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Knowledge Magazine's Caspa Competition Dubstep producer Caspa recently teamed up with The Prodigy's Keith Flint. The resulting track, War, out on August 12th, sees Caspa make his major label debut. To celebrate Kmag are running an exclusive competition with a great prize. How would you like to win the following? Spend an afternoon with Dub Police at Fabric Records HQ testing new tunes with Caspa on the world famous Fabric sound system. VIP experience at Dub Police's night at Fabric for you and a guest. The entire Dub Police back catalogue and goodie bag. To enter the draw just answer the following question: In the video for 'War' (link below), what is Caspa holding in his hand when he enters the main room? Caspa - War ft. Keith Flint YouTube Link Email your answer along with your name, DOB, contact telephone number, email address, address to knowledgecompetitions [at] googlemail.com by August 6th with 'Caspa Comp' in the subject header. Please do not post the answer in the comments section below or on any other site please. Closing date for entries being 06.08.12 More information at: http://www.kmag.co.u....mpetition.html

Kmag have joined forces with Blu Mar Ten, SoundCloud, Loopmasters, Finyl Tweek and Surus for an exclusive remix competition. Download the free parts to Blu Mar Ten's All Or Nothing, remix it and win some great prizes. The winning remix will be professionally mastered at Finyl Tweek and released as a digital exclusive as part of the Love is the Devil remix project, alongside remixes from dBridge, Marcus Intalex, BCee, Joe Syntax, Unquote and Blu Mar Ten. The winner will also win a SoundCloud pro account, 2GB of free Loopmasters sample packs and £100 to spend in the Surus download store. One runner-up and the group choice winner (the entry in the group that is favorited the most) will win a SoundCloud Lite account, a free Loopmasters sample pack and £50 to spend in the Surus download store. Click for the parts and full comp rules & instructions - http://www.kmag.co.u...ompetition.html

Hi all, I just thought I'd let you know about a music video competition we've launched with Bungle, Spearhead and Addict Clothing. The winning video will be used as the official music video plus there is £500 of Addict clothing for the winner. If you've ever fancied yourself as a music video director, or thought you could do better than videos you've watched, now's your chance show everyone what you've got. Entrants are invited to submit their videos for the track 'The Siren' by Bungle ft. Ayah, the first track from the Bungle album forthcoming on Spearhead, you can download the track for free here http://soundcloud.com/knowledge/bungle-the-siren-ft-ayah Next, film and / or animate a video using your own footage, edit it and finally upload it to the Vimeo competition group. There's no brief, the advice given is to use whatever equipment you've got. You can even use your mobile phone and edit it in iMovie, just be creative and use your imagination. The winner will receive £500 worth of Addict Clothing of their choice and their video will be used as the official music video for the track. The deadline for entries is midnight (GMT) September 18th and the winner will be announced by September 26th. You can find more information and entry rules here http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/kmag-bungle-video-competition.html'>http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/kmag-bungle-video-competition.html http://www.kmag.co.uk http://www.spearheadrecords.co.uk http://www.addict.co.uk

One week to go folks. http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/musictech/