Music Ecology in May

May 1st, 2012 – Wonder Bar – AxH, Steppo & A$hley

AxH

BASSIC resident AxH caught the dubstep bug in 2006 while overseas serving time in the U.S. Military; and he has never looked back. Now that he’s free from Uncle Sam’s unrelenting grip, AxH is attacking the international dubstep scene full-force! With 3 releases under his belt already, he continues to progress on a daily basis. He is already receiving acclaim and props from artists such as: 6BLOCC, 12th Planet, Joe Nice, Deadly and Watson (of Futurism Recordings), Reid Speed, and many others! Keep alert! AxH is a force to be reckoned with…

http://soundcloud.com/axhdubstep

http://www.mixcloud.com/AxH

Steppo

With over ten years experience in the game, and a serious love for all things music, DJ Steppo has rocekd crowds from Vermont to Miami and San Francisco, and has played along such acts as Pendulum, Adam F, Mayhem, Juju, Reid Speed and many more. He recently started his own label, Lovewave Music – focusing on the futuristic sounds of dubstep, house, and techno. you can catch his radio show on dubstep.fm every 2nd and 4th wednesday of the month.

http://soundcloud.com/steppo

http://lovewavemusic.com/

A$hley

It all began for A$hley in 2005 as she embarked on her DJing career spinning jungle/drum & bass; soon after, she joined with the crew RI-DNB and began playing out at events in and around the New England area. Presently, A$hley can be found performing on any given weekend at various rave events, clubs, weeklies and radio shows all over the Northeast US. Over the years, A$hley has adopted many other genre styles into her sets which include but are not limited to dubstep, drumstep/d&b, breaks, house, and downtempo. In 2009, A$hley joined with the infamous Tight Crew as a DJ/decorator. Since then, she has gone on to also represent for True Crew,761 Productions, LTD Unltd, and NYCravers and is currently a resident at Boston’s newest Dubstep Sunday night weekly “The Drop”. A$hley is also a Content Manager and Curator of Dubstep for Satellite Record’s recently launched digital music site which features her very own monthly Top 10 DJ chart.

http://www.soundcloud.com/ashleydj

http://www.satelliterecords.com

10 PM, $5, 21+

Wonder Bar

186 Harvard Avenue in Allston

“Harvard Avenue” stop on Green line B

May 5th – Machine – Genesis with Encanti, The Statesmen and Professorpious

We’ve partied like there is no tomorrow. We prepared for all the carnage of the apocalypse. Instead we got a second chance. A chance to create a new world, to raise our faces to the sun, to breathe this new air, to reach out to our fellow human, animal or machine… A chance to finally embrace our differences and build a world unlike any other. We invite you to Genesis. Witness the beginning…

Welcome to a fresh installment of Genesis brought to you by Music Ecology Crew, VJ Adrenochrome and Kate Van Rees. As always you may expect from us beats, visuals and deco from another world.

Our musical guests this month are Boston’s own Encanti and The Statesmen

Encanti is an independent artist dedicated to creating high-quality and uniquely customized electronic media experiences. He is an independent music producer, performer, sound designer, DJ, and VJ.

Encanti produces and performs bass-oriented styles of electronic dance music, working closely with Vermin Street Arts and Media of Boston, Massachusetts. Encanti’s tracks combine dubstep, jamtronica, techno, traditional international styles, and original sound design. His music is performed on laptop, utilizing fast-paced remixing techniques, with mind-bending breakdowns and live mutating effects.

http://www.encantimusic.com

http://www.zebblerencantiexperience.com

http://www.verminstreet.com

http://www.myspace.com/bencantil

http://www.myspace.com/verminstreet

The Statesmen, formed in late 2007 by DJs and producers Assembler, Furious Styles, Hallifax, and Aske represent Boston with their unique forward-moving dancefloor Drum & Bass.

http://soundcloud.com/the-statesmen

As always creative attire is encouraged!

We hope to see you on Saturday, May 5th at

Machine Nightclub (Fenway)

1254 Boylston Street in Boston

“Fenway” or “Kenmore” stops on the Green Line

10 PM – 2 AM, 21+, $10 – includes admission to Factory in the lounge

May 8th – Wonder Bar – Heyoka & ELECTRONICAnonymous

Music Ecology and Elevated Arts & Entertainment Present… HEYOKA with support by ELECTRONICAnonymous!!!

