FREQ NASTY(UK/NZ) FRI 6th MARCH @ Double Happy

Fragile Styles & Shadow Systems present:


FREQ NASTY(UK/NZ) FRI 6th MARCH @ DOUBLE HAPPY
Support: ShortKutz, Jred, Timmy C, Minnie, Anubis hosted by Camo Mc
Tickets: $20 from DOUBLE DROP, more on the door.


FreQ Nasty's back and he's pushing a new sound that's destroying underground clubs around the world. Continually shape shifting under the wide umbrella of bass culture, FreQ Nasty forever stays one-step ahead of its ongoing hype-fuelled evolution. From garage, breaks to dubstep FreQ Nasty's at the forefront of the freshest beats around.

Born in Fiji, raised in New Zealand and formed musically in the dance music revolution of London in the 90’s, FreQ Nasty now splits his time between Los Angeles and London. He started his career on the seminal UK label Botchit & Scarper in the late nineties, moving to SKINT records in 2003. He has gone on to release a slew of cutting-edge records collaborating and remixing a diverse range of artists including Fatboy Slim, Kelis, KRS One, Roots Manuva, Rodney P, and Reggae legend Junior Delgado. He co-founded the www.Giveback.net site in 2007 to help musicians and artists support causes they’re passionate about, and in the past year his collaboration with MIA producer Switch and NYC hipster Santogold ‘Creator’ has been an unavoidable crossover hit. His ground breaking FABRICLIVE 42 mix CD is out now on London super club Fabric’s own imprint, and he has a new artist album in the pipeline for 2009.

HISTORY
Santogold producer and collaborator, breakbeat innovator, and international DJ FreQ Nasty established himself as one of the UK dance music scene’s pioneers early on by producing many of breakbeat’s defining moments. Not content with rehashing his genre-defining debut album FreQ’s Geeks and Mutilations (1999), he dropped his “Bring Me The Head Of Freq Nasty’ album in 2003 for SKINT records, creating the template for the ‘ragga breaks’ movement and simultaneously kicking off the breakbeat garage scene with signature tracks ‘Goose’ and ‘Amped’ effortlessly traversing genres, earning plaudits from breakbeat and garage DJ’s, as well as house and techno jocks internationally. ‘04 and ‘05 saw FreQ touring the world with his ‘Video Nasty Experience’ live show, an eye-melting DJ/VJ fusion of animation, graphics and live Vjing perpetrated by a hit squad of crack artists including fellow New Zealanders ‘Brother’s Mogg’ (Lord of the Rings/King Kong animators), and ‘Gorrillaz’ artist Jamie Hewlett’s company Zombie Flesh Eaters.

In 2006 FreQ took time out in California to avoid the perennial UK winter and ended up semi relocating to the sunnier climes of Los Angeles. As the Web 2.0 phenomenon exploded in part out of LA, home to Yahoo, Google, Myspace etc, he connected with music oriented tech renegades from Yahoo and Shopzilla and a cell of underground code junkies out of San Francisco and spent a good portion of his down time creating www.Giveback.net, a website dedicated to enabling artists to use their musical clout to help make the world a better place. It launched in early ‘08 and he has since donated music for several campaigns exclusive to the Giveback site supporting freedom for the Tibetan people (with US artist Bassnectar), an irrigation system for a village in Ethiopia (with Damien Marley), and a music studio for kids in an economically deprived area of San Francisco (with Michael Franti).

As anticipation for the next album grew, 2007 found FreQ back in the studio working on prototypes for fresh new sounds that would take him in a new and exciting direction. In collaborating with MIA producer Switch they re-invented the idea of what dance music could be with the uncategorizable 2008 crossover hit ‘Creator’ featuring the vocals of the now ubiquitous Santogold, launching her career as an artist in the process.

