Mono Audio Free Party - Paleman, Klose One, Mista Men, Flava D & Pedro 123 @ Fire Club, Vauxhall

No strangers to hosting a good party, previous Mono Audio events have involved such Hedmuk favourites as Etch, Kryptic Minds, Loefah, Chunky and Wen, and this week they deliver again with a very tight lineup all for the price of exactly zero pounds. Hosted at Fire Club in Vauxhall, London, the night promises a mix of flavours with fast-riser Paleman and School Records representative Klose One providing beats from lower down the tempo, and Mista Men bridging the tempo gap - with a blend of garage and bassline - to the grimier offerings of the latest Butterz signing, Flava D, and Rinse academy talent Pedro 123. Early arrivers, who'll guarantee their free entry, will be warmed up by the select Mono residents - a taster of whom can be found below in C-Side's promo mix for the event. Scroll down for more details on the event, or head over here to the Facebook event page.





PALEMAN
(Swamp 81/School Records)

KLOSE ONE
Hosted by ILLAMAN
(School Records/ATG)

MISTA MEN
(Greenmoney Recordings)

FLAVA D
(Butterz/Eskibeat)

PEDRO 123
(Get Some)

Mono Audio Residents: LOAKE, AMY BECKER, C-SIDE & PURGE

Hosted by BIGMAN (Mono Audio)

Friday 22nd March
10pm - 6am

Fire Nightclub
South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, London, SW8 1UQ

Free Entry Before 10.30pm
£7 Before 12am
£10 Thereafter

£5 Advance Tickets Guarantee Entry



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Free Download: MIK - Do It (Fable Remix) / MIK - Let's Get Busy (Fable Remix)

M.I.K, a core member of the inimitable Family Tree crew and one of grime's most exciting young MCs, has received some impressive remix treatment over the last year or so - be it Pedro 123's immaculately minimal remix of 'Donny Don', or Kahn's rework of 'Duppy & Leave' (which is available as a free download here) - and has an old-school flow which works hard in the spaces left by often threadbare instrumentals.

Fitting, then, that Fable, a producer who understands better than many the importance of space in a beat, should take on these acapellas for a revamp. In something of a follow-up to the DEM Recordings project which first surfaced around this time last year, 'Do It' is dubstep's mellow take on the rapid flips of 8-bar grime; rotating between an airy synth, hi-hat and vocal and an equally stripped-down pure beats and bass combination. 'Let's Get Busy' takes a similar approach but relies more on its synth for groove, though the warm bassline is still there and the drums are an almost minimal presence. Reminiscent of Wiley's legendary drumless 'Devil Mixes', the tune flows effortlessly with the looped synth and MIK's vocal forming the brunt of the driving force.

With grime having suffered somewhat at the hands of mid-range-driven dubstep, it's refreshing to hear them both reduced to their bare, and arguably most-effective, components.

Download: MIK - Do It (Fable Remix) [WAV]
Download: MIK - Do It (Fable Remix) [320kbps mp3]


Download: MIK - Let's Get Busy (Fable Remix) [WAV]
Download: MIK - Let's Get Busy (Fable Remix) [320kbps mp3]



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