Special Announcement:

Heyoka has sold out Wonder Bar the last 2 times he was in Boston. We strongly recommend purchasing presale tickets for this show. We are also offering a discounted combination pass that includes admission to this show as well as OPIUO and Blue Boy Productions Album Release Party on May 15th. Go to http://www.musicecologyboston.com/ to purchase your tickets today!

Heyoka (Muti Music)

Over the last five years, Andrei Olenev AKA Heyoka, has been bringing a unique twist on glitch hop and psychedelic bass music, emerging as a staple producer and performer throughout the west coast electronic music scene and burning man community, as well as branching into the international glitch hop and bass music movements. Heyoka has brought his signature sound to festivals such as: Symbiosis, Sonic Bloom, Raindance, Lightning in a bottle, Big Bounce, Alchemeyez, and large sound camps of Burning Man such as Nexus, El circo, Temple of Boom, Entheon Village, Roots Society and Fractal Nation. He has also brought his music to several International Festivals such as Shambhala (Canada), Boom (Portugal), Erthfreq and Winter solstice (Australia), and Luminate (New Zealand). Heyoka has a hectic touring schedule throughout North America, regularly visiting clubs, warehouses and festivals of various underground music scenes.

Heyoka’s sound blends elements of many musical styles into something that is mind bending and indefinable. While listening to his music, you are taken on a journey through fractal soundscapes and alien dimensions, while riding a wave of fat glitch beats and sub bass. In his live sets, Heyoka chops up and remixes his own original music, always keeping it fresh and hot on the dancefloor. Heyoka’s sound evolves album to album, frequently being reinvented while maintaining a unique flavor that is unmistakably “Heyoka”. He releases his music mainly on San Francisco’s Muti Music, a leader in the glitch hop and bass music scene.

The response to his emergence so far has been overwhelming as Heyoka manages to stand out amongst bass music producers with an almost cult like following due to his unique take on all things ‘Glitch’ and ‘Bass’ centric.

http://www.heyokamusic.com/

http://soundcloud.com/heyoka-1

ELECTRONICAnonymous is the EDM brain-child of Jules Jenssen. 1/3 of underground dance-fusion power trio HiGHER ORGANiX, Jules has been playing music since he was 6 years old, first dabbling in piano, then embracing the drums as his musical voice. Heavily rooted in traditional band style rock/ funk music, (Floyd, Hendrix, Zeppelin, Phish, all his father’s bands, etc..) Jules found electronic music as a pre-teen and immediately was drawn to carefully sculpted, evolving beats, throbbing bass, and euphoric synthetic sound design. Although he didn’t start making electronic music for years, he continued to integrate the theory into his drumming and live band. In the summer of 2008, Jules dove head first into the world of EDM production and nocturnal sleep cycles, making everything from electro-house, to dubstep, to krunk – -& styles yet-unnamed. Having already headlined shows including Music Ecology @ Wonderbar Boston, played festivals such as Camp Bisco, Desiderata, and the Big Up, shared the stage with OTT, Lotus, Conspirator, MiMOSA, Michal Menert, Sub Swara, Bluetech, King Britt, Dub War NYC and Psylab, to name a few, AND placed in the International top 8 of the Untz.com’s producer competition- the anonymous might not be unknown for long…

http://soundcloud.com/electronicanonymous

SPECIAL THANKS TO GigaFunk Live, LLC for providing us with bass music appropriate sound!

http://www.campcoldbrook.com/gigafunklive/

10 PM, $12, 21+

Wonder Bar

186 Harvard Avenue in Allston

“Harvard Avenue” stop on Green line B

May 15th – Wonder Bar – OPIUO & Blue Boy Productions Album Release Party

Music Ecology and Elevated Arts & Entertainment are very proud to welcome Australia’s own OPIUO to Wonder Bar with a Boston debut as well as host a much anticipated album release party for Music Ecology residents Blue Boy Productions!

Due to our certainty that this show will sell out very early in the night, we are now offering some very exciting pre-sale opportunities for you. You may purchase a discounted $10 admission in person at any of the preceding Tuesday nights at Wonder Bar (while supplies last) or use google checkout button on our website (http://www.musicecologyboston.com/) to purchase your tickets online at the full $15 price. We will have a list of pre-paid ticket holders who are guaranteed entry on the day of the show even if you show up late. Feel free to hit us up at musicecology(at)gmail.com with any questions.

OPIUO

Imagine a precisely blended concoction of tight irresistible grooves, chunk fueled bouncy beats, luscious brooding soundscapes, dollops of stomach morphing bass, and a bowl of scrumptious glitch. Welcome to the musical world of Opiuo.

