Drum & Bass

Big tings - looking forward to this one!

Hey guys, we are gonna be hanginig out at various D&B events over the weekend of 7-13th July, but the main event to come down to is the Vanguard session, wiyth L Double, Adam F & Total Science which we will be recording for 1Xtra live, check out the D&B pages on 1xtra for more details.

See ya in sunny California!

hey flight u comeing to D.C right!!!!!!!! hey i hope so club five has all the names like ltj ed optical d-bridge many others holla back dnb pressure rep. much love girl

After a brief pause around 01’ following a shooting at our ex-weekly (Databass),
the dnb scene in LA has never been stronger and safer. We now have two amazing weeklies (Bassrush Function and Respect) with world class talent rolling through with their fresh records and dubs to give us amazing sets. From what I hear, they all love the vibes from our crowds even though shows take place on a weekday. It feels amazing to be able to see world class talent at a weekly club instead of having to spend half a day and a pretty penny at a massive. We are truly blessed and spoiled to have our scene explode and bring attention to our ever-growing scene.
www.bassrush.com
www.respectdrumandba...

biggup everyone @ radio1 and 1xtra
-mrdime

See DnB in LA and USA in general, is more like an Art show then a Club. People in the LA scene have more of an elitist attitude. Like, because they like/ listen to DnB their brains are on a higher level then the average music listener. You especially get that in the DnB production scene.

Another problem is tagging at venues. Venues in the nicer parts of town have blacklisted allot of DnB events because of the tagging that comes with the crowd. This causes the scene to push deeper into the shady parts of skid row.

Smoking has been banned in all indoor areas in California. This has spanwed a rather lively, outdoor patio smoke scene. Now since all the clubs are in the shady parts of town, you have massive amounts of people hanging out on the streets where gang bangers and trouble makers are mixing with the crowd causing even more trouble.

Like all other dance musics genres in the USA... DnB is going the way of the dodo bird.

tagging= graffiti

But I'm not talking big Murals, like you see on New York subways. I am talking about people who scribble their names with paint markers. It started as gang members marking their territory on street corners, then moved on to kids marking up all the venus with their name.

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Bassrush is a great dnb event thats goes on in L.A. But by far the best weekly is Respect. The resident D.J.'s drop it hard till the doors close.Plus you got a suishi bar and open air upstairs!! As a matter of fact I now live in the orlando area. But a friend of mine is getting married . So I'm going back to LA for bachelor/Bachelorette party at where else RESPECT!!We will be 35-45 of us deep there!!! I can't wait!! I now get my weekly dnb from 1xtra dnb!!thanx all!!

"Muliti- faceted and politically incorrect, moving at the speed of life.
And, in America....it's underground. Without T.V. or radio play, running on it's own merit.

The 'underground", by definition, tipically resonates within a younger minority with an alternate and often progressive and or rebelious perspective."

Politically incorrect? What does that mean exactly in this context chinadoll?

Rebellious? Like Fresh being "rebellious" on Groove's show by selling/marketing/plugging his web site on a non commercial radio station?

About as rebellious as me wiping my arse with the Sun newspaper.

So do I Dave....I'm not belittling the scene for being underground in any way.

If you read my questions, I was asking chinadoll to elaborate on the terms 'politically incorrect' and 'rebellious' as it all sounds a bit MTV lite to me.

As does the expression - "the girls looked especially fly!!!"

I was on an East London college campus in the late 80's when being politically correct was drummed into you and became a badge of honour and was based on the fundamental principles of equality. This was before the right wing press turned it into a joke.

The whole PC movement was to raise consciousness about social conditioning and deep seated prejudices. Some took it too far so it became easy to belittle but the essence of it is sound imo.

When you look at threads like 'lol bosseye' & 'Schwing!', it makes you realise those ideals are even more important than ever.

It's just all very shallow & superficial and doesn't relate to how I feel about d&b which is anything but.

It doesn't mean that you have to be self-righteous & po faced about it. Dave Darkside is the funniest poster on this board and he's as PC as they come.

While I'm at it, let me ask you about the 1xtra night at Innovation. Didn't it cross your mind to take Flight as one of the djs? Didn't you notice that out of 40+ performers there was only one woman? Instead, we had the 'girls' holding the fort at Movement while the boys played out in Spain.

The point is that you're in a position to do something about it.

I'm not having a pop because I think you're one of the best people behind the scene but don't begrudge ppl asking some of the more awkward questions because they need to be asked.