ABC Easter Jam feat Bass Kleph & Nick Thayer - April Thursday 5th @ Crown and Sceptre - Forums

This Easter the Adelaide Breaks Collective are going to help kick your Easter long weekend off in style with two of Australia's leading break producers, DJs, hooligans and generally good guys Nikc Thayer and ABC's favourite interstate mischief maker Bass Kelph.

When everyone else is shutting up shop due to licensing restrictions - we will be pumping out the booty heaving breakbeat till the early hours of Good Friday!!!

A-Skillz went off at the Sceptre last year and this will be no different. More to come!!!!



Nick Thayer
Bold. Unassuming. Adventurous. Slightly fruity. These are all words Nick Thayer likes to use when pretending he knows about wine, and he has had plenty of chance to practice recently, with plenty to celebrate. Nick Thayer spent his childhood making strange noises out of strange things, and spending all his money on guitars and questionable records. It wasnt long until he realized that it would take more than a job in a coffee house to complete his Queen collection so he decided to make music pay for itself.

After a number of years in various pretentious funk-rock bands with various pretentious names Nick had the misfortune to end up DJing at a mates party. Thayer soon discovered that records and turntables were easier to deal with than drummers and singers, and so decided to give the DJing thing a shot.

With an ear for things out of the ordinary Thayer soon found himself resident at one of Melbournes longest running breaks nights Out of Order. With a weekly captive audience and a computer that seemed to work better whilst you kicked it, Thayer started ordering the beeping noises he was making into things resembling songs. Deciding that this was the way forward Thayer started sending this stuff to labels all over the place. On the advice of interstate drinking buddy and fellow producer Bass Kleph he sent his music to Breaking Point.

His debut Theme One found its way onto decks the world over and the ball was now beginning to gather some momentum. Before long the tune found its way onto the Ministry Compilation Breaks 03, and a host of other releases to boot. Whilst all this was going on, Nick continued to work on his DJing too, and started getting booked all over the country. Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Byron, and even Wollongong all found themselves wondering why this lanky fellow was invading their clubs. He played the Boiler Room at Big Day Out, Melbourne metro alongside The Crystal Method, and had the Stanton Warriors shaking what their mothers gave them at an eventful New Years Eve show.

Things evolve and for one reason and another, the ship that was Out of Order was berthed permanently, but there were new prospects on the horizon. Residencies at two of Melbournes foremost clubs soon followed, with Melbourne stalwart Ransom inviting Thayer to join the line-up at Revolvers The Late Show, and The Croft Institute enlisting the size of his funk collection for Lesson One. In November 2004 Thayer decided to make the trek back to his homeland to see what the fuss was like over there, playing some massive shows at Supercharged in Brighton, Blowpop in Bristol at the request of John Stapleton and Soulberries in London.

2005, and Thayer and Bass Kleph decided to come up with an excuse for more frequent interstate drinking sessions and starting writing together. The results were the massive Fuckin the Groove and Ante Up, not to mention an unstoppable remix of the Drumattic Twins Feelin Kinda Strange for UK mob leaders Finger Lickin, which went on to garner the award for Best Remix at the breakspoll awards 2005. Back in Melbourne and Thayer joined the team at Triple RRR radio, hosting Beats Electric, a weekly show, mirroring his musical tastes and incorporating anything electronic or beat related. Late 2005 saw Nick remixing the monster Purple Funky Monkey for the Australian release of the JDS album, and his follow up release Clap Ya Hands had the hippest of hips swinging, turning up on the Mercedes Australian Fashion Week CD. More recently the supremely fashionable Stanton Warriors commissioned his talents to remix 'Still Here' for their Punks label. He has asked to be paid in shoes. The remixes continued to come in, and get churned out, with monsters for the likes of Circuit Breaker (Streetwise), Moston & Malente (Splank!), and Deekline feat Godfather (Rat Records) soon flowing out of speakers around the world.

2006 began with a slew of releases as Nick remains chained to his computer. His double AA 'Groove With It/Size Matters' hit shelves, and the follow up 'Pass the Krunk / Bad Ass School of Soul' doing the requisite damage to bassbins. March 2006 saw a monster UK /Europe tour on the back of the Breakspoll award, with Nick playing Eargasm @ Fabric at the request of the Plump DJs, Boomslang in Cambridge, a massive Tues night in Budapest with 1000 very excited Eastern block enthusiasts, and many more to boot. September saw Thayer enter the CD market, with the inthemix50 mix CD garnering impressive responses from all the right spots. Flowing from party hip-hop to old school electro to house, breakbeat and drum and bass, it shows Nick's philosophy that good records are good records. A tour followed with MC N'fa, and if the carnage that ensued is anything to go by, the duo are a force to be reckoned with. September also saw him playing the Love Parade in San Francisco, and November / December saw a return to the UK with a main room slot at Fabric not to mention Mint, Supercharged and the Breakbeat Weekender. With a full length album in the works, a band being put together, plenty of flights booked, and a whole swag of new releases to follow, Nick Thayer can look forward to plenty more reasons to practice his wine tasting technique, and a good reason to lay down a few more cases.


