DJ Presha - Samurai Music Show @ BassDrive - 16/09/08

I’m a geek, I’m not expert, but I know what I like and why. I like the music scape Presha unravels because it takes me on a journey and into an alternative space. New Zealand’s borders are pushed to new limits as the music takes one into a virtual space.

The more experimental sections of Presha’s mixes shine. Moody, melancholic and motivating tracks are the stars in the darkness. Decorum from Sabre, Instra:mental’s, Photograph (both coming on Darkestral) and New Zealand’s own Luca and Consequence (Kite Runner) , take you away from the dance floor and into a more contemplative state of mind.

Uplifting and inner reaching, Klute’s new tracks solidify his reputation as a skilled, sustaining and solid producer.

Presha doesn’t resist mixing genres and styles, even playing, an Instra:mental track Dead Zone (Darkestral) with an old school vibe…. I hear remnants of John B’s 1999 punchy snare in Starburst…. But I wouldn’t admit that out loud.

For the more upbeat listeners, Presha adds in a few tracks that you may hear on a dark and dingy dance floor.

All in all, I have to say that Presha’s show is reflective of an underground New Zealand culture, slightly dark, pretty melancholic, but always hopeful and ever-changing!

DJ Presha hosts the Samurai Music Show on www.bassdrive.com

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"Music is time and not space; music has no place, so it doesn't have to keep its place, it fills the air and doesn't take up space. It's mode of existence is to be in the middle of things; you can do other things while you're in the middle of it. You're not in front of it, and you don't go around it, or through it; the music goes through you, it stays inside you. It's a song you can't get out of your head."

Vito Acconci

CHEF / CLUEKID Sub Soca / Monkey Style 12"

I could talk about Chef's "Sub Soca" being his first release and all but I just can't help myself flipping over the vinal to Cluekid's "Monkey Style" (subbalicious).
Is that Moving Shadow I hear?? Who said 1995 Drum and Bass? Rumor has it that this kid missed out on the whole drum and bass 'coming of age phenomena' but is taken with it anyway... and lucky for the new generation of urban music listeners, isn't afraid to bring it back.
He is able to weave together a track to cross the borders of jungle and dubstep.... just when you don't know where he's going with his Amen breaks and old school vocal samples, he drops a rolling bass line, sure to get you nodding your head.
In the tracks we all know and love (think collaboration with Cotti "The Legacy" and with Skream "Sandsnake") Cluekid's syncapated, crisp and snappy drum sounds are unmistakable and this track is no exception... I hear there is more to come!

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