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Kassem Mosse (Live) / FXHE - Laid - Workshop

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

kassem mosse

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.

Kassem followed his first Workshop 03 EP in 2007 with the timeless Workshop 08 which many people hailed as record of 2009 by topping a number of end of year charts. After which came a record on Omar S’s FXHE label, and his new Laid EP (with Lowtec) is set to be one of the records of 2010, with deep muted synth lines and low slung bass bringing a unique futurism and deepness which we will all get to experience first hand during his live show this August 14th.

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 July 17th - Kornél Kovács (Studio Barnhus, Stockholm)

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

Kornel Kovacs

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.

The Mystik Music Festival

Friday, May 21st, 2010

mystics

Is a 1 day invite-only bring-your-own-alcohol festival taking place on 31st July at the Thornhill Complex, Tullow, Co Carlow. We’re very happy to play the MICRONITE arena along with the crews from Limerick.
Check out the Mystic Music Festival Facebook Page for more info. We have some tickets available at €30, simply email us at info@lowerstate.ie and we’ll hook you up.

Much love

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

let me show you love

….is going out to everyone who makes our gigs what they are… the last few months have really been special for us…. from Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts, Wbeeza, Fred P aka Black Jazz Consortium, to our residents Audiofeen, Ruari & Yasinski, everyone at the Cellar & you who join us in between the Funktion 1 stacks…. keep the love and so shall we.