De Shövve
Legacy Member
General information:
Date: Wed. 24-09-2008
Entrance fee: 3 EUR
Venue: Rumba & Co, Leuven
Artists profiles:
PROXIMA
Biography :
Born in 1988, Gijs Snik aka Proxima, was 15 when he had his first encounter with drum n bass. Not long after that he started producing beats and buying records.
Together with his cousin Icicle and partner in crime Nymfo he explores the more deeper side of drum & Bass.
Recently he has been signed to big labels such as Renegade Recordings, Shogun LTD, Play:Musik, Crunch Recordings, Frequency,…
Many dnb artists have inspired Proxima over the years; Jonny L, Photek, Source Direct, Calibre, D-Bridge and others. Because of their astonishing sounds Proxima keeps getting pushed to take his beats to a next level. The end is nowhere to be found yet.
Links :
www.myspace.com/nlproxima
DOBE & DAZE
Biography :
D&B deejay duo Dobe'n'Daze grew up together (being family-related) developing a mutual taste in music. Coming from a hiphop/dub/electronics background, they discovered early jungle/D&B in the mid 90's and fell in love with the pure energy of D&B. Getting hooked on dj-ing and the D&B vibe, it has been controlling their lives ever since...
Around 1997 they both moved to Ghent getting in touch with Juice Blenders,One87, Daviz, Soul, Karlito, Scenter-crew....They got involved with Tecktonic, started their own radioshow called 'Mystic'(nowadays still runnin' as part of liquid flavaz @ www.urgent.fm) and became regular guests at SousSol(THE local underground hotspot in Ghent at the time RIP). The radioshow was supported by a monthly Mystic residency at Club Bardot inviting the finest belgian D&B dj's. Meeting a lot of people with the same love for the music, they became key- figures in the development of the D&B scene in Ghent...
From then on ,things moved pretty fast for D'N'D. Being invited to play at all mayor Dnb-events in Belgium (Starwarz-regular and XL edition,10DaysOff, Laundry Day, Kozzmozz versus Fuze, House Torhout, Enter the future,Steam Decadance,Culture Club...and lot's of small parties all over the country and the occasional gig in The Netherlands). Meanwhile still going strong with their own partyconcept, Mystic left the home of club Bardot and turned into a event all over Ghent (Leopolds kazerne, Club 69, Paradox,...and later on at infamous Charlatan).
Around 2000 they were asked to represent the Fried Chicken Recordstore (specialised D&B recordstore runned by part of the juice blenders). The shop became an important meeting place for the up-and-coming talents and the established deejays in the scene and this was a great way to meet new people. However, it turned out to be all but profitable, so in 2004 it was time to move on.
D'n'D invited Juice Blenders to help organise the future Mystic partys. Together they lifted the Mystic-concept to a higher level, inviting prestigeous international artists (Marcus Intalex, Lynx, Fabio, Digital, Break, Danny C, Nu:Tone, Flight, Dj Lee, Storm, D-Bridge, Mc Fats and many others...). One of the highlights was the ''10 years of Metalheadz'' celebration-party at Vooruit, a co-production with longtime underground promoter Democrazy.
Dobe'n'Daze love to mix the rough with the smooth, providing that unexpected touch. Keeping an eye on the musicall side, they go from soulful to dubby to rave. Always aiming to heat up the dancefloor.
Some years ago they also got into the production-side of things.Building their own studio and working on productionskills, they found a new love shaping their own sound.
In the studio things are going very well.Daze has teamed up with Dj Whizz from bassculture.org and this has resulted in a series of tunes. They complement each other very well in the studio and the results of these collabs can be heard on this page or Whizz 's page (check friends)..
With a tune OUT NOW on the ''All Sounds Electric'' Album on Critical Recordings and tunes on Fokuz & Future Thinking, tunes forthcoming on Horizons, Loxy and Keaton's X-Tinction Agenda, Sonorous Music and more.... things are really shaping up for this production duo! watch this space...
Links :
http://www.myspace.com/dazednd
http://www.myspace.com/dobednd
2LIP & DARADER
Biography :
Daradar plays drum 'n bass wax for almost ten years now, co-hosts "liquid-passion, a soulful drum 'n bass party" in Maastricht and runs his own little imprint called Ginga Records. He has played numerous parties and festivals throughout Europe. His dj-sets are a guarantee for strong beats, strong bass and weird samples crossing all borders of the genre with hints of jazz, funk, soul, swing, electro and techno. Together with his back-to-back partner 2 Lip, they stand for good mixing and some good old Dutch entertainment!
Links :
http://www.myspace.com/daradarmusic
