Aeon Festival 2009 mini review

September 12th, 2009 by ollspin

Aeon Festival 2009

What an awesome weekend Aeon festival 2009 was!  Although the festival has grown from last year it has still kept the magical charm and lovely chilled vibe that makes it such a beautiful event.  The dance tent was a big improvement on last year, up-scaling from a small marquee to a proper big top style festival tent, with fantastic decor and a stomping bass heavy soundsystem.

Highlights of the weekend for me were DJ sets from Ben & Lex, Elite Force, Break, Dicey, DJ Chamber and Full Melt DJs.  Was good to randomly catch the Thujones again this year whilst wandering past the live stage.  Saturday was loads of fun, starting the day with a Swedish massage, followed by finding classic Fighting Fantasy book Forest of Doom from the Book-Cycle free bookshop, then dressing up like a NASA space cadet and raving like a crazy monkey all night long.  I slept pretty much all day on Sunday and felt refreshed and invigorated all through the following week, which was a nice change from the usual festival comedown.

Watch this space for download of my set from the Jam the Channel dance tent coming in the next week or so.  Also I’ll also be sifting through some photos taken by various mates and uploading a selection of the best.

Massive respects going out to Gilly and crew for sorting the dance tent, plus of course Niki the main organiser and everyone else involved.

Roll on Aeon 2010!

Sunday Roast on Brap.FM, download, 17 May 2009, DJ Chamber (Bass Kitchen)

May 19th, 2009 by ollspin

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Screwface - The Day The Earth Stood Still - Hardcore Beats
Baobinga & ID - Extravaganza Man - Hardcore Beats
Afghan Headspin - Bang Spanner - Valium
DJ Punk Roc - I Hate Everybody - Independiente
Ctrl-Z - Space Dementia - Broke
Tipper - Re: Am I - Tipper
Future Funk Squad - Audio Damage - Default
Autobots & ScrewFace  - Final Conflict - Broke
Freestylers - Boom Blast ft Yolanda (Deekline & Wizard remix) - Against The Grain
Manchild - Rock The Discotheque - One Little Indian
Overseer - Velocity Shift - Sony
Hexstatic - Vector - Ntone
Skeewiff - Theme From Dave Allen - Jalapeno
Indian Ropeman - Stand Clear - Skint
Ugly Duckling - Turn It Up - Stomp
Jemini and Dangermouse - The Only One - Lex
Me & You - Lemonade Was A Popular Drink - Tru Thoughts
Aesop Rock - Daylight - Definitive Jux
Propellerhead & De La Soul - 360 - Wall of Sound
Baobinga & Ctrl-Z - Focus - Hardcore Beats
DJ Quest - Back To The Old School - Cyberfunk Music
DJ Quest & Odissi - Break Me - Botchit and Scarper
Headrillaz - Screaming Headz - V2
Prodigy - Voodoo Beats - XL
Screwface - Phat Bass - Hardcore Beats
Rennie Pilgrem & Arthur Baker - Don’t Burn - TCR
Angel Farringdon & Mr Reload - Super Rennie’s Squat Rave (Entity remix) - Hardcore Beats
Ctrl-Z and ScrewFace - Stereo:Typical - Hardcore Beats
Coldcut - Everything Is Under Control (DJ Kentaro remix) - Ninja Tune
White Stripes - Blue Orchid (High Contrast remix) - XL

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Sunday Roast on Brap.FM, May 2009, DJ Chamber, Dicey and P.O.D.G.E., Mr Minimax

May 2nd, 2009 by ollspin

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Time certainly does fly when you are having fun!  I can’t quite believe it is May already.  Not long to go now til the summer festival season gets rolling good and proper!

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Sunday 3 May 2009 | Download & setlist

This show is the day after Malfunction vs Frustrated Disco Machine vs Void vs Brap at Lab (Bristol) so I will no doubt be feeling a bit worse for wear.  Expect more mellow beats than usual as I soothe my broken brain and body.

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Sunday 10 May 2009 | Download & setlist

The weekend before Void vs Brap Spring Session Oxjam Alldayer at which I will be playing a jungle/drum&bass set.  Will be warming up on this show, so get ready for plenty of 160-180bpm skanking goodness.

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Sunday 17 May 2009 | Download & setlist
DJ Chamber (Bass Kitchen)

He’s a tune digging, beat juggling, groove scratching, vinyl faking, money making dirty hibbadyhop bad boy. DJ first and producer second, Chamber knows what it takes to rock a party. He deals in only the finest breaks, dnb, hip-hop and anything else he can throw into the mix to get the body moving and soul shaking.  Chamber’s mad skills behind the decks have seen him play at venues up and down the country alongside artists such as Atomic Hooligan, The Freestylers, Lee Coombs, A Skillz, Baobinga, Rennie Pilgrim, General Midi, Adam F and The Breakfastaz to name but a few.

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Sunday 24 May 2009 | Download & setlist
Dicey and P.O.D.G.E.

Dicey, dubbed as the first Lady of Breaks in Plymouth, has been actively involved in the Westcountry music scene for many years.  From co-running a successful weekly electro breaks night under the name of UFO she became resident of Plymouth’s longest running and best loved breaks night Magik Bullet.  From dark tech funk to energetic and rhythmic breaks, she loves playing music with energy and depth.   A recent move to Bristol has brought new opportunities to explore a vibrant scene.  As a musician she has been focusing attention on singing and playing keyboards in her new band.  But the decks are never far away and as part of the band package she is building a reputation for playing records with a heavy dose of funk to get people moving.  She hopes to continue developing her obsessive love of music in her new home city.

P.O.D.G.E. was discovered in The Forest of Dean during the treacherous winter of 1982.  Little is known about his upbringing but it led him to believe that he was Nick Berry.  Unable to cope with the imposter on TV he left the Forest for the bright lights of Walford. Unfortunately due to a terrible sense of direction and having one leg shorter than the other, he ended up in Plymouth where he stayed for 7 years living under the stairs in the Dance Academy from where he would only venture out on the last Friday of the month.  Tired of the shabby Devon streets and seedy 4×4 beats he briefly fled the country and appeared in the American cartoon King of the Hill playing the charismatic young Bobby.  After his brief flit with acting he was deported back to his homeland and settled in Bristol where he can be found in his trusty rocking chair playing High Contrast’s greatest hits on a banjo.  Despite some serious mental issues, a lazy eye and restricted growth, P.O.D.G.E. is a fine fellow with an intriguing taste in rhythm and can be found rocking all good dance floors near you.

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Sunday 31 May 2009 | Download & setlist
Mr Minimax

Mr Minimax aka Rob Dunstone is a young man from Oxford but this isn’t another boat race story. His upbringing gave him solid music foundations with the likes of Ella Fitzgerald and Stravinsky as listening material. From a very early age an infatuation with music was apparent, he jumped at any opportunity to make noise, be it using an instrument, his mouth, or whatever item was closest to hand. While his tastes were broad and eclectic, his knowledge of music creation was limited to first hand experiences. Thanks to a love of The Prodigy it dawned on Rob that music could be created without a band, or even proper instruments. A light switched on in his head and hasn’t dimmed since. Rob now holds a residency at Oxford club night Fresh Out The Box and has several releases under his belt that display style of downtempo and experimental electronics, through techno to breakcore carnage.