Review by:
Justin D'Amico
The Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom was pounding grimy bass all night for
the most recent Rebudz Presents show. The line up brought together
artists from all over to give the Denver dubstep scene a night to
remember. Roksonix along with Brown and Gammon co-headlined representing
the UK and Circus Records. Jantsen and Tyro are both from Colorado
and
Midnight Tyrannosaurus
is out of Florida. Dirt Monkey, another Colorado based producer was also in the building supporting Jantsen. The artists went
well together having a similar musical style, mostly dubstep, but everyone
brought their own flavor to the stage.
Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom is a medium sized venue in Denver, with a capacity of about one thousand people including the balcony. The layout is essentially just one room with a main dance floor and a balcony around the outside. For this show vendors set up booths with crafts and other merchandise under the balcony. The show filled Cervantes about half way, but the dance floor was packed for the entire show.
Starting off the night was Tyro a new resident DJ at Cervantes. Tryo got things going right away with some of his seizure bass music. Next up was
Midnight Tyrannosaurus with jump drives of filth and two CDJ's to create a live mix. He, unlike many other live performers, uses no laptop to create his live mix. Both Tryo and Midnight Tyrannosaurus did a great job kicking off the night.
Jantsen was next and he brought a special guest MC along with him, Dirt Monkey. While Jantsen provided a killer mix, Dirt Monkey kept it hype on the mic, and he kept it cool up front with a CO2 gun. Jantsen has a wide range of styles which he transitioned between for a sick set. Jantsen is making a name for himself as a top notch producer, as is Dirt Monkey. The Colorado EDM scene is gaining a good reputation because of producers like Jantsen and Dirt Monkey.
Brown and Gammon would lead off a two hour block of British bass music. They are out of Essex, Britain and representing Circus Records one of the best labels in the UK. Circus Records was founded by Flux Pavilion, Doctor P,
DJ Swan-E and Earl Falconer (of UB40). Will and Robin make up the band Brown and Gammon but live shows are done exclusively by Will. Robin is involved in the sound creation and studio recording aspects of the band. Live Will puts on an excellent show, his current set starts off with "The Force" an amazing opening track released just a few months ago. Brown and Gammon have a fresh chill style and also a hard dubstep style musically. They create a lot of new sounds out of vintage disco samples or make new noises intended to sound vintage. Brown and Gammon are a cutting edge EDM band with a bright future in the scene.
Roksonix would close out the show with a hard bass set. The band Roksonix is another duo, and they also come from Britain representing Circus Records. Guy and Phil make up the band, but for this show it was Phil only. They mostly represent a dubstep style, but some parts of the set Phil went into drumstep, drum and bass, and even some hardstyle beats. Roksonix does a great job at blending two songs together to create mash up style transitions. In the video above he starts by building up with his song "Feel Good", but then right at the end of the build he cuts to the drop of "Champagne Bop" by Doctor P. Roksonix completely slayed capping off an amazing Rebudz Presents concert at the Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom.
Valentin Brunn aka Virtual Riot is a young producer from Germany with an amazing ear for electronic music. Virtual Riot is one of my favorite dubstep artists right now. "Evil Gameboy" dabbles into some of the Nintendo sounds I'm always a sucker for and a lot more. Virtual Riot is one of a few incredible artists representing Section Z Records. Go check out more Virtual Riot music, it's electrifying and highly addictive. You can access his soundcloud page here. 
OWSLA as usual is on top of the game with an amazing new release. This time it's a master of the underground drum and bass scene TC. Representing Bristol, Britain; TC has made a name for himself in many facets. He has a huge library of music with remixes of massive artists, and big names have remixed his music too. TC is also an excellent singer, he sings on some of his own music and he provided vocals for Pendulum’s debut album ‘Hold Your Colour’. In 2011 TC started his own label 'Don't Play' where he released a few singles changing genres a bit to dubstep and drumstep. For the new "Get Down Low EP" the junglist roots show through and a new genre is showcased, trap and bass. A faster version of trap that can be blended into drum and bass. Similar with how drumstep works with transitioning from dubstep to drum and bass. Definitely check out TC's new "Get Down Low EP", it was just released today on OWSLA the giant EDM label founded by Skrillex.