The latest instalment of FreQ flavour dropped in the form of the FABRICLIVE 42 mix CD for legendary UK super club Fabric. Fabric described it as “Bridging the gaps between the most current sounds in the UK’s bass culture, FreQ rumbles with underground thunder in a staggering showcase of some of the rawest bass led beats around. Evading the pitfalls of a genre controlled mix yet at the same time avoiding the stop-start feel of a mash-up mix, on FabricLive42 he imaginatively arranges a tightly connected blend of FreQy tracks. From the bass heavy stomp of L-Viz 1990’s UK take on Baltimore club music, the blistering shatter of TRG’s ‘Oi Killa’, to a bunch of his own new productions including his hit with Switch and Santogold ‘Creator’, this mix is a terror to bass speakers worldwide.” Along with other rave reviews, it was picked as DJ Magazine’s compilation of the month.

To learn about FreQ Nasty’s Giveback project visit: www.Giveback.net




http://www.fabriclondon.com/label/release.php?item=fl42/fre

Fabric Live 42 Tracklisting:
1. Saul Williams - Not In Our Name - Pledge Of Resistance - Ninja Tune
2. Santogold - Vs Switch & FreQ Nasty - Creator - Warners
3. FreQ Nasty Vs Propa Tings - Peacemaker - FreQ Nasty
4. Madox - Duckalicious [Baobinga's Thugalicious Remix] - Expanded
5. Leon Jean-Marie - Bring It On [Rusko's Granny Smasher Remix] - Universal
6. Reso - If You Can't Beat Em - Civil Music
7. Cadence Weapon - House Music - Big Dada
8. L-Vis 1990 - Change The Game - Tres Cool
9. ZTT - Lower State Of Consciousness [Original Munich Version] - Turbo
10. Rob Sparx - 2 Faced Rasta [Reso Remix] - Dubting
11. Lee "Scratch" Perry Vs. The Moody Boyz - God Smiled [Remix] - On-U Sound
12. Tayo - March Of The Soundbwoyz - Cool & Deadly/Supercharged
13. FreQ Nasty - Come Let Me Know [Acapella] - Skint
14. Baobinga - State of Ghetto Jackin (Ft. DJ Nasty) - Trouble & Bass
15. Epydemix - Thunder Gutter [Dub] - Epydemix
16. Backdraft - Living Like A Hustler Ft. Sporty-O - Passenger
17. KRS One - Sound Of Da Police [FreQ Nasty Breakbeat Bacon Mix] - Zomba
18. The Beat Monkeys - How You Like Me Now ? [Rico Tubbs Gangsters Mix] - Passenger
19. Buraka Som Sistema - Kaslemba Wegue Wegue (Reso's Aguadente Mash Mix) - Enchufada
20. FreQ Nasty Vs Heavyweight Dub Champion - Snared (FreQ's Donkey Kong Mix) - Giveback
21. TRG - Oi! Killa ! - Cool & Deadly/Supercharged
22. FreQ Nasty Vs Bassnectar [Dub] - Viva Tibet - Giveback
23. Radioclit Vs No Surrender- Godda Get It - No Surrender/Ghettopop Records 2007
24. Nate Mars Ft. Jahdan- Above & Beyond Dem - Complex Dubz

Yeah Man!!!!

This is going to be awesome

HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check out some of the tunes FREQ is feeling at the mo...

FREQ NASTY Top 10 on beatport
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/home/detail/1/beatport#app=b7b4&a486-index=0

Hey ya'll
Well with the one like FREQ NASTY joining us NEXT FRI 6th, we thought its about time we offered ya'll some freebies for bigging up the gig and keeping in touch with whats a GWAAN in the CHCH BREAKS scene

So...
For those who're down for sum freebies, we're giving away 5 prize packs consisting of:

1 x Ticket to the FREQ NASTY gig in CHCH
1 x Live Mix courtesy of FREQ NASTY

To enter just email your contact details (name & phone number) to fragilestyles@gmail.com

Prize pack will be drawn on THUR 5th MARCH @ MIDDAY and winners will be contacted directly as well as listed here.

Check out the latest interview with FREQ courtesy of 365MAG (25/1/09)...

Who's the baddest boy in UK underground? That would be FreQ Nasty, roaming the depths of the London streets and armed with menacing bass-lines and devastating beats to blow you off your socks with. FreQ's one of those self-wise artists who have gained credibility and notoriety by sticking to what they believe in: combining creativity with underground elements.


