live sets, phokus, part of the WobWob collective straight from Hamburg, will light the stage ablaze with some Jungle, Bassline and Grime flares.

Local support will be provided by other than the Duzz Down San Crew, Mercedes Bounce and the RUNTIN residents B.Ranks and Mad Hiaz. The host of the night will be Kinetical MC.

Venue: FLUC_Wanne (Praterstern, 1020 VIE) Adm: EUR 9 < 00:00 > 12 Doors: 23:00

░▒ RUN TIN JAM #01 ▒░ Live Rap: ✮ PAIGEY CAKEY (UK) ✮ ROXXXAN (UK) Local support: ✮ P.TAH x MIRAC x TESTA (Duzz Down San, AT) ✮ KINETICAL MC (No Bass No Fun, AT) On the wheels: ✮ PHOKUS (WobWob, DE) ✮ MERCEDES BOUNCE (Skull Disco/Tonstube Rec, AT) ✮ B. RANKS x MAD HIAZ (Runtin.net, AT) Visuals: ✮ SUBOPTIK

https://twitter.com/paigey_cakey https://twitter.com/rotriplex https://ptahmiractesta.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/kinetical https://soundcloud.com/ph0kus https://soundcloud.com/bedaranks https://soundcloud.com/mad-hias https://suboptik.com/ https://wobwob.net/

#concrete #recommends #runtin #grime #uk bass #2step #garage #jam #fluc wanne #wien #vienna #bass

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CONCRETE recommends: MAKE ME SMILE Festival Pre Party w/ORANGUTANKLAUS

The good people from Take A Smile Media House are throwing a party for the good cause at The Loft - supporting the NGO Make Me Smile Kenya, who are trying to make Western Kenya a better place. With multiple projects that aid in making medical care, education and civil rights, especially for children and their families, available for everyone, the organization tries to move mountains - in areas where most have given up hope.

Well, if that isn’t a incentive to shake your booty. You can donate directly to the organization at the party or buy some jewelry from Kenia to support the cause.

CONCRETE’s contribution to the cause is by sending ORANGUTANKLAUS to play a very special set - he will be accompanied by MC MALACAI, who will spit a couple of verses over those bumpin’ 808s.

▲ UPSTAIRS FROM 22:00 ▲ FUNK / HIP-HOP / DANCEHALL / REGGAE DAN B (FUNK FOOD) Romano Gemini (nu blends) Bassrunner (fm4 reggae corner) RAS SOUND (jamboree/yard vibez) ▼ DOWNSTAIRS FROM 24:00 ▼ DRUM'N'BASS / JUNGLE / UK HOUSE / GARAGE / BASS / TRAP / ELECTRONIC DJ Menace x Kom.Bad ( CITY WARRIORS VIENNA) GOOD WOOD x STEADY ROCK (gut aufgelegt) BEDA RANKS x DJ ODD (klub sirene) Orangutanklaus (Concrete) x MALACAI (Draculabs) HOSTED BY KINETICAL MC (nbnf/one culture, klub sirene + mc) ▶ ENTRANCE: 22:00 bis 24:00 5€ ab 24:00 8€ Links: http://makemesmile-kenya.org/ http://www.makemesmile-festival.at/ http://www.theloft.at/

#concrete #make me smile #ngo #the loft #kenya #festival #bass #orangutanklaus

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CONCRETE recommends: FAIRLIGHT CLUB X VIHANNA pres. DJ Q (UK/BBC 1XTRA)

Proving their exceptional taste in bookings once again, the boys from Fairlight Club team up with Vihanna to bring one of the biggest names in the UK Bass scene today to Vienna - BBC 1XTRA Resident DJ Q.

Getting involved into the UK Garage scene at the tender age of 12 by buying vinyls and tape decks, the Huddersfield-native taught himself how to DJ in his bedroom before being booked at local parties when he was 15.

in 2004, DJ Q’s rise to fame started when a friend informed him that BBC1 XTRA was looking for someone on the pulse of North England’s rising Bassline scene. Q submitted a mixtape and was soon crowned as the youngest ever DJ on 1 XTRA, hosting the fortnightly UKG Mix Show.

The radio show became a big success and his first releases, classics like “Tea Bag” or “You Wot”, of which the latter even made it to the UK Top 50, were only the beginning of DJ Q’s dynasty as top shelf producer and DJ. It didn’t take long before he was invited to remix the likes of Amy Winehouse, Dizzee Rascal, Katy B or Keri Hilson to name a few.