A self confessed music addict with a light hearted approach to life and art. Originally starting his musical life as a drummer, Opiuo now finds himself at his best hiding from the world, creating fun fueled music. Influences coming from everything, from life changing experiences, to mere cups of tasty tea. Incorporating sounds as varied as jazz, reggae, funk, rock, psychedelia, and down right chunky goodness.

Originally from a small town in the deep New Zealand countryside, Opiuo now resides in Melbourne Australia, where he has built an international reputation for his extremely original, party fueling creations, and has played live to sold out crowds all across America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

The highly sought after Opiuo sound is being included in DJ sets from some of the biggest names in the business, and featuring on high profile radio stations, including the infamous BBC Radio One (UK). Quite literally rocking dance floors in every corner of the globe. He has also featured on numerous download charts, including #1 on breatport.com for Breaks, Electronica, Dubstep, and even Chillout.

His latest full length release “Slurp And Giggle” was nominated for Best Dance / Electronic Release at the Australian Independent Music Awards, reached number 10 on iTunes, and was the most downloaded album for 2010 on addictech.com

http://www.opiuo.com 

https://www.facebook.com/opiuo

Blue Boy Productions

Blue Boy Productions (BBP) is a duo specializing in intense bass heavy dance music that spans the genres of EDM, blending live instruments with samples and original productions in a way that allows for real improvisation and unrehearsed moments of creativity and spontaneity.

Since their live debut in April 2009 BBP has played shows with OTT, Bluetech, Eskmo, Jazzsteppa, RAQ, Telepath, Big Gigantic, Emancipator, Marco Benevento Trio, Eliot Lipp, Psylab, Beam & Deem, Sonic Spank, Blockhead, Biodiesel, Jeff Bujak, Zebbler Encanti Experience, Afro Monk, Superfiction, The Hippocampus, Joe Nice, and many more, as well as late night sets at underground afterparties for The Disco Biscuits, STS9, and Shpongle.

www.blueboyproductions.net

Support by Digital Vagabond

SPECIAL THANKS TO GigaFunk Live, LLC for providing us with bass music appropriate sound!

http://www.campcoldbrook.com/gigafunklive/

10 PM, $15, 21+

Wonder Bar

186 Harvard Avenue in Allston

“Harvard Avenue” stop on Green line B

May 22nd – Wonder Bar – Jaminic (Live) Album Release Party with FlyLosophy, Nitekrawla and Professorpious

Jaminic

Over the past few years, Boston based DJ/Producer Jaminic has been playing under his main project N.E. Tempo. For this young producer, music is a lifestyle, and he is an inspiration to other young artists who have seen him take a dream and run with it. His interest in playing music started in his early teens when, inspired by the radio, he wanted to learn to mix tracks himself. He started his music career spinning records and soon became immersed in more technology like CDJs and midi controllers. Influenced by artists such as Orchard Lounge, Dirty Bird Records, James Zabiela, and Modeselektor, Jaminic’s deep bass and melodic house beats create a feel-good Tropical atmosphere, where everyone wants to be. Currently a student, he has taken classes at the New England Institute of Art for Audio Production, such as Audio Technology–where he studied waveforms and frequencies, and Audio Recording, in which he recorded and edited a band in the studio. He is also largely self-taught though countless hours in the studio working on original production.

Jaminic started playing at local parties and clubs in Massachusetts including Goodlife, Middlesex, Phoenix Landing, Rise, and Umbria. He soon went on to play to bigger crowds at venues like Santos Party House in New York City, Lupo’s and Therapy in Road Island, Curve Ultra Lounge in Maine, and Castaway’s in New York State. Jaminic has played with some of the hottest artists including Nasty Nasty, Big Gigantic, Benga, Steve Porter, Zeds Dead, Orchard Lounge, Clockwork, Nightriders, Alex B, Two Fresh, Beats Antique BioDiesel, EOTO, Nit Grit, Sub Swara, Walter Jones and last but certainly not least Chas Bronz. He has affiliations with groups such as The Brain Trust, Mass EDMC, True Crew, and CreateSpace Collab (CSC). Ranging threw all genres of electronica Jaminic’s main style of sound is tropical bass, as it has many natural elements of global island vocals and crunchy bass lines. Presently, he has a monthly residency at An Tains in Boston called Bass Oasis, which features many local up-and-coming and headlining artists. He is also involved in the production of a music festival located in central Massachusetts called Camp Coldbrook, held in late June, which features live bands, DJs, a silent disco, and performance groups. http://soundcloud.com/jaminic

https://www.facebook.com/jaminicbeats

 

