Apr 25: Nero @ Starlite Room
18+ in the Starlite Room on Apr 25, 2011 at 8:00pm
Ticket info $20 at Foosh, Blackbyrd, Brixx and Primeboxoffice.com
If you’re holding out for one party/event this month….this is the one. Nero is Dubstep, but you don’t have to be a hardcore fan of the genre to dig this sound. So if you’re new to the Dubstep sound, or you want to introduce people to it, this is where you should be. Nobody understands Dubstep until you hear it at a party (just like DnB and Electro).
Those who know the sound of the wobble….know Nero. I don’t have to explain it at all. One of the best Dubstep producer/Djs I’ve ever heard.
EDMONTON BANGERS APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED *
Das Capital
Apr 21: Raekwon and Politic Live @ Starlite Room
18+ in the Starlite Room on Apr 21, 2011 at 9:00pm Ticket info Tickets $30 at Foundationconcerts.com Brixx, Soular, Permanent Records, Listen and Blackbyrd
Hip hop is getting good up in this town. I’m impressed….check this one out. There is more to come at Starlite, in terms of hip hop, in the near future.
Das Capital
Mar 19: Reso, Toddla T and Untold @ The Starlite Room
Mar 19: Oh Snap presents Reso, Toddla T and Untold with guests
18+ in the Starlite Room on Mar 19, 2011 at 9:00pm
Ticket info
Tickets $20 at Primeboxoffice.com, Blackbyrd and Ticketmaster
Oct 30: Freq Nasty, Klever, Emotionz and Degree @ The Starlite Room
Oh Snap presents Halloween Massive with Klever, Freq Nasty, Emotionz, Degree and guests
18+ in the Starlite Room on Oct 30, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Ticket info
$20 @ Foosh, Blackbyrd, Room 322 and Ticketmaster
The whole Opium for the Masses crew went out to the Future Sound of Breaks V3 party in Miami @ IO in 2004. We went with an open mind. This was a World Music Conference (WMC) after party showcasing where breakbeats (as a genre) might be headed. Florida is breakbeat central from Miami to Orlando….so of course this party was massive.
On the lineup were: DJ Icey, Simply Jeff, Jackal and Hyde, DJ Craze, Madame Mercury, Jen Lasher, Reid Speed, Donald Glaude (doing a breaks only set) and Freq Nasty.
The whole party centered around Freq Nasty!! His set was slammin!! There were several stages set-up throughout the night, but somehow everyone managed to vacate all but the main one for Freq Nasty’s set. Madame Mercury had a set to start on another stage during Freq Nasty’s set, but we danced together to those thundering beats until FN was done.
Freq Nasty is so impressive that other big name DJs come to watch him. In Madame Mercury’s case, it meant hearing his set first, then worrying about her own. I was floored. It was a great party.
A big hello to Madame Mercury in California from Opium For The Masses
at Edmonton Bangers
Oct 9: Drop The Lime and Nadastrom @ Starlite Room
All Blown Up presents Drop The Lime, Nadastrom and The Captain with guests
18+ in the Starlite Room on Oct 09, 2010 at 9:00pm
Ticket info
Tickets $20 @ Foosh, Blackbyrd, Room 322 and Ticketweb.ca
I went to see Drop the Lime at the Pawn Shop almost a year ago today (here in Edmonton). It was a really sick show!! Unfortunately, there was a certain “trance party” the same day….
…..can you guess which one party ended up with a high attendance?
This year you’ll get the chance to see Drop the Lime….one more time. He is a true banger DJ, playing harder edged stuff. Mostly bass-heavy beats from Major Lazer to Jakwob to AC Slater, etc.
- Opium for the Masses at
EDMONTON BANGERS
Oct 5: Rusko and Knight Riderz @ Starlite Room
Oh Snap presents Rusko’s OMG Tour @ Starlite Room
Rusko (Mad Decent UK)
I like to think of Rusko as the Richard Humpty Vission of dubstep. Not because they sound at all alike, but they are both great stage DJs, playing for the crowd. They really get into the mix…and they mix tracks in quick succession. This is why Rusko sets the dance floor on fire. It’s what makes him famous here, and across the the pond.
Knight Riderz (Alberta, Canada)
Of course this party comes complete with hometown fire. Knight Riderz are back!
Starlite Room10030 - 102 Street
Edmonton, Canada
Oct 05, 2010 at 8:00pm
Ticket info
Tickets $25 in advance @ Foosh, Blackbyrd, Room 322 and Ticketmaster
- Opium For The Masses at Edmonton Bangers.
Mar 11: So Official Party with Jack Beats, Fake Blood, AC Slater, Boy 8 Bit @ The Starlite Room
Oh Snap presents So Official Party with JACK BEATS, FAKE BLOOD, AC SLATER, BOY 8 BIT
Jack Beats
The brainchild of Beni G (Mixologists) and Plus One (Scratch Perverts), Jack Beats represent part of the new wave of British house music. Wobbly basslines, big breakdowns and edgy accapella’s are cut, copied and pasted together to create a floor-filling brand of house.
Citing influences as diverse as Timbaland, Rage Against the Machine, A Guy Called Gerald and SebastiAn, this British duo demanded our immediate attention after their gob-smacking take on Boy 8-Bit’s anthem Fogbank dropped earlier this year.
Fake Blood
An alias used by DJ Touché, also half of The Black Ghosts (which Touché has remixed under the Fake Blood alias). His original productions included two major club hits, “Mars” and “Blood Splashing (Fake Blood Theme)”. In 2009, He released the “Fix Your Accent” EP, including the original tracks “The Dozens”, “I Think I Like It”, and “Fix Your Accent”. He has done remixes for Dan Le Sac,Armand van Helden, The Count & Sinden, UNKLE and others.
AC Slater
Hailing from Philadelphia but now residing in New York City, was one of the biggest american hardcore and freeform DJs. In 2001 started the Pitched Up record label as an outlet for american hardcore music. The label saw 5 vinyl releases and 10 digital releases.
In 2007 AC Slater moved away from hardcore and raves to focus on fidget house, getting commissioned to do remixes for artists such as Freestylers, Moby, Shwayze, Human Resource, and Drop the Lime.
This will be a real Banger of a party! If you can come out Mar 11 for this…do it- Das Capital
18+ in the Starlite Room on Mar 11, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Tickets $30 in advance plus service charges (On sale Friday Feb 5th) @ Ticketmaster, Foosh and Blackbyrd.
October 15th: Dragonette @ The Starlite Room
