According to Drum-n-Bass Arena, the Orange County DnB production duo, Heavy Hittahz took home top prize in the Twisted Individual “Gusset Gravy” remix contest.
According to Drum-n-Bass Arena, the Orange County DnB production duo, Heavy Hittahz took home top prize in the Twisted Individual “Gusset Gravy” remix contest.
In the last few weeks, we’ve been seeing messages in forums and on Twitter that seem to indicate that the iconic Technics SL-1200 and SL-1210s may be about to be discontinued. If true, this could spell the end of the vinyl DJing era as we know it, as both models represent iconic turntables and are widely considered the industry standard in nightclubs.
“The Technics SL-1200 is a series of turntables manufactured since October 1972 by Matsushita under the brand name of Technics. Originally released as a high fidelity consumer record player, it quickly became adopted among radio and club disc jockeys. Since its release in 1978, SL-1200MK2 and its successors have been the most common turntable for DJing and scratching. The MK2 presented several improvements, including to the motor and casing. Since 1972, more than 3 million units have been sold. It is widely regarded as one of the most durable and reliable turntables ever produced. Many of the models manufactured in the 1970′s are still in heavy use. Rappers have referred to the turntable as “1200″, “Tee 12′s”, “Technics”, “Tec 12″, “wheels of steel” and “ones and twos”.
There is a model in the Science Museum in London as one of the pieces of technology that have shaped the world we live in.”
The rumors appear to originate from a New Zealand DJ shop called DMC World, which says on its product page: “Panasonic (the manufacturer of Technics) have announced that production of the world famous Technics SL-1200 and SL-1210 DJ turntables will stop at the end of February 2010″.
In the last few weeks, we’ve been seeing messages in forums and on Twitter that seem to indicate that the iconic Technics SL-1200 and SL-1210s may be about to be discontinued. If true, this could spell the end of the vinyl DJing era as we know it, as both models represent iconic turntables and are widely considered the industry standard in nightclubs.
“The Technics SL-1200 is a series of turntables manufactured since October 1972 by Matsushita under the brand name of Technics. Originally released as a high fidelity consumer record player, it quickly became adopted among radio and club disc jockeys. Since its release in 1978, SL-1200MK2 and its successors have been the most common turntable for DJing and scratching. The MK2 presented several improvements, including to the motor and casing. Since 1972, more than 3 million units have been sold. It is widely regarded as one of the most durable and reliable turntables ever produced. Many of the models manufactured in the 1970′s are still in heavy use. Rappers have referred to the turntable as “1200″, “Tee 12′s”, “Technics”, “Tec 12″, “wheels of steel” and “ones and twos”.
There is a model in the Science Museum in London as one of the pieces of technology that have shaped the world we live in.”
The rumors appear to originate from a New Zealand DJ shop called DMC World, which says on its product page: “Panasonic (the manufacturer of Technics) have announced that production of the world famous Technics SL-1200 and SL-1210 DJ turntables will stop at the end of February 2010″.
Ghetto Life/Tonz of Drumz/ Steel Lionz Sound (the guys that bring SoCal events such as I LOVE LA & DETOUR) have gotten together once again to bring SoCal’s finest DJ’s & MCs together for a night of throbbing bass that shakes crumbs from the ceilings (as my boy Sam XXL would say) to raise money and gather donations for the East Los Angeles White Memorial Hospitals Children’s Emergency & Burn Wards.
The 3rd Annual “Tonz of Toys” event will be going down on 12.19.09 at The Airliner in Downtown LA, so be sure to mark this one down in your calendar and bring your donations to help those of us that are less fortunate.
Fokus Recordings has come out with another rock solid release showcasing some of the top names in Liquid/Atmospheric DnB, called “Mysteries of Mars” including a track from our friend from down in San Diego, DJ Calculon, called “Jasmine”.
If you like your DnB with rolling basslines and a deeper vibe, then this release is definitely one to cop for your crates.
FOKUZ 2009 011
01 Submorphics – Don’t fade away
02 Derrick & Tonika – Creme Brulee
03 Phors – Show Me Right
04 Calculon – Jasmine
05 Blackplanet – Someone like you
06 Command Strange – Again
07 Lost Sequence – second chance
08 The Square & Blue Motion feat. msdos`- You Dont Need Me
Release Date :
14-12-09 beatport
11-01-10 rest of the stores
Last winter, I had started hearing buzz that electro-indie tastemaker Diplo was getting ready to team up with legendary UK producer Switch, to form a “supergroup” of sorts and were getting ready to drop a reggae album.