After 8 years as resident for BBC 1XTRA, hosting the weekly UKG Mix Show, frequent guest appearances at the sister station BBC Radio 1 and constant EP and Single releases, Q departed from the station to host the monthly Essential Garage show over at Ministry of Sound and focus on his productions.

Over 10 releases have come from DJ Q since 2012, including “Say to You”, the “Sound Boy Collection” EP and three single releases off his LP, “Ineffable”, which released in 2014.

When he’s not busy curating massive festivals, DJ Q tours across the globe to bring North England’s finest bass music to the masses. Catch him TONIGHT (Friday, 15th May) at Club Titanic along with Fairlight Club’s and Vihanna’s combined legion of residents for the nice price of 8 Euros.

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▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ LINEUP ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▀ DJ Q | BBC 1XTRA || UK https://www.facebook.com/djqmusic https://soundcloud.com/djqmusic ▀ Win.95 ▀ DJ No Show ▀ kidkut ▀ GVBBV ▀ Computerstraße ▀ Casual Clay ▀ Boogaloo Steve ▀ The Shambolic ▀ DJ Bynite On 2 Floors. ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ Entry: 8,- https://www.facebook.com/VihannaClub https://www.facebook.com/fairlightclubvienna

#fairlight club #vihanna #vienna #wien #uk garage #club titanic #bassline #dj q #concrete #bass #massiv #amk

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CONCRETE NEWS #1: Orangutanklaus releases HASHTAGLAVISTA, Baby Mixtape, part 1

CONCRETE’s very own house monkey and bass specialist, better known as ORANGUTANKLAUS, has just released his newest mixtape installment named HASHTAGLAVISTA, BABY via our friends and Munich’s bass institution SO NOT BERLIN.

Get ready for a trip that takes you through the thumping Trap and Twerk jungles, in which ORANGUTANKLAUS only hand picks the ripest and juiciest of tunes for you. Perfect for walking your dog, your morning motivation on the way to work/school or turning your home party into a madhouse. Grab the free download HERE.

#orangutanklaus #concrete #bass #vienna #so not berlin #hashtaglavista #trap #twerk

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CONCRETE FLOOR HOSTING @ LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES pres. KÖLSCH

After their first, very successful stint with Gesaffelstein, the boys from Les Enfants Terribles, also responsible for the BEATPATROL festival, bring the next big name to “Die Kantine” - namely Techno maestro Kölsch.

With 20+ years in the business, being a figurehead for the German imprint “Kompakt”, releasing floor-filling anthems such as “Opa”, “Der Alte”, “Loreley” and “Goldfisch” and a genre-defining LP named “1977″ under his belt, Rune Reilly Kölsch clearly isn’t someone who needs much introduction.

Adored by an entire community for his melodic approach to Techno and House music, Kölsch is more than capable to captivate his audience with his mesmerizing beats. His latest effort, “Speicher 84″, which released just last week on “Kompakt”, could also be labeled as “Future Classic” and simply adds another facet to Kölsch’s legacy.

Watch Kölsch bring his signature black fedora and a selection of his hits on the May 13th to “Die Kantine”. He will be joined by the legend in his own name, Crazy Sonic, the very talented Florian Kaltstrøm, “Kantine” head booker and “Instinkt” mastermind Bono Goldbaum as well as the enigmatic duo “Klaue & Tatze” on the main floor, which is surrounded by a very powerful “Funktion One” soundsystem.

We are extremely humbled to be a part of this great event, as CONCRETE will be hosting the second floor, also known as the “Bakery”.

Literally catch a break from the omnipresent 4x4 with our Garage spinners LTBC, Future Bass heads YAAN, Disco Prophet Paul Raal and Head Honcho and Dark Vibe master WERWOLF.

#les enfants terribles #wien #vienna #let #concrete #bass #kölsch #kompakt #instinkt #crazy sonic #florian kaltstrom #bono goldbaum #ltbc #yaan #paul raal #werwolf #techno #die kantine

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TRACK OF THE WEEK: Tifa - Shivers ft. Robsi Mantoura

In case you’ve not been infected by the spring fever, this track by the man Tifa will definitely set the mood. The Vienna-based producer is featured on the newest compilation named “We Are Future Heist” by the French collective Future Heist, who describe themselves as a beacon for forward minded thinkers, listeners and creators who share the passion for Future Bass.

