Vale Sports Arena Warehouse, Penarth Road, Cardiff
Sun 27 Mar
Now The Bass is inspired by the late 90s’ fluid house’n’garage movement in London and beyond that changed music forever. At the forefront of two big movements in UK music, Jason Kaye has been part of dance music culture for at least a quarter of a century. He was part of the old school hardcore trio Top Buzz, who in the early 90s were fixtures at the biggest raves like Fantazia and Dreamscape. (They sometimes referred to themselves two blacks and a bubble, as in ‘bubble and squeak’ – cockney rhyming slang for Greek. Jason’s real name is Kyriakides.)
Later in the decade, he was part of the evolution of rave culture into what became UK garage, teaming up with another jungle legend, Steve Gurley, and later partnering with Richard ‘Sticky’ Forbes to push slower, groovier rhythms with a sexy bump, rather than the rolling darkness that came before.
Sharing the headline DJ billing is Mike ‘Ruff Cut’ Lloyd, another huge presence in the 90s when house morphed into jungle and garage. He set up Deja Vu FM, a pirate station that was a defining part of 90s music culture, and went on to produce popular tracks like Down, in collaboration with Zed Bias on one of the premier UK garage labels, Locked On. The garage raving vibe will be fully there with the addition of legendary mic men PSG and MC Det – bring out the Moschino jeans and Gucci loafers if you want to look the part.
Tickets: £10-£20. Info: www.facebook.com/nowthebass (GTDC)