Dark and eerie, with plumes of smoke lingering on the floor to mask the mass amounts of dancing feet that filled up Smart Bar for their weekly Dubstep/heavy Bass Thursday lineup the Chicago underground music scene has grown to know and love. This week, March 25th was a special day. Although the other events are growing in numbers as the popularity for the bass driven music genre is growing, this week in specific had a special guest. Coming all the way from the UK to blow the speakers and minds of local music enthusiasts, the dubstep DJ, DubPolice and Dubsoldiers founder, Caspa arrived ready to impress.
Spinning some old school classics, along with his personal favorites that he has grown to be known for, the dubstep DJ was a force to be reckoned with. Having done tracks with multiple worldwide artists such as Rusko and Deadmou5. Local favorite, Kid Sister was in the mix adding a guest appearance and vocals to an already mind blowing experience that would not be soon forgotten.
With the twirling of glow sticks, dancing of the full crowd, and sea of smiling faces, its amazing how quickly the new genre that is known for the skull crushing bass, wobble that makes the weak of heart dizzy, and overall mood of the songs, attract the most diverse crowd, from a multitude of different genres of music. All one can truly say is that each and every show is a great experience, accompanied by great people just looking to be moved by music like they have never been moved before. Welcome to the world of Dubstep.

Story by, Chris Hemstreet

Check out the rest of Caspa’s tunes at:
myspace.com/caspadubstep

as well as the local openers and residents for the Smart Bar event at:
Phaded:
myspace.com/sosophaded

Special Guest, MC Zulu:
myspace.com/zulumusic

Dark and loud, the pulsing of the heavy bass that made your chest feel like it was caving in, seemed to surround the room no matter where you were standing. The sound system at smart bar, dwarfing any other venue trying to have a clean, but heavy, heart pounding musical experience was evident. With the dance floor full of eager on lookers on March 11th at local heavy bass Thursday venue, Smart bar, were awaiting the fast approaching moment when the Canadian dubstep child prodigy, Excision, would take the stage, and the turntables.
A vastly unique style of laid back hip/hop vocals, mixed impeccably together with metal riffs and heavy bass lines, made the listening experience one of a kind. Making even the most passive on looker want to bounce around to the heavy style that Excision is known for. Track after track, anthems were dropped and all that could be heard over the loud roar of the audio system were yells of excitement followed by what seemed like the entire crowd head banging to the rhythm.
Arms positioned above their heads, crossed at the forearm to form the unmistakable “X” that signified none other than Excision, the crowd was just as excited as Excision seemed to be. The, what seemed like perfect flow of fast mixed with slow, hard with soft, and happy followed by angry, formed one solid cohesive set, that would have impressed even the most skeptical audience members, for what will be known to the event goers as, “The Day Excision Took Over Chicago”, and leave anyone that missed the epic showcase of the bass heavy, Canadian superstar clear and certain of one thing, a show like this will never be missed again.

Story By: Chris Hemstreet

For a chance to check out some of the tunes played at the show, or to see what you missed, check out the MySpace for Excision as well as the local openers for the night:

Excision:
http://www.myspace.com/excision
Dj Belly:
http://www.myspace.com/kevstoast
Akademy:
http://www.myspace.com/akademydub
Phaded:
http://www.myspace.com/sosophaded

A list of future dubstep events at Smart Bar, in Chicago, IL can be found at:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=272865832050&ref=ts

Thursday, January the 28^th, UK dubstep artist 16-Bit invaded Chicago at the weekly Dubstep Thursdays with his original tracks and heavy dropping DJ set at Smart Bar, in Chicago.  Fans of the underground musical movement that is known none other than dubstep were pleasantly surprised as soon as 16-Bit hit the stage.  Playing newly recorded tracks from the unreleased “The Exploding Fist” Ep was well accepted by the fans, and knew they were in for an exciting treat for his first Smart Bar visit.  The still underground genre is quickly taking flight and popularity in the electronic music scene with current dubstep DJ’s playing at huge world wide festivals and venues such as Coachella, Ultra, as well as local spots in Chicago and around the world.

Known for the heavy hitting bass and exciting build ups, the genre is quickly gaining popularity by attracting artists to do remixes of other dubstep tracks, as well as releasing cross genre tracks that have the heavy hitting bass that the genre is known for.  Check out 16-Bit’s Myspace for tour dates, as well as new tracks from the world wide touring sensation that is, 16-Bit.

Myspace.com/16bitmusic

By Chris Hemstreet