11.23 - DJ FRICTION | MAKOTO w/ DEEIZM MC | BOBBY JAE | RAPID ASCENSION & MORE - 5DnB

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Wednesday | November.23.2000FIVE [ THANKSGIVING EVE ]

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DJ FRICTION [ Valve | Shogun Audio ] - UK **5DNB DEBUT**

At the age of 27, Brighton raised Friction is without a doubt one of the most talented DJ-Producers to make a significant impact in Drum & Bass in recent years. With more heads hearing of his skills and tracks like the massive 'Robocop' and 'Electrolux' smashing dance-floors worldwide 2003 saw Friction win Knowledge magazines 'Best Breakthrough' award. Things were rounded off with a link up to Dillinja and Lemon D's Valve Recordings and the launch of his own label 'Shogun Audio'. He is now regarded as one of the scenes front running DJ's alongside names like Andy C, Zinc, Hype and Mampi Swift and also regularly demonstrates his skills to a global audience via BBC 1Xtra on his fortnightly 'Mix Show'. Last year saw Friction hit success in the CD market with the massive 'Bingo Sessions Vol.1' CD mixed alongside DJ Zinc which actually graced the UK album charts. In the 2004 DJ Magazine world DJ poll he was the 4th highest ranked drum & bass DJ coming in at 107th. This was followed up with another 4th place position in the 'Accelerated Culture' awards as well as taking home the 'Best Newcomer' title at the same event. The UK's hottest, freshest drum & bass DJ talent is undoubtedly Friction and its time to take things to the next level.



MAKOTO w/ DEEIZM MC [ Human Elements | GLO ] - JAPAN **5DNB DEBUT**

Makoto is currently proving himself to be one of the more diverse and promising unknown elements in Good Looking's musical repertoire. Two funk filled tracks appeared on the Earth 4 compilation in the shape of "Extensions of Life" and "Peace of Mind", with "You're Divine" appearing on Earth 5 and getting an exclusive release in Japan. On the Drum'n'Bass front the Progression Sessions series continues to feature many of his tracks. It seems that no matter what type of set Bukem plays, be it Drum'n'Bass, Down tempo or House your sure to find a Dub with Makoto's name on it. It is "with the feeling of soul and jazz in mind" that Makoto creates music. He believes in the need to maintain a human feel in Music.

Shelley aka Deeizm is a talented up and coming vocalist whose talent extends much further than simply vocalisation. Along with being able to sing, rap and perform, she is also able to play the drums, keeping it on the sideline although it is one of her best assets. After six years in the music industry, Shelley finally has her own studio and is signed exclusively to the Good Looking Organisation, MC’ing for Makoto as well as guest DJ’s at Progression Sessions. Now as a part of Good Looking, she has even more of an opportunity to go further. Watch out for this one, this is only the beginning!


BOBBY JAE [ Upfront | Five ] - DC **CD RELEASE PARTY**

Mastering the sultry, sexy sounds of DC drum and bass, Bobby Jae never fails with his impeccable mixing and top-notch selection. Be sure to check out Bobby Jae's new highly anticipated mix, Upfront Drum n' Bass. This follow up to his 2003 URB Mix It Best classic, Perpetual Motion, is a veritable showcase of the liquid, funky sounds that many artists on the Upfront Industries roster are currently cultivating.


WHIGHZEGUY & BLANCO [ KindBassInc. | Rapid Ascension ] - BALT

These two guys bring nothing but the finest in Liquid Funk & Dub. Their aggressive mixing styles with emphasis on quality programming makes for a truly unique Drum N Bass ride. Be on the lookout for their new internet radio show on the Destroyer.net network.


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[Hitoi]

Man oh sweet man. This is going to be such a wondrous night.

Yes. Wondrous.

[revisionc]

Makoto & Deeizm MC @ Atmosphere, London - 05-19-2005

1. ?? - ??
2. Drum Magic - Baby
3. Makoto - Take My Soul Baby (Remix)
4. ?? - ??
5. ?? - ??
6. ?? - ??
7. Towa tei -Technova (makoto remix)
8. MC Conrad & Makoto - Golden Girl
9. Makoto & Kabuki - Look Of Love
10. XRS - Distant Lover
11. Drumajik - Untitled
12. Ez Rollerz and Tommy knocker
13. ?? - ??
14. Q project- Tears
15. ?? - ??

