HEADPHOBE & DEFAZED are crowned LAPTOP BATTLE UK TEAM CHAMPIONS!!

Last night we witnessed the 1st ever UK LAPTOP TEAM BATTLE event. The club was packed and the stage was set...

The draw was made and the 1st round got under way...

ANORAK & THCHRIS bt THE ACOUSMATIZER
MADTEK bt MICHAEL J ROCKS
LRAB bt BZODE
HEADPHOBE & DEFAZED bt PARASITE & GUSSET

Semi-Final...

MADTEK bt ANORAK & THCHRIS
HEADPHOBE & DEFAZED bt LRAB

which lined up the Final...

HEADPHOBE & DEFAZED bt MADTEK

The final battle was immense with the crowd right behind both teams, but the mighty HEADPHOBE & DEFAZED proved to be too good for the competition and prevailed with a unanimous decision from the 3 judges to be crowned the 1st ever LAPTOP TEAM BATTLE CHAMPIONS!! Long live the kings!



This was the best LAPTOP BATTLE UK event yet and thanks go out to all of the producers, DJs, VJs, MCs, and organisers for putting on a wikkid night of amazing music. And a massive thank you to all of the people who came along to the night to cheer on their favourites and to have a laugh and a dance. Respect!





See you all at the next one!

GUSSET talks about LAPTOP BATTLE UK

GUSSET (from Death$ucker Records) talks about his experience of entering LAPTOP BATTLE UK alongside PARASITE on Friday 30th March 2007.



This article is taken from GUSSET BLOG...

http://blog.gusset.co.uk/blogger.shtml

"Yey hey! Out in the first round by a unanimous judges decision!

Congratulations to Headphobe and Defazed (Ned and Rich) for a deserved win, they trounced everyone in every round, there was no doubting they were going to walk away with it.

By extreme ill fortune we were drawn against them in the first round, which we had been dreading. They really hammer hard with their live drum triggering rather than loop based play. We thought we might be able to compete with them in one of the longer later rounds, as Parasite thought they were struggling to keep it up that long when he saw the last battle. In the two-minute opening round it's very very hard to prove yourself and we had no chance against them.

Michael J Rocks was cruelly knocked out. He was the only person who played two two-minute tunes with a beginning a middle and an end (like they teach you at school). Everyone else just kept making noise until they were told to stop. It leave the crowd wanting more but it's not quite as satisfying as a whole.

I think we could have gone further with a different draw but that's life. Was still great fun and the night in all was great. All the neigh-sayers who think its just a geek fest really should see it; there was a brilliant vibe, the crowd were well up for it (there was almost a mosh pit at times) and no beardstroking in sight. Well done to everyone involved and thanks to the promoters for putting it on.

At least I squeezed in a DJ set early in the night so I did play for more than four minutes, and I got to have a little jam with DJ Asian Hawk (UK DMC champion and 2nd in the world, apparently), which was fun.

I've learnt a lot about software and performance though doing this and my normal live sets will improve for it too. It's been a valuable learning opportunity. For the technically minded the advice I received is mostly in this Mu thread. The exception was an email string with Steve Milanese who adviced me not to try to learn software (when I mentioned Pd) in a short space of time, "practise drumming shit a lot and not worry too much about using mad software." It worked for Ned and Rich, as they were much tighter than I've ever seen them before last night. The practice pays off. Well done guys."

http://blog.gusset.co.uk/blogger.shtml

Thanks Dan. You and Armin put on a wikkid show and your beats were bangin'! Glad you enjoyed the event. Peace.

LINKS

Electronic Music Events


Blunderphonics
(Bristol)





Erisian Discharge
(Brighton)




Lobotomy
(Nottingham)



Fractals
(Reading)




Laptop Battle UK
(Bristol & UK)




The Rave-Yard Shift
(Winchester)



Glitch Night
(Bristol)



Bashout
(Bristol)





Ordio Enjinn
(London)




Bristol Music Forums

Bristol Breakcore
Hijack Bristol
Smokering

LAPTOP BATTLE UK

LAPTOP BATTLE UK v3 is this FRIDAY 30th MARCH!!!
@ The Croft, Stokes Croft, Bristol

8 teams of producers battle it out for the title of 1st ever LAPTOP BATTLE TEAM CHAMPIONS!!