FlyLosophy

Flylosophy is the moniker of Producer/DJ Robert DelPrete. Robert started out playing at house parties, private parties and for pretty girls in his bedroom before rising up the ranks of the Boston EDM scene. Robert has played premiere clubs in the Greater Boston Area including The Estate, District and Rise, as well as Wonderbar, The Magic Room, The Wonderland Ballroom, All Asia, Industry (Providence), AfterHours, Camp Coldbrook Music and Arts Festival and An’Tains. Robert has also played popular Boston parties such as Throwed, Bass Oasis, Wobble Wednesdays, Bass Drop and The Monday Mix. In 2011 Robert won Northeastern University’s DJ battle which afforded him the opportunity to play at their yearly Zombie Ball Event. Robert closed out 2011 by making an appearance on the decks at NYC’s famed Santos Party House. In 2012 Robert was selected by international dubstep producer Rusko to open for him and at the House of Blues in Boston, MA.

http://soundcloud.com/delprete

Nitekrawla

My life is driven to 126 beats per minute. House music is a a way of life.

Born at the end of the disco era in the late 70’s NiteKrawla a.k.a. Anthony E was brought up during the birth of house music in the 80’s; however, he would not be introduced to this new style of music until his teen years in the early to mid 90’s. Once introduced, he realized this new and fresh style of music would put a grip on him that would develop into a passio. Frustrated by the lack of originality in the mainstream and influenced by this new style of music he began djing as an outlet for self expression in his teen years long before ever being able to step foot in a nightclub. He experienced the scene first hand by the end of his teen years and into his 20’s and he found himself throwing “mainstream” music and its remixes out the window and playing underground grooves exclusively. Now into his early 30’s and djing for more than half of his life he still continues to play hard edgy underground grooves that control dance floors.

http://soundcloud.com/anthony-e

Professorpious

Professorpious has been hooked on electronic music since the late nineties where he was drawn to the frenetic sounds of DnB as a young man. He bought some turntables found a warehouse and threw his first parties in late 2000. A brief trip to London in 2001 and a visit to Fabric nightclub provided the catalyst to switch styles from DnB to Breaks. Then in 2006 Pious attended Burning Man and heard Dubstep and Glitch Hop for the first time and instantly knew this was the sound of the future. Today you can hear anyone or all of these styles in a Pious set.

Currently Pious holds down residency at Lost In Bass every Monday on glitch.fm as well as at the Tuesday weekly Music Ecology.” http://soundcloud.com/professorpious

http://www.mixcloud.com/professorpious

10 PM, $5, 21+

Wonder Bar

186 Harvard Avenue in Allston

“Harvard Avenue” stop on Green line B

May 29th – Wonder Bar – Wheez-ie, Prism & General Motor with special guest Cache Flowe

Wheez-ie

Wheez-ie is a 23 year-old producer/DJ from Houston who specializes in the dancefloor-shaking madness that is bass music. He has already released two EPs this year: the Juke-infused All Worked Up EP on Well Rounded Individuals, and the XLR8R-lauded Keep Yer Chin Up EP for Embassy Recordings, which has been called “pristine and full” “clean and smooth,” and, at the same time, “spastic.”

His releases have appeared on the aforementioned Well Rounded Individuals and Embassy Recordings as well as Salva’s infamous Frite Nite label, while his remixes of Distal’s “Coke Bottle” and Zoltan’s “Pawnoramics” appeared on Grizzly and Freshmore, respectively. He’s had support from DJs all around the world, including Machinedrum, Salva, Distal, DJ Rashad, Sines, J da Flex, Canblaster, Sam Tiba Ana Sia, Dubbel Dutch, Nasty Nasty, Dave Q, Donga, Damu Kanji Kinetic, Cedaa, Jackmaster, Cardopusher, Sinden and Mele. As he expands his career and continues releasing music, his entourage of admirers, friends and co-conspirators is only going to expand along with it.

http://soundcloud.com/wheez-ie

http://www.facebook.com/WheezieDubz

Prism

Prism studied under Vance Gordan [Dicenso’s Drum Shop/First Class Band] specializing in Afro Cuban rhythms and the Moeller technique prior to venturing into music production. Becoming more intrigued by the intricate likeness of all societies, cultures and religions, PRISM was created with a deeper purpose. Not only to showcase all of these influences but to convey an awareness that all things, no matter how different they may appear in physical form, are all the same.