[revisionc]

Mampi Swift b2b DJ Friction - Live from Global Gathering 05

1.Capone - Style Baby*
>>>Drumsound & Bassline smith - 'The Oddessy' [tease]
2.Fresh - 'Foreigner'
3.The Prodigy - 'Smack My Bitch Up (Subfocus Remix)'
4.Roni Size - '26 Bass'*
>>>Bad Company - 'The Pulse'
5.TC - 'No Escape'
>>>Fresh - 'Tombraider' [tease]
6.??????????
>>>Ed Rush + Optical - 'Bacteria (pendulum remix)' [tease]
8.Dillinja - ??????? < TUNE!!!!
9.Ed Rush + Optical - 'Funktion (Marky & Bungle Remix)'
10.Mampi Swift - 'Music Forever'*
>>>Mampi Swift - 'The One' [tease]*
>>>Pendulum - 'The Terminal'
>>>Mampi Swift - 'The One' [tease AGAIN]
11.Fresh vs Pendulum - 'Tarantula'
12.Subfocus - 'Frozen Solid'
13.Dillinja - 'Aint Too Loud'
14.Subfocus - 'X-Ray'
15.Clipz - 'Hold Tight'
16.Roni Size - 'Its Jazzy'*
>>>Shimon - 'Hush Hush' [tease]*
17.Q-Project - 'Ask Not VIP'
18.Shy FX + T Power - 'Ra'*
19.Mampi Swift - 'Feel Me'
20.Fresh - 'Living Daylights'
21.Shy Fx + T Power - 'Feelings'
22.Mampi Swift - 'Black River'
23.FSOL - 'Papua New Guinea (High Contrast Remix)'
24.Ez Rollerz - 'Ready For Love (Clipz Remix)'
25.Leviticus - 'Big Bad n Heavy (Logistics Remix)'
>>>Capone - 'Hard Noize' [tease]
26.Shy FX & Zinc - 'Plastic Soul'
27.Hazard - 'My Selector'
28.Sparfunk & Joe Solo - 'Rapture'
>>>MIST - 'Outtaspace' [tease]

[revisionc]

Baron b2b Fresh, and Friction - Live at One Nation Afterparty 26.10.2005

Baron b2b Fresh
01) Intro
02) Pendulum feat. 50 Cent ?? – Slam VIP
>>> Roni Size & Reprazent – Trust me
03) Hype & J Majik & Wickaman - Look to the Future (TC remix)
04) ??? - ??? (Rewind)
05) Prodigy - Smack my bitch up (Subfocus remix) (Rewind)
>>> Ed Rush & Optical - Kerbkrawler (Baron Remix)
06) Shimon & Moving fusion - Mysterons (Baron remix)
07) Subfocus - X-ray (Rewind)
>>> Total Science - Nosher (Baron remix)
08) G-Dub Vs Taxman - Warp speed (Rewind)
09) Fresh - X-Project (Rewind)
>>> Bad Company - Torpedo
10) Pendulum - Vault VIP (Rewind)
11) Baron - At The Drive In
12) Pendulum - Hold your color
13) ??? - ??? (Rewind)
14) Prodigy - Voodoo People (Pendulum remix)
>>> Omni Trio - Renegade Snares?
15) Fresh - Living Daylights VIP

Friction (39:29min)
01) The militia - Let loose - (TC remix)
02) E-Z Rollers – Ready For Love (Clipz remix) (Rewind)
>>> Mist - Outa space
03) Mr. L - Back to your roots (??? remix)
04) Zinc - Fair fight (Friction remix)
05) Leviticus - Big bad & Heavy (Logistics remix) (Rewind)
06) Ed-Rush & Optical - Alien Girl
07) ??? - ???
08) Shy Fx - Plastic soul
09) Hazard – Selector
>>> Hazard – Selector
10) Shy FX – Feelings
11) Roni SIze - It's Jazzy
12) Tc - No Escape
>>> Fresh - Tomb raider
13) Potential Bad Boy – Girls
>>> Shimon - Hush hush
14) Chase & Status - Duppy man
>>> Digital - Deadline
15) Prodigy - Voodoo People (Pendulum remix) (Rewind)
>>> Bad company - Planet dust

[Hitoi]

I'm on a mission to try a holiday-themed shot.

Maybe you can help me, Curt.

[revisionc]

Originally Posted by Hitoi

I'm on a mission to try a holiday-themed shot.

Maybe you can help me, Curt.

maybe something with brandy?

fun facts.