Come along and cheer on your favourites!

Here are some images from the last 2 LAPTOP BATTLE UK events...



and here is a video clip of HEADPHOBE from LAPTOP BATTLE UK v2...
(go on Ned! get your tits out!!)



See the LAPTOP BATTLE websites for more details about this event...

www.laptopbattleuk.com
www.myspace.com/laptopbattleuk

KUANTUM_WINDOW GALLERY

HEADPHOBE has created a 360 degree wrap-around image of the KUANTUM_WINDOW nights at Cosies in Bristol.






Its a .mov file so either click on the image above or...
Right click here and choose Save As to download the video clip.

RHAPSODIA 24-03-07

1 Man Army Records represented in Venezuela!

Qsquare and Lastrapink are performing live in San Antonio, Venezuela.
Also featuring DJ Abstracto and Division Jule on visuals.

Saturday 24th March 2007
@ Siete Lounge Bar, San Antonio de los Altos, Venezuala

LAPTOP BATTLE 3

LAPTOP BATTLE 3

FRIDAY 30th MARCH 2007
@ The Croft, Bristol

1st ever UK team battles!!

Room 1 - Laptop Battle

BZODE (LoAF)
HEADPHOBE vs DEFAZED (1 Man Army)
MADTEK (Dissident)
MICHAEL J ROCKS (1 Man Army)
ORTHA & eN (No-Test)
PARASITE & GUSSETT (Death$ucker)
THCHRIS & THE ANORAK (1 Man Army)
THE ACOUSTMATIZERS (1 Man Army)

with GUSTO FRESH MC and
ASIAN HAWK (DMC UK Champion 2006)

Room 2 - DnB and Dubstep DJs

DUB BOY (Ruffnek Diskotek)
SKELM (Rinseproof Records)
SUPERISK (Rubadub)
STEALTH (Noir)

plus more DJs tbc

Doors 9pm-4am. £5 entry.

www.laptopbattleuk.com
www.myspace.com/laptopbattleuk


Please note the change to the lineup from the flyer design.

INFO_CIFON & THE HIDDEN PERSUADER have had to cancel due to unfortunate circumstances so they have been replaced by THCHRIS & THE ANORAK.

MARCH 2007 NEWS

New DOWNLOAD section added!
There are loads of links to music and videos from the artist's websites. All are free to download, so tuck in!

On the gig front, MICHAEL J ROCKS and SPAGHETTI MACHETE are playing at FRACTALS in Reading on Friday 16th March.

SHOUTPUT, SPAGHETTI MACHETE, and IDIRON are playing at DETONATE at Redstar in London on Saturday 17th March.

LAPTOP BATTLE 3 is at The Croft in Bristol on Friday 30th March.
This time its TEAM BATTLES!! The 1st ever in the UK, possibly in the world! Full lineup to be confirmed soon.

More features will be added to this website over the coming month.
So keep checking back for further updates.

Peace.

DETONATE 17-03-07

DETONATE is a new clubnight at Redstar in Camberwell, London.
This month IDIRON, SHOUTPUT, and SPAGHETTI MACHETE are on the lineup which also includes SCHEMEBOY and CHRIS MOSS ACID.

www.myspace.com/time2detonate

UPDATE!! This event has now been postponed until 16th June 2007.

FRACTALS 16-03-06

FRACTALS is a new clubnight in Reading.
This month FRACTALS invite MICHAEL J ROCKS and SPAGHETTI MACHETE to the lineup which also includes REMARC, CEEPHAX, TEKNOIST, and ZAN LYONS.

This is one not to be missed.

www.myspace.com/fractalsrave

AUDIO DOWNLOADS

Tuck into these audio downloads. They are free!!
Audio tracks are linked from artist's websites.

