Don't Stop & Thick as Thieves Present Beautiful downtempo waterfalls morphing into chilled out psychedelic dubstep.
Emancipator
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"Safe In The Steep Cliffs" is a set of finely-crafted, epic instrumentals from Portland-based electronica/hip hop/downtempo producer Emancipator, featuring tight, syncopated percussion, organic melodies and eclectic samples. This subtle beatmaster eludes genre classification but will appeal to admirers of DJ Shadow, Bonobo, Nujabes, Pretty Lights.
To some, it must seem like this young electronic producer came out of nowhere this year. Emancipator played his first live show in July 2009, opening for Bonobo at the Roseland Theater (cap. 1500). Since then, he's toured with Bassnectar, drawn crowds at festivals like Trinumeral and Symbiosis, and closed out Sound Tribe Sector 9's late night parties in Denver at the request of the band.
But those in the know have been following Emancipator since he self-released his first album, Soon It Will Be Cold Enough, at the age of 19 in 2006. His agile melodies layered over headnodic, immaculately-produced beats captivated fans across the internet and across the world. "Soon It Will Be Cold Enough" was picked up by Japanese super-producer Nujabes, pressed in Japan and sold 5,000 copies in the first six months. Emancipator landed a Puma sponsorship, gave an interview to Rolling Stone Japan, discovered one of his songs was played at the Beijing Olympics (still trying to figure out how that happened) and his song "Shook," a mashup that perfectly mixes Mobb Deep's mighty raps with a haunting track from the Icelandic band Sigur Ros, become the highest-rated song on Hype Machine's "Best 50 Songs of 2007," and appeared on Hype Machine as the #2 most popular song in April 2009. Meanwhile, fans waited hungrily for the next album.
"Safe In The Steep Cliffs" blends new instrumentation and organic samples with the signature Emancipator style of clean production, silky melodies and addictive drums. Dense layers of choirs, horns, American folk instruments such as the banjo and mandolin, violin and some distinct Asian influences make for a playful but refined album built out of intricate tracks listeners can enjoy on as many levels as they want. Dance to it, chill out to it, immerse your mind in it:
Start Downloading January 19th -
http://emancipatormusic.com.
Heyoka
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Heyoka AKA Andrei Olenev is another cosmic auditory scientist found in the Bay Area noosphere, who recently delighted us with his auditory manipulations. Muti Music first released Heyoka’s “Space Case EP” in 2008 and included him on their growing roster of talented artists.
Heyoka is fast becoming one of San Francisco’s hottest new producer / performers on the scene. His early influences in Downtempo, Dub and IDM combined with more recent midtempo dancefloor genres from the likes of Bassnectar, Glitch Mob and An-ten-nae have helped create a very unique sound that combines relentless basslines, hip hop and dub rhythms with a lot of musicality and melody. Heyokas’ earlier works were identifiable by their crushing basslines and ‘spacey’ blips and glitches, ‘Pineal Dub’ shows progression from Heyoka as a producer with greater use of negative space and ethereal melodies that can only be heard as melancholy or wickedly cheerful. The response to his emergence so far has been overwhelming with Heyoka opening nights for Tipper, Benga & Skream amongst others.
Jamwerks a.k.a joel atchison
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Native Nashville Ninja capable of shredding heads, hearts, ribcages, and spinal cords with his multiple musical masteries.
Jamwerks is always eager to delve into the womp aesthetics of the rapidly evolving steppers scene. His tracks are sure to please dubstep lovers from all camps with its dancefloor energy and aural depth. He is equally earnest to satisfy his alter-ego Karma Koma, dedicated to expressing his left-field sensibilities, sure to include the butterflies within a framework of beats and bass-line; digging deep for tracks the evoke the emotive beauty and sonic bliss of a poetic day-dreamer.
His set with Emancipator and Heyoka will consist of a very special downtempo collection to set the vibe for this upcoming evening of incredible music.
18+ $10 adv. tickets at ticketweb.com
10pm - 3am
12th & Porter
114 12th Avenue South
Nashville, TN
