Chew the Fat! May

Chew the Fat! herald the start of summer with a celebration of bass, past, present and future.

Dubstep men of the moment, Rusko and Caspa, join drum and bass legend DJ Zinc, dropping the pressure and tempo once again with his new label and sound.

They’re supported by young dubstep upstart, Raffertie, whose underground bass is shot mixed up with his cheeky pop mash-ups, and king of bassline house, exclusive Fat! resident Foamo. Room two meanwhile is taken over by South London crew, Trouble Vision.

Full details below.The Arches, 51-53 Southwark Street, London Bridge, London, SE1 1RU.
 £13 Advance / More on the Door/ £11 Students on the door/ 10pm- 6am
Info: 020 7924 1333 / www.thefatclub.com / www.wefearsilence.com / www.ticketweb.co.uk 

ROOM 1 – Chew the Fat! present:

Foamo (Chew the Fat! resident)
Rusko and Caspa
DJ Zinc
Raffertie
Warm-up competition winner

ROOM 2 – Trouble Vision present:

Boabinga
Redlight
Parabeats
Solid Gold & Park Ranger
The Boog-A-Loo Crew

ROOM 3 – Holic present:

Tomoki Tamura 
JunkBoxx 
+ more tbc

RUSKO & CASPA– More than anybody else, Rusko and Capa are responsible for re-shaping dubstep from a dark niche genre to the huge scene it is today. Serving up an equal dose of wide-boy humour and wobble, their track ‘Cockney Thug’ found it’s way into the boxes of everyone from Pete Tong to Santogold. Their labels Sub Soliders and Dub Police continue to push their sound, alongside new talent, and the debut Caspa album, plus forth-coming Rusko collaborations with Switch, Diplo, Yo Majesty and Wiley suggest that they’re only just getting started.

http://www.myspace.com/ruskonfire                              

http://www.myspace.com/caspadubstep

ZINC – It’s difficult not to regard DJ Zinc as a living legend. Storming the drum and bass scene with the still massive ‘Super Sharp Shooter’, he went on to release ‘Six Million Ways to Die’ and THAT Fugees remix. Turning his hand to a slower-tempo he then released ‘138 Trek’, a track which almost single-handedly revolutionized both garage and breaks, and lead to his successful label Bingo Beats. Now, having just dropped debut album ‘Faster’, he’s back with new label, Bingo Bass, pushing a sound he calls ‘crack house’ and which mixes elements of bassline, fidget, funky and tech-house in true inimitable Zinc fashion.

http://www.myspace.com/bingozinc

RAFFERTIE – Just 21 years-old, Raffertie’s tear-out dubstep has already won him a firm place in the hearts of Radio One tastemakers Annie Mac and Mary Anne Hobbs. While recording for underground labels like On The Brink and Planet Mu, he’s also known for his cheeky sing-a-long bootlegs, like those of Chaka Khan and Whitney Houston, which dirty the divas up for the dancefloor; something he also recently did for Scottish punk-funkers Franz Ferdinand for Domino Records.

http://www.myspace.com/raffertie

FOAMO – Raised on a diet of drum and bass, dubstep, grime and garage in, where else, but High Wycombe, 21 year-old Foamo exploded onto the fidget house scene when his track ‘Moving It Over Here’ was championed by Kissy Sell Out on Radio One. Releasing the most successful track on Lee Mortimer’s Wearhouse records, he’s since remixed Primary One, MSTRKRFT and The Mystery Jets becoming an in-demand DJ across the UK and Europe. His latest remix of Man Like Me’s ‘London Town’ looks a strong contender to become tune of the summer.

http://www.myspace.com/foamo

Chew the Fat! are running a competition to win a warm-up set in the main room playing alongside this amazing line-up. Full details soon.

TROUBLE VISION present… – With their hugely successful parties at Corsica Studios helping put South-London back on the clubbing map, Trouble Vision team up with Fat! to host room two. Trouble and Bass king, Baobinga, shows why he’s been getting so many props for his heavy bashment infused sound. He’s joined by Redlight, the house alter-ego of drum and bass producer Clipz, and garage don Para-beats who at one point had five tracks on the Channel U playlist. They’re joined by Trouble Vision residents Solid Gold & Park Ranger and The Boog-A-Loo Crew for a mix of dubstep, bassline, bmore, and electro.

http://www.myspace.com/intothefraydj http://www.myspace.com/baobinga
http://www.myspace.com/parabeats http://www.myspace.com/tbalc  
http://www.myspace.com/djsolidgold http://www.myspace.com/therealparkranger

HOLIC present… Japanese house crew Holic spin deep, tech, minimal and funky house with Tomoki Tamura, JunkBoxx and guests. 

Press enquiries:

Joe Roberts: club@thefatclub.com / 020 7924 1333
Paul Arnold: paul@thefatclub.com / 020 7924 1333
Roz Wilson: roz.wilson99@gmail.com / 07973 229 654

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