SXSW + Sub Swara’s Fugazi Remix

We’re headed down to Austin for the mixed media mayhem that is SXSW this week. Really looking forward to gettin’ down south, connecting, performing and eating a good breakfast taco or 2. In the spirit of stylistic confluence and general genre agnostic mashery that awaits in Austin, here’s our remix of Fugazi’s classic, “Waiting Room”. They’re a band that definitely is near and dear to us from way back in they day so grab it below for free! And if you’re at SXSW this week, come say hello at the Surefire Showcase at Barcelona this Saturday (3/20)- we play at 10 PM. Plastician, Debruit, Eskmo Lazer Sword and Kotchy are also on the bill so it’s gonna be a hell of a night!

SXSW + Sub Swara’s Fugazi Remix

Sub Swara Invades the Fader, and All Survive–a Recap & Update

Last week, Haj, Dhruva and I found ourselves in that very odd position of opening a magazine, looking at a picture of yourselves, and reading your own words back to yourself. It was all very Nabokov-esque, a bit narcissistic– but hey! Wait a minute! We’ve got work to do!

That work would be Dhruva & I dj’ing the launch party of Fader issue #66. We had a blast, lots of friends and family came out to boogie down, and we ran a host of material from the new album. check out some pix, courtesy of the fantastic Hannah Thiem.

There’s some great music highlighted in the issue; besides our current crush-du-jour Nicki Minaj, Balearic dubstep don Joy Orbison is featured as well. His tune “Hyph Mngo” was a mainstay of our sets in 2009 (making us pretty much the same as every other DJ, ever, since time began)… his new one, “So Derobe,” is mashed into our remix of Mochipet’s “Complex Players” in the podcast that accompanies the magazine issue.

“Complex Players” is one of our favorite remixes from last year… dozens and dozens of tracks of live brazilian percussion layered against zappy arpeggio’s and a funky, broken riddim. Much to our delight, it really set the room off at the release party… further proof that NYC can and will get down to fresh sounds. If you like it, you can find it here.

and of course, the free PDF of the entire issue lives here. Our little nugget on the state of Sub Swara lives on page 31 in the pdf; page 58 in the hardcopy. Thanks again to Julianne Escobedo Shepherd for making it happen.

Finally, we’re gearing up for manymanymanymanyMANY upcoming shows. Our voltronic, 3-way force converges on Austin for SxSW on 3/20 at the Barcelona, as part of the Surefire Agency’s showcase. We’re alongside Lazersword (who appeared at last year’s Sub City Sessions in NYC), our BK bredren Kotchy, Plastician, France’s Debruit, and man-of-the-hour, Eskmo. After that, we’ve got many many MANY shows across North America: we start with New Orleans, and will find ourselves in Colorado, Philadelphia, NYC, and Canada (Eastern & Western) before a very busy FESTIVAL SEASON starts– stay locked!!

Photo by Alex Welsh (Fader Issue 66)

Sub Swara Invades the Fader, and All Survive–a Recap & Update

the Sub Swara Podcast’s 10th anniversary!

Familia y Amigos:

For our Xth podcast, I’m moving 144bpm in the out-lane on a layered globalist meander, pushing against the outer edges of what dubstep may or may not be. What was the question?

Regardless, an amalgamation of answers: A plaintive Piazzolla swell set against a swampy Illum Sphere beat …hints of Moderat and a classic Sub Swara break… …pressure builds and we hit full cruising altitude as Chasing Shadows unleashes Amirah. The captain says you are now free to move about the cabin.

Tracklisting/Collage elements:

RIcochet- Duo De Amor Astor Piazzolla Remixed
Illum Sphere- Psycho Long Live The Plan
Moderat- No. 22 Moderat (Deluxe Version)
Sub Swara- Constructing The Absence Coup D’ Yah
Chasing Shadows- Amirah Ill/Amirah
Ill.Gates and Meesha- Irma Vep (Trill Bass Remix) Irma Vep
Loops Haunt- Impact Omnihammer
Spystep- Portomental (Ribotto Remix) MalLabel Music
Douster- Ladinian Triassic Ep
Filastine- Desordenador (live & feat. Amélie Bouard) Extra Dirty Bomb
DJ Madd- Better With You (Akira Kiteshi Mix)
Skint and Demoralised- Red Lipstick (Sub Swara Remix)
Virtual Boy- Girl Born Star How Long Does It Take To Get To Space? Ep
David Starfire- Cobra (Sub Swara Remix)
Bird Of Prey- Atrium
DJ Madd- Someone (Breakage Unspecified Rmx)
RDubz- This Way Fears and Feelings Ep
Sub Swara- Koli Stance (David Starfire Rmx)
Antiserum and DJ G- Bulgarian Funk Around The World Vol. 3
Sub Swara- Koli Stance (Dov Remix)
Sub Swara- Backwater Coup d’Yah
Bersa Discos- Bombon Asesino

grab the podcast in whatever way works for you!

on itunes by following this link

in your reader here

or if you’re in an audiophilic mood, grab the full 16bit, uncompressed audio right here:

the Sub Swara Podcast’s 10th anniversary!