DJ The Tornado

Live at Bassweight, Chicago 9/6/12. MC Anti AKA Black Lion on the mic. 3 decks rolling as usual.

1. The Others - The Way You Make Me - Dub Police

2. Farkas & RDG - Iron Man 2 - Biscuit Factory

3. Soap Dodgers - Twister - Wheel & Deal

4. Matt-U - Wipe Em Out - Black Box

5. J Kenzo - Invaderz - Tempa

6. Soap Dodgers - Ill Minded - Tempa

7. LX One - You - Wheel & Deal

8. Cluekid - Into The Jungle - Terrain

9. LAXX & Farkas - Creature - Biscuit Factory

10. Filth Collins - Bomb Bass - Dub Police

11. Mala - Cuba Electronic - Brownswood

12. Biome - Shadows - New Moon Recordings

13. Distance - Deserted - Chestplate

14. Sparxy - Shallow Grave - Bacon Dubs

»>Skream - Filth - Tempa

15. Tunnidge - Fear - Chestplate

16. Proxima - Grunge - Tempa

17. Killawatt & Thelem - Dualism - Osiris Music UK

18. Icicle - Minimal Dub - Shogun Audio

19. Icicle vs. TMSV - Minimal Dub / Dem A Talk (The Illuminated Mash-Up) - FKOF

20. Plastician - Plasbar - Terrorhythm

21. Preditah - Gargoyle - Earth616

22. Baauer - Harlem Shake - Mad Decent

23. Darq E Freaker vs Footsie - B.O.G. (Bag Of Grease) - Brainded Entertainment

24. Wiz Khalifa - Taylor Gang (feat. Chevy Woods) - Atlantic

25. SP:MC & LX One - Hunted - Tempa

26. Vicious Circle - Hibernation - Crunch

»>DJ Madd vs TMSV - Difference (J Kenzo Remix) - Black Box

27. Perverse - Charade - Tribe 12

28. Killawatt - Mystic Vocation - Osiris Music UK

29. Kryptic Minds - The Talisman - Tectonic

30. Seven - Breathe - Black Box

31. Truth - Dreams (feat. Yayne) - Tempa

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10th September 2012

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detailor:

missbassweight:

levelnine:

So many shit nights starting around where I am

most of which are nights for really grim dubstep because it’s the only genre people have ever heard of nowadays

And the flyers, my god.

saying it looks like something they did it MS paint would be a compliment

don’t get me started

since when did it become a thing for everyone over the age of 13 to run a DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUBSTEP night

Gonna change my middle name on facebook to “Dubstep” who works at “Really sick DJ” maybe then I’ll be able to succeed in my DJing

award for best graphic designer in history goes to this guy

ughhhh what the fuck. 8 DJs, 4 hours, 30 quid?? Is this for real? At least the shitty no-name DJs in Detroit know they can’t away with charging dumbasfuck prices like this.

I think it’s 3 pounds, not 30.

So glad that the ‘dubstep’ scene in Chicago has weeded out a bunch of morons.

10th September 2012

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3 deck dubstep mix from 2010. Previously only available at Gramaphone Records in Chicago.

29th August 2012

140 Podcast August 2012 feat. Mala, Perverse, Dismantle, LAXX, Soap Dodgers, Farkas, Anex, Biome and more. Share/RT

29th August 2012

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detailor:

I’m playing house/techno/uk bass/wot u call it at 2 separate drum and bass/junglist parties this weekend.

What would you want to hear??

140 jungle would go down nicely. The breakier end of UK Funky as well. Or, D&B producers who also make more mid-tempo stuff.

Some tune ideas:

Champion - Crystal Meth - Butterz

DJ Madd - Junglist - Black Box

DJ Madd - Murder 96 - Black Box

Emalkay - Crusader (Levels) - Dub Police

Kryptic Minds - The Fifth

3rd August 2012

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Smart Mix 11:
DJ The Tornado

BASSWEIGHT takes place every first Thursday of each month at Smart Bar in Chicago. Its mission is to preserve and share the “foundation sounds” of bass music through programming focused on deep dubstep, grime, UK garage, and drum & bass. Presented by Brüt Force Family members DJ The Tornado, DJ Sushi, and Whoa-B, it also aims to cultivate a sense of community in its audience of enthusiastic club-goers with support from local, national, and global DJs and MCs.

Tornado began putting on the night in April 2011, and a year later found himself with the opportunity to put on the night at Smart Bar, a Chicago clubbing institution.

This mix comes just days before Brüt Force takes over the Funktion 1 system for an evening of sub-bass pressure, with very special guest Seven. With releases on high-profile labels such as Tempa and Black Box, Seven makes his Chicago debut hot on the heels of his debut album “Evolution”.

