Sigha’s combination of cavernous soundscapes and stoically forward-skanking beats happens to be pretty much at the edge of dubstep/minimal-crossover, which has become so popular over the past year. Carefully mixed down on London’s legendary Plastic-People-Soundsystem – he’s running a monthly night there – his ostensibly calm and fragile productions turn out to be hitting dancefloors ultra-hard once they’re played on a big system. In fact it was only a matter of time before he would draw the attention of Scuba and the likes. With “Bruised” and “Expansions”, Sigha’s first release continues to draw the Hotflush Two label down a deeper, more techno-infused path. His musical influences come from artists such as Shed, Marcel Dettmann, and Pole, as well as dubstep masters Martyn and 2562. His much sought-after dubs have received massive support from camps such as Ruffage (Ramadanman/Ben UFO/Pangea), Immersed (Kidkut/Thinking) and last not least Dubsquare & friends.

Debuting in 2005 on Graz’ Houseverbot imprint as one third of the Winterstrand collective, Simon/off’s unique style has been constantly evolving since then. Being heavily influenced by Dubstep and IDM-ish sounds recently, his tunes enjoy support by the likes of Distance (Rinse FM), Bunzer0 (Sub FM) or Rob Booth (Electronic Exploration). Simon/off’s intoxicating live-shows have already fascinated audiences all across Europe. For 2009 a 12″ on US-based label Surface Tension is scheduled.

Dubster is a member of Vienna’s Dubquake Crew, whose groundshaking dub-nights at Fluc_wanne have definitely been one of the highlights in 2008 – expect a fine selection of UK dub sounds.

The night will be hosted by IZC from Dubsquare Records.

Loads of new dubs by DJ Hoax, El Rakkas, T-wok, Vibezin and others in hour one, before DJ Se.vero from Klub Sir3ne took over for his Sub.FM-debut.

Dates

Mar 5: Protest in solidarity with the murdered Roma in Hungary @ Parlament/Vienna (5pm)
Mar 6: Klub Sir3ne w/ High Tone Soundsystem feat. Led Piperz, Se.vero, Odd, Aka Tell, Rak3te @ Fluc_wanne/Wien
Mar 6: Binär & Quehenberger (live), Flight, Breakage, Equinox, Plak @ Arsenal, Objekt 210/Wien
Mar 7: Kode Dubstep w/ 16bit, Motorv8a, Geroyche @ Atomino/Chemnitz
Mar 7: IZC, c0p, Sowjet @ Kino Café/Pécs
Mar 8: International Women Day @ U3 Johnstrasse/Vienna (2pm)
Mar 12: Dubsquare Radio @ Sub FM

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Dates

Feb 27: Dogs Bollocks presents Dubsquare Records w/ Simon/off (live), The Sci-fi Trackers (live), Ca.tter, El Rakkas, IZC @ Radio FM4 (10pm-?)
Feb 27: Camouflage Club w/ Marcel Fengler, Comante, Detronic, Beatservac BMC, Hobbez @ Camera/Wien
Feb 27: Disko404 w/ Bizzy B, Murderbot, Kulix, Tetsuo, 00piano, Kilmou @ Postgarage/Graz
Mar 3: iSueYou w/ The Sci-fi Trackers (live) @ Rhiz/Wien
Mar 5: Dubsquare Radio w/ Se.vero, Odd, IZC @ Sub FM

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Streaming straight outta Budapest, Dubphase Crew’s DJ Gumilap was joining me for an extended session.

Dates

Feb 20: Se.Vero, Copan, Mirun, Dubster, Rak3te @ ClubU/Vienna
Feb 20: Freakcamp w/ 2nd II None, Get Up Get Down, Timeblind, J-Trex, 2Krazy, Skratch @ VCF/Berlin
Feb 21: BWO! w/ Peverelist, Ramadanman, Headhunter, Pussykontrol, Aurora, Biomat, Detlef Dakar, Telewell @ Subclub/Bratislava
Feb 21: Dubphase w/ Bunzer0, IZC, Lexxus, Gumilap, Kebab, DST @ Mono/Budapest
Feb 26: Dubsquare Radio @ Sub FM

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Merging shows, DJ c0p (Pécs, Hungary) and IZC (Bécs, Austria) in a back-2-back session with tons of dubs.

Dates

Feb 12: Dub Trap w/ IZC, c0p, Eristek, Pia8 @ Subclub/Bratislava
Feb 13: Innit? w/ Noiz, Molez, SPL, Stila, boc @ IH Cafe/Szeged
Feb 14: Sub.Island w/ Breakage, Instra:mental, Derric, Histepp, OneTake, Schneman (mc) @ Conne Island/Leipzig
Feb 19: Dubsquare Radio @ Sub FM

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Today with a guest-set by M-Step, one half of The Sci-fi Trackers, in the second half of the show. Before that, I’ll be presenting a couple of unreleased dubstep tunes mixed up with strage sounds from Lagos to Kingston, fresh records I picked up during my trip to Berlin last weekend.

Dates

Feb 6: Precious Pressure w/ Elusive Bastard, Operation (mc), Simon/off, Slick Devlan, Feelipa, BLO, El Rakkas, Sub Scientist, Neurologic @ Ska/Graz
Feb 7: Smash §278 w/ Melissa Logan f/ PMS (live), Bulbul (live), Glutamat (live), First Fatal Kiss (live), Krane (live), Sweet Sweet Moon (live), Gschuh (live), Terror Entertainment (live), Sweet Susie, Shushu, Ehfer, Mess.u @ WUK/Wien
Feb 6-8: Audio Poverty w/ Kodwo Eshun & Kode9 (lecture), Modified Toy Orchestra (live), Quarta 330 (live), DJ/rupture & Brian Shimkovitz, Vamanos and others @ Haus der Kulturen/Berlin
Feb 11: Dubsquare Intl. w/ c0p, Detlef Dakar, Koe, IZC @ Rhiz/Vienna
Feb 12: Dubsquare Radio @ Sub FM

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