Flash forward to this Summer and the Major Lazer LP “Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do!” dropped. Featuring guest appearances from Santogold, Mr. Lexx, Vybes Kartel, Jahdan Blakkamore and many other Jamaican dancehall artists, combining dancehall lyrics & the signature sounds from the Mad Decent / Dubsided camps and hitting the masses with what some considered to be the most original LP of 2009.
The lead off single, “Hold The Line” proved to be one of the year’s most heavily remixed tunes (outside of Deadmau5′s “I’ll Remember” and a couple of others), and this really got remixers around the world fired up to get their hands on more of the material to make it accessible to their core audiences.
Fortunately for myself and the production team I work with, we were able to reach out to Diplo & Major Lazer and got granted access to “Hold The Line” as well as a lesser known track off the LP called “Cash Flow” featuring Jahdan Blakkamore.
Jahdan has quickly been building a name for himself throughout the US and abroad in both the dancehall & indie hiphop circles with the release of his much anticipated debut “Buzzrock Warrior” in September of this year.
The blend of his roots reggae voice with the beats off the Major Lazer LP had us dying to get ahold of this one, so without further ado, here’s the OFFICIAL DnB remix of Major Lazer- “Cash Flow” featuring Jahdan Blakkamore:
Last winter, I had started hearing buzz that electro-indie tastemaker Diplo was getting ready to team up with legendary UK producer Switch, to form a “supergroup” of sorts and were getting ready to drop a reggae album.
Flash forward to this Summer and the Major Lazer LP “Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do!” dropped. Featuring guest appearances from Santogold, Mr. Lexx, Vybes Kartel, Jahdan Blakkamore and many other Jamaican dancehall artists, combining dancehall lyrics & the signature sounds from the Mad Decent / Dubsided camps and hitting the masses with what some considered to be the most original LP of 2009.
The lead off single, “Hold The Line” proved to be one of the year’s most heavily remixed tunes (outside of Deadmau5′s “I’ll Remember” and a couple of others), and this really got remixers around the world fired up to get their hands on more of the material to make it accessible to their core audiences.
Fortunately for myself and the production team I work with, we were able to reach out to Diplo & Major Lazer and got granted access to “Hold The Line” as well as a lesser known track off the LP called “Cash Flow” featuring Jahdan Blakkamore.
Jahdan has quickly been building a name for himself throughout the US and abroad in both the dancehall & indie hiphop circles with the release of his much anticipated debut “Buzzrock Warrior” in September of this year.
The blend of his roots reggae voice with the beats off the Major Lazer LP had us dying to get ahold of this one, so without further ado, here’s the OFFICIAL DnB remix of Major Lazer- “Cash Flow” featuring Jahdan Blakkamore:
Compression SF aka The Bay Area Bass Beasts, are back in full E-FF-E-C-T here in San Francisco, bringing nothing but the dirty business & banging beats to the hallowed halls of legendary dance club, 1015 Folsom (aka 103 Harriet).
This time around, wer’e bringing up LA’s own DJ Machete along with SF to LA transplant Gridlok along with some special help in the dubstep room, featuring DJ’s:
Gridlok (Project 51 / Virus LA)
Machete (Junglist Platoon / Respect LA)
DZ (Bad Man Press / Surefire)
Ill-Esha (Glitch Hop Forum / BluSaphir Records)
The Doctor (Trauma / Primitive Science)
The Heights (Shelter / BADNB)
Hadji (Shift Recordings / Stupid Fly)
Arson (584Apparel.com / Extortion Sound)
Peter B (Shelter / Odyssey)
Along with MCs: Zezo One (The Birthday Boy turnin another year older) & MC Duh (Crazy Drunken Styles upon Styles)
After months of trying to figure out WTH to do with the site since moving up to SF, I am super happy to announce the new design and features that will be coming with BasslineRumble.com v.2.0!
This will be a work in progress, but in the coming weeks, you should start to see dramatic refinements outside of just the design/layout.
Keep your eyes peeled for things like:
Forums for bassline junkies to link up, network & discuss what is going on in the world around us
Integration into social media service providers such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace & SoundCloud
