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Dubfront Records
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Dubfront
Records is the mainline to upfront grind-out basslines drum beats laced
with strychnine and breakdowns that cause flat lines. Dubfront captures
soundscapes from the frontline and delivers them as sound waves through
your speaker lines straight to your chest to make your heartrate
incline while your bass-face is getting defined and your dance moves
begin to unwind. so if you want it call for the rewind!

Searchl1te - Dubfront Records
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Around
age six, Searchl1te (aka Kee - BassByThePound Crew) appropriated the
family tape recorder. Re-using abandoned cassette tapes, he documented
his random glossolalia, the sound of the mic rubbing on various
household objects, and interviews with his toddler brother about the
state of the known universe. After being gifted a walkman by a
neighbor, he began to produce radio shows in his bedroom. Tunes were
cued up on the walkman, tape rolled, mic stuck in between the
headphones and the latest Grandmaster Flash, Lionel Richie, and ZZ Top
jammed, followed by announcements and commercials for fake shit like
Mr. T Brand Toilet Paper. The next several years were spent making
pause-tapes for makeout parties. Enter the turntables, jungle music,
and FM radio. No matter the tools or the medium, Searchl1te lays out
fierce, cavernous, densely-layered, hauntingly beautiful, eclectic
mixes and tunes. Strictly sarcopha-beats and tech:freek biz. His tunes
are loaded with his own field recordings from bum-fuk-everywhere as
well as obscure samples from an amazingly nerdy collection of music
from around the world. Searchl1te is the founder of Part Time Sucker
Radio. He's been doing non-commercial radio for over a decade, most
recently with WNUR 89.3 Fm Chicago (www.WNUR.org), Vocalo 89.5 Fm
Chicago (www.Vocalo.org), www.Destroyer.net, www.Dnbradio.com, and
www.Dubstep.Fm. Part Time Sucker Radio serves as a creative outlet for
the crew, as well as for forward-thinking dj's, producers, and
musicians in, or as they come through, the Midwestern U.S. As his day
gig, Searchl1te teaches reading, writing, and music production to
incarcerated kids in Chicago. Visit www.FreeWriteJailArts.org to peep
the latest publications of writing and art or to listen to tracks
produced and performed by his students.

Cringer - Dubfront Records
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Raised
by jackals in the darkest mountain recesses of Appalachia, Cringer
emerged from the back woods armed with two turntables and a fattened
sack of dubplates. Traveling to Chicago, he found home with the Part
Time Sucker crew bringing his signature brand of bass-ridden
drum-driven Jungle and Drum n' Bass. Since then, Cringer has crossed
paths with the low level rumblings known as Dubstep and, after dueling
with swords on the beaches of Ganryu Island, they joined forces to
untwine soundscapes that exist where bass becomes "sub". Currently,
Cringer can be found ruthlessly rattling bass bins, scorching
dancefloors and tracking the sun in anticipation of 2012. To seek the
Cringer, one merely need follow the trail of toppled speaker stacks and
demolished sub cabinets.

Jeekos - Dubfront Records
: AUDIO :
Chicago
1998...Jeekoos became actively involved in music by producing hip hop
with local artists. With an open mind and heart, he began digging for
fresh musical experiences. Shortly before the end of the century, at a
party in Rogers Park, he got introduced to jungle and immediately fell
in love. In early 2000 he happened upon a jungle and breakbeat-oriented
college radio show hosted and mixed by DJ Kee aka Searchl1te. Impressed
by his selections of styles and sounds, and glad to have found a
consistent source for dnb, Jeekoos became a regular listener. He had
been honing his production skills and began sharing some of his
original tracks with Searchl1te, who dug them and played them on the
show. In late 2001 Jeekoos visited the radio show, which had just taken
the name Part Time Sucker Radio. There he met up with the Part Time
Suckers, Kee aka Searchl1te, Cringer, and Kat_Zyie. When dubstep caught
up with him, with its slower pace but equivalent intensity, gnarly
basslines and attention to detail, the incorporation of it into his
sets and production style was only natural. As his sound evolves and
his skills flourish, Jeekoos stays deeply involved in the Chicago
dubstep scene. Respect to tha Wubmaster!

John - angeLynx
: READINGS :

John
Sacelli, a graduate of Yale University with B.Arts in philosophy, has
spent 35 years exploring alternative therapies, spiritual paths, body
work, and shamanism. Utilizing his angeLynx tarot deck created from
visions and a unique Angelish dictionary, John's offerings are caring
and seem to have a profound impact. Every Angelish concept is based on
a contradiction which, followed deeply enough, will lead you to the
place ‘before words began, before spells were cast’.