Loz Koleszko

www.lozk.co.uk

LOZ KOLESZKO - The More I Sleep EP
1. Loz Koleszko - The More I Sleep
2. Loz Koleszko - Irioles
3. Loz Koleszko - 9-13
4. Loz Koleszko - Equalator 6B
5. Loz Koleszko - January 18
6. Loz Koleszko - The Kussmaul Parabola
7. Loz Koleszko - OPD

Loz Koleszko - Bacteriod Friendly
Loz Koleszko - The Beautiful People
Zan Lyons - Serial Killer Stories (Loz K Mix)

Anorak

www.myspace.com/johnanorak

ANORAK - Live DJ set on Resonance FM (December 2007)
Click here to download

Blam

www.myspace.com/blambeats

BLAM - new live set on Resonance FM (November 2007)
Click here to download

Headphobe

www.headphobe.com

HEADPHOBE (live) @ The Black Swan
Click here to download

HEADPHOBE - The Core EP
Click here to download

HEADPHOBE - Cyclone Of Blades EP
1. Headphobe - Arachned
2. Headphobe - Staff n Stuff
3. Headphobe - Step Tinker

HEADPHOBE - Rakecore EP
1. Rake the Stone Wheel (grimey pip pop snarlcore)
2. Robots Shitting Themselves (steaming fast-tek chardcore)
3. Jam in the Tube (crackling ‘verb-curb glitchstyle)
4. Dirty Bath (munch-out puke-up ghetto-faint)
5. Digitize-tribe (tribal mush-down and nodstep)
6. Dirty Unite (wrong-tied gritty-guitared ‘Total Recall’ core)

HEADPHOBE - Remixes
Divine Intervention (Korn Remix)
Laser Up My Eyes (Streets Remix)

Defazed

www.defazed.com

DEFAZED (live) @ Plummet (December 2006)
Click here to download

DEFAZED - new DJ mix on Resonance FM (October 2007)
Click here to download

DEFAZED - Remixes
Gabble Bobble (2003)
Beats International - Just Be Good To Me (Remix)
Snoop Dogg vs Phil Collins

DEFAZED - DJ Set (October 2005) "ironkoremashup"
Click here to download
Click here to see tracklist

Coma K

www.myspace.com/comakmusic

c0ma-K is a new project focusing on the darker side of industrial music. The themes of the music and lyrics focus on disassociation from reality and detraction from stagnated life in the post-millenium era that we seem to have reached.

Coma K - Spiral (2006)
Coma K - Karma Killer (2006)
Coma K - Tumor (2006)
Coma K - Sculpted To Fall (2006)
Coma K - Anarchist Business Plan (2005)
Coma K - Ostracide (2005)

Idiron Soundtrack

www.myspace.com/idironsoundtrack

IDIRON SOUNDTRACK - Cronicles of Boomthwack
1. Idiron Soundtrack - Go Go Rinse Yo
2. Idiron Soundtrack - Robotussrave
3. Idiron Soundtrack - Darkness Is Eternal
4. Idiron Soundtrack - Murk Track
5. Idiron Soundtrack - Technob
6. Idiron Soundtrack - Raggamanruffsidez
7. Idiron Soundtrack - Vacuum Anathemic

Pseudoscience

www.scottdarby.net

Improvised live Reaktor sets...

Pseudoscience - Dancing Club
Pseudoscience - Think Aloud
Pseudoscience - Minus
Pseudoscience - 0001 9-Audio
Pseudoscience - Live @ Laptop Battle 2

The Acousmatizer

www.myspace.com/theacousmatizer

THE ACOUSMATIZER - Wintermute EP

The Acousmatizer - Cold Concret
The Acousmatizer - Orbit #9
The Acousmatizer - Wintermute
The Acousmatizer - Ghetto Music

CRUNCH MACHINE 03-03-07

CRUNCH MACHINE has rapidly become the most talked about clubnight in Bristol since the first event at The Black Swan in November 2006. Organised [disorganised] by the legendary Scrampy, this night has caused much controversy and uproar within the Bristol music scene. Freeparty atmosphere and laughing gas all round, Crunch Machine has proved to be one of the most entertaining and infamous clubnights around. Dont miss this one!!

HEADPHOBE is headlining the night (representing the 1 Man Army sound), with support from DJ MISCARRIAGE, SKELM, BZODE, DISTORTION-D, JON DEVIANT, and claims of a special guest DJ set from NICKY BLACKMARKET!!

Drum n Bass, Dubstep, Mashup, Breakcore, Gabba Techno...
anything goes!!

www.crunchmachine.co.uk