ASCENSION

ASCENSION RETURNS ON SATURDAY JUNE 6TH!!!

 WE HAVE ANOTHER FINELY CURATED SELECTION OF DJS AND ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE LAND, AS WE JOIN FORCES TO BLAZE PURE FIRE!!!!!!!!! INNA BOURNEMOUTH TOWN CENTRE!!!!!!!!

JUST 3 MINUITES WALK FROM THE BEACH, THIS EVENT IS SET TO TAKE PLACE AT BELOW ZERO BAR, INSIDE OF HELCH MARKET, WHERE WE SHALL ANNOUNCE THE LOCATION OF OUR MIDNIGHT VIP AFTERPARTY.

HELCH MARKET HAS SOME OF THE BEST LOCAL FOOD VENDERS AND A WELL STOCKED BAR WITH AN ECLECTIC DRINKS SELECTION @ BELOW ZERO BAR.

I PERSONALLY RECOMMEND LOCO LIME, THE BRAISED BEEF SHORT RIB TACOS ARE 10/10 AND SO IS THE REST OF THEIR MENU...

FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL OCCASION WE ARE JOINED BY SOME HEAVYWEIGHT VETERANS OF THEIR CRAFT.

*YOGIMAN, HAILING FROM LONDON AND READING, WILL BE BLESSING US WITH A DUB TO JUNGLE SET FEATURING VINYLS AND DUBPLATES FROM HIS VAST COLLECTION. YOGIMAN HAS BEEN SMASHING DANCES ACROSS LONDON, READING AND FESTIVALS THROUGHOUT THE UK.

HE HOSTS A REGULAR RADIO SHOW ON the hub.i-live radio.com TWICE A MONTH ON A THURSDAY. 

YOGIMAN OFTEN MERGES HIS SPOKEN WORD AND POETRY IN HIS SETS OFFERING WORDS OF WISDOM AND ALWAYS CARRYING A STRONG AND EMPOWERING MESSAGE WITH HIS SELECTIONS, THE PERFECT DJ TO SET A SOLID FOUNDATION AT OUR EVENT. SO ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISAPOINTMENT.

ALSO WE HAVE

* DJ BREAKNECK UK COMING ALL THE WAY OVER FROM BRISTOL WITH AN EXTORTIONATE AMOUNT OF        DUBPLATES FROM THE JUNGLE SCENE, READY TO BLESS THE PEOPLE WITH A WIDE RANGE OF EXCLUSIVE VERSIONS OF POWERFULL CLASSICS AS WELL AS FRESH UNHEARD AND UNRELEASED MATERIAL. BREAKNECK IS ALSO HEAD MASTERING ENGINEER AT BOX FULLA RECORDS... DORSETS NO 1 JUNGLE LABEL.

WE ARE SO GREATFULL THAT BREAKNECK IS ABLE TO JOIN US ON THE NIGHT.

* DJ D-TOX, BOURNEMOUTHS ORIGINAL JUNGLIST FROM BACK IN THE DAY!!!!! 

HIS CAREER SPANS OVER 25 YEARS.

HE IS WELL KNOWN IN THE JUNGLE AND DNB SCENE, PLAYING ALL BOURNEMOUTHS BIGGEST RAVES ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE WORLDS GREATEST JUNGLE AND DRUM AND BASS DJS OF ALL TIME AS WELL AS SMASHING MANY FESTIVALS ACROSS THE UK AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY.

ONE OF THE MAIN PILLARS, IF NOT THE ONLY PILLAR HOLDING UP THE LOCAL JUNGLE SCENE AT CERTAIN TIMES OVER THE YEARS...

D-TOX RUNS BOX FULLA RECORDS WHO HAVE BEEN PUTTING OUT QUALITY JUNGLE PRODUCTIONS AND HOSTING REGULAR EVENTS FOR THE PEOPLES FOR CONSIDERABLE TIME NOW....

BE SURE TO CATCH HIS SET ON THE NIGHT.

*DJ PESTICIDE HAS BEEN MIXING SINCE A WEE NIPPER AND IS A WELL SEASONED PRODUCER AS WELL AS A WELL KNOWN DJ IN AND AROUND THE DORSET MUSIC/RAVE SCENE. 

HIS CAREER ALSO SPANS DECADES PLAYING MANY EVENTS AND FESTIVALS.

HE WAS RESIDENT DJ AT VIBES EVENTS FOR SOME TIME AND IS NOW PART OF THE TEAM AT VOID ACCOUSTICS.

THIS IS AN ARTIST YOU WANT ON YOUR TEAM, HE IS KNOWN A LOT FOR HIS MASHUP DJ STYLE, PLAYING WILD SETS FULL OF CLASS, CULTURE AND VARIETY TO KEEP EM GUESSING WHILST ALWAYS KEEPING THE DANCEFLOOR FULL.

HE HAS ASSURED ME HES GONNA PLAY A PROPPER JUNGLE/ DRUM AND BASS SET...  IM HAPPY IF HE VENTURES INTO OTHER REALMS THOUGH AS I HAVE FAITH AND TRUST IN HIM AS A HUMAN AND AS A TOP DJ THAT KNOWS HOW TO READ AND PLAY THE ROOM.

*RANDOM K, A HEAVYWEIGHT VETERAN MC OF THE LOCAL SCENE WHO KNOWS HOW TO THROW AND HOST A GOOD PARTY. HE HAS BEEN RESIDENT MC AT  THE BOX FULLA RECORDS MONTHLY EVENT AT THE FOUR HORSEMEN FOR YEARS NOW.

