Clubs / Nightlife

Friday, May 1, 2009

Café Capital, Antwerpen | Doors open at 11pm | €8 w/pre-mail / €10 on door

• MARCEL DETTMANN
• WILL O’BRIEN

SUB-SCAPE presents Marcel Dettmann, resident DJ at Berlin’s infamous techno mecca Berghain and recording artist for Ostgut Ton and his own MDR imprint, on Friday 1st May at Café Capital in Antwerp’s city park. Dettmann’s only previous performance in Belgium was at I Love Techno in 2008. Renowned for his marathon DJ sessions at Berghain, he’ll play a special long set at SUB-SCAPE which is sure to be something that will live even longer in the memory !

Reduced entrance price – info@sub-scape.com

Friday, April 3, 2009

Café Capital, Antwerpen | Doors open at 11pm | €10 in advance

• JUAN ATKINS
• WILL O’BRIEN

SUB-SCAPE proudly presents Juan Atkins, the originator of Detroit techno music, on Friday 3rd April at Café Capital in Antwerp’s Stadspark.

At the dawn of the 1980s, Juan Atkins began recording what stands as perhaps the most influential body of work in the field of techno. Exploring his vision of a futuristic music which welded the more cosmic side of Parliament funk with rigid computer synth-pop embodied by Kraftwerk and the techno-futurist possibilities described by sociologist Alvin Toffler, Atkins produced hi-tech dance music gems under aliases such as Cybotron, Model 500 and Infiniti. The track "Clear," recorded by Atkins and Rick Davis as Cybotron in 1982, is widely regarded as being the very first techno release.

Juan founded his own label, Metroplex Records, and recorded his first single as Model 500, "No UFO’s", in 1985. This seminal track, along with other groundbreaking Metroplex singles like "Night Drive", "Interference" and "The Chase", set the template for Detroit techno; moody and sublime machine music, inspired by the drone of automated factories and trips down the I-96 freeway late at night.

His output continued during the nineties through Belgian R&S Records and Berlin’s Tresor Records. Atkins visited Tresor’s studio in 1993 and worked with 3MB, the in-house production team of Thomas Fehlmann and Moritz Von Oswald. He returned to Berlin several years later to begin recording what was, surprisingly, his first album since the days of Cybotron. Finally, in mid-1995, R&S released the debut Model 500 album, "Deep Space". The label also released "Classics", a crucial compilation of Model 500’s best Metroplex singles output. Another retrospective, Tresor’s "Infiniti Collection", traced Atkins’ work as Infiniti, recorded from 1991 to 1994. The second full Model 500 album, "Mind and Body", was released in 1999 on R&S.

Since then Atkins has remained active, releasing an album of new productions entitled "The Berlin Sessions" and compiling the "20 Years Metroplex" double-disc, both released by Tresor.

More recently Juan has embarked on a Model 500 live project with a line-up of Detroit musicians including Mad Mike Banks of Underground Resistance.

"High Tech Soul", a documentary exploring the deep roots of techno music alongside the cultural history of Detroit, focuses on Atkins along with fellow techno innovators Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson and explains why techno, with its abrasive tones and resonating basslines, could not have come from anywhere but Detroit.

Those who appreciate true techno music will not want to miss this chance to hear Magic Juan Atkins play in the intimate setting that is SUB-SCAPE at Café Capital.

Support from resident Will O’Brien.

Presale tickets available at Fnac stores and online at www.fnac.be

Café Capital, Rubenslei 37, Stadspark, 2018 Antwerp

Friday, March 6, 2009

Café Capital, Antwerpen | Doors open at 11pm | €7 w/pre-mail / €9 on door

• ROB HALL
• WILL O’BRIEN

Rob Hall’s style is genuinely refreshing, distinctive, and energetic. The defining characteristic of his performances is his ability to expertly blur the lines between techno, electronica, industrial, ebm, rave, and electro. He sensitively moves between these genres without losing flow or momentum, creating a cohesive but constantly shifting set, while managing to tailor his selections to suit the performers he is playing with on the night and for the entertainment of the audience he is playing for.

