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***Meat Katie, Dylan Rhymes and 30Hz @ Sound-Bar - 3/16/07***
March 16th, 2007 - FRIDAY FORWARD @ SOUNDBAR
Base10 and Lot 49 Present: Meat Katie, Dylan Rhymes, and 30Hz
Meat Katie (Lot49, NexusArtists)
http://www.myspace.com/meatkatie1
Meat Katie Promo Mix (Right click and "Save As")
Despite the confusing alias Meat Katie is actually a man, and in particular a man named Mark Pember from Kingston (Surrey, UK). He also happens to be one the most influential DJs and producers of the last ten years when it comes to dance music.
Heavily immersed in hip hop and b-boy culture as a youngster (a teenage Pember was an accomplished graffiti artist) his passion for deconstructing music and examining it’s core elements is something that has built his career from the ground up. The deconstruction of Hip Hop’s sample based productions led to a fascination with funk, soul and jazz which in turn ignited a passion to learn to play an instrument. The appeal of the bass guitar won through and by the age of 17 he was playing in his first band, Trafalgar.
His first experience of heavy touring (something which has stood him in good stead for his current schedule) was with Sandladder, a band which was signed to Iggy Pop’s Kill City imprint, but while doing this the draw of the burgeoning acid house scene was exerting it’s influence on Mark.
When Sandladder split Pember and a friend of his who owned a sampler started sampling breaks from his now large funk collection which led to the creation of a new band, Ceasefire. Comprising Pember, Derek Dahlarge and Jason O’Brian (who Mark subsequently did an album with for R&S) Ceasefire signed to Wall Of Sound and had a hit with “Trickshot” at the height of the big-beat explosion. Pember, however, left the band afterwards and created his Meat Katie alias.
The first of the Meat Katie output was released on Kingsize and was (and still is) the perfect combination of Pember’s dual loves, house and breakbeat. His house music contains the rough, gritty elements of breakbeat while his breakbeat takes the grooves and hypnotic vibe of house music. It doesn’t stop there, though, with Mark also taking cues from electro and techno too.
With two albums (“Off The Bone” and “Long To Belong”) and over 11 singles on Kingsize as well as releases on Mantra, Saw and Bedrock receiving plaudits from DJs, Press and fans whatever their genre bias, Pember has been credited with opening up the previously insular breaks scene with his unique brand of “tech-funk”.
A love of collaborative work has seen Pember work with Arthur Baker, Justin Drake (Peace Division), Dylan Rhymes, Elite Force, Roland Clarke, Aquasky, Holly Golightly and Kurt Wagner among others while his magical touch with remixes has graced the likes of Deep Dish, Stefan K, Unkle, Serge Santiago and Phil Kieran over the years.
Clearly not one for slacking, Mark also ran the hugely successful (and again, genre bending) Whole 9 Yards imprint before leaving to start his Lot49 label in 2004 – no mean feat considering he DJs the world over each and every weekend of the year.
Pember’s third artist album ‘Vibrator’ was released on Adrift Records, and is now out on Lot 49. A mix of breaks, house, electro and techno it is a true reflection of his DJ style. The album features collaborations from artists including D Ramirez, Katherine Ellis, Aquasky, Jono Fernandez and Elite Force. He has also taken to the road with renowned video jockey VJ Anyone to provide the ‘Vibrator’ AV show which has been receiving rave reviews.
Recently, after an amicable split from long-term label Kingsize / Adrift, Mark is now writing and producing exclusively for Lot 49. Friend and studio partner Dylan Rhymes has come on board as co-owner in the label, and he is also writing and producing exclusively for the label. Together they are streamlining the Lot 49 Tech-Funk sound and with their collective skills Lot 49 is set to grow and grow.
Dylan Rhymes (Lot49)
http://www.myspace.com/dylanrhymes
Dylan Rhymes Promo Mix (Right click and "Save As")
With the exception of Paul Weller, Dylan Rhymes may well be Woking’s favourite son. Dance music has been the biggest part of Rhymes’ (otherwise known as Marvin Beaver – and yes, he’s heard all of the jokes) life from a young age. Inspired by early hip hop and electro a la Kraftwerk and Doug E. Fresh, Marvin purchased his first set of decks at 15 and caught the bug in a bad way.
While working for British Airways after leaving school, a chance meeting with a nu-beat-writing co-worker who was selling his equipment to go travelling led to Marvin’s first “studio”. Supplemented with the now legendary Roland TR808 and TR909 drum machines Beaver started, as most people did in dance music in the late eighties, by putting out a few acid house white labels. Before long the talent was noticed by owners of the seminal Wax Factory imprint, Ron Wells and Chris Simmons, who began to release more of his material. Dave Pearce’s Reachin Records also bought into the young producers skills, fuelling the fire and enabling Beaver to set up a commercial studio with his mate Justin Drake in the early 1990s.
