We invite you to dive into the deep to celebrate 10 years of Mala’s iconic label, DEEP MEDi. With it, we bring an intimate evening with three of its pioneering artists:

Mala
(Digital Mystikz, Deep Medi, London, UK)
https://soundcloud.com/maladmz
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1176

Kahn + Neek
(Deep Medi / Punch Drunk / Bandulu / Young Echo, Bristol, UK)
https://soundcloud.com/kahn

Gorgon Sound
(Bristol, UK)
https://soundcloud.com/gorgonsound

Doors at 8 PM
21+
$20 adv at http://bit.ly/DeepMediAtKremwerk.

Kremwerk
1809 Minor Ave,
Seattle
Additional sound reinforcements by secondnature

About

Mala:

Mala is a producer, DJ, label owner and visionary best known for his contributions to the scene known as dubstep. But to people who have been touched by his music or moved by his DJing, he holds deeper place in their hearts. Through certain frequencies, his music carries a message that fundamentally connects people.

Mala began spreading this message from South London in the early 2000s, when the dubstep scene was a tiny, ignored community of like minded individuals, committed to exploration and imbibing of subsonic frequencies in locations like the record shop Big Apple, club Forward>> at Plastic People and pirate station Rinse FM. He formed production outfit Digital Mystikz with one friend Coki and by adding two others, Loefah and St Pokes, they launched the DMZ night, the first club night to share dubstep on a wider scale.

His music was first cut to dubplate and played by pioneering DJ, Hatcha and released on his label Big Apple Records. As the music began to flow, the DMZ label was born to share it on vinyl and now, years later, those records are viewed as foundational dubstep milestones. Tracks like ‘Learn’ displayed Mala’s breathtaking and intuitive sense of rhythm, while ‘Anti War Dub’ – played the weekend after the 7/7 London tube bombings – showed both Mala’s talent for uplifting percussive groove but his ability to express message and meaning through his music.

As dubstep began to shift from tiny collective to national and then international movement, Mala was at the forefront of the wave, able to take his frequencies to ever increasing audiences and communities. The Deep Medi label was formed and began showcasing likeminded production talent from beyond the DMZ stable, releasing to date, 58 12′ vinyl singles and 7 artist albums. Mala himself released his longplayer ‘Return II Space.’ His music has been used in major motion pictures (‘Children of Men’) and he has had the opportunity to remix and connect with likeminded artists from other movements like NYC’s Francois K, Moritz Von Ozwald from Basic Channel, Grace Jones, and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, amongst others. This year he launched his new night System.

Kahn:

Hailing from Bristol (U.K) and having grown up immersed in the city’s renowned culture of sound systems, punk rock and hip hop; Kahn is at the forefront of the new wave of Bristol producers and DJs.

From his first vinyl releases in 2011 on cult record label Punch Drunk Records to his more recent cuts on Mala’s Deep Medi label, Kahn has established himself as one of the most diverse producers of his generation.

His production style tends to draw influence from dub reggae, early 2000’s grime, digital dancehall, UK steppers and music from across the 140bpm spectrum. As part of the Young Echo collective, Kahn has also explored other areas of electronic music and incorporates his own vocals and instrumentation into his sound.

As a DJ, Kahn keeps true to the traditions of sound system culture with sets full of dubplates and versions. Whether performing solo as Kahn, alongside fellow grime producer and DJ Neek or as Gorgon Sound (dub and dancehall project also with Neek), it’s always a dubplate and vinyl operation.

As well as releases and affiliations with a number of respected record labels, Kahn also runs his own imprint with Neek, Bandulu Records. Since forming at the beginning of 2012, the record label has gone on to showcase the darker forms of instrumental Grime permeating from Bristol’s current underground scene, with limited runs of heavyweight vinyl and hand screen-printed artwork.

Gorgon Sound:

Gorgon Sound is a sound system reggae project made up of producers and selectors, Kahn & Neek.

Hailing from Bristol U.K, their sound is firmly rooted in the city’s famous heritage of sound system music with it’s own unique style.