While there wasn't any cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, or pumpkin pie to eat at the first Thanksgiving, there was beer, brandy, gin, and wine to drink.

http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/

[revisionc]

DJ Friction Live from 1Xtra Bass Week - Portsmouth 03-01-2005

01. Dillinja – Gang Bang
02. Spirit – Siren
>>> Fresh – Signal
03. Dillinja – 96 Thing
>>> Wots My Code – Dubplate (Total Science Remix)
04. Q-Project – Ask Not (VIP)
>>> Roni Size - Trust Me (Remix)
05 Mr. L – Back To Your Roots
>>> Fresh – Tombraider
06. Bad Company – True Romance (VIP)
07. Influx UK – Ghost People (2004)
>>> Digital – Deadline
08. Zinc – Steppin Stones (VIP)
09. Zen - Rubarb & Custard
10. Shy FX – Plastic Soul
11. ??? - ???
12. Chase & Status - Love's Theme
13. Marcus Intalex - Afrikka
14. Shy FX & T-Power ft Jenna G – Feelings
15. Revron - Upload
>>> Ram Trilogy – Titan
16. Dillinja – Hurt Me
>>> M.I.S.T. – Outta Space
17. Chase & Status – Duppy Man
18. Logisitics – Together (VIP)
19. Sub Focus – X-Ray
20. Dillinja – In The Grind (VIP)
>>> Shimon – Hush Hush

[revisionc]

More info on Friction. Last years bio.



At the age of 26, Brighton raised Friction is one of a small number of young talented DJ/Producers that has made a significant impact in Drum & Bass in recent years. A clear indication of this is highlighted by his recent nomination for ‘Best DJ’ at the forthcoming Accelerated Culture Awards and when he won the award for ‘Best New Comer’ in the Drum & Bass Arena equivalent last year.

From the age of 15 Friction has been dedicated to developing his skills and ability to achieve where he is today. With plenty of releases across 10 labels, a batch burning in the pipeline, several residencies and his self owned imprints; where did the apocalyptic sparks ignite??

As a teenager whose first love was music, Friction used his friend’s decks to mix and was soon passing mix tapes around at school. Over the following 3 years Friction DJ’d out at events and promoted his own club nights. Acknowledgement came in 1995 when he started his own fanzine called ‘INFORMER. Although initially conceived to profile the local scene and boost DJ opportunities, acclaim & demand was received from all over the UK. Friction ceased the magazine after a couple of years to concentrate efforts on his burgeoning production career.

With his preference of music style and scene association it was inevitable he would link up with established producers such as Stakka, Skynet, Nu Balance & K-Tee. At the age of 18, Friction became friends with these Brighton based music heads and was soon inspired to produce the beats and bass he loved, provided by a perfect opportunity to be nurtured and gain production experience. Many hours were spent in the studio where Friction was able to develop and execute the natural talent he appeared to have. It was at this time he chose to pursue his career.

February ‘99 welcomed his debut release. Using the collaborative name Kinnetix, Stakka & Friction released ‘Critical Mass’ on the Under Fire label. In November his 2nd release on this imprint, this time with DJ Skinny (Nu Balance), welcomed ‘Depth Charge’, although not before his talent was recognized by other labels. Friction was now receiving interest from major Drum & Bass record companies. Most significant was from Clayton, boss of TOV & Renegade Hardware. He was invited to produce a track for the ‘Here Comes Trouble’ EP. The result saw Friction’s elementary production ‘Photon’ gain him the position of a talented producer. Friction’s remix of ‘Photon’ shortly followed. He then partnered with Nu Balance for a further 2 signings to TOV, ‘Cryogenix’ and ‘Movement’, then followed by the solo release of ‘Iridium’ in June 2000, also on TOV.

Friction’s skills on the decks also did not go unnoticed and he soon found himself balancing production time with his increasing appearance schedule, playing at events such as TOV, Heat, Pure Science & Jungle Fever. With his natural ability to seamlessly cut, switch and blend, combined with his phenotype selection, the output of energy was guaranteed to keep any dance floor jumping.

Due to family commitments Friction took time out from production for a short time. Upon his return he hooked up with Keaton & Chris from ‘Usual Suspects’. Between them they ignited dance floors with the Summer 2001 release of ‘Stressed Out’ on TOV once again & ‘Lunacy’ on sister label Renegade Hardware. Immediately following was ‘Altitude’ with Stakka & Skynet, which was regarded as one of the most groundbreaking tech influenced drum & bass tunes of all time and still played by many DJ’s.

It was inevitable that 2002 would see a busy release schedule for Friction following a year of intensive time spent in the studio and a rapid rise of recognition from the dance floor, fellow DJ/Producers & label owners. TOV continued to embrace the success of Friction’s productions as the New Year welcomed the solo endeavour ‘Oblivion’.

Spring 2002 blossomed as Friction put his imprint firmly where only label boss Mampi Swift had been before. Charge Recordings welcomed its debut artist with the release of ‘The Power’ EP offering 4 fully charged tracks from Friction with the floor shaker ‘Immortal’ (featuring K-Tee). At this time Renegade Hardware were also keen to have a piece of the action when Friction teamed up with Universal Project and presented a 12″ in the form of ‘Street Life’, providing a clear pathway for Friction’s ‘Final Judgment’ EP release on TOV.

