Afro Monk

Miami Dubstep is back with its biggest monthly, Get Low! This is one of the biggest Get Low events and celebrating it’s 15th addition with none other than Hatch! One of the original founders of the Dubstep sound is coming to Miami.

I’m happy to announce this one as well because home boy Munkz is making his Get Low debut! Spent some time with him and heard some of the tracks from his recent pool, damn. Looking forward to his set, he’s totally going to bring it. Other djs playing are resident Juan Basshead and supporting DJs bringing you the latest in dubstep are FTG of Partnerz N Grime, Gizmatix,and DS.

Get Low is as always at Vagabond in Downtown, 30 NE 14th St.
RSVP to shake305@gmail.com for Reduced Cover before 11pm.

Machine Drum once a Florida resident comes back to show people what’s up with the funk, boogie, and dance grooves. Expect hella dope set from him that will leave you wanting more. It’s always a pleasure to see a live DJ with pads dropping live beats and samples over tracks. Be sure to check out his event he host in NY, cassettenyc!

I’m beyond excited to share a stage with such a prolific producer. Also on the bill is Romulo from Soul Oddity. I can’t wait to relive the set I caught during WMC. This man is a pioneer for electronic music in Miami. One of the founders of Schematic records which has put Miami on the map for many around the world. Pay your respects to this man because he has done a lot for the music scene here. He is one of the people I look up to and consider a role model of what I’m doing myself here in Miami.

Lets get this out here in the public. I promise to bring you some fresh new sounds. My motto of this site is “Keep it Fresh!” and that is what I plan to do this Thursday at Vagabond. The set I plan on dropping will have a heavy glitchy bass feel with popular tracks we all have heard remixed with some big drops. I’m calling this my Glitchy Bass Set. Majority of it will be dubstep but with an added glitch feel sprinkled with some Glitch Hop.

Be sure to wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Gooddroid and Munkz!
Now for all the details of the event!

SHAKE joins up with BassHead Music to GET LOW once again at Vagabond! MACHINE DRUM is flying down from New York to bring a fresh new sound to your favorite monthly bass party.

Machine Drum (Normrex/Merck/NYC)
Romulo (Schematic/Phoenecia/Soul Oddity)
Afro Monk (Miami Glitch/Glitch.fm)
Juan Basshead (BassHead Music)
Gooddroid (Down)
Bunnyfuzz (Smut+Bass/WVUM)

Visuals by VJ MUNKZ

MCs Jumanji + Nome

FUNKTION1 Sound System to fill your BASS needs!

Resident DJs DS, A-Train, Alex Caso + The Whisper keep the SHAKE soundsystem going in the other two rooms.

Ladies Free before Midnight.

No Cover all night with your GET LOW Tshirt! If you don’t have one yet, hit up jsinjimenez@gmail.com
RSVP to Shake305@gmail.com for No Cover before 11pm.

$1 Colt 45 til 11pm, $5 Cuba Libre all night!

I’ve neglected the site for awhile now. Things at my daytime are a bit nuts and have been working 10+ hr days. Don’t let this fool you though, I’m still squeezing in time to keep up to date with music. Right now I have a couple of featured producers I’m drafting up post for. No idea when these will go live but know this site is still active and don’t plan on letting it die.

These next upcoming weeks are going to be absolutely mad for me!
May 20th I’ll be playing at the biggest Dubstep monthly in Miami, GET LOW!
Machine Drum will be headlining! Romulo Del Castillo aka Phoenecia & 1/2 of Soul Oddity, Juan Basshead, Gooddroid, and Bunnyfuzz will be the support! It’s going to get rowdy as hell!!! Time to show Miami at a proper show what’s going on with Glitch-Hop!

May 28th I’ll be flying out to California for Lightning in a Bottle!!!!
I have no idea what to expect or even how to prepare for this one. I’ll be going out completely on my own and meeting up with a tiny handful of friends. I’ll be camping for the first time in my life and still haven’t gotten a tent =X

June 11th I’ll be flying out to Boston to go catch CocoRosie LIVE!!! I’ll be meeting up and staying with the Lost in Bass crew! I’m hyped to finally meet these guys in person. We’ll most likely be hosting an event and I’ll be playing with them!

Last week-end of July I’ll hopefully be going to Defcon in Vegas!!! I’ll be celebrating my 25th birthday! I have a shot at playing at Defcon and ecstatic at the opportunity to be able to spin some music for such a large crowd!

