Artwork update

Artwork and poster design for the upcoming Freq Nasty show in Wellington.

What a great Christmas and New Years it has been! A satisfying ending to what i personally thought was a pretty shitty year, with some exceptions. 2009 is here now, and I'm determined to ensure its utter awesomeness.

What have we been up to since the last update? Other than Weta work? Well, went to Rhythm and Vines over the break, up in sunny Gisbourne - and did some Photography work while we were up there. What a great experience! It was our second time spending our new years there and it always delivers with such a nice vibe, great weather, music and just generally lots of fun.
I am actually trying to find some time to work on an XML/flash gallery to display some of pictures i took, once i am able to work out all the details. So fingers crossed i can get that all together.
In the meantime, here's some of the ones i took amongst those taken by others at the official R&V website gallery or ths link from the New Zealand Herald.

As you can see, Phil has been hard at work with his DJ'ing and production with his Strictly 138 crew with the Upcoming Ghost Dubs TRUTH gig, and we have been working on artwork for the 2009 FreQ Nasty Orientation tour, He's playing here in Wellington on the 5th of March and it shall be a rather excellent night!

So i think that's about it, project wise that's all i can report (without getting into trouble) Belated love and happy new years to all.

peace,
-Jamesmogg

Ghost Dubs, featuring TRUTH

P-Vans - Black Sheep EP

Release date set for 14/11/08 this will be a beatport exclusive for the first 6 months 
www.beatport.com 

All tracks written by: Phil Van der Reyden 
mastered at Transition Mastering Studios 
© 2008 Bassweight Recordings

tracklisting

a. Black sheep 
b. V Dub 
c. Weta cave 
d. Panic attack VIP 
e. Weight Break 
f. Searching for sun 

P-Vans debut Black Sheep EP is being released this Friday on Wellingtons premiere Dubstep & Electronica label Bassweight Recordings. The initial release is available exclusively on www.beatport.com for the first 6 months then is distributed to all the wider online music stores including digital tunes, juno download and I tunes. There will also be a follow up CD album hitting the stores next year which will include brand new exclusive P-Vans tracks and remixes by other local NZ Dubstep artists.

The Black Sheep EP is a compilation of tunes that have been tested on dubplate for the last 2 years and featured in almost every P-Vans DJ set around the country. The overall vibe of this EP is a blend of dark and haunting moods, atmospheric and quirky orchestral vibes, to laid back summer dub bass. The EP has received DJ support from many of NZ's finest dubstep DJ's including Jason Hawson, Frosty Boy, L Que, J Red, Oogun, Evil and Undertow and has received radio play from Radioactive 89fm, RDU and George FM. The EP is packed with dance floor fillers including the massive "Black Sheep" which has been called for rewind in almost every P-Vans set. Tunes such as V Dub and Weta Cave bring the highly swung atmospheric 2-step rhythms and deep bass instrumentation while Weight Break delivers a Phat punchy rolling break-beat monster for the peak time dance floors. 

The Black Sheep name and cover artwork has many sub surface metaphors. "Although we have been burnt in some way or another we still stand tall and never give up" - P-Vans. photographed by Wellington photographer Paul Redican and chosen by P-Vans himself this dark and moody image gives a visual interpretation of the vibe of the Black Sheep EP. Mastered at Transition studios in South London these tracks shine with crisp warm sound with earthquake worthy sub bass guaranteed to test any gigantic rig.

Over the last 4 years P-Vans has grafted away at his own unique sound and has played a major part in shaping the Dubstep sound in NZ along with his crew Strictly138 and other NZ crews and DJ's: Subtle Sound system, Frosty Boy and Dubstep Alliance.

Shouts: my girl Rachel, my family and freinds, Kaps, Thief, Steppa D, Oogun, Frosty Boy, Undertow, Jason Hawson, Ill Figa, L Que and J Red, Ekim, J Kon, Excelle, Josie B, Double Negative, FreQ Nasty, Tayo, Zed Bias, Aquatic Lab, Moggey, Sandwiches, Optimus Gryme, Olly @ Bassweight recs and all the Wellington Massive for coming to our gigs and supporting original NZ music.