“Shivers” is the perfect soundtrack for those intimate moments with your bae, when you’re intertwined between the sheets or when the emotional bubble is about to burst and you feel that he/she is the one. Mellow drums, gliding synths, delicate piano riffs and the occasional hi-hat explosion are complimented by vocal work by Robsi Mantoura, fellow Viennese artist and producer, which elevate “Shivers” into a true heart-melter.

Follow Tifa and Robsi on Soundcloud and grab the full compilation HERE for free.

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CONCRETE recommends: FAIRLIGHT CLUB with JACQUES GREENE

Hot stuff incoming for Saturday: The friends from FAIRLIGHT CLUB invite the eclectic house producer, LuckyMe mainstay and Vase chief, Jacques Greene to headline the affair at Cafe Leopold.

Known for his unique take on dance music, Greene blends 2-step and Garage breaks, straight house elements, soulful melodics, “corny” R’n’B vocals with rolling kicks and intriguing synth stabs into a well-stirred cocktail that you could enjoy either at home while lounging on the couch or grinding on your significant other in a packed and sweaty nightclub. His latest EP titled “After Life, After Party” embodies the entire musical spectrum mentioned above.

Despite being a fairly young fella, Jacques has already summed up quite a resumeé: He has worked with the likes of Jimmy Edgar and Tinashe, remixed The XX and Radiohead, and played at some of the most renowned nightclubs and festivals across the globe such as Fabric, Panorama Bar, Plastic People or SONAR Festival, MUTEK and the Bloc Weekender respectively.

The Canadian will be joined by the FAIRLIGHT CLUB residents Boogaloo Steve, Computerstrasse and Bebop Rodeo’s Slick at the Salon, whilst Prasselbande and Can You Dig It join forces at the Cafe floor featuring Abooty, Kid Kut, Antonia and Jboony for 10 bucks at the door.

Like FAIRLIGHT CLUB on Facebook and view the full event description HERE.

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#concrete #recommends #fairlight club #jacques greene #vienna #bass #cafe leopold #prasselbande #can you dig it #sweg #music #luckyme

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Track of the Week: PALASTIC - Far Away ft. Josh Roa

Philipp & Sebastian, who are better known under their Dubstep alias Naked Fish, are venturing into new musical depths with their new project PALASTIC.

While they are already known for dropping jaw-breaking Dubstep and Trap releases like “Displaced”, “Rocket Power” or their latest remix of Rakede’s “Sonne” on Labels such as Kannibalen Records, Audioporn Records or Mainframe Recordings and being featured on the biggest Dubstep channel on YouTube - UKF - as Naked Fish, they have decided to go after the other, more laid back extreme in breaky bass music and expand their musical portfolio with PALASTIC.

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With releasing their debut single “Far Away” ft. Josh Roa earlier this week, already amassing over 100K views to dat on the popular YouTube channel “MrSuicideSheep”, the two Vienna-based producers showcase their versatility and what to expect from them in the coming months.

Goosebump-inducing piano stabs turn into a plucked guitar riff that will hit you straight into the feels before you transcend into a whole different dimension when the bass kicks in. Josh Roa’s soulful vocals perfectly enhance the arrangement. Do yourself a favor and wave a lighter in the air while holding your significant other tight or cure your heartache by learning the lyrics below.

Make sure to follow them on Facebook and Soundcloud and grab the free download HERE.

#trackoftheday #palastic #concrete #vienna #bass #sweg

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“I actually got my degree in Speed Garage” - CONCRETE interviews: DISTA

A month ago, we’ve hosted our last party at Flex Cafe and we were blessed by having a special guest all the way from Sheffield, England - Speed Garage Head and “Urban Sprawl” Boss Gavin “Dista” Douglas. Prior to his smashing set later that night, we sat down with him and had a little chat about his beginnings, his thoughts on the future of Garage and what it takes to establish a successful music label.

CONCRETE: Introduce yourself.

Dista: I’m Gavin „Dista“ Douglas, 34 years young, label executive for Urban Sprawl and Dyslexic Records, from Sheffield, England.

CONCRETE: How was your first experience with electronic music, especially Garage?

