I first happened on Stagga when someone sent me a link to his track “Timewarp” a few years ago. The track sounded so fresh and I really liked his minimal style, dubby vibes and of course THE BASS!!! Now Stagga is here with his first Album “The Warm Air Room” on Rag and Bone Records…

The album is a mixture of hip-hop, dubstep and techno, fully dubbed out and as wonky as you like! Stagga’s history as a hip-hop DJ shines through, he is one third of the infamous Chrome Kids, along with Monkey who has produced two of the tracks on The Warm Air Room (“The Chilski” and the brilliant “Original Misty”) and is also part of turntablist group Optimas Prime.

The album is full of interesting edits, unexpected switch-ups and, of course, some very crazy bass. The addition of vocals on “That’s When I Jacked It” and “Acidicts” (from Skamma and Joe Blow) is a welcome one, and the variation of stlyes and moods helps keep you interested in a way that many dance music albums fail to do.

Stand out tracks for me are “The Dragon” with it’s breakstep vibes and anxious, nervy lead lines and “Prehistoric UFO Rhythm” which is everything I loved about “Timewarp” and more.

Despite the wide range of styles that are on show here the one unifying theme is BASS, in a similar way to Rag and Bone Records who are releasing it. This is bass music at it’s best, don’t delay, get a copy today!!!

Stagga – ‘The Warm Air Room’ – album out now by ragandbone

In The Face is back for the first of a series of mega-events in 2020, Get ready for round 2 of this with our 10th Birthday in May! For this one though we have a seriously strong lineup:

UK Funky & bass don Champion will be joined by grime legends Spooky & Killa P! You may recognise Killa P from one of the biggest dubstep tracks of all time: Skeng, as well as many many others. Spooky has been repping grime for a long time in London having released some of the scenes biggest tunes. Joining them are upcoming producer Fork and Knife, and 877 label boss Dom877, alongside residents Hadean & Gash

ENTRY:
£5 Early bird, £8 First release, £10 Final release, more on the door!

ADVANCE TICKETS: https://www.native.fm/event/in-the-face-champion-spooky-killa-p

For the final In The Face of 2018 we are bringing bass legends & heads of Four40 Records Hybrid Theory to The Volks. Joining them are northern madman Thorpey who will, of course, be bringing the absolute bangers, as well as local lads PVC, Tropical Selecta & Shillin. Residents Hadean & King Hydra oversee proceedings as usual and in room 2 we have breaks, dnb & glitch hop courtesy of the Bass Konnection boys

Room 1 :

Taiki Nulight
Kanji Kinetic
Zero
Hot Goods
Hadean
King Hydra

Room 2 :

Shambolic Soundsystem

Bit of a change for us. We’re doing a rare summer date at an exciting new nightclub on the seafront: Hideout. Topping the bill we have one of the most in demand and innovative minds in modern music… Culprate. Joining him are fellow Bristolian badmen Sample Junkie, Audio Gutter & Zenji, all of who have (or will have) a release on In The Face Records! As well as that we have northern newcomer Coxon stepping up and In The Face residents Hadean & King Hydra.

In The Face celebrates our 8th birthday with an absolute legend, someone we have all been influenced by and it is with great pleasure we are bringing RUSKO to Brighton. This is a chance to see Rusko in an intimate environment, and for someone who is used to playing for thousands of people this is something truly special for us

ENTRY:
Limited £12 tickets