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 Thu 05/10 | DISTRAXION | Rumba Leuven | Trap (NL), WoodroW |
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.: DISTRAXION III :.
* Line-up :
> TRAP (Forms Kru, Arnhem - Netherlands)
> WOODROW (Rumble, Jungletrain)
> NITROUS vs I-WITNESS (Off!ce, Distraxion)
> SHOVES (Mindtricks)
* Date : Thursday 5th Ocober 2006
* Location : Rumba (Kiekenstraat, nabij Oude Markt), Leuven
* Entrance Fee : 4,5€ < 00:00 H < 5€
* Take off : 22:00 H
* Bio's + Sitelinks + Mixes :
TRAP (Forms Kru, Arnhem - Netherlands)
Trap currently lives in Arnhem. He's been deep into music since an early age. He used to play guitar in bands for years, but around 1996 he discovered drum'n'bass at nights in Tivoli and by tapes and cd's that friends gave him. Then it was all over with rock-music. He got hooked to the drum'n'bass sounds. Around 1999 Trap started buying vinyl, he sold his guitar amplifier and bought some turntables and a mixer. Since then he's been spinning hard every day. The work started paying off with a few gigs around town, at some houseparties and at the Burgerweeshuis.
Unreal and Tyson of the Formskru, who he'd been steadily providing with mixtapes since the start, gave him a couple of opening slots at the legendary Forms parties. In 2004 Trap was asked to join the Formskru and he hasn't looked back since. Gigs really started to pick up in 2006, Trap has been playing at a lot of different parties across Holland this year. The highlight so far was playing at a big festival in Slovakia this summer.
Trap is known for his diverse sets, going from the liquid side of things to the partyvibe tunes, all mixed together in a tight way.
MIX : Summer Lights (more sets on his homepage)
WEBSITE : homepage / myspace / forms kru (not updated for years)
WOODROW (Rumble, Jungletrain)
For 10 years now, WoodroW is heavily infected by the drum’n’bass virus. A few years back he became a steady name in the Belgian scene and was picked up as resident at the Phuturesteppin’ parties. The past couple of years he has performed at numerous gigs and played alongside Fresh, Pendulum, Dieselboy, Dom & Roland, Calyx, Kemal & rob data, technical itch, Concord Dawn, Ink, ... to name a few. Backed by a huge collection of records, his fast mixing style creates a refreshing flow in his sets. Not limited to one style, he always surprises with the freshest bits around.
In 2001, he became the first dj to stream at jungletrain.net, which has grown up to be one of the leading online drum’n’bass radiostations. WoodroW was part of Drop on Request Recordings, a Belgium-UK based dnb label. They have released tracks by Crossfire, Drumsound & Simon bassline smith, the Upbeats, Counterstrike, Qbit & Marcas. Besides dj’ing, he has been promoting several gigs in Leuven together with Wontime. Many heads will remember these Rumble parties for a long time!
MIX : Woodrow Jungletrain Promomix November 2005
NITROUS (Off!ce)
It all started for me in the beginning of this millenium. Studying in Leuven got me in touch Spastik, one of the leading figures behind radio scorpio, Belgiuns only alternative radio station. He showed me many different new styles of music and encouraged me to go out and search for the music that is my own, and to do something more with it… That music was and still is the jungle sound!! Winter came, and along with it an old manually controlled technics, one Gemini 500 and a 4th hand mixer. Shangri , Imvamex & myself locked ourselves in with a stack of records and founded OFF!CE. For months and months we pretty much spent all our time either buying, playing or listening to dnb and jungle…and when spring came OFF!CE went public with the first party: ‘you’re a freak’… Months and years went by, playing on and organising numerous events across the country, trying to define the style that is OFF!CE. ’04 / ‘05 is when shit really kicked off… Not only as promoters, throwing parties every 3 months, but also as a dj collective. Like that off!ce got invited to play at a Badmood.net party in Lisbon,Portugal, I played at one of the REACTIV events in Amsterdam as wel as many different events in Belgium like Mekitburn, Wasted, Boups NYE, Silo … and it keeps on growing bigger and stronger. When it comes to what style I spin it’s pretty much anything with the right vibe, ranging from old skoolio rave stuff, through jungle to drumnbass, seasoned with some scratching and big dick tricks…I’m not so much into the whole labeling of subgenres, if the tune sounds right it just has to be played!!! But words are just words, so check it out for yourself at one of the parties or tune in every Wednesday 20.00 – 22.00 CET at www.revoltagerecordings.com for the weekly Nitrous & Mc V show!
