[MANC] ALIEN RADIO 27/01 - ARDISSON & 30Hz
ALIEN RADIO @ THE ATTIC
OXFORD STREET, MANCHESTER 27/01/06
10pm - 3am £5 Before 12 / £6 Thereafter
ARDISSON - LIVE (SEED, SOKOLOV)
30Hz (VERTICAL SOUND, SUBTEXT)
Plus Residents Roman Belkowski & Glover
Ardisson is producer Charles Matthews. After a stint in Japan studying sound engineering, Charles found himself in London where he acquired a 4am slot playing industrial strength noise at passed out garage MCs on InterFACE (the first of London's pirate radio stations to broadcast on the web), and fell in a love with clattering beats and sub bass. Following a handful of handmade experimental releases and a jam packed itinerary cutting his teeth on the London electronica circuit with new found friends Posthuman, he made his vinyl debut with a remix of Breakneck's T-Break, which appeared on acclaimed breakbeat label TCR in 2001. The next year heralded a new sound with the Ardisson EP on Seed, a blend of breaks and electro tied together with extreme low frequencies, suited as much for headphone listening as it was for the club and receiving Boomkat's single of the year amongst other accolades. 2003 has been a busy one, including a follow-up 12" Hardware Handshake, with support from the likes of John Peel and Si Begg, and representing Seed on Warp Records' Warpmart Issue 1 compilation. The fruits of straight-up dancefloor project "Vlad Ardisson" (with Vlad Sokolov from Breakneck) have appeared on the London Breakz label and Rennie Pilgrem's Perfecto Breaks compilation. Meanwhile, along with a busy schedule working the mixing desk for several breaks productions and writing his own music software, Charles has been busy in the studio working on a full-length album for Seed.
30Hz produces breaks with a distinctive edge, drawing favoured aspects (most notably) from Drum&Bass, Dubstep, and Techno to build dance floor champions with cross-genre appeal. His productions have been getting huge attention with massive support worldwide by everyone from the biggest names in breaks to the most underground Dj’s. Recently signed to Supercharged, 30Hz has also released on Cyberfunk, Vertical Sound(His own label), Drum & Breaks and Dangerous Drums and his track "No Man s Land" has been included in Microsoft s "Project Gotham City Racing 3" on the new Xbox 360 .
As a DJ, 30Hz has enjoyed residencies at Bristol parties such as Get Some! and Context, as well as at his label’s monthly events Vertical Soundclash. Often appearing in all over the shop both live and on-air, 30Hz has gained a reputation for providing the harder end of breaks and beyond. His sound has taken him all over the UK, Europe and the rest of the world including a recent tour of America.
With an established reputation for absolutely clinical levels of production and engineering and mind bending DJ sets; expect to see and hear a lot more from 30Hz.
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