Proof of his success is his international fanbase, numerous invitations to play at clubs and festivals across the globe, and well received studio output, and let's not forget his recent mix for Fabric Records (the mindblowing FabricLIVE 42 mix compilation, which should be in the record collection of all who love electronic music). We recently spoke to Freq to get to know more on the man behind the moniker, and discovered that there's more than meets the eye. Check it out.

What was the feeling you were trying to convey behind your FabricLive 42 mix?
It was about connecting the dots between some of the new developments in UK bass music, and bringing them together in one place in a way that makes sense.

How is your new album coming along?
I have a BUNCH of tracks in almost finished state - just gotta get down and finish them. 2009 is going to be a big push.

Are there any new developments with your Giveback charity programme? How many artists have joined you since you created it?
We have created three amazing campaigns, one to bring attention to the people of Tibet around the time of the Olympics in 08, one to build an irrigation system for a village in Ethiopia, and one to buy a music studio for kids in an under privileged area of San Francisco. They are 'proof of concept' campaigns and as we move into 09 we'll be opening up the way other people can contribute.

Are there any new artists that you believe will make a significant impact on the scene?
Elviz-1990, Rezo, Propa Tings… all making DOPE tunes.

If we took a peek into your iPod, what tracks might we find?
Presets, Vicki Anderson, the Specials, Rezo.

What was your most amazing experience while performing to date?
Hard to make a call on that - Australia is consistently awesome, X-Russian state Georgia is wicked, and Burningman of course.

In your spare time, do you like to be surrounded by friends or are you a loner?
I like to chill hard when I'm chilling, and chill some more when I'm not. I'm pretty low key I guess.

Aside from music, what else do you engage in for entertainment?
I love great films, I read a lot, and I ride my bike everywhere possible, hang at the beach in Cali, eat good food and do yoga.

Do you anticipate working alongside any other artists in 2009?
Yeah I have some jams to come with No Surrender outta NYC, Mad dove and David Starfire from Cali, Virus Syndicut from London, and a bunch of others…

If it's not too personal, have you made any new years resolutions?
Yeah I have. To try and be less critical and more complimentary of others and to put out more tunes in 09.

Do you have any other comments for those who are reading?
Yeah I do. Most of us are really lucky and have just about everything we could ask for, maybe not in the latest color or style, but we're very well provided for. But there's a whole bunch of people in the world who haven't quite felt the trickle down effect yet and to them, a small gesture from us goes a long way to getting them the shit that we take for granted every day. Like water coming out of our taps. I'm not saying you should send them you're iPod or your new sneakers... just download some tunes and drop a coupla bucks on a project.

Go to http://www.giveback.net and spread the love!

Blessup,
· F Nasty

1 WEEK @ GO !!!!!!! YEA-YA!!!

Massive

Not long now

For those of you that caught MINUIT on SAT... we've rolled in the same BOOSTED SOUNDSYSTEM for FREQ to smash them BASS HEAVY BEATS on...

HUGE NIGHT AHEAD!!!

This Friday !!! Double Happy will without a doubt be rocking large this friday, with FreQ is the house. Also his Fabric Live 42 album has just been nominated at this years Breakspoll Awards as "Best Complation/Mix" as well !! So get on down to Double Drop cafe and get your ticket!!!

See you all there for some serial festivities

Nice one Sam!

can't wait gonna be a big night then Bad Company & Fierce the night after woot!

Yeah bro be good to have you down man

gonna be one festive affair alright!!!

BIG-UPS and Congrats to all that entered the FREQ NASTY - GIVEAWAY (Huge responce from ya'll!!! )

5 Winners are:
Jeremy Patterson
Cam Bodger
Carly Maynard
Fran Harlick
Daniel Koch

You will all be directly contacted today, so you can pick up ur FREE ticket and Mix CD @ the door on FRI night.

Thanks to all that entered... and See ya'll for sum serious BASS BIDNIZZ tomorrow

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BOO - YAH !!

Let the festivities begin !!!!