Viral Radio presents Amsterdam
Friday 8 January 2010 will be the first Viral Radio of the new decade. In the new year, the Amsterdam vehicle for well tempered drum machines will investigate the musical identities of 6 cities that are part of the viral networks of experimental bass and beat music creation and distribution.
Theses cities are: 1. Amsterdam (January); 2. Glasgow (March); 3. Bristol (May); 4. London (August); 5. Sydney (October); 6. Los Angeles (December).
On the Amsterdam Edition local wonderboys of bleep hop Zwart Licht will perform live, with the support of their producers FS Green and Sir OJ. Viral Radio veteranAardvarck – DNA testing should one day prove the theory he is the father of theGaslamp Killer – will join hosts Juha & Cinnaman to cover the spectrum of bleeps and bass in Amsterdam.
Viral Radio will continue to do regular events in the months in between, and radio shows every two weeks on VPRO’s 3voor12, bringing the next level in computated acoustic stimulants.
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Viral Radio recommends
Something new, but perhaps not a bad idea: let’s drop names of artists we are currently listening too and working with before they appear on flyers or on the show. This is the first installment, and of course most of you will know the names we name. However, if you do not know them, then this is one good archive to find music of our age.
1. Dorian Concept – Bern
2. Samiyam – Los Angeles
3. Ras G – Los Angeles
4. The Gaslamp Killer – Los Angeles
5. Take – Los Angeles
6. Lukid – London
7. Lothar Ohlmeier/Isambard Khroustaliov – London
8. King Midas Sound – London
9. Jakes – Bristol
10. Joker - Bristol
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Viral Radio Festival 2008
Viral Radio has been around since early 2007, covering dubstep and experimental bass music on Dutch public radio station Lijn5.com. With guest appearances by Goth Trad, Kromestar, 2562, Quest and Cyrus, and interviews with Kode9 & the Spaceape, Rob Smith (RSD/Smith & Mighty) and Pinch, the show has closely monitored the many faces of recent dubstep.
It has been invited to host a room at the Paradiso in Amsterdam during Volt, and it has organised two events at club 11 in 2007 and 2008, with artists as Rhythm & Sound, Pinch, 2562, Peverelist, Kromestar, Mala, RsD, Cinnaman, FS Green, Cyrus, Rustie and U Dub.
With the arrival of Cinnaman as co-host alongside Juha (U Dub), Viral Radio is adjusting its focus and widening its scope to present the whole spectrum of contemporary electronica and experimental beats.
Together the two hosts will present the newest brain-tingling electronic music to dance and not dance to, from Alog, Hudson Mohawke and Icarus to Kode9, Flying Lotus and Zomby.
To celebrate one year of bass and beats experimentation, Juha and Cinnaman have set up the first Viral Radio Festival, on Monday 23 June 2008 at the Bimhuis and 11 in Amsterdam. With a line up consisting of a large group of the most idiosyncratic beats and bass producers from London, Berlin and Los Angeles, this festival wants to connect club and concert hall, body and brain, the extravertive and the introspective.
At the Bimhuis, Berlin vanguard musicians Moritz von Oswald, Vladislav Delay and Max Loderbauer (the Moritz von Oswald trio) will be joined by the British post-jungle freetronica pioneers Ollie Bown and Sam Britton (Icarus) in their exploration of rhythmstructures and synthesised sound. L.A. based Take and Dutchman Pete Concrete will play beats in the bar.
At 11, Hyperdub heavy weights Kode9 and King Midas Sound will bring the next generation of bass ‘n bleeps producers Zomby, Darkstar and Ikonika from London, with Ras G and Samiyam adding some L.A. love, and Dutch producer Martyn injecting his technodub.
The Viral Radio Festival will take place at the Bimhuis between 9 pm and 1 am, and at 11 between 11 pm and 5 am. This will be the first and only time these two venues will collaborate, as 11 is closing that week. Tickets will be available online and at designated presale points. Fee: 10 euros (Bimhuis) and 12 euros (11), and 15 euros (festival pass).
More information soon at www.bimhuis.nl and www.ilove11.nl