Party: Bass Element 9th B Day feat Mind Vortex & June Miller

Party: Bass Element 9th B Day feat Mind Vortex & June Miller

Bass Element presents...

Bass Element 9th Birthday Party

feat

☢ Mind Vortex [UK] - RAM Records ☢
www.soundcloud.com/mind-vortex

&

☢ June Miller [NL] - RAM Records ☢
www.soundcloud.com/junemiller



Support:
⚛ DnBassador
⚛ Underground
⚛ Logic & Sound

Studio, Hq Complex

$25 before 11 $30 after


MIND VORTEX

Sometimes all it takes is one tune. One tune and that’s it: your life will never be the same again. For schoolmates Laurie Carroll and Stefan Anfield is was Resonant Evil’s Renegade Hardware 2003 classic ‘Troubleshoot’. The second they heard those haunted chords and sneering, snarling bassline they knew drum & bass was going to be a major force in their life. The shamanic state it left them in even influenced their name: Mind Vortex.
The rest is D&B history… Ram instantly recognised Laurie and Stefan’s talents and, after a debut on Plush Recordings, signed them exclusively. ‘Now It’s Time’ and ‘Onslaught’ were the first signs of Mind Vortex’s presence on Ram. Debuted on Andy C’s critically acclaimed ‘Nightlife 5’ mix, they instantly reflected the duos understanding of the wider extremities of drum & bass science. While ‘Now It’s Time’ showed a knack for funky hooks and well executed vocal work, ‘Onslaught’ proved the pair had just as much knowledge of the darkside with its unrelenting bass texture and cunning sense of classical drama.
Their debut Ram single ‘Hotbox’ followed and quickly cemented them as one of drum & bass’s most exciting new acts. Whipping up bonafide hype from January 2012 onward, it dominated the drum & bass charts at both BBC 1Xtra and Beatport, gradually tearing a hole out of the entire year. Still widely regarded by many DJs as one of THE tunes of the year, it struck the perfect balance of vibrant, chart-alluring hooks and outrageously raucous bottom end. Naturally the year ended with a fitting climax; their slamming mix on Ram’s Drum & Bass Annual 2012 went straight to number one in the iTunes dance chart.
With fans such as Zane Lowe, Mistajam, Grooverider, Bailey, Crissy Criss, DJ Hype and Drumsound and weekly DJ appearances across Europe, Australia and the US, Mind Vortex remain hot property as we look into the future. 2013 will see more exciting new material including new single ‘Alive / Arc’; yet another devastating double header that exemplifies their wide range as producers, ‘Alive’ is rare moment of song-written drum & bass beauty while ‘Arc’ slams us back into the same bass-bashed casualties that ‘Hotbox’ caused.
And there’s plenty more to follow. With a water-tight production regime, no time is wasted between the duo; both know when it’s right for the other to take the lead as they bounce exciting ideas back and forth until they’re honed and polished to production perfection… And ready to influence the next generation. Just like Resonant Evil did with them exactly 10 years ago.

JUNE MILLER

A transcontinental duo, Mark McCann and Bart van Dijk met under bizarre circumstances. Mark ran a small independent record label in the UK, Bart played guitar in a Dutch hardcore punk band Deluge. Neither of them knew of each other’s existence. One morning Mark received Deluge’s album ‘Spot In The Shadow’. Unsolicited, to this very day he still doesn’t know who sent the CD to him. Pressing play, the band’s uncompromising energy and attitude instantly inspired him. He picked up the phone and organised a UK tour.
Applying their musical knowledge and intuition to drum & bass they got to work, picking up production skills and learning the scene’s roots with the fever that initially united them. Within a year they felt confident enough to get their material out there. June Miller was born.
Within a year the duo had already scorched the scene with their distinctive, no-holds-barred technique. Renegade Hardware legend Loxy was the first to pick up on their talent and potential, signing them to his well respected label Cylon. A ‘Best Up & Coming Act’ accolade at the Dutch Drum & Bass Awards soon followed. As did releases on Horizons, Deep Soul, Renegade Hardware and Critical… Each release revealing a new depth: Icy tech-laced rhythms, savage bass sneers, forthright melodic hooks and complex sonic textures. Each release securing them more bookings around the world from Croydon to Croatia.
It wasn’t long before they attracted the attention of Ram Records. Andy C had been following them since their very first release and made the bold move to sign one of their most distinctive releases to date: ’64 Thousand’, featuring Mark and Bart’s old friends, a hardcore band named Secret Handshake Club.
A rocket-fuelled boundary-breaking fusion of June Miller’s biggest passions past and future, ’64 Thousand’ was unlike anything else on the scene. Released on the label’s new-talent- hyping ‘Dimensions’ series it caused tremors across the globe’s dancefloors. Maxing the rave richter scale to breaking point, it forged an exciting new relationship with Ram Records. A relationship that’s cemented a new level in June Miller’s career.
2012 saw the duo go into disciplined studio hibernation. Crafting a whole new legion of tracks for Ram, refining their sonic skills to a whole new level. Devout evangelists of the of both hardcore and drum & bass’s extremities, June Miller resonate with an exciting energy and focus that the dancefloor has only just started to experience…