The Leeds Gig Guide

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Following our most triumphant Halloween link up with the boys from Death to Videodrome, Gonzo is back again with another awesome rave up for you lucky lucky people. Down at our usual haunt The Beaver Works we will be bringing you three rooms of quality electronic music, live visuals, dancers and more....

GONZO - FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27th

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ROOM 1:CONFLAGRATION

DUBSTEP/BASSLINE/BOOTY/TECHNO/OLDSCHOOL

KANJI KINETIC (Electrostimulation/Rag&Bone/Troubl&Bass/Tigerbeat6)

"London's kanji kinetic is a dedicated bass motherfucker! He's one of those guys who crosses genres on a journey to find the illustrious bass! If his love of bass was a weapon it'd be like an Uzi shaped Deathstar!"

http://www.myspace.com/djkanji
http://www.electrostimulation.co.uk/

SQUIRE OF GOTHOS (Electrostimulation/Coin Operated)

"Hailing from the birthplace of bassline, Sheffield duo Squire of Gothos fuse womping speed garage with dubstep, techno and ragga vocals to produce grimey bass driven bangers, destroying any dancefloor with devastating effect!"

http://www.myspace.com/thesquireofgothos

CURSOR MINER (Lo-Recordings/Noodles/Combat Recordings)

"Combining dancefloor anthems and dirty twisted breaks with off the wall experimentation. Cursor miner has been likened to what would happen if syd barret, beck and bowie combined with kraftwerk, autechre and aphex twin in the middle of an early nineties illegal rave!"

http://www.myspace.com/cursorminer
http://www.rootnot.co.uk/

P45 (Room 237)

The promoter behind Leeds electronica night Room 237. "P45's genre transcending dexterity takes in the experimental dupstep trip of Vex'd, industrial techno of Surgeon the future glitch of Flying Lotus and the scattered drum and bass of Amon Tobin!"

http://www.myspace.com/djp45
http://www.rm237.co.uk

GWYLO (Dirtyload/Gonzo)

OG or Original Gonzo, founder member Gwylo will no doubt be smashing up the dancefloor with his own dark and industrial high octane rave anthems. Combining hardcore, jungle, ragga, dubstep, booty and more with effortless authority in his own unique accomplished style.

http://www.myspace.com/gwylo
http://www.gonzo.me.uk

CHRIS KUBEX (Dead Channel/Gonzo)

Gonzo stalwart and Dead channel co-creator Chris kubex is a techno veteran, electronica expert, prolific producer and a pioneering DJ. Expect a heavy dose of dark and twisted bass driven, techno fuelled dance floor killers.

http://www.myspace.com/iamkubex
http://www.dead-channel.com

GOATRIDER (Conflagration/Gonzo)

Conflagrations champion of the old school. Excpect piano hardcore, hoovers, amen breaks, singalong anthems and big banging numbers as the dance commander takes you on a journey through the history of rave!

http://www.myspace.com/goatrideruk

DANALOG AND WRIGHT DOGG (Conflagration/Gonzo)

A battle of the basslines. Wright Dogg will be championing the sound of pure bassline, garage and speed garage with a little dose of the Old School. Coming in from the other end of the spectrum will be Conflagrations very own Danalog with the new wave of Splatterbass fuelled, wobby techno driven, dubstep flavoured, bangers!

http://www.myspace.com/conflagrationleeds

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ROOM 2: BRISTOL BATTLEGROUNDS INVASION FEATURING AUDIO ASYLUM, DRUM DISCIPLES, WRONG MUSIC, DEATHSUCKER AND LIFE4LAND

DUBSTEP/TECHNO/JUNGLE/BREAKCORE/GABBA

DEVILMAN (Wrong Music/ADAT/Load Recordings)

Live Dubstep side project from the legendary gameboy gabba nutter DJ Scotch Egg and Gorgonn from japanese doom dubsters Dokkebi Q.

http://www.myspace.com/djscotchegg
http://www.djscotchegg.com
http://www.myspace.com/kikihitomi
http://www.3qreq.com
http://www.myspace.com/gorgonn

PARASITE (Deathsucker)

Head honcho of Deathscucker and D:Swat and promoter of the legendary Bristol nights Toxic Dancehall and Bashout. Bringing from bristol his distorted spastic ragga rhythms and splattering breakcore!

http://www.myspace.com/parasitexxxx
http://www.parasite.org.uk

DEMON CABBAGE (Wrong Músic)

Wrong Musics Bristol lynchpin co-promoter of the massive battlegrounds night at motion skatepark. Demon cabbage has a reputation for his destructive genre crossing sets which consist of DnB, Jungle, Gabber, Techno, Dubstep, Heavy Metal, Grindcore through to noise.