Having an ear for deep jazzy tunes and hugely influenced by the early Metalheadz vibe, Prism continues this sound in his selection of dubstep, playing vinyl and unreleased dubs from around the world. Always in tune with the roots of what started both Dubstep and Drum and Bass, Prism’s selection rarely strays away from raw, emotional bass music but contains something for everyone which will insure a good time for all who catches one of his sets.

http://soundcloud.com/prismdub

https://www.facebook.com/prismdub

General Motor

General Motor is a beat fanatic. While he is firmly rooted in 4×4 beats…GM’s sets seamlessly move from techno to house, wobbly basslines and vicious blends of cut time magic. His musical styling showcases his upbringing amongst some of the best in Berlin while cutting his teeth on this side of the pond.””

Since moving to Boston in the early 2000’s, GM has embraced the local electronic dance music scene as his home and continues to contribute by throwing parties and events with DJ crews around town. He co-founded the Berlin/Boston based Electronic Music Blog “”DRINKMUSIK”” and recently worked as the Internet Marketing Coordinator for the second annual Together: New England Electronic Music Festival. After forming SUBduction Productions with 7 other Boston-based DJs, The General has had the pleasure of working with some of Boston’s most successful crews including BASSIC, UnHeardUV, Banana Peel Records, CreateSpace Collab, DUBWISE and several others. Through the events he has organized, GM has been fortunate to play at some of Boston’s favorite venues: Enormous Room, Middlesex Lounge, Good Life, Milky Way, Phoenix Landing, WonderBar, An Tain, Savant Project, Redline, Privus, Middle East…the list goes on. Additionally he has performed with some of his favorite artists from around the globe including Pangaea, DJ Funk, Egyptrixx, B.Rich, Steve Porter, Bakir (of Spit Bros.), Kastle, Appleblim, Incyde and many of Boston’s local DJs to boot.

http://soundcloud.com/general-motor

http://mmmmaven.com/

SPECIAL GUEST: Cache Flowe

Mashing up idm, dubstep, hip hop, experimental, funk, drum and bass, techno and more, CacheFlowe creates genre-skewing electronic music that’s received acclaim from local and international press. Producing with a computer since 1996, he’s honed an original style that’s defined by complex breakbeats, deep analog basslines, techno-flavored synths, organic instrumentation and contorted samples.

CacheFlowe’s live show is a fast-paced smorgasbord of chopped breakbeats and analog synths on 8 channels of audio. He bobs and weaves through an array of electronic genres and tempos, using nothing but sounds and loops from his own productions. A CacheFlowe DJ set is something entirely different, ranging from booty-shaking futuristic dance music to heady downtempo beats, depending on the situation and the crowd. Having recently added original audio-reactive visual projections to his audio performance, he quickly received the “”Best Audio/Visual Performer”” award from Denver’s esteemed Westword magazine.

Appearing on official releases alongside the likes of Daedelus, Starkey, Ladytron, Ulrich Schnauss, Mochipet, Twine, Machinedrum, ISAN, Chrissy Murderbot and Brer Rabbit of the Flobots, and sharing the stage with Amon Tobin, Solvent, edIT, Machinedrum, Dizzee Rascal, Rusko, Jeff Parker (Tortoise), DJ Olive (MMW, Sonic Youth), Nels Cline (Wilco) and countless local talents, CacheFlowe has carved out a unique niche as a shape-shifting multimedia artist.” ”

http://www.cacheflowe.com

http://www.progressvideo.tv

http://www.justinefekt.com

http://www.plasticsoundsupply.com

http://justin30.tumblr.com/

http://www.coloradoexperimental.org

10 PM, $5, 21+

Wonder Bar

186 Harvard Avenue in Allston

“Harvard Avenue” stop on Green line B

Music Ecology is a Boston based event production collective formed in the summer of 2009. Our weekly Tuesday night residency at Wonder Bar, a monthly residency at Machine as well as numerous events throughout the city have exposed Boston audiences to numerous local, national and international talent. Our upcoming shows include

Jeff Bujak – Wonder Bar – May 12th

For this and future events please visit http://www.musicecologyboston.com/

or find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/MusicEcology

or follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/music_ecology

check out some live recordings from our Tuesday nights at http://www.soundcloud.com/music-ecology

Promotional assistance by:

LostinSound http://www.lostinsound.org/

and Forbidden Bass Crew https://www.facebook.com/groups/forbiddenbass

UnheardUV http://unhearduv.com/

BeantownBoogiedown http://www.beattownboogiedown.com/

Mmmmaven http://www.mmmmavenagency.com/

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