Photos // Hospitality Part 2.1
Posted In Club,Drum & Bass
A short selection from the last Hospitality at the Pier in Portsmouth, brought to the crowd by Up Dnb and Breakneck with DJs, Andy C, B-Complex, Logistics, High Contrast, Charge, Tru:bass, MC GQ, Flak and more. Room 2 was a mash up blend coming from the likes of Sekklow, Vortechtral and The Random Scarves.
Photography – http://matthewmaber.com/
Portsmouth based label 10Ton Recordings launches with two releases from Sekklow and Bournemouth outfit Audio Sleaze on the 11th October…
SEKKLOW – TRANSMIT
AUDIO SLEAZE – MAN ON THE MOON
DJ/Producer Sekklow drops his most recent blend of dubstep/drum and bass/jungle upon us this month with a fresh mix entitled ‘South Exit’.
Known to many as ‘CK’ and for his vinyl scratching skills (and those Kings of Leon remixes :p), Chris King got involved with spinning records from the age of 13 in his home town of Bedford. He started mixing House, Garage and Hardcore which led to playing a variety of venues/illegal warehouse/forest raves as well as intimate house parties. His reputation grew within the hardcore scene, often playing on the same bill as SY, Breeze & Styles and Hixxy back in the day.
“My fave set ever was the STS free party at Chicksands woods. That was huge! There was hundreds of people who followed the convoy waiting for music to start. Had police helicopters flying around lighting up the place and I dropped Praga Khan – Injected with a Poison Digital Orgasm remix as the first tune. It was wild. I did an hour of old skool and techno. By then there were 7 different sound systems set up around the forest. Best set ever.”
During the hardcore days he began to flirt with drum and bass and incorporated it into his sets, commanding a crowd of 1800+ people to go nuts. Hardcore promoters began to frown upon this and CK stuck his two fingers up in retaliation. He was addicted to drum and bass. Getting involved with Breakneck in 2005, turned out to be, and still is, Portsmouth’s number one drum and bass event. Playing alongside Adam F, Pendulum and TC to name a few, he became a well known fixture alongside the resident DJ’S SDM, Triple M and Charge.
After a quiet period, he got acquainted with various styles, and concentrated on the production side of music, delivering heartfelt dubstep tunes and remixes on the down low and a few drum and bass. He decided to start afresh under the name of Sekklow. After an over whelming response to his tracks, he was persuaded to step out and start djing again.
Sekklow is currently producing his forthcoming EP, as well as representing Portsmouth’s biggest Dubstep and Grime club night 10 Ton on the regular which looks set to be back in action from early October. His last release ‘Be Alright’ under High Rankin’s Suicide Dub label, caused some much needed dance floor rave hype across the UK (released in July). His next release will be out on 10 Ton Recordings.
DOWNLOAD SEKKLOW – SOUTH EXIT MIX
SPLIT TRACK ZIP FILE SEKKLOW – SOUTH EXIT MIX
TRACK LISTING
1. Chase & Status – Let You Go (Nero Remix)
-> Chasing Shadows – Dream On
2. Rusko – Hold On
3. Siren – Summertime In Oakland
4. High Rankin – Cut You Down
5. Swindle – Airmiles ft. MC Skibadee
6. Laid Blak – Red (Chasing Shadows Remix)
7. Twist & Torqux – Fuck Face
8. Drop Top – Machete (High Rankin Remix)
9. Hazard – Machete VIP
10. DJ Stretch – Papa Lover (Serum Remix)
11. Amit – Immigrants
12. Tremourz & J. Rabbit – Energy Legs
13. Skream – Metal Mouth
14. Skream – Raw Dogz
15. Where’s Huey – Stay (Specimen A Dubstepin Remix)
16. Bobby Caldwell – What You Won’t Do For Love (DZ Remix)
17. 16 Bit – Chainsaw Calligraphy (Jakes Remix)
18. Sub Focus – Last Jungle
19. Caspa & Rusko – Rock Bottom
20. Sub Scape – Nothings Wrong
21. D Double E – Bad To The Bone
22. 501 – Somewhere In Time (High Rankin Remix)
23. Rusko – Hold On (Sub Focus Remix)
Photography – http://matthewmaber.com/
Preview // Suicide Dub Label0
Posted In Dubstep/Grime
The mischievous High Rankin relaunches his Suicide Dub label in a few days, kicking things off with a bevy of heavy hitters including Portsmouth’s DJ Sekklow. Brighton based Will Rankin, has been knocking up string of nasty dubstep tunage recently, most notably producing an awareness video about the side effects to taking street drug Meow Meow and T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase MEOW IS FOR PUSSIES.
Catch Sekklow playing at 10Ton vs JubJub this Friday at The Wedgewood Rooms alongside SDM, Mistajam and DJ Zinc.
SEKKLOW – BE ALRIGHT
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