LowerState

Arriving for LowerState on Sat Aug 14th, Kassem Mosse tows his machines all the way from Leipzig for his irish debut with a cutting edge live set. One of the most enigmatic producers around, creating a unique, uncharacterisable, time-warped sound, he jams live with drummachines and synthesizers, programming and mixing patterns on the spot to showcase the narcotic womp of low BPM deep house vs. pop ambient vs. micro techno.

Needless to say, we are super excited to host the amazing Kassem, and on our top notch Funktion 1 soundsystem this will be a really excited way to finish up LowerState’s summer.

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He has featured on mix CDs from Tama Sumo (Panorama Bar 02), Cassy (Cocoon mix), Ellen Allien (Boogybytes Vol 4) and Damian Lazarus (Sci Fi Lo fi Vol 2) and his productions have been supported by Marcel Dettmann, Redshape, Norman Nodge, XDB, Move D, Ame, K-soul, Lerosa, Andy Stott, Ripperton and Peter van Hoesen among others.

Admission is €10!

www.workshop-sound.com
www.myspace.com/kassemmosse

LOWERSTATE keep the pressure high this July 17th when they welcome KORNÉL KOVÁCS from Stockholm to their monthly basement party in the Cellar. Originally from Budapest, Hungary, Kornél has promoted and DJed for over 10 years and has rocked every major and minor venue in Sweden, as well as Tokyo, Mexico City, Sónar, Barcelona, Rome, Berlin and beyond.

He first got hooked on electronic music through hearing his Mom’s Kraftwerk records as a kid. In the late 90’s he started playing different forms of dance music at small parties and kept going until he got a residency at legendary Stockholm nightclub Paradise in 2005. Describing his style as “non-linear techno and house beats sprinkled with random good stuff for your mind, body and soul” - Kornél’s charismatic style behind the turntables and unique blend of musical genres has brought him to play with Richie Hawtin, Ewan Pearson, Radio Slave, Marcel Dettmann, Erol Alkan, Roman Flügel, Joris Voorn, Ivan Smagghe, Vitalic, Tiga, Adam Beyer and many more over the years.

Kornél attended the Red Bull Music Academy Barcelona in 2009, which he describes as “a great experience which has made me focus even more on my productions”. He runs the production studio and label ‘Studio Barnhus’ in Stockholm, together with hotshots Axel Boman (Pampa) and Petter (Border Community) and his first release comes out on their label this summer. Kornel also hosts the biggest show for electronic music in Scandinavia - P3 Dans show on Swedish nationwide FM radio.

Doors open at 11pm at Deeper, the Cellar, admission €10. Support is from Rory Gaffney and Ruarí, who are also hosting a boat party on the night.

We here at LowerState like Detroit and Chicago. Oh we like them a lot.

Detroit techno music began in the 1980s, and was originally thought of as a subset to Chicago’s early style of house. Analog synthesizers and early drum machines, particularly the Roland TR-909, defined the sound whose birth is credited to the likes of Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson.

In 2009 however, in the depths of New York city, a new sound emerged. Drawing from well-worn Detroit/Chicago influences, with a touch of Berlin atmospherics, the music from artists such as DJ Jus Ed, Levon Vincent and Black Jazz Consortium doesn’t immediately call for your attention - ignoring cheap gimmicks and high drama in favour of rough-cut hypnotic grooves.

Their music isn’t easy to get a hold of, for the most part vinyl-only, however just about every release from this camp that a DJ manages to get their sweaty hands on is charted & played to death.
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Black Jazz Consortium (aka Fred P) is the standout artist from this new wave. When his album Structure (ranked by LittleWhiteEarbuds as their No. 1 album of 2009) was released last March, hardly anyone had gotten over his seminal New Horizon EP, and the appearance of almost a dozen new tracks was virtually overwhelming.

His music is deeper and darker, experimenting with clunky rhythms, stark arrangements and odd time signatures, lending emotion to techno and futurism to house in a way followers of either often miss.

In his recent DJ set at the Underground Quality night at Tape Club Berlin, he was the star of the show, rocking the venue with an uber-deep helping of Detroit house & techno of the finest variety.

Join us this Bank Holiday Saturday in welcoming Black Jazz Consortium!

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Doors are at 10.30pm with our man Ruari supplying the warmup grooves that only he can provide on that Funktion 1 of ours. Admission a steal at €10.

Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums Of 2009:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1121

LWE’s Top 25 Tracks of 2009
http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/lwes-top-25-tracks-of-2009-10-6/

LWE Top 10 albums of 2009:
http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/lwes-top-10-albums-of-2009/

To everyone who came out for our St. Patrick’s Day special with Wbeeza! A fabulous night and a great crowd. Guy McCreery of Third Ear UK was also in the house for the night - if you haven’t seen this month’s Resident Advisor article do check it out.