The other smashing party closing out 2016 was Fixate at Instant. Declan is the guy you must follow (if you haven’t done so yet) — there is a massive amount of talent, dedication, and attention to details behind his endless humbleness and reserved nature
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Right after Christmas, the Bass Camp guys surprised us again. Their guest was Jay Fairbrass, aka J:Kenzo, whose stylishly eclectic set fascinated the crowd. Not to mention his open and friendly personality! 🙂
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 The first ever Bass Camp Orfű in July 2016 brought a fresh and unique breeze to the Hungarian electronic music scene. Probably its friendly, chilled atmosphere as well as the wide range of selectors and genres could evolve into this special and memorable weekend — thanks, folks! 🙂 Commix, aka George Levings, one of the pioneers was kind enough to chat after his magical, quite prolonged set
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René LaVice, the London-based Canadian DJ performed in Budapest during this summer, at a really special dnb bbq. We were chatting about his homeland, his reasons for leaving as well as multiculturalism, playing in rock bands and making his first mixtape by a one-to-the-other tape recorder
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Right before our national holiday, I was lucky enough to catch Damian Higgins, aka Dieselboy again in Budapest, Hungary. Although he had faced some health issues, he willingly shared his personal views on cooking, the coming elections in the USA as well as on the controversial connection between deejaying and producing
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Robyn Chaos, the First Lady of dark drum and bass, the Anger Manager had a Therapy Session gig in Budapest in May. Right before that, we chatted about some “male” topics such as music, management and business as well as several “feminine” ones like aging, children, cooking, gardening and painting
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Mefjus, the Austrian techy destroyer performed at Bladerunnaz Welcomes: Noisia Invites in April 2016 in Budapest. Prior to his set, he was movingly honest about himself and his views. Big up, Martin! 🙂
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A tiny bit more than two months ago, the mighty Break, founder of Symmetry Recordings, master of tight, smashing beats was one of the headliners at the celebration of the “20 years of Hungarian drum and bass” event in Budapest. Since he is legendarily famous for giving interviews once in a blue moon, I am still absolutely honoured by being one of the few
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Since I was full of beans even on Thursday more than a fortnight ago,
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Jack Boston, aka Boston DnB, the young Welsh prodigy of Symmetry Recordings has talked about basically everything. His openness, immediacy and hilarious personality will surely take him to the highest tops of music. Fingers crossed! 🙂
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