Cold enough outside to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, things at The Big Chill House were beginning to warm up! Holding back no punches Life Support Machine hosts room deux in the only way they know how. To kick things off Julie-Anne and Fifties take to the decks with some jackin’ tech that got the floor jumping!
Round 2 saw headlining duo Diverted give us a treat with some hands in the air beats from yesteryear followed by LSM’s chief editor Dave ‘No Hands’ Clough team up with Joe Bot for some bad ass breaks. Last, but by no means least, Kid Chameleon VS Casual Breakin dished out the bass heavy WTFEVER for the grand finale of what was an excellent night!
Thank you to everyone who came and rocked out with LSM as they unleashed their brand of funk fuelled party mayhem on the unsuspecting public at their debut event at The Big Chill House, London! Stay tuned for the next fun-filled instalment…
Having been born out of people’s love for 70’s funk and modern bass music, nu-funk was first heard in the clubs at the turn of the millennium pushed forward by the likes of Quantic Soul Orchestra, Tru Thoughts & Good Groove Records. It was very much a live band thing creating new breaks and flavours for a younger generation but still retaining the ethics of its American godfathers.
LSM’s Kid Chameleon has been a big fan of the genre for quite some time:
“I first came across it during its first mutation, pioneered by the likes of the Fort Knox 5 and A Skillz. This took the sound away from original funk tunes and took it more in a direction comparable with bigbeat.”
A very electic and mashed up collection of hiphop vocals, swung drum beats and groovy but hefty bass, this in turn wove it into the growing nuskool breaks scene around the world and threw a whole new collection of labels and artists into the frame such as Featurecast.
In a bid to set itself apart and make it’s mark on musical history, it took one more evolutionary step – the more modern growing uk bass sound. Stepping the overall tempo up to 120 bpm + bringing in influences from glitch, dubstep, house and many more, the sound is now being picked up by big name djs across the globe such as Bassnectar as well as developing new acts such as the Dancefloor Outlaws. This move has been seen by as an attempt to shake off some of the original tag of nu-funk and move it into a more underground marketable genre.
Want to see what the NuFunk fuss is all about? On March 31st, the world’s no.1 NuFunk label, BombStrikes comes to London’s Big Chill House, Kings Cross and hosting room 2 is… Yours truly! LifeSupportMachine.co.uk!
Yes, yes people! Crazy news! On March 31st, the worlds no.1 NuFunk label, BombStrikes comes to London’s Big Chill House, Kings Cross and hosting room 2 is… Yours truly! LifeSupportMachine.co.uk!
Big Chill Presents… Bomb Strikes & LifeSupportMachine.co.uk!
BombStrikes SoundSysterm
Big Chill House, London, N1
Saturday March 31st 8pm-4am Free Entry All Night Long
Today we got the news that LifeSupportMachine.co.uk has been nominated in the ‘Best Websites‘ category at the Breakspoll awards.
Thanks SO much to everyone who voted for us!
See you there with hands in the air!
In the meantime, some words of support from Charlie Sheen!
Roll up, roll up, its time to get those tickets to the largest beats, breaks and bass events of teh year! Breakspoll! It’s hard to deny the that line up is mad good. Genuinely impressive. The event is the 11th of its kind and is being held at Cable, London on the 25th February. Get your tickets here!
This tune by Breakspoll 2011s ‘Best New DJ’ winner, Chamber, seamlessly blends hip-hop and country and western to create a new form of toe tapping, banjo strumming, barndancing, ho-downing music.
He is currently running a competition over on his Facebook page where you, yes YOU could win a free ticket for Big Beat Reunion in Bristol this Friday – featuring the likes of Cut La Roc, Peo De Pitte, Neurodriver, Rektchordz, Freerange DJs, Chamber himself and many more. Follow this link for instructions on how to enter:
Saturday nights must go to late night soiree and we’ve got tickets to give away! Read on…
After two sell out nights at XOYO, The Plump DJs return for an eagerly awaited third instalment! Their fresh electro-bass vibes and classic beats are winning over the streets of Shoreditch and the club is being celebrated for its full on party mayhem. The line-up represents artists on the forefront of the cross-genre, dance floor friendly generation.
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LifeSupportMachine.co.uk is the emergency room for broken beats and ill basslines from Mixmag’s Beats, Breaks and Bass Columnist, Mr No Hands. Edited by Louise O'Donnell from JuiceBox Designs, the popular website features quality beats, mixes, mash-ups and mishaps for DJs and music lovers alike. All freely available to download.
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