Rob began his career at techno night Megatripolis held weekly at the legendary London venue Heaven. His first of many appearances there was with Autechre in the summer of 1992. Rob Hall’s connection to Autechre is long established and infact Autechre have been his most valued friends and biggest supporters. He has played support DJ on most of the highly successful Warp duo’s tours over the last 14 years.

From 1995 to 2006, he also worked closely with Andy Maddocks and Ged O’Hara running the highly revered and respected Skam Recordings label, releasing music from artists including Gescom, Bola, Shadowhuntaz and Boards of Canada.

Rob has also contributed to numerous productions, remixes and live sets as part of the Gescom project, a collective consisting of a diverse range of producers, including Autechre and Bola. Many DJs and producers cite the work of Autechre and Gescom as being highly inspirational on their work, including Radiohead, LFO, Surgeon, Coil, Oscar Mulero, Mark Broom and Exium.

After 17 years of refusing to compromise or dumb down his sound, Rob Hall’s skills are constantly in demand and he is widely regarded as one of the most talented and influential DJs in his field, with Mark Broom, Surgeon, Regis, Ellen Allien, Meat Beat Manifesto, Andrea Parker, Plaid, LFO, Squarepusher, Speedy J, Marco Passarani and Adam X all happy to wax lyrical about his sets.

SUB-SCAPE will bring some of the most exciting artists in the underground techno scene to the Antwerp’s Café Capital, including names such as Function, Rob Hall, Juan Atkins, and Marcel Dettmann.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Café Capital, Antwerpen | Doors open at 11pm | €7 w/pre-mail / €9 on door

• FUNCTION
• WILL O’BRIEN

SUB-SCAPE proudly presents Function, one of the driving forces behind the revered record label Sandwell District on Friday 6th February at Café Capital in Antwerp.

Sandwell District is, without doubt, THE underground techno label of the moment. With support from all quarters (they count Marcel Dettmann, Ben Klock, Len Faki and the Berghain crew, Laurent Garnier, Miss Kitten, Jeff Mills, Sleeparchive, Speedy J and Troy Pierce among their many devotees) they have not just blurred the boundaries of techno, but have dissolved them and re-built it in their own unique image.

As stalwarts of the hugely influential Downwards label, Function and Regis have been breaking down and re-arranging the D.N.A of conventional dance music for over a decade. Sandwell District however is very much it’s own animal and although it shares many of its ideals with the iconic Downwards, it is very much a label of the here and now. As Beatportal recently put it, "Influential British techno label Downwards are causing waves with their new imprint Sandwell District, as is Marcel Dettmann, Shed and Sleeparchive, who have all picked up where Downwards left techno in the late 1990s."

With Function already scoring 2 massive underground hits in 2008, with his ‘Isolation’ and ‘Anticipation’ EPs and Regis causing major waves on the underground as his alter ego KALON, it seems as if in the past 12 months, Sandwell District can do no wrong. Going from strength to strength with every release, so far this year both Function’s mighty ‘Isolation’ and the Kalon and Function Mixes of Silent Servant’s ‘Violencia’ earned DJ Mag ‘techno record of the month’, Function’s ‘Anticipation’ held the #1 Bestselling Techno Record position for 6 weeks on Juno in June the label earned Resident Advisor’s prestigous, Label of the Month, and currently the Kalon and Function mixes of Silent Servant are getting major airplay and DJ Support. And now with mixes from Marcel Dettmann and Troy Pierce in the pipeline for the next Sandwell 12"s, as well as Function remixing Miss Kitten, Heartthrob (Minus) and the Richie Hawtin, Joey Beltram and Mundo Muzique +8 classic, Final Exposure ‘Vortex’, 2009 is already promising to be another major year for SANDWELL DISTRICT.

Function will perform a special semi-live dj set incorporating vintage Roland synths and drum machines for the first time in Belgium on Friday 6th February with support from resident Will O’Brien.

Reduced entrance price with pre-mail from info@sub-scape.com