Dista: My first experience? I guess when it first started at school, I was into rock music and then somebody gave me a tape, a classic called „Dreadbass“. Some really, really classic jungle on there and after I heard that tape I never looked back. It totally changed me personally, I cut my hair, changed my clothes, got new friends and I think even know the style of music I produce is still heavily influenced by that very first tape.

CONCRETE: So you are producing Jungle influenced Garage is that correct?

Dista: Yeah.

CONCRETE: Right, so how has the genre Garage in your eyes evolved from when it first started in the 90s to now?

Dista: That‘s a long story. *laughs* Well when it started, that music that I fell in love with was called speed garage and that grew out of Jungle and D‘n‘B because originally, Garage was imported from the U.S. and it was a „sunday scene“ because nightclubs would have D’n‘B or rave parties on the weekends and garage was just a sunday place to go to come down after all the drugs you did on the weekend. So they tried to keep the vibe uplifting and keep everyone dancing. When UK producers started writing garage, it still sounded very similar to the stuff from the U.S such as Masters at Work, Todd Edwards and so on. But when the D’n‘B and Jungle producers started writing garage as well they took their influences with them by inducing reggae, the reggae basslines especially. That’s how Speed Garage was born.

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CONCRETE: So it took two routes? One more leaned towards the US side of garage: chilled out vibes and a bit slower and the other one being more influenced by the UK sounds, a bit faster paced and rougher?

Dista: Yeah I guess.

CONCRETE: So when did you decide to produce tunes yourself?

Dista: Let me think… Well, I was djing a lot since I was very young, 14 or 15. And a friend of mine had a playstation with that program [Codemasters Music Maker] on. He was my best mate so we would always DJ together. One time he would come round my house and show me tracks that he did himself on his playstation and I guess I was jealous and thought „What the fuck, man!“. We would always DJ together and now suddenly he’s better than me because he could produce as well and I didn‘t want him to get a lot better than me so I went ahead and enrolled in a college course to do music production. It was a 2 year course learning with an AKAI s5000 and ROLAND JV 1080, very basic equipment but I got obsessed with it. The lessons might have only been 2 hours a week but I went there 30 hours every week, every session I could get, but my music still wasn‘t very good.

CONCRETE: But you have found your passion!

Dista: Yeah, I did and it got me into university, where I got my degree in music production. I actually got my degree in speed garage (laughs). I remember going to the university and the teacher asking me: „What do you want to learn from the course?“And I said, „I just want to get my first vinyl release of good speed garage.““Well, you are not going to learn that here“, the teacher replied. But I enrolled anyway and I think a lot of the theory I learned at Uni wasn‘t helpful but learning to work with new programs to emulate certain sounds, especially the sounds of old garage and jungle records, as well as sound design helped me a lot. And my final thesis which I was graded upon to finish the course and find out how good you are was entitled: „How to release a successful speed garage record“. While everybody else handed in their final work on CD, I handed in a vinyl, which was 1 of 500 copies and it was the first record I ever made. It was my „I‘ve Got The Power“ Remix and it sold out in only 2 months so I felt like I did actually get my degree in speed garage and the teacher was wrong.

CONCRETE: You certainly proved him wrong. Coming out of university and putting out your first record yourself basically was the start. Did you already have your label at the time or did you put it out yourself out of your own pocket?

Dista: This was around 2005/2006, I don‘t think digital labels were a thing back then really.

CONCRETE: So you just went to a shop and asked them to put out your vinyl?

Dista: It actually happened because I would send my tracks to all the big speed garage labels like Nocturnal, Echo, Reflective,... and nobody was interested in releasing it for me so I had to find a way to release it myself so it was sort of finding out first of all where to get them pressed and how to file needed to be, tech specs, compression, etc., so it was quite a learning process and quite an investment as well. Because you couldn‘t press less than 500 records, that was the minimum amount. So if nobody would have bought it, it would have been a disaster for me.

CONCRETE: But everything turned out to be fine, right?

Dista: Yeah, there was a record shop in Sheffield called Reflex and in there they had a music studio upstairs and all the classic bass line house records coming out of Sheffield were all written at that record shop, people like Veteran for example. So I would go to the shop and show them my stuff like, „Hey listen to this, its my new thing“. And every few weeks I would go in there but they would always say something like „Nah it‘s not good enough“ and finally, after going in there probably a 100 times, he finally gave in and agreed to release a track for me, which was my second record, Dyslexic Dubs Vol. 2. but he didn‘t actually know that I had done my own press. When he agreed to release my song it took him a year from him saying he‘d release it to it actually coming into the shop because they had so many other releases coming out from his own label. So after a couple of months, I thought he‘s not going to release it at all, so I went ahead and pressed 2 different songs myself and when I went back in a year later and I gave him my vinyl record saying „This is my new one.“ He thought „Shit, has he pressed the same songs that I was going to release?“ So there was a moment when we thought we had just pressed a 1000 copies of the same song but luckily those were different tunes. And this is how my own label first started.