A word on the mix…

“I put this mix together to show what Bassweight is all about. I wanted to represent the full spectrum of music that I play at our night, and to engage people who might otherwise be dismissive of ‘dubstep,’ which has a bit of a negative connotation nowadays. I’ve been listening to dubstep since roughly 2005, and many producers and DJs have strayed from the scene’s foundation. Though I’m not judgmental of those who have gone in a more commercial direction, it’s not really the type of music I want to hear when I go to a dubstep night. With Bassweight, we want to represent that foundation sound and foster a community spirit that made the scene so inviting to people, and so exciting to be around. I tried my best to play all sorts of tunes under the dubstep umbrella to show there is something for everybody in this music - there are some techy tunes, a couple aggressive tracks, some deeper ones, then ended with some UK garage and grime as well as a few Seven cuts back-to-back so you can see the diversity in his productions. I also did my best to play recent tracks to show just how much good music is coming out of our scene at the moment. I hope you enjoy, and to see you on the dancefloor at Smart Bar for Bassweight the first Thursdays of the month!”

1. Truth - Babylon London - Artikal
»>Skream - Memories of 3rd Base - Digital Sound Boy
2. J:Kenzo - Invaderz - Tempa
3. Icicle - Acid Step - Shogun Audio
4. Perverse - Submerge - Artikal
5. District - Proof - Hedmuk Exclusive
6. Kryptic Minds - Hybrid (Biome Remix) - Osiris Music UK
7. Razor Rekta - Development - Chestplate
8. J:Kenzo - Depth Charge - Tempa
9. Megalodon - Mercy Killing - Subway
10. N-Type & Surge - Zombie Apocalypse - Wheel & Deal
11. Distance - Deserted - Chestplate
12. RDG - Bone Crusher - New World Audio
13. Killawatt & Thelem - Kaba - Black Box
14. Biome - Shadows - New Moon Recordings
15. Distance - New Outlook - Chestplate
16. Cluekid - Into The Jungle - Terrain
17. Icicle - Minimal Dub - Shogun Audio
18. Seven - Wait VIP - Black Box
19. Joker - Skitta - Kapsize
20. Swindle - Pineapple - Butterz
21. Royal-T - Inside The Ride - Rinse
22. Farkas - Idiomatic - Biscuit Factory
23. Seven - Came To Play (feat. Alys Be) - Black Box
24. Faze Miyaki - Screwdriver VIP - Woofer Music
»>Wiley - Step 7 - No Label
25. Preditah - Vinyls - Adamantium
26. Faze Miyaki - Take Off - Woofer Music
»>Plastician / Skepta - Intensive Snare - Terrorhythm
27. Seven - Siren - Tempa
28. Seven - Invader - Black Box
29. Seven - Cerebral - Subway
30. Truth - Dreams (feat. Yayne) - Tempa

detailor:

Sad days. Flight to NYC is cancelled due to bad weather until tomorrow. Coki in Detroit instead.

Still, that’s a pretty good second option.

26th July 2012

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Dubstep 101

There’s been a lot of uproar from the ‘heads’ about SPIN’s article ‘Bass Cannon: 30 Greatest Dubstep Songs of All-Time’. While it is nearly impossible to condense 10+ years of a scene (and more importantly, a culture) into 30 tunes, and lists are always contentious, I thought I would try my hand at education. The tunes listed below are all hyperlinked to YouTube so you can listen to them at your convenience. I’ve included the label info on each tune for those who want to buy them and support the artists.

A few notes on how I compiled this list:

I broke up each sub-list into categories…

Before, which means from 1999-2003. These are tunes that influenced what we now know as ‘dubstep’.

Golden Era, meaning from 2004-2007. These are widely considered ‘classics’ by all those into the sound, and are widely influential for one reason or another.

Current, meaning from 2008-present day. These are tunes that show where dubstep is headed. These tracks encorporate influences from UKG and grime, dubstep’s predecessors, as well as jungle and other sounds inspirational to the sound and culture.

I had to represent Skream, Benga, and DMZ in their own categories.

The reason for this is because Skream and Benga are two of the most influential, iconic producers in the scene. Regardless of what you think of their current output, you cannot disagree that dubstep would sound completely different if it wasn’t for their early productions. DMZ, as a crew, are an institution and to me represent what dubstep culture is about. Their productions, much like Skream and Benga’s, shaped what dubstep has become and without their music (or the dances they host) our scene would be something different altogether.

I refrained from commentary on the tunes.

I want the music to speak for itself. I want people to listen to each of these tunes, if you haven’t heard them before, and try to see how they’ve been influential. Often I find that when people try to explain to me why a certain piece of music is important, it doesn’t resonate - I just have to hear it for myself.

This is in no way representative of ‘dubstep’ as a whole.

Obviously, these are some of my favorite tunes and it is all my opinion (hence why it’s on my blog). Feel free to debate, disagree, or ask me why I chose a particular tune for the list.

Without further ado…

Before

Horsepower Productions - Sholay - Tempa

Horsepower Productions - Gorgon Sound - Tempa

El-B - Buck & Bury (feat. Juice Man) - Ghost

Zed Bias - Neighbourhood - Locked On

Darqwan - As We Enta - Soulja

Musical Mob - Pulse X - Musical Mob Royale

Rebound X - Rhythm N Gash (Sir Spyro Remix) - ?

Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U - XL Recordings

Wiley - Ice Rink - Wiley Kat Records

Plasticman - Cha - Terrorhythm