The New York bass scene is getting TIGHT! Got ourselves a little family going, bonded by a love of dubstep, 2step, garage, UK funky, and bleepy hip hops. Tomorrow night, Cassette NYC is bringing together the extended crew for some mischief.

Matt Shadetek of Shadetek and Dutty Artz fame, Dub War head honcho Dave Q, Praveen and Machine Drum as Sepalcure, Ghostly's Mux Mool, and Melo X on the mic all come together tomorrow at Public Assembly. That's like 5 headliners in any other town! Here, they're just the homies. Make it a priority to stop on through.

There's a pretty good lineup at PS 1 this weekend too:

Animal Collective DJ Set / Domino

Blondes / Merok/RVNG Intl (live)

Oneohtrix Point Never / No Fun/Editions Mego, Brooklyn (live)

CFCF / Acéphale Records, Montreal (DJ set)

Babe Rainbow / Warp Records, Vancouver (live DJ set)

Prince Rama / Paw Tracks, Brooklyn (live)

And Body Language and Machinedrum are doing they thang at Mercury Lounge Saturday night.

Get out there and have some fun!

YO! Happy Monday e'rrybody! What a weekend! Hope you had a great weekend, partying and relaxing somewhere. I got stuck in the MIA shitshow, and should have stayed on land and done something low key instead, but I had that itchy trigger finger back when those tickets went on sale in March so oh well.

Taking a bit of a different direction with the blog post today, talking about light, rather than sound. Some friends of the family, so to speak, have dedicated themselves to the art of VJ'ing, learning every video and graphics program out there and turned their hobby into a career.

Now called Integrated Visions, Bryan and Michelle Dodson are at the bleeding edge of video art and installation running lights and video at Atlanta's hottest clubs and events. Here's something they did recently on a friend's house.

And here's an article about a full visual installation they did in the largest club in Macon, GA!

We think there's going to be a lot more of this stuff - called videomapping - in both the commercial and entertainment worlds really soon, so keep an eye out for this cool technology!

Finally, tonight's the final broadcast of Percussion Lab radio from the current Lab. Praveen and Sougwen are moving to a new place elsewhere in Brooklyn, so this is kind of a goodbye - and a congratulations to them on finding a new place. Enjoy guys!

Feeling the need to post up on this blog today. If you're like me, you got the summer thang goin' down - 90+ degree weather, more stuff happening than you can possibly fit into a given day, people peeling themselves out of layer after layer to reveal the inner sexy that's been hiding all winter long. There's a primal, dance till you drop feeling in the air at times like these, so whatcha gonna do about it?

If you're in NYC, tomorrow, check out Ratatat at PS 1's Warm Up event, a must see for any tru school NYer's summer. Also, every year, the museum hosts an architecture competition; the winner places an installation in the courtyard, in the middle of the Warm Up dance space. This year, the installation goes interactive; Solid Objectives - Idenburg Liu (SO - IL) created 'Pole Dance', an interconnected system of poles and bungees that, basically, you're invited to play with. Add in some delicious beer (on sale at Warm Up) and the places lax policy towards herbal remedies, and you've got yourself one of the coolest adult playgrounds in the world. Go forth and enjoy!

Sunday brings garage/UK funky pioneer Todd Edwards to the Sunday Best party in Bushwick. I haven't been to the new spot yet, so I can't comment on capacity or vibe, but Todd is a legend, hands down. If you're in town, don't sleep on this one, it's going to be one for the books.

Our fearless leader, Praveen, and his lil ole side project Sepalcure are the number one download on xlr8r today, kudos to Pdog and Travis for that one. There's some super secret stuff in the works for Sepalcure that just might blow your mind, so stay tuned!

A couple of mixes I wanted to share with you: On xlr8r, Mosca's mix from June has gotten universally positive reviews. Do yourself a favor and give it a listen.

Closer to home, we finished out our ATL State of Mind mix series with a slice of warm techno from the one like Inferno. Thanks mang, and big ups Heat Promo!

And finally, from the one and only Ninjamixdump, a gift to all the dubheads. Adrian Sherwood live at the Inputoutpost Festival, who knows when. Sooooo good.

Praveen is working on tunes this weekend, but I'm taking my ass here. So remember, wherever you are this weekend the man next to you is your brother, and you damn well better treat each other that way, cuz if you don't, we blow the whole thing. but we've got it right there. Or something like that. (Remember that one? HAHA, you're old).

Trust me, WE'VE GOT IT. You, and ME.

Peace.

To see what condition my condition is in. So to speak.

I love to dance, but in the weather we had until yesterday, you kind of wish the party was in a pool. Saturday night, Cassette NYC had a killer event at Public Assembly, with LD dropping a mix of dubstep's greatest hits from the last year or two - heavy on the Joker - interspersed with newer, garage heavy cuts. I was sweating my ass off, and so was the relatively packed house. But the turnout was amazing; it really feels like bass in NYC has a dedicated, into it bunch of people really into the scene. A family, if you will. I like that.

On to the news...What started last summer as a therapeutic side project for Praveen and Machinedrum has begun bubbling up on the international dance music radar. Tonight on her BBC1 Experimental Show, the Queen of Bass music, Mary Ann Hobbs premiers an exclusive mix by Sepalcure. This series is the litmus test for our scene; sets from Breakage, dnb producer Amit, Burial, Amon Tobin, Kryptic Minds, Vaccine, and, recently, Addison Groove have literally defined the outer boundaries of the electronic music spectrum for years. Ms. Hobbs is known for her unflagging support for the fringes of dance music, and her ability to bring those esoteric elements into focus in a way that moves this culture forward, week by week. It's gonna be a hell of a mix. Congrats guys, the future is now.

As for me and my condition, the weather has been brutal, no? Today's drop in temperature is a welcome relief; life feels 100% more stressful when you're dripping sweat before you even get on the subway. I have mentioned before feeling like time is flying with no way to stop it or make the adjustments you feel might be necessary to assure yourself a more perfect future; heat accelerates that. The manic schedule of the summer - the need to pack in as much fun as possible while it's nice outside - exacerbate that feeling of, well, losing touch. What am I saying? Slow down. This mix right here is good. So is this one. We have over 1100 mixes on here, so remember to dig.

Talk to you soon?