CONCRETE: How big is the Garage scene in sheffield or the UK in general? Here in Vienna, it is more of a niche thing. Could it compare to other genre parties like Dubstep or house or is it just a really something for the people who are into the underground scene?

Dista: That‘s a difficult one because the biggest sound in the UK at the moment is the Deep House sound but I think we all know that this actually garage sound so you could say that Garage is the number one sound thats getting played at the clubs right now, except it is not called Garage anymore, it is called Deep House or Jackin’ or all these other sub genres. And about 90% of all the clubs in the UK are playing this sound at the moment. All that organ bass, 4x4 drums and syncopated drums/melodies as well as funky garage swung drums. I think that is what separates garage from house: the drums.

CONCRETE: I personally think that Garage has a little bit more spice in it, concerning the hi-hats and fills, compared to House. Do you think that there is still a scene for the original UK Garage though?

Dista: Yeah I think so in London, definitely down south. There‘s are lot of producers that produce that old school sound but I don‘t think they are having anywhere near as much as exposure as the artists that are chasing in on the new sound like the Disclosure type Garage. Even all the old school producers like Artful Dodger, Grant Nelson, those are all legendary Garage producers but if you listen to stuff the produce now... Is it still Garage or is it Deep House? I don‘t know man...

CONCRETE: Speaking of Disclosure. The UK Bass scene has received quite as we all noticed and acts like disclosure are getting heavy radio support, playing headline acts at festivals all over the world. For example, you hear Skepta collaborating with Kanye West, which will put Grime on the world map sooner or later. How do you feel about this? Do you think that this will ruin it for the underground scene or that it will open the doors for a wider audience to listen and dig deeper into underground genres such as grime?

Dista: I guess there‘s two sides to the coin. Because the exposure is good in the way that it will introduce the sound to people who perhaps otherwise wouldn‘t have known about it and maybe when they hear it , it will encourage them to look back and find out about the origins of where these sounds come from and maybe take a deeper interest in the real sound of the underground. But then on the flip side I know from past experience e.g. with garage: It tends to be a vicious circle - starting off from the underground and when it becomes commercial the whole scene tends to implode and a new type of sound is born and it all starts over again from the underground so I guess thats another good thing really, it‘s just sad that when anything becomes commercial it loses all its credibility an as soon as something becomes „common knowledge“ it stops being „cool“ and if you try to keep a young audience they will move on to something else.

CONCRETE: So your label is trying to focus on young producers who are trying to come up in the scene?

Dista: Yes and no. I mean we are always looking for new talent but it is a very niche sound after all so it‘s difficult to find people who still write old school Speed Garage. But there are some and we just have to keep looking. We have producers from Russia writing some good stuff, Poland, Czech Republic, US, of course the UK and you guys (laughs).

CONCRETE: Are these producers younger people or are generally a bit older and more experienced?

Dista: Generally older, a lot of the people who were there the first time around.

CONCRETE: Who is your favorite artist to listen to right now?

Dista: I really like Special Request aka Paul Woolford at the moment. Really rough jungle garage cross over. Lots of distorted breaks, lots of amen breaks and reggae vocals, really good stuff.

CONCRETE: What were your top 3 favorite tracks of the last year?

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Tessela - Hackney Parrot (Special Request Remix)

Mella Dee - Helter Skelta

Dj Q - 99 Gunshots

CONCRETE: What‘s your favourite synth of all time?