http://www.myspace.com/demoncabbage
http://www.wrongmusic.com

GHOST (Life4Land)

Life4lands main man is becoming a regular here at Gonzo. His awesome live sets are full of raw power, fractured jungle rhytms, techy breakcore and clinical producition techniques.

http://www.myspace.com/ghost-life4land
http://www.ghost-life4land.co.uk

LXP (Deathchant/Anti-Clone/Drum Disciples)

One of Bristol's most fearsome producers/DJ. Promoter of Drum Disciples and co-promoter of the massive Battlegrounds nights in Bristol. As well as releases on Anticlone LXP has had tracks released on Deathchant with The Teknoist. The Darkest of Drum and Basscore, ragga jungle, breakcore and hardcore!

http://www.myspace.com/lxpbristol

MATTYCORE (Life4land/DMT)

As a member of two of the UK's biggest and best known underground party crews, Life4land in Cambridge and DMT in Bristol its obvious that Mattycore is a talented DJ and producer!

http://www.myspace.com/mattycore23
http://www.dmtsounds.co.uk/

GROOVE (Audio Asylum/DMT)

Promoter of Audio Asylum and co-promoter of the incredibly huge Battlegrounds in Bristol. Groove runs the DMT record shop in Bristol so expect all the heavy weaponry in his well stocked record box to be dusted off for a good old fashioned stomp out!

http://www.myspace.com/asylumgroover

STEVE IRRITANT (Anti-Clone)

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ROOM 3: DEAD CHANNEL

ELECTRO/ELECTRONICA/EXPERIMENTAL/DUBSTEP/TECHNO

PROD (Pollinate)

It's jazztronica time! The funkbox himself is back at gonzo for another virtuoso performance of live, soul filled glitchy electronica and techno with a hint of garage, digi sax et al!

http://www.myspace.com/prodster
http://www.tastymusic.co.uk

HEADCLEANER (Terra/Rephlex/Gonzo)

Last seen bringing down the house as part of the clartbuster morris show in August. The Mad Proffessor himself is back on his own bringing with him his dazzling collection of crazy modular boxes, circuit bent toys, commodore 64 and more to perform another jaw dropping set of techno fused experimental electronica.

http://www.myspace.com/daveheadcleaner
htrtp://www.gonzo.me.uk

DEFUNKT DIALEKT (Kraktronik/SpaceBarSentiments/FHT)

aka Jade One from Birmingham, technically one of the most gifted artists around he will be tearing it up on two laptops and a scratch mixer with his brummie klart electro and dubstep. Master of glitch, complex rhythms, big sounds and noises you've never ever heard before!

http://www.myspace.com/defunktdialekt
http://www.myspace.com/jadeone

SQUARED (Pollen/Pollinate)

Promoter of the esteemed electronica night Pollen here in Leeds and London and Pollinate records boss. Gonzo is proud to welcome back Squared now a london resident to leeds to play a set of his own finely crafted lush electronica, IDM and techno creations!

http://www.myspace.com/squaredx
http://www.pollinaterecords.com

QUIP (Centrifuge)

Live electronica and techno. Quip makes a quickfire return to the Gonzo line up following an impressive set back in September

http://www.myspace.com/quipmusic
http://www.quipmusic.co.uk

ANT ORANGE (Dead Channel/Gonzo)

The other half of Dead Channel, Mr Smooth and Fresh has an array of hip hop, funk, electronica and jungle to call upon, from his record collection to his own exquisitely produced creations its all of the highest quality!

http://www.myspace.com/antorange
http://www.gonzo.me.uk

WOBBLE N DUBB (Dead Channel/Gonzo)

Bringing together the mighty talents of Micoland and Naff Dogg. These Gonzo residents are building a reputation for producing high energy dual laptop sets utilising the sounds of dubtep, bassline, techno and jungle amongst others with a baffling arsenal of effects that keep the crowd guessing!

http://www.myspace.com/wobblendubbmusic
http://www.www.dead-channel.com

SAL VOLATILE (Dead Channel/Gonzo)

Newest Gonzo resident Sal Volatile s musical output has been getting stronger of late. Another one of the Brummie massive his dark and moody dubstep and electro is a welcome addition to the sound of Gonzo!

http://www.myspace.com/sal-volatile

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LIVE VISUALS
BOOTY DANCERS
FREE CDS

FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER, BEAVERWORKS, LEEDS, 10PM-6AM, £8 TICKETS PLUS BOOKING FEE, £10 ON THE DOOR

FREE PARTY BUS FROM THE FENTON AND HYDE PARK PICTURE HOUSE