HE ALSO PERFORMS AND MAKES SONGS WITH THE BAND SMOKING SKILLS. HE ALWAYS KEEPS IT PROFESSIONAL AND KNOWS WHEN TO LET THE TUNE FLOW FREELY AND WHEN TO UNLEASH A LYRICAL BARRAGE.

* MC SKYDRO

HIS NAME SPEAKS VOLUMES.

ONE OF THE ORIGINAL TOP MCS OF THE LOCAL SCENE IF NOT THE ABSOLUTE BEST IN MY OPINION, SKYDRO HAS SMASHED SETS WITH PRETTY MUCH ALL THE GREATEST DJS FROM THE JUNGLE/DNB SCENE OVER THE YEARS.

* HIGHER POWER

STRAIGHT OUTTA LONDON AND ESSEX.

HIGHER POWER STARTED DJING AND PUTTING ON EVENTS AGED 8 USING A PANASONIC RADIO THAT HIS DAD GOT HIM.

FROM THE MOMENT HE SCANNED THE AIRWAVES, LISTENING TO PIRATES LIKE 101.3 ERUPTION FM, WEEKEND RUSH, KOOL; FM, FLAVA 87.6 FM DEJA VU 92.3 HE KNEW HE WANTED TO BE A DJ PLAYING REAL AND UNHEARD UNDERGROUND MUSIC THAT FEULED THE RAVE SCENE AND INDEED SHAPED SOCIETY.

HE FIRST APPEARED ON Y2K ESSEX FM AGED 16 AS AN MC UNDER A DIFFERENT ALIAS AND WENT ON TO DJ AND MC ON STATIONS LIKE JAM HOT FM (EAST LONDON) REAL FM, EMOTION FM AND RENEGADE FM AS WELL AS OWNING AND RUNNING ROCKWILDER FM (DAGENHAM/TOTTENHAM)

HE ALSO BEGAN PRODUCING MUSIC AT THIS TIME, OFTEN GETTING DUBS CUT AT PLANET PHAT (CALEDONIAN ROAD)

 2 DECADES LATER... HIGHER POWER IS A BIG PART OF THE JUNGLE SCENE IN BOURNEMOUTH.

HE HAS SWIFTLY BECOME ONE OF THE MOST REVERED DJS AND MCS WITH 2 RELEASES AGREED FOR THIS YEAR SO FAR. ONE OF WHICH IS ON BOX FULLA RECORDS AND ANOTHER ON HIS OWN IMPRINT, HIGHER POWER RECORDINGS.

HIGHER POWER HAS PLAYED ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT, ASWELL AS HOSTING/SHELLING SETS WITH TIM REAPER (FUTURE RETRO LONDON), COCO BRYCE (MYOR), DECIBELLA (AKO), DJ STORM, (METALHEADZ) DOC SCOTT (31 RECORDS) AND PHILTH TO NAME A FEW.

ON THE NIGHT HIGHER WILL TAKE YOU ON A MUSICAL JOURNEY DRAWING THE BEST TRACKS FROM THE DEPTHS OF HIS VAST COLLECTION.

IN THE PAST 8 YEARS ALONE, HE HAS SPENT THOUSANDS OF POUNDS INVESTING IN THE BEST MUSIC FROM VARIOUS SCENES WITHIN THE UNDERGROUND AND AROUND THE GLOBE.

HE HAS KINDLY AGREED TO PLAY A VINYL AND DIGITAL SET ON THE NIGHT, WHICH WILL BE ROUTED FIRMLY IN SOUNDSYSTEM / RAVE CULTURE / THE UNDERGROUND, WITH A FEW ANTHEMS CHOPPED AND BLENDED IN FOR GOOD MEASURE.

HE ENJOYS JOURNEYING THROUGH A RANGE OF GENRES INCLUDING..

CONSCIOUS REGGAE, BROKEN BEAT HOUSE, GARAGE, DUBSTEP, GRIME, 140, FOOTWORK, 160, JUNGLE AND A WIDE SPECTRUM OF DRUM AND BASS.

 WE ARE TOLD HE WILL MOSTLY PLAY JUNGLE AND DRUM AND BASS ON THE NIGHT...

THOUGH IN ALL HONESTY ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN DEPENDING ON CONDITIONS AND SELECTIONS PLAYED DURING THE EVENING.

HIGHER POWER IS A HIGH CALIBRE DJ, KNOWN TO NOT GIVE A RASS BOOGIE AND PLAY WHAT HE LIKES.

OCCASIONALLY HE WILL CHALLENGE THE TASTES AND PERCEPTIONS OF PARTY GOERS / MUSIC HEADS WITH DIFFERENT FUSIONS OF STLES AND GENRES, ASWELL AS BLOWING PEOPLES MINDS WITH SOME OF THE HARDEST AND MOST GENIUS PRODUCTIONS / DUBPLATES.

ESPECIALLY THOSE CRAFTED OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS.

WE ARE MAKING THIS EVENT AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO COME AND HAVE A SHARED EXPERIENCE VIA SOUND AND MOVEMENT.

IF YOU DO WISH TO CONTRIBUTE MORE ON THE NIGHT TO SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT IT WILL BE GREATFULLY RECEIVED AND PUT TO GOOD USE, AS THE EVENT WE ARE BRINGING YOU IS AN ABSOLUTE BARGAIN!!!

THERE WILL ALSO BE A SMALL MERCH/SUPPLY STALL WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE BOX FULLA T SHIRTS, SKINS, LIGHTERS, ETC. 

GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY/NOW!!! TO AVOID DISAPOINTMENT AND WE SHALL SEE YOU IN THE DANCE.

ONE LOVE, HIGHLY BLESSED.

ASCENSION.