The chemical reaction was set in process once again, this time on Total Science’s Advanced imprint. ‘Weird Vibes’ conjured up magic on the dance floors as once again Friction & Universal Project combined their substances.

April 2002 & firing on all cylinders….. Friction started his own imprint; ‘Transparent Recordings’ and soon after, ‘Heavy Rotation’. Friction has no intentions to release his own productions on the labels but alternatively is focusing on cutting edge Drum & Bass from fresh, aspiring producers.

Transparent’s debut release was from Brighton based Killer Instinct. The follow up introduced Puerto Rico’s young talented Fission and was quickly embraced by Trace, Dom, Kemal & Cause 4 Concern. Soon after, Friction was delighted to discover the talents of Raiden who offered the imprints 3rd release for 2002 with the much-played dubplate ‘Cenobyte’, providing a launch pad for an inspirational future. Since then releases have come from Concord Dawn, Rascal & Klone, Black Sun Empire and The Militia

Following the spring boom of activity, 2002 saw TOV fire out ‘Fully Loaded’, another Friction & Nu Balance collaboration. It continued to be an explosive year; big players like Ed Rush, Bad Company, Zinc, Swift, Andy C and Grooverider were dubplate happy with his releases on CIA, Outbreak and Renegade Hardware.

Now a regular on the UK club circuit Friction knows every bump on the Brighton to London road as he travels to his regular bookings at top venues across the country. He is rapidly developing legendary status at London’s ‘End Club’ after many jaw-dropping sets. As the releases flow and word spreads about his ability to enthuse a dance floor, regular flights out of London take him to play at events in Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Australia, Japan, USA, Singapore & France to name a few. Friction recently demonstrated his skills to a global audience when he was one of the first artists to feature on the newly formed Radio 1 Xtra station. Soon after this he was offered a role as the stations official ‘Mix DJ’. The year was topped off with Friction winning the title of ‘Best World Newcomer 2002′. People really were starting to take notice of the extreme talent he was offering.

In January 2003 Friction made a sharp entry into the on Swift’s other label Blade Recordings with ‘Burn Down’ and ‘Turmoil’ as well as an outing on Charge with his recently formed group, ‘The Militia’ alongside Stakka, K-Tee and Skinny. Releases have followed for the group on Hardware, Cargo and Transparent with more to follow. More solo releases are due to follow on Tru Playaz and Charge, with more collaborations lined up aswell.

With mass hysteria being caused at every venue he plays, his conscientious attitude and array of talent, it’s true to say that everybody is feeling the heat from Friction!!!

[revisionc]

Another makoto mix?

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Makoto Studio Mix

Don't know when it's from or the tracklist

[revisionc]

DJ Friction & SP:MC - Renegade Hardware - Live @ THE END - 04/02/05

01. Noisia & The Upbeats - Sacrifice
02. ? - ?
03. Calyx - Get Myself To You
04. Cartridge - X Minus 1
05. ? - ?
06. Sonic & Silver - On The Anson (Remix) *Rewind
07. Mr L - Your Son Needs You
08. Layo & Bushwacka - Love Story (OB1 Remix)
09. D-Bridge & Fierce - Twilight
10. Logistics - Inside My Soul (Friction & Nu Balance Remix)
11. Bad Company UK & Noisia - Meditation *Rewind
12. Bad Company UK - True Romance (VIP)
13. Chase & Status - Loves Theme
14. Break & Fierce - Reigning Hell
15. Spirit - Siren *Rewind
16. Dillinja - Angles Fell *Rewind
--> Jonny L - See Red (Tease)
17. Break - Z Groove
18. Konflict - Messiah (Spor Remix) *Rewind
19. Hive, Echo, Gridlok & Keaton - Violence Sound
20. Dillinja - ?
--> M.I.S.T. - Outta Space (Tease)
21. Jonny L - The Roots
22. Subfocus - X-Ray
23. Dillinja - In The Grind

[revisionc]

Here's a set from August

DJ Friction /w MC 2 Shy - 96 - 02 Set @ Renegade Hardware [05.08.05]

Friction rocks out a classic Hardware set - heading back through the vaults of the prolific label from '96 - '02

Old school bohhhhhhhhhh


no tracklist

[revisionc]

Friction - Live at Fastlane 2 Album Launch Party [26/02/2005 @ Mass, London UK]

vroom vroom

[Hitoi]

Originally Posted by revisionc

maybe something with brandy?

fun facts.

While there wasn't any cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, or pumpkin pie to eat at the first Thanksgiving, there was beer, brandy, gin, and wine to drink.

http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/

That would've sucked having to deal with post-drinking munchies.