Plastician at Garden Club

PLASTICIAN UK

Saturday 13th December

Garden Club

13b Dixon st Wellington CBD

presales $20 available from Samurai Store, Realgroovy & Cosmic Corner from 6th Nov. More on door

Plastician started DJing with UK Garage aged 16, has since played on London pirate stations 2G FM and Delight FM and on Rinse Fm in 2004 . He taught himself production aged 18. His track 'Venom' was his first release on the Slimzos label in early 2002. Releases followed on labels such as Contagious, Road and Soulja in the same year, with tunes "Hard Graft" and "Pump Up The Jam" making no. 1 on the 1Xtra Garage chart. Aged 20, he started label Terrorhythm Recordings and established his name as key producer on the grime scene working with MC's Skepta and JME to name a few. In 2004, he toured the USA with Aphex Twin's Rephlex label and featured on Rephlex's 'Grime' album.

Plastician Currently DJs at club nights in the UK including FWD, DMZ and Fabric in London and has toured all over Europe, Japan and USA. His track titled "Cha" featured on the legendary 2006 Mary-Anne Hobbs - Warrior Dubz compilation.

Recently Plastician remixed M.I.A's URAQT track for XL recordings, Alter Ego's "Rocker" and The Black Ghosts "Some Way Through This" collaborating with Dubstep legend Skream. This year Plastician has released a full length album titled “Beg to Differ” on his own established label Terrorhythm recordings and was chosen to mix the massive Rinse vol. 06 compilation.

Plastician's forward thinking beats and warped deep bass productions have received massive DJ support from the biggest names in the scene including Skream, Hatcha, Benga, N-type, Zed Bias and DJ Chef. On the ones and two's Plastician is a serious bad boy dropping 3 deck mixes on Rinse FM with live sets packed with fresh explosive tunes bridging the gap between Dubstep and Grime. With heavyweight sound system inside Garden Club and local crew Strictly138 & DJ Excelle in support, this will be one of the biggest Dubstep events Wellington has seen this year.

DJ Chef

Strictly138 presents:
DJ CHEF
UK DIRECT / RINSE FM / FWD / DMZ / RINGO RECORDS

support from
Strictly138 + Sketchy B

Friday 12th September
Sandwiches
tickets $25 + bf Real Groovy & www.sandwiches.co.nz

Hailing from the home of Dubstep, Croydon, South London, DJ Chef has been mixing for 12 years.

DJ Chef is one of the pioneering DJs of the sound known as Dubstep, a music that has originated from South London and has now become a global phenomenon. DJ Chef's upfront selection and skills on the decks have led him to dates in places as far as the USA, Finland, Israel, and now New Zealand.

DJ Chef is also a resident at the two genre-defining Dubstep nights in London: DMZ and FWD.
Furthermore, DJ Chef has been playing host on London's leading pirate radio station, Rinse FM, for the last 4 years. Known for his energy behind the decks, a love for subsonic bass, and an ear for playing anything Dubstep as long as it's good, DJ Chef will bring nothing but positive vibes and good music to New Zealand dance floors.

Strictly138 are a crew of Wellington DJs and producers that formed in early 2006. They Regularly host the Home bass show on Radio Active 89fm on Thursday nights from 11-1 bringing fresh New Zealand dubs to the airwaves. Recently Strictly138's P-Vans has had tunes signed to DPR Recordings (UK) and Aquatic Lab(AUS), with a forthcoming EP due for release this year on Bassweight Recordings.

Don't miss this seminal night featuring one of the hardest working DJs in Dubstep with support from Strictly138 and Sketchy B.

Winter Ghost Dubs

In early 2007 the Ghost Dubs nights were introduced to Wellington focusing on the underground roots of Dubstep with Strictly138 & guests serving up a diverse blend of dark garage, Dub and jungle tunes for a dynamic sub bass driven dance floor experience. Since then Ghost Dubs has been known as a quality upfront Wellington Dubstep night embracing producers and DJ's from around NZ.

Featuring Auckland's heavyweight producer Frostyboy bringing original NZ Dubs and Kaps returns from Osaka Japan armed with upfront productions to unleash on Subnine's sound system.

Ghost dubs looks set for a big night in Subnine for wicked vibes, atmosphere and chest rattling Bassweight.

P-Vans Myspace
Strictly 138 Myspace
Frostyboy Myspace

Digital Mystikz pictures

Mala

Bit of a late one posting this as the gigs were a couple of weeks ago now, but have uploaded a handful of Photos of Mala's (Digital Mystikz) gigs during his recent tour of Wellington and Auckland NZ With locals Strictly 138.

Check em out here

(Left to right) Kaps & P-Vans

Merry Christmas

For all those who read this:
Merry Christmas!

photo taken during a thunderstorm in Welly, 20th December 2006.

after the premiere.

heres a couple of shots from after the Kong premiere.