Bass Kleph
The last six months have seen big things for Bass Kleph, and some big changes too.

His electro rock remix of Amiel’s “Be Your Girl” has crossed over to the mainstream Australia wide. This was the first Bass Kleph production to feature as a music video clip, but not the only thing BK on TV. Bass Kleph’s music puts the “get up, move” into the current Toyota Hilux campaign for their new 4x4 as well. On the tour front, Kleph travelled all round OZ for the InTheMix is 6 release + managed to squeeze in extra stops in Hobart, Cairns, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Gold Coast, Jindabyne, and Bellingen. In his home town of Sydney, he has been rocking his residency at Break Inn, which has grown to become even more than just the best breaks night in town, recently picking up “best club night of the year” award in 3D Magazine. Meanwhile his bootlegs are in high demand from the biggest names in the game, and he still holds down his weekly radio show, Beat Box.

One of the big changes is the announcement that Bass Kleph has now left his old label Breaking Point Records. After a very eventful and successful few years Bass Kleph has decided to embrace a new project and personal direction. In fact, the biggest news of all, is the announcement of his new label; Vacation Records. (Whilst many thought Bass Kleph ran Breaking Point, given his standing as one of the label’s most popular showcased Artists, this was in fact not at all the case).

With Vacation Records, Bass Kleph’s first label endeavour, he’ll have the opportunity to follow his own very clear vision and direction. The label’s ethos is a tight approach to tech, electro house and breaks and with some big surprises in store. What we can tell you now is this; Vacation Records will run on a modern, very artist friendly model, with a high output and a fresh new sound. Some of the initial artists involved are Gotye, fRew and Bass Kleph of course.

“Bass Kleph’s Summer Vacation Mix ’07” will give you a sneak peak at two of the new Vacation releases, and a feel for the vibe of the label.

www.vacationrecords.com beta site, goes live on Jan 15th.
First release is Gotye - “Learnalilgivinanlovin (Bass Kleph’s That’ll Learn ‘em Remix)”
The official launch party will be held on February the 2nd at Break Inn, at The Chinese Laundry.

www.basskleph.com


The Story So Far.....

Bass Kleph (a.k.a. Stu Tyson) has clocked up 18 years in music, drumming his way through various bands on the live/tour circuit, a deal with a major record label, even performing on national TV on several occasions.

These days Bass Kleph has firmly established himself in the global dance music scene.

He has done massively successful remixes for Finger Lickin’, Warner Music, Dawn Raid and Breaking Point. The remix of Feelin’ Kinda Strange picked up “Best Breaks Remix of 2005” at the annual international Breaks Poll awards in the UK, and his Amiel remix was so popular that Warner cut a video to it and released it as Amiels new single. His original music is in equally high demand. So much so, that Toyota simply had to have it for the sound track to their current Hilux TV campaign.

Bass Kleph has also produced for other artists such as Felix The House Cat, Nick Thayer, Dirty D, The Street Punx, and Q45. Not only that, but he’s an accomplished mix engineer, and has mixed most of the Breaking Point records to date.

DJ wise, he has recently mixed the sixth installment of the In The Mix series, which has previously been blended by DJs such as Tiga and Ajax. For this release he teamed up UK breaks rocker Hyper. They mixed one disc each and followed it up with club smashing national tour.

Bass Kleph is also the host and music selector behind Sydney’s BEAT BOX radio. Each week it showcases the best in Tech/Electro breaks ‘n house and the occasional drum ‘n bass. With guest mixes and interviews from artists such as Stanton Warriors, Plump DJs, Soul Of Man, Pendulum, Meat Katie, Tom Real, Slyde, London Elektricity, Uberzone, Paul Arnold, Block Head, Bonobo and more. Beat Box is broadcast live to Sydney and surrounding regions every Friday afternoon on 2SER 107.3FM. It’s also Pod Cast through iTunes to over 25,000 subscribers worldwide and counting.

All this may need a while to sink in, but it’s on stage where you’ll instantly understand why Bass Kleph is held in such high regard. His performances have left packed clubs awe-struck Australia wide. Whether doing a one man live mash-up performance of his own work, or tearing apart the decks, Bass Kleph doesn’t just set the bar, he breaks it in two.

This leaves him in high demand and flying high to all corners of the country multiple times each month. When Bass Kleph actually is in his home town of Sydney, he rocks out his residency for Break Inn at Chinese Laundry, and occasionally plays for Kink, and Sounds On Sunday.

He has also supported Chris Lake, The Stanton Warriors, The Freestylers, Krafty Kuts, James Zabiela, Infusion, DJ Godfather, Phil Hartnol (Orbital), LTJ Bukem, Hyper, Aquasky, Kid Kenobi, Audio Bullies, Freq Nasty, Tipper, Blim, and many more.

2007 is set to be the biggest year yet for Bass Kleph. A lot of things have changed, and all for the better.


www.basskleph.com
www.vacationrecords.com

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