Friday, February 26th, Sublmnl Sound System and SDDubstep.com present:

Kontraband

Featuring:

SPL (Portland)

Within just a few years, Sam Pool, aka SPL has become an influential force in the world of dance music. With a background built upon years of work in the studio and live performance, SPL has materialized his vision of futuristic sounds and delivered it to the world in the form of groundbreaking records and captivating DJ sets. In 2007, SPL went full throttle with his hugely successful record label “Lost Soul Recordings” delivering a slew of releases from today’s most talented producers in drum and bass. Since then, SPL has launched the already massive “Hollow Point Recordings” with DJ Roommate for a heavy new take on dubstep music. He has also released on the seminal “Genosha Recordings,” which has taken the hardcore techno scene by storm. While running two record labels, touring the globe, and producing various styles of electronic music, SPL continues to deliver cutting-edge sounds to countless ears around planet earth.

J. Rogers (San Francisco)

J.Rogers brings together a wealth of musical experience and styles with his unique sound. As a graduate of music studies in composition, conducting, and piano with a life-long obsession for the production and performance of electronic/dance music, he injects a strong grasp of advanced musical technique into his diverse sets of dubstep, minimal/techno, tech house, and everything in between. His recent Ableton sets feature rapid-fire transitioning, layering, and sample-dropping across a wide-ranging assortment of sounds. J.Rogers’ productions are no different as he releases track after track of genre-bending originals and remixes, supported by the likes of Mary Anne Hobbs, Dubfire, Headhunter, Laurent Garnier, DZ, Stacey Pullen, XI, Paco Osuna, and many more. He stays busy as a member of the Surya Dub crew, co-founder of San Francisco’s Blipswitch.net online community, and labelhead of the Blipswitch Digital record label. One to watch out for in the years to come.

Metaphase (Las Vegas/L.A.)

Producing for 10 years solid, Metaphase brings influence into Dubstep from Drum’n'Bass, North Indian Folk Music, 2-Step Garage, Breakstep, Minimal, Salsa, Tech-House, Jazz ,and HipHop. With a combined total of 20+ tracks out on Digital and Vinyl format, spanning over 5 genres; Metaphase is rapidly breaking boundaries in Electronic Music. As an Instrumentalist born and raised in Las Vegas, Metaphase plays North Indian Percussion(Tabla & Kanjira), Drumset , Keys, Hand Percussion (Tar/Frame Drum/Cajon,Congas). Other projects Metaphase has worked on have involved Composition for acoustic ensembles (String Quartet , Voice + Live Electronics, Percussion Ensemble) and Sound Design, Audio Engineering, and Composition for Film. A Pro Drummer with 14 years of drumming knowledge and experience, Metaphase focuses heavily on rhythm and syncopation in his music, although paying great attention to sub-sonics, harmony,melody, and texture. Metaphase has studied Percussion and Composition with some of the worlds most respected musicians (Swappan Chaudhuri, Randy Gloss, David Johnson, Art Jarvenin, Ann Lebaron) at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), completing a BFA in 2006 .

Local Support by:

Austin Speed

CRMNL

Eshone

Located at The Ruby Room
1271 University Ave,
San Diego, CA

$5 Cover
21+ w/ID
9pm-2am