Special Events
Shine has hosted some of the biggest names in the world in one of the most intimate clubs in Canada. From Deep Dish, ?uestlove, Steve Aoki, Dieselboy, Nu-Mark, Afrika Bambaataa, Danny Howells - you'll always be blown away!
Nov 5: HIVE (Los Angeles) – DnB heavyweight – SHAHdjs presents
After that Dieselboy show we’ ve been getting requests for some HARDER DnB from you folks, and now we deliver.
HIVE [LA, Violence Recordings]
KRUSHA [Van, Human]
Decibel Point [Van, SHAHdjs]
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$10 / $15 / $18
Friday Nov 5th
Shine front room
Tickets: http://clubzone.com/shine or Beat Street, Zulu, Puff
http://www.myspace.com/djhive#ixzz12xffLiQF
http://www.myspace.com/djkrusha
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HIVE:
Celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic, its in the unassuming personality of futurist B-boy Hive that drum and bass finds its mightiest bridge between the UK and the US. His tracks have become staples of virtually all of drum and bass legends, from Andy C to Goldie, and make regular appearances on Grooveriders Radio 1 program–on which Hives towering Neo spent weeks at number one on the Five Mighty Rollers. Hives label Violence has registered sales comparable to Ram, Renegade Hardware, and Valve. He released a tremendous remix of Goldies and Rob Playfords The Shadow for Moving Shadow. Metalheadz has invited him to record an e.p. for the label. No American has gained such complete entree into the heart of drum and bass.
Hive came of age as a drum and bass producer in the late 90s, but hes long been active in underground music, with roots that extend deep into underground hip hop, embodied in a string of iconoclastic releases and credits that include recording O.D.s Beneath the Surface album, followed soon thereafter by his own first album Working with Sound, released on his own Mandala imprint. The album was largely centered around jazz-inflected instrumental hip hop, but glimmers of drum and bass flickering across the surface anticipated his forthcoming artistic development. It was on the strength of this album that London/FFRR signed him to an album deal. In 1998 he released Devious Methods, a hallucinatory fusion of hip hop and drum and bass. Lauded by critics in Urb, Spin, Raygun, Vice, and DJ Times, the album yielded the single Ultrasonic Sound, which ultimately made its way on to the soundtrack CD for The Matrix, which notched up double platinum sales, surely as much exposure as any drum and bass artist could hope forand beyond.
That same year, Hive and Kev dissolved Vortex, and Hive introduced his most recent label, Violence, which has exploded onto the drum and bass scene with ferocious determination. Featuring releases by Klute, Teebee, John Tejada, Gridlok, Keaton, Echo, Juju, and himself, Hive has steered the label into the vanguard of drum and bass.
Tough, propulsive, forged out of both the traditional sampled aesthetic and leading sound designs of contemporary drum and bass, the sound of Hive today bears the imprint of an artist searching for new ways to reinterpret the music by his own lights. Neither a retrospective purist, nor a follower of fashion, Hives music, his DJing, and his label strike a steely, inspiring balance, hewing closely to a tight creative vision that has propelled him into the forefront of drum and bass wherever it thrives.
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Krusha:
KRUSHA: http://humanimprint.com/
http://www.myspace.com/djkrusha
Homegrown talent Krusha , comes out of the wood work to bring a blend of original dubs and sought out hard hitters from around the globe. Having received DJ support by the likes of Fresh, John B, The Upbeats & Evol Intent to name a few, his sound is not for the faint of heart. Be prepared for a mix of heavy anthems and smooth rollers that will have your rib cage shaking in bass!
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Decibel Point:
The hardest hitter from the SHAH family, db. has always favoured the darker side of DnB. Recently making the full jump to digital his sets are tight, quick, and impactful. This dj is not for the faint of heart.