MIX : Spontaneous Combustion part 2
WEBSITE : Off!ce Crew
I-WITNESS (Distraxion, Basstalk.be)
I started buying vinyl in 2001. But at that point, I already listened drum&bass for four years and i focused on that genre from the beginning. My first full cds in that genre that i heard were from Roni Size, Grooverider, Adam f and Todd Terry. But it were the rougher subgenres that pushed me to get spinning myself. In 2002 i bought my decks and went very regurarly to the BamBam store in Antwerp to be up to date. Here my real obsession began and I started spinning as DJ AMbush... I co-organized some parties in Glabbeek and Leuven in 2003 and also spinned there myself. Getting in touch with more d&b-freaks in Leuven and on the internet i played on some small parties in 2004. With a friend i started DISTRAXION to do our own parties in Leuven. Since 2005, Sicko and myself organised some monthly free parties in Gent, called D-FENCE. For some years now i'm dreaming of producing myself. That's why i changed my name into I-WITNESS but dind't find the time to make my own tunes till now. I even haven't got a clue what style it will be, because i don't restrict myself to one subgenre within dnb.
MIX : Pantocrator Mix (July 06)
WEBSITE : homepage / myspace
SHOVES (Mindtricks)
Shoves became the status of what we like to call disc jockey in november 2004. He knew from start he wanted to spin drum 'n bass and hasn't changed his mind since. His turntables have the pleasure to spin the liquid subgenre of dnb most of the time, with a harder edge occasionally. Shoves tries to create an original vibe, bringing new things and tricks to keep on being innovative, surprising and pleasing the crowd. He currently is in a small dj-crew, together with Emtho & Sensu called 'Mindtricks', but unfortunately they haven't really done much things together yet, something for the future!
MIX : Liquid Set
WEBSITE : homepage / myspace
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This post has been edited 3 time(s), it was last edited by I-Witness: 27-09-2006 14:24.
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21-08-2006 22:52 |
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Poster by http://www.nuttyduck.be (aka Sir Ravel)
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26-08-2006 13:54 |
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To get in the mood, i've put 2 low quality vids of the first Distraxion editions on my myspace.
>>> DISTRAXION I
>>> DISTRAXION II
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02-09-2006 13:36 |
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going to be a 
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looking forward 
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only 3 weeks to go 
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27-09-2006 14:23 |
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2 nights sleep !
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03-10-2006 20:33 |
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it was an amazing night , if u ask me!
the night started cosy with a funky roller set by Shoves, too bad he had some probs with the sound but still, it sounded tight
trap took over in style, he managed an ideal build-up from deep melodic tracks toward heavier tech business, mc donskey made it absolutely complete, the place was on fire! the venue was packed but still enough space to dance proparly!
now that the people were really in the mood, it was the perfect moment for woodrow to take over and he kept the vibe there with a variated selection and fast mixes, like we are used of him
nitrous and me chose for the party approach, starting of with some sunny vibes, getting harder and back, the people really seemed to dig it, certainly when we dropped some classics now and then
too bad some people stole the boose coupons and drunk people were annoying as hell, but in general the party was really good, imo musically even the best of the 3 editions : perfect order of djs and styles, partyminded without getting too cheesy
i like to thank everyone who came and especially the workers and djs (tnx to trap to come all the way to our humble country), u guys made it a night to remember 
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