I have a residency now at Chesterfield Hotel and Lounge on the beach. Every Friday I’ll be joining Gooddroid, Munkz, and Grayghost. Playing the best in Lounge, Trip-hop, Minimal, Dubstep, and Glitch. Going to be exciting to have the whole crew together doing a little bit of everything being dropped.

Considering our original venue fell through we have a new place 90% locked down for our monthly event,Slippery! It’s going to be a huge announcement and assure you it’s going to be intense! The summer is off to a good start! Hoping to bring many great producers into town for the next couple months. Get ready Miami for some serious bass heat!

BassHead 004
BASSNECTAR
a: “BASS HEAD”
aa: “TELEPORT MASSIVE” (Bassnectar Remix)

It’s been over a year since Bassnectar has a vinyl release. With his recent release, Timestrech,  as a digital release. It gets some vinyl love with the hit Bass Head. It’s no surprise the Miami based label Basshead Music has picked this one up. Juan Basshead is not one to sleep on big releases especially with his connection with some of the most talented in the bass scene. Congrats to him and his partner A-Sides on this release. It’s a crowd pleaser! Good to see tracks with this sort of sound are getting pressed.

Description from Basshead music:
Side A is an 808-driven bassline workout; side AA is a dancefloor stomper with vocals by underground hiphop star Zumbi (Zion I). You’ve got to hear this release! It sounds like DnB and Dubstep made love and produced a Hip Hop baby.

Buy the release @ Juno!

WMC 2010 Dates are Official, Tuesday March 23rd to Saturday March 27th.

I have such a great feeling about the upcoming events. I know lots of people here have already started making arrangements. Looks like I’ll also be involved in an event if all goes well. Recently been quite active in the Glitch community and they might be trying to throw a party. Right now it’s being discussed so we’ll have to see what the future holds.

WMC is one of the biggest events that goes on in the city of Miami when it comes to electronic music. The infamous Ultra Music Festival is a massive event that people from all over the world come into town for. The week is full of madness and parties non-stop.

If 2010′s WMC is anything close to WMC 2009 I’ll die happy, probably will die considering don’t know how I survived work or sleep deprivation.

Last year I was lucky enough to catch: Plastician, Skream, Benga, Shy FX, 12th Planet, Mala, Rusko, Kutz, Juan Basshead, & many more.

The most exciting part of this upcoming WMC is the fact that Glitch will be present. I don’t care if we have to setup a party in the park or small venue, it will happen.

Miami Dubstep is alive and recently made a post highlighting the glorious Get Low event at Vagabond and all the big acts that have come through Miami. What I didn’t get into was the local DJs that help represent our city of bass.

This is for all you DJs that have repped Dubstep and play out in the clubs!
This is a list of local DJs that I know of that actually have been playing out in recent months.
Please let me know if you want to be added to this list.

Juan Basshead

This is one of the head honchos of the club we use to love Laundry Bar aka Black Sheep. He is one of the main reasons Miami has been blessed with some of the biggest names in Dubstep and Drum & Bass. He use to go by Burn but has converted to the new alias of Juan Basshead. Basshead comes from his established label with A-Sides that has put out some big records. This man does it all. He brings his own style of music into every set leaving tracks stuck in our heads and showing all of us was the meaning of dubplate really is, EXCLUSIVE SHIT! He’s world renown pretty much haha and friendly with some of the biggest names in the Dubstep scene. Despite all that and the fame he’s one of the most down to Earth guys and straight forward people. Juan doesn’t really put out many mixes out but you can be sure to catch him spinning at almost every big Dubstep event going on in the city, even outside of Miami sometimes! He recently was on the UM radio station promoting Get Low and Basshead Records…

Otto Von Schirach

This guy is a mastermind. One of the oddest people from what I can tell and that’s a compliment. I haven’t had the pleasure of speaking to him but have caught him numerous times live. He is a pioneer in the genre of Breakcore and has put out TONS of material out. He’s one of those guys who travels all around but makes it know that he is from Miami. His live performances are nothing sort of amazing. It’s more of a show than a DJ set when he has Peasant with Feathers alongside. He has been a huge contributor bringing new and diverse sounds to Miami. I’ll never forget the two nights I’ve caught him with Venetian Snares. Another big artist he has worked with is Modeselektor on their album Happy Birthday! Despite his major involvement in breakcore you can catch him spinning Dubstep at Get Low events. Be sure to check out any of his albums and latest release on Basshead Records.

