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Reg.: Jun 2001
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 27.08. - FUTURE BEATZ - Flex - Vienna
Cruel & Unusual Album Tour
BLACK SUN EMPIRE
(BSE, Obsessions, DSCI4, Penetration/NL)
back 2 back dj performance with live elements
3 hours set
Audio Device, Raw.full, Shnek.MC
visuals by Mila (VJ-Culture)
10 euro
watch out for the flyer!
Black Sun Empire is a DJ/producer collective based in Utrecht, The Netherlands. It was formed by René Verdult, Milan Heyboer and his younger brother Micha Heyboer.
They have been making music together since early 1993 but after experimenting with various styles they found their musical direction around 1997, which resulted in the formation of Black Sun Empire. Heavily influenced by releases from the darker labels such as No U Turn, Prototype and Virus, drum’n’bass has been their main focus from then on.
Around this period they started making demos and sent them around to Dutch labels.
This resulted in the release of their tracks Skin Deep and Voltage, on the Rotterdam based label Piruh in 1999. Their next release was Piruh003, which consisted of the tracks The Silent and Bombrun and they also had a 12” on “A New Dawn” the Dutch label run by DJ Esta.
While these releases were doing well, they felt they wanted more exposure. CDs were sent, this time to labels in the UK, still the home of drum’n’bass. It didn’t take long to get response. DJ Trace was the first to get in touch with them and immediately signed Black Sun Empire to his massive label DSCI4. Bad Company would come calling a few days later but by then it was too late, all tracks had been signed…
Their first release on DSCI4 was a Mutationz remix. It came out on the Mutationz EP alongside three other remixes of DJ Trace’s classic track by Stakka & Skynet, Shimon and Kemal. After this, two of their tracks, Firing Squad and Radiation, were released on Trace’s album ‘23 degrees from vertical’, which also featured tracks from the likes of Matrix, Optical & Ed Rush, Kemal & Rob Data, Marcus Intalex, Technical Itch, Stakka & Skynet and Trace himself. Following that, Black Sun Empire released an EP on DSCI4 last July, containing the tracks Smoke, Asphyxiation, Geiger and 1-800 Contact. During this time they also did remixes for SKC (Recharcher) and Technical Itch (Telekinetic) on Nerve and Penetration respectively.
As more positive response was coming from around the world, they decided it was time to start
their own label ‘Black Sun Empire Recordings’. The first release on this new imprint came out in October 2002 and held two of their own tracks, the funky dancefloor smasher “The Rat” flipped with the dark techy roller “B’Negative”. Always looking for new talent they spotted some very promising newcomers in the USA (Benjie from LA and ICBM from Florida) and in Oslo they found Rawthang who previously had gotten very little interest with their blend of vocals and dark mash-up style beats and basses. Constant DJ support includes: Ed Rush, Fierce, Tech Itch, Trace, Kemal, Skynet, Dylan, Grooverider, Friction & Cause4Concern and from the USA: Dieselboy, AK1200 & Hive.
It didn’t stop there though, every 2 to 3 months saw another release on this growing label and their reputation as DJ’s who bring the latest in everything from funky, techno influenced dancefloortracks to hard hitting darkness, grew larger. To their regular gigs in Europe, two tours in the USA followed, and even a gig in Russia.
Looking around in their hometown they found drum and bass in a sad state. The crowds had to do without a quality night and black sun empire decided to provide them with one. These “BLACKOUT” parties became very popular and consistently drew 800 to 1000 people to the old centre of Utrecht. Even people from other towns come over (not to mention other countries) to see the blend of international DJs the boys gathered for this bi-monthly event.
The first half of 2004, marks the timeframe for their ‘Driving Insane’ album tour that covered large parts of Europe, including the notoriously hard to conquer United Kingdom. Further trips to the USA and Australia where made in Summer (see last page for a full list of 2004 gigs).
These efforts have not been unrewarded and so it’s to no surprise that the album sampler and promos sold out within hours and the full album release was the fastest selling LP release ever for Nu Urban Music Distribution.
After the loudness of their first album they decided not to neglect the lighter tunes. Audiences all over the world are more and more open to this funky side of things and they decided to start up a sister label (through the well-respected distribution company S.T. Holdings). Same as with BSErecordings, this label will be open to ‘up-and coming’ producers as well as more established names like Kemal, Sinthetix, Noisia. Support for these tunes is massive and includes Matrix and D-Bridge.
However, things are not exactly quiet on the BSErecordings front with an EP on the way that includes tracks from Skynet, BSE, Chris.su and Illskillz. And paving the way for the next full length album will be remixes by top producers like Tech Itch, Optiv, Pendulum,Calyx, Evol Intent and Kaos, not to mention that after several succesful collabs in the past there are more coming. Notable guests will be the none other than Ed Rush (Virus) and Shimon (Ram) With these and many more exciting new projects in the pipeline, the future looks very promising for Black Sun Empire.
The current releases for the BSE camp include:
bse007 - corrupt souls 12" : skullfucked / 1138 (full release in April)
bse 008 - dance4life remix 12" (full release in May)
Dance4life is a new worldwide organisation to make young people aware of the dangers of Aids and HIV, both in third world countries and close to home. The remix made for their anthem is coming out next year and proceeds will go to ‘World Aids Campaign’.
Black Sun Empire now also have started promoting their second full-length LP, CRUEL & UNUSUAL. The album is in its final stages of completion and is due to be released September 2005, with promos to be expected in July.
Both a vinyl and a double CD / LP are offered. The double CD will feature both mixed and non-mixed formats of the album. There will be 3 collaborations on the album, from Corrupt Souls, SKC, and Noisia, in addition to 5 BSE solo tunes. You can find more details on the following pages.
The album sampler will be an EP due out in June featuring 4 remixes from BSE’s first album. The tracklisting is as follows :
A: BSE - driving insane ( tech itch remix)
B: BSE - don't you - (evol intent remix)
C: BSE - stasis - (calyx&kontrol remix)
D: BSE - boris the blade (optiv remix)
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Last edited by raw.full on 15-07-2005 at - 17:55
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02-06-2005 - 09:34
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