Aberystwyth Students Union
Sat 4 Feb
Aberystwyth’s bass matrix celebrates 10 happy years of dance therapy for the west coast, with oodles of local DJs and a strong list of headliners spanning genres and vintages of adrenaline-pumping music over four stages.
DJ Hazard is a notorious name in the drum’n’bass world due to his part in the emergence of ‘wobble’, the fun-loving subgenre that took over in the 00s. The Birmingham man was spinning records on the legendary Kool FM back in the 90s though, later getting noticed by the eminent DJ Hype. The secondary full-on rave headliners are Bristol’s My Nu Leng; their slower bass-rhythmics will no doubt exercise limbs just as healthily.
Influential UK hip-hop crew Foreign Beggars [pictured] are coming up to 15 years in the game, love of rave-friendly electronic music going back years through work with Alix Perez, Machinedrum and Noisia. Gypsy Unit represent hip-hop differently, a Bristol band fusing electroswing’s future-retro sound with dubstep bass and lyrical wit.
Legendary west Wales free party team Eternal Cru host The Dome for the night, with their DJs laying down the history of techno, drum’n’bass and old school rave to give the young hungry heads an education while they dance. If you want something richer and more organic, the Leicester dub (not dubstep) squadron Vibronics are there for you, rocking out their warm and solid-stepping dub style for those who feel the vibes.
Admission: £20/£15 adv. Info: 01970 621800