SomeJerk

This guy is one of the first names I heard of when I started a search for Dubstep in Miami. He is one of the few producers of the dubstep sound and remember listening to Sobriety back when it was first put on his myspace. This man brings a serious passion for the music and is always hard at work. He currently represents Digital Felons and works on tons of projects. You can be sure he’ll always be up to date on the latest news in music. He also runs a new blog Pattern Awareness where you can find out all the latest scoop. SomeJerk has opened up for some of the largest names that have come around town. His sets are electrifying and just keep getting better and better every time I catch him spinning. If he’s not up there blasting tunes he’s on the dance floor throwing down skanking hard. Be sure to catch him at any of the dubstep events like Stank Love, Digital:Insight, Takeover, etc…

Gooddroid

Another lover of all types of electronic music Gooddroid. She plays from Dubstep to UK Funky and will have you dancing it up all night. She’s no stranger to dubstep playing in almost all the venues that have brought the Dubstep sound to Miami. Her sets are full of every style and sound out there especially the dub feel. I’ll never forget her set at Vagabond for Get Low with N-Type. She closed it off with 16Bit – Shallow remix, first time had heard that track be dropped in a big system. I def need to make time to catch more of her sets life considering she’s been busy spinning at new events such as Drum & Dub and Dubbed Out.

Ashworth

Don’t know much about this dude besides that he seems to be running the sound control stuff at the Get Low nights. Only have caught some of his sets but he brings the fire tunes. He is sure to be a regular at the Get Low events and hitting up tons of other locations around town lately repping Dubstep tunes. I’m sure this is only the start for him and will continue to play out.

Damaged Goods

I’ve recently caught Damaged Goods set at White Room when Skream & Benga came. Damn to be honest right now this guys set is what impressed me most of that night. It was just solid track after solid track. Don’t get me wrong Juan, Skream, and Benga brought it but Damaged Goods set is the one that stood out too me. After doing some research it seems like he is no stranger to playing out and playing along side big names. This is one DJ that I got to make sure I check out whenever he plays out, although many places he has spun at I avoid. He seems to be a resident for the new night, Arcade, at White Room.

Escher

I don’t know much about this cat except that he does throw down dubstep tunes. It seems like his styles are quite diverse and comes from a hip-hop scratching feel. He seems to have a base in Orlando but came over to Miami. He is part of the Collective squad, he is bringing the night back to the News Cafe. Seems like another Jazid in the making where there will be live painting on nude women and live art with Escher bringing the beats. This is def a night I got to check out.

El Topo

This guy is one down mofo. He produces all sorts of tracks and runs a small label here in Miami. I’m a big fan of some of his tracks and hope to see more come out of him. He’s one of those guys into all sorts of stuff such as anime, gaming, and just about anything fun. Haven’t had the chance of catching any of his DJ sets but hope he gets the chance to play out one of these days. He proforms with a mask on so should be exciting.

George Young

This man is on the grind and trying to show not on Miami whats up but all over the world. You can probably find him in the studio right now working on some beats. He represents Digital Felon and can catch him playing Dubstep tracks but also that Drum & Bass business. He brings heavy energy and his own unique style throwing his own tracks in his mixes. You can catch him throwing down at most events thrown by him and Digital Felons either spinning or on the mic MCing.

This is a work in progress and will be adding some more in the near future… Maybe one day I’ll get the chance to be on a list like this along with these fellow DJs. Right now I’m taking a step back away from Dubstep and diving into a new sound from the West Coast. Big Up to you ALL who play out and show Miami what’s up with Dubstep…

Here are some mixes I’ve uploaded this week to help promote the DJs in Miami this week. I like to call this week WMC 2009 Part 2. The big boys are in town to bring the deep vibes to Miami again. Hope you enjoy these mixes as much as I have been.

Juan Basshead

This man is no stranger to the Miami electronic scene. In the early days he went under the alias Burn as a Drum & Bass DJ. He has taken this town by storm and put Miami on the map as one of the premier Dubstep cities in the States. Here is a clip of Mr.Basshead’s guest appearence on University of Miami’s radio station.

Skream B2B Benga

You could easily have a strong arguement that Skream & Benga are the biggest names in Dubstep. These Croydon boys have taken Dubstep from it’s primal stage to it’s current state. They’ve been making beats since the early 2000′s. Skream recently celebrated his birthday and this is what came from it. An epic mix from the birthday boy himself and his right hand man.

Mala

This man has made such an impact on dubstep that his label and group DMZ stand on it’s own level. Mala brings his own take to the music we call dubstep. A true pioneer in music. This mix is quite outdated but a favorite of mine due to what this man has to say about the culture. Call it an interview mix.