Dista: Man I don’t really use much external equipment, to be honest I still really love the AKAI s5000 sampler. (laughs) Yeah I‘m a sample guy, I don‘t really use many VSTs or anything like that most of what I use are samples. I find it to be a much quicker way to work, you don’t get held up. I know people say „You are losing out on sound quality, you don‘t have the same range in the octaves, etc. but I think especially as I have seen with the AKAI s5000: The technology that restricts you, forces you to be more creative. And sampling obviously has a rich history in hip hop and obviously in dance music as well. I‘m not ashamed to say that I don‘t use very many synths or instruments, everything I do is a sample and if you don‘t like it....And the great thing about the AKAI as well was that you only had 10 seconds of sampling time so what producers would do is: Play the record at the wrong speed, playing it really fast and then slow it down in the sampler so they had 20 instead of 10 seconds, but of course the bit rate would be very low, making it sound very rough. Just imagine only having 10 seconds of sample time man, and having to put together a whole track with it.

CONCRETE: Who was your biggest inspiration music wise?

Dista: Jeremy Silvester, Wildcat, Dreadbass (tape), MJ Cole obviously. He’s (MJ) classically trained as well, won an award for his musical skills as well, so really can‘t fuck with his chord progressions, this guy is a genius.

CONCRETE: Are there any special VSTs you like to use or just everything that comes with your DAW?

Dista: Nothing special, I use everything that is already on board.

CONCRETE: What DAWs do you use?

Dista: Logic and Reason.

CONCRETE: What advice do you have for young and upcoming artist/producers in general?

Dista: Don‘t be afraid to make mistakes. It is better to spend your time and maybe write one tune a week or if you can 2 tunes a week rather than spend 4 weeks on one track because that is the quicker way to learn in my opinion, so I would recommend not to become to focused on one element or one part for too long. Try to keep moving all the time. This is the style Garage was born out of. All those classic tracks that you know from the 90s were thrown together in just a few hours because back then we didn‘t really have home studios and studio time was expensive so these guys would go in and try and write a tune in 24 hours, or even better, 4 tunes, and that kind of gave Garage that minimal element and also it‘s roughness. It‘s not trying to be particularly excellent sound-wise but if it‘s got a vibe, it‘s got a certain flow and if you wanna write good garage or good music in general that‘s the best way to go in my opinion by just attacking it, throwing yourself in there and doing stuff that‘s experimental. And in the end these are the best tracks, aren‘t they. The ones that you remember have got something in them that‘s special, that‘s different and that you perhaps don‘t know how to do yourself.

Follow Dista and his imprint Urban Sprawl on Soundcloud.

#concrete #bass #speed garage #uk #vienna #dista #dyslecsic #interview #sweg

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CONCRETE recommends: T H A T S H x T - THE BIG REOPENING

More than half a year has passed since the last T H A T S H x T @ Flex took place, now one of the biggest Trap parties in Vienna is back - bringing it right back to where it all started, the gritty but lovable Fluc tonight, 11th April.

Set to bring some of the biggest stars in the Trapiverse to our hometown in the near future, T H A T S H x T celebrates its homecoming by inviting their entire cast of restidents: Phillip Cue, Legenderek, Luka Popovic, Jizzmag, Paranoize, Menace, Kom.Bad, Propah Lickin, Stereo Circus and CONCRETE’s very own BEAST will be on the ones and twos churning out only the finest Trap hits. Check the full event bio HERE.

T H A T S H ✖ T IS BACK BITCHES! LINE-UP:

✖ PHILLIP CUE ✖ LEGENDEREK ✖ LUKA POPOVIC ✖ JIZZMAG ✖ BEAST ✖ PARANOIZE ✖ MENACE ✖ KOM.BAD ✖ PROPAH LICKIN ✖ STEREO CIRCUS POST A “X” ONTO THE EVENT AND PAY ONLY 7€ ENTRANCE UNTIL 12PM, AFTERWARDS 10

GENERAL ADMITTANCE: 12€

#thatshxt #concrete #bass #trap #vienna #fluc

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Track of the Week: HAT+HOODIE - Bäng!

HAT+HOODIE have graced us with a very special easter egg: The Berlin-based soundsystem created Xano, Man FM podcast host and the co-founder of the label ZEF JAM, has released a floor-filling booty-wiggler freebie entitled „Bäng!“.

Chopped up vocals that literally encourage you to „Get it on“ and „Move your body“ are accompanied by 808s aligned to a bouncy NOLA twerk rhythm, stomping toms, flying hi-hats and that super official Moombahton flavour.

Get the full „Bäng!“-er now for the click of a button via their Website or their Soundcloud.

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#trackoftheweek #hat+hoodie #bounce #808 #moombahton #sweg #concrete #vienna #bass

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CONCRETE FLOOR HOSTING @ KLANGFABRIK w/ Phazz, JiKay, 123mrk, Sh?m & MOTSA (WIN FRIENDSLIST TICKETS!)