Rhythm Design Studios in Uxbridge became the birthplace of Outsiders, Drake and Beaver’s much-lauded project for Junior Boy’s Own Chicago influenced Jus Trax label. Friend, DJ and London mainstay Clive Henry then joined the team and the trio became Peace Division, a project that gained props from every corner of dance music without exception.
Leaving Peace Division to focus on his own material, Beaver invented the Dylan Rhymes moniker (a reference to Bob Dylan) and set about working on a breakbeat track for Junior Boys Own. The result was 1996s “Naked & Ashamed” which, due to a Smirnoff ad campaign, became one the label’s biggest tracks (no mean feat considering JBO’s pedigree). Since then he has cemented his reputation as one of the leaders of the breakbeat and tech house scenes through his output through Kingsize Records, Meat Katie’s Whole9Yards and Lot49 labels and his own Blue Black imprint. Having roots firmly in the house scene, although he was more known for Breaks, he released Salty, which was a diversion from the Rhymes sound, it was a killer tune and went on to be one of the biggest selling tracks of 2005. His first artist album ‘Dead Famous’ was a storming success, and went on to land him syncs with TV shows such as CSI, Alias, and countless advertisements. Besides original work, Beaver has also remixed the likes of Deep Dish, Infusion, Dave Gahan, Overseer, Unkle, Puretone, and a long list of others.
Recently, Marvin has become a partner in Meat Katie’s Lot 49 label and he is now writing and producing exclusively for Lot 49. He has a second artist album planned for 2007 on Lot 49, and the forthcoming singles are already in the works. Although he has been DJing since he first started in this game of music, his bookings have really taken off in the past few years and he is now playing live Ableton sets every weekend across the globe.
30Hz (Lot49 / Vertical Sound)
http://www.myspace.com/30hzverticalsound
30Hz Promo Mix (Right click and "Save As")
Hailing from Washington DC, USA, James Ginzburg left his native country, friends and family for the dreary shores of the UK in 1998. Here he found such a connection with electronic music and dance culture that he decided to make the move a permanent one. As Ginz settled in to life in Bristol, he soon found himself working with a number of local acts and artists, producing hip hop beats with an electronic soul and trademark heavy drums. Soon Ginz was drawn towards the then emerging Nu Skool Breaks scene – and '30Hz' was born. Equipment, hardware and numerous synths slowly filled his studio and his knowledge of production sharpened to surgical precision. This reputation for sonic excellence stands before him and 30Hz is now in demand as a mixdown engineer for some of the biggest acts in breaks and beyond.
At the end of 2003 Ginz founded the cutting edge breaks imprint Vertical Sound. Originally an outlet for his own top-draw dancefloor bangers, the label quickly diversified to include other producers such as Circuit Breaker, October, Baobinga & ID, Smithmonger – all of whom share a love for basslines filthy enough to make Paris Hilton blush. One early 30Hz production, 'No Man's Land' (VS002) found its way into the classic Xbox game 'Project Gotham 360', while regular plays on BBC Radio 1 and licenses to big-name compilations have all increased his status in the scene. Known for his quick-mixing bass-heavy DJ style, 30Hz has become one of the breaks DJ's to look out for, lighting up gigs across Australia, Europe, and America – and performing a 30-minute showcase for the legendary Annie Nightingale on Radio 1.
Although Vertical Sound is home, 30Hz has recently come on board Meat Katie's Lot 49 imprint, with a series of singles and collaborations lined up for 2007. As one half of dynamic duo 'The Body Snatchers', Ginz has produced remixes for some of the leading lights of dance music, such as Ferry Corsten and Krafty Kuts. Under the name 'P. Dutty', Ginz joined forces with Planet Mu's DJ Pinch in 2004 to produce the bass-led dubstep anthem 'War Dub' - which was snapped up by Universal Pictures for their dystopian masterpiece and box office hit 'Children of Men'. Other collaborations to look out for include one with Meat Katie, a series of techno singles under the name (emptyset) for the Future Days label and, of course, many more crunked up anthems with The Body Snatchers. From DC to Bristol, hip-hop to breakbeat and beyond, the world of 30Hz is ever expanding.
Tolgar (Base10 / nsbradio.co.uk / ravetrax.com / The New Guard)
http://www.myspace.com/tolgar
Keith Mackenzie (Illeven:Eleven / The New Guard)
http://www.myspace.com/illeveneleven
Downstairs
John Grammatis
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$20 general admission (Non-RSVP)
Sound-Bar Members are free before 11pm / $5 from 11pm-1am / $20 after 1am
21+ to get in / ID Required / Dress to Impress
Friday Forward (9pm-4am)
Sound-Bar
226 W. Ontario
Chicago, IL
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