Overview
This is live drum and bass as you've never experienced before. Featuring the Jungle Drummer a unique live performer who has developed his own style through his musical awareness and experience, from ten years of playing with the biggest live acts in Turntablism, dance music and D&B. His stamina makes him able to drum at 180 BPM for 2 hours plus and his all out approach understanding of DJ culture, technical ability make him stand out on his own as a live drummer. DJ Fu is fast becoming one of the rising stars of D&B and Turntablism. Due to his musicality, tight mixing and scratching ability. His approach, originality and skills when working with the jungle drummer has not only taken his DJ-ing to another level but has evolved into one of the most successful drummer DJ combinations yet.
Jungle Drummer vs. DJ Fu
This is live drum and bass as you've never experienced before. Featuring the Jungle Drummer a unique live performer who has developed his own style through his musical awareness and experience, from ten years of playing with the biggest live acts in Turntablism, dance music and D&B. His stamina makes him able to drum at 180 BPM for 2 hours plus and his all out approach understanding of DJ culture, technical ability make him stand out on his own as a live drummer. DJ Fu is fast becoming one of the rising stars of D&B and Turntablism. Due to his musicality, tight mixing and scratching ability. His approach, originality and skills when working with the jungle drummer has not only taken his DJ-ing to another level but has evolved into one of the most successful drummer DJ combinations yet. In less than 2 years he has gone from being a resident at local nights to playing some of the biggest events in the world. Put this together and you get jungle vs fu a live project that is always developing, pushing boundaries, smashing crowds all over the UK, Europe and the USA.
A crucial part of this show is the MC who adapts to everything that happens on stage creating a relationship between the performers. Which ensures the crowd have an extra dimension to the show accentuating the focal points of the performance going off where ever they play. The importance of the MC's role is highlighted in their new video by Stamina MC who has set a new level for MC's on the show. Currently they are working and have performed with Trip, Stamina MC, Lowqui, Eksman, Rodney P, Tonn Piper and are bringing through up and coming such as Harry Shotta and Script MC. They have worked with vocalists such as Deeizm and beat boxers Faith SFX, Killa Kella. Recently they've worked with Beardyman receiving a great response.
Due to the diversity of the show, it is attracting attention from all over the globe and its not just clubs getting in on the action. They've played at festivals like Glastonbury, Global Gathering, DMC World DJ championships, Z008, North Sea Jazz festival, Audio River, Nass Skate Fest, Summer Break, Gatecrasher to name a few. They've played alongside artists as diverse as Korn, Placebo, Rahzel, DJ Craze, Q-Bert, DJ Hype, Goldie, Andy C, Zane Lowe, Dreadzone, Krafty Kuts, Pendulum, Mad Professor, Scratch Perverts, Roni Size Reprezent, Annie Mac, DJ Marky, DJ Yoda, Skream, Benga, UNKLE, Diesel Boy, Mark Ronson, Carl Cox, Joey Beltram and Stanton Warriors.
Aside from festivals they have also been playing premier nights and events such as Drummer Live at the Docklands XL Arena the biggest drum event in the world, DMC World DJ Championships, Battle Jam, Warehouse Project, Warning, Ape, One Nation, Tuesday Club, Chibuku, Metropolis, Ministry of Sound, Random Concept and Drum and Bass Arena events.
Going from strength to strength the duo constantly seek to improve their routines, reach wider audiences and test their own limits. This year has also seen a continuing increase in publicity for the show. The hype around them on the internet grows daily as does their fan base. They are currently in the process of putting together original material due for release in 2009 will finally be their own music. As their notoriety grows from smashing club after club they look to take their show to new levels of performance.
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Dub Mafia
Dub Mafia are an explosive new dub heavy live drum and bass band from Bristol who have been taking the UK and Europe by suprise, with a unique combination of talented musicians forming a live dance music sensation.
The Bristol based band was formed at the end of the Autumn 2009 , but despite this due to their unique new sound they have already had intertest on a global scale and have been approached by some of the biggest names in the festival scene, such as the Ultra Music festival in America. The festival is held in Miami and is one of the biggest electronic music festivals in the world.
Dub Mafia have also recently launched their new videos filmed by the well known Ben Dowden (Dub Fx, Reggie Watts and Dirty Goods), one of the videos Breakneck reached number one for the most rated and most favorite tagged music video on the day after it was released on you tube. It subsequently reached number five in the YouTube music UK top rated and favorites for the week, above the likes of Janet Jackson and Cold Play.
Bringing a great vibe is what its all about for the Dub Mafia collective. Dub Mafia consists of Eva on vocals with her rich diverse tones and her original melodies, Snafu the scratch master, Maf on guitar, Aron synths, Flash on bass, Drew on the drums and Jago on percussion. The band plan to hit the UK festival scene in a big way this summer and will be starting their European tour in April.
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