After hosting the very epic Soulection label night at Grelle Forelle, the Klangfabrik crew might top themselves with this one, this Saturday, 4th of April at Pratersauna. Five (!) headliners, gaming area, free food from NENI for the first guests, goodies and raffles left and right.. Man, these dudes definitely know how to throw a belter of a party.

The bunker floor will be the future bass hot bed spearheaded by the Frenchman Phazz, who will grace us with a live set and JiKay (UK), mastermind behind the labels Hot Damn Music and All Trap Music. They will be joined by 123mrk (FR) and Sh?m (UK) who will infuse their own special blend of soulful electronic music onto the dancefloor along with Klangfabrik residents Neco, hw:dp and Beat Science chief Jeru.

The main floor will cater to all your 4x4 house needs. Headlined by none other but hometown hero and dear friend of CONCRETE, MOTSA. He will be supported by a fine selection of Viennese talent such as Dridi, Robsi Mantoura, Jon Gravy and White Widow Records owner Brusikiewicz from Poland.

BUT WAIT - there’s more! Your favorite bass crew aka CONCRETE aka the cult of bass will bring some really, really serious bass to the fan-favorite Toilet Room floor, joined by the notorious party animal Legenderek. The entire (active) crew will be on deck, YAAN will drop some bouncy Jersey Club, Breaks and Grime, LTBC got your 2 step and UK Garage fix covered, Disco Prophet Paul Raal will guide your dancing shoes with, well you guessed it, Disco House. And for the very first time ever, our crew beasts, Werwolf and Orangutan Klaus, dubbed Pongo Lupus, join forces to serve you an explosive mixture of Dark Techno, sinister 808s and the occasional but very essential booty-bouncing Twerk exercise.

Sounds like a pretty smashing night if you ask me. And if you’re of the impatient kind and hate standing in line and paying a hefty entrance fee, fear not. We’re giving away 4x2 Friendslist tickets which will allow you to walk all the way to the back of the Sauna for guaranteed fast entrance and a reduction of the fee to only 10 bucks all night. Splendid! All you have to do is go onto our Facebook page and post “holla” under the pic you see down here and tag the person you wanna go with.

▲▲Gaming Area▲▲ 22:00 - 00:00 ▲DISH TENNIS▲ - 1 Minitischtennistisch from DISH TENNIS ▲XBOX 360▲ - Tekken or - Fifa ▲Wii▲ - Mario Kart ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ►► BUNKERFLOOR ►► ►♫ Phazz live ♫ ( The EDM Network, Cosmonostro, FR) ►♫ Sh?m ♫ ( Darker Than Wax, Flow-Fi, UK) ►♫ 123Mrk ♫ ( Future Classic, FR) ►♫ JiKay ♫ ( All Trap Music, Hot Damn, UK) Supported by: ▶ Neco (Klangfabrik, Exide Code Records) ▶ Jeru (Beat Science, Klangfabrik) ▶ hw:dp (Klangfabrik, Absthetic) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ►► MAINFLOOR ►► ► ♫ MOTSA ♫ (Southern Fried Rec, Vienna)

Supported by: ▶ Dridi (Klangfabrik)

▶ Robsi Mantoura (Mau Mau Music, Klangfabrik)

▶ Jon Gravy (Outline, Klangfabrik)

▶ Brusikiewicz (Klangfabrik DJ Competition Winner, White Widow Rec.) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ►► TOILET ROOM ►► HOSTED BY CONCRETE, BITCHEZ ▶ YAAN (Concrete)

▶ LTBC (Concrete)

▶ ORANGUTANKLAUS b2b WERWOLF AKA PONGO LUPUS (Concrete)

▶ PAUL RAAL (Concrete)

▶ LEGENDEREK (Klangfabrik) https://www.facebook.com/TheLegenDerek ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ◀ Info ▶ Entry: 12€<23:30>15€ Limited Presale @ wienXtra-jugendinfo: 10€/12€ + Fastlane & Online Presale @ ticketgarden.com 10€/12€ + Fastlane https://www.ticketgarden.com/tickets/klangfabrik-w-phazz-123mrk-sh-m-motsa/ Date: 04.04.2015 Location: Pratersauna, Waldsteingartenstraße 135 102

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