Dub Explorations

HATCHA (Sin City / Tempa / Black Box / Planet Mu) UK
TWILIGHT CIRCUS (Peng Sound / Metropolis Records) CA
FLECK (Kings Hi Fi ) GR
SUN COLLECTIVE (Avocaudio) NL
Special guest MC PRITI PANGI
True Soldiers Productions celebrates 6 years of DUB Explorations in Amsterdam!. Prepare to burn the fire on into the early morn... we are running extended hours until 5AM for the official Outlook Festival LAUNCH !!!!!
Timetable:
23:00 - 00:00 = Sun Collective
00:00 - 01:30 = Twilight Circus
01:30 - 03:30 = DJ Hatcha
03:30 - End = FLeCK
* Times are approximates and could change*

HATCHA https://www.mixcloud.com/DJHatcha/
No one DJ or indeed producer can claim sole credit for dubstep. But when the history of the genre gets told, no DJ has ever had, or perhaps ever will again have so much influence over the course of the genre as Hatcha. It’s no overstatement to say the entire genre bares his stamp.
Hatcha’s roots seep deep back into late ‘90s UK garage, Croydon and pirate radio. Originally the buyer at the now defunct Big Apple record shop, Hatcha was one of the very first DJs to pick up on the new dark strains of 2step that were being made by local producers like El-B, Artwork and Horsepower at the turn of the millennium. As the producers came into the shop to sell white labels of these niche new sounds, a community arose. The shop began its own label, Big Apple Records and its first release was the dubstep classic “Red” by the shop’s resident producer Artwork. The next releases came from his two protégés, Benga and Skream.
As the garage sounds from south London began to take on their own unique, dark swung direction, it became clear that the nascent scene needed a home. In 2001 Forward>>, dubstep’s founding club, started with Hatcha a resident. It was here he began to up the ante. While other DJs came with a collection of white labels (tracks immanently due for a public release), he arrived with a box of upfront dubplates: unique one-off exclusive tracks. No DJ could test.
Throughout the decade Hatcha’s sets, first on south London pirates then Rinse FM and now Kiss 100, went from strength to strength. His headline slots at Forward>> forged the genre into the form we now know it in. This was in no small part because he had exclusive access to Benga and Skream’s music, before adding three new producers: Mala Digital Mystikz, Coki and Loefah to his arsenal. The destiny of an entire scene lay in his hands, every time he played.
In 2003 he even played a part in naming the genre. Amidst the scene’s key players: the Big Apple camp and Ammunition who ran Forward>> and Tempa, the term “dubstep” (from dubby 2step garage), began being circulated. It appeared in a press release and then on a US magazine cover. Hatcha was then asked to mix the scene’s first compilation that cemented the use of the name: Dubstep Allstars vol 1. He must have done something right: they asked him back to co-mix volume 4.
Since those times Hatcha has gone on to hold down his flagship Kiss 100 show alongside long time MC, Crazy D, DJ across the planet, co-produce with a variety of the scene’s heavyweights and mix compilations such as Ten Tons Heavy for Planet Mu.

TWILIGHT CIRCUS https://soundcloud.com/twilight-circus
Twilight Circus is the dub and reggae project of multi-instrumentalist Ryan Moore, former bassist and drummer of the Legendary Pink Dots.
With Twilight Circus, Ryan Moore has worked with a wide range of respected figures from the dub, reggae and electronic genres including: Sly and Robbie, Dean Fraser, Luciano, Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) Big Youth, Mikey General, Big Youth, Skully Simms, Vin Gordon (Bob Marley), Earl "Chinna" Smith (Bob Marley), Eddie 'Tan Tan' Thornton (Aswad), Buttons Tenyue /Matics Horns (UB40), Ansel Collins, Style Scott (Dub Syndicate), Bobby Ellis ( Studio One), Admiral Tibet, Jah Stitch, Sugar Minott, Queen Ifrica, Lutan Fyah, Fred Locks, Gregory Isaacs, Mafia & Fluxy, Cevin Key (Skinny Puppy), DJ Spooky, Gaudi, Adrian Sherwood and The Mad Professor.
Moore's fascination with dub began in the early 1980s inspired by the nexus of punk rock and dub which film maker Don Letts forged in London, along with the futuristic possibilities hinted at by cyberpunk author William Gibson in Neuromancer. Throughout the 80's he obsessively collected every dub LP he could find, which included Jamaican dub from legends like King Tubby, Prince Jammy, Lee Perry and Scientist as well as 2nd-generation figures operating from London like Adrian Sherwood, Mad Professor, and Jah Shaka.
Since being the opening act for Skinny Puppy side project Download on their 1996 World tour and several tours billed with the Legendary Pink Dots, Twilight Circus has maintained a busy schedule playing all over the World on nearly every continent, including major festivals like Dour Festival (Belgium), Summerjam (Germany), Fuji Rock Festival (Japan),,One Love Festival (gb), Asagiri Jam (Japan), & Sierra Nevada World Music Festival 🇺🇸.

FLECK https://soundcloud.com/fleckathens
FLeCK is an electronic music producer and DJ, pioneer of the Greek underground scene and member of the Kings Hi Fi crew.

FLeCK started producing in the early 90’s making a variety of Electronic music from Breakbeat and Jungle through to Dub and Hip Hop. In 2009 he released his debut album ‘ìDub Museî’ and since then has released music on various record labels from around the world such as Six Degrees, ODG, Bracket Records, King Dubbist, Generation Bass, Reggae Roast and holds well over 40 releases under his belt.
FLeCK’s music, is characterized by a strong Roots Reggae and Dub vibe mixed with Jungle breaks and fat bass sounds. It has found its way into the record boxes of the likes of Public Enemy’s DJ Lord, Diplo, Toddla T, Rusko and many more.
He has collaborated ,written and remixed tunes for artists such as Zion Train, Nanci Correia, Clinton Sly, Ancient Astronauts, Fitta Warri, King Bracket, I-lodica, Jonas McCLoud, Bay B Kane, Roommate, Demolition Man, Se Fire, Sisyphos, Parly B, Ed West, Tenja and many others.
The last few years have seen him play at clubs and festivals in countries such as The UK, Austria, Croatia, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Greece and has shared the stage with artists as prestigious as Horace Andy, Alborosie, Congo Natty, Zion Train, Dub Pistols, Mungo’s Hi Fi and many, many more.

SUN COLLECTIVE https://soundcloud.com/suncollectivenl

Dub//Reggae//Dubstep//Stepper//Ambient

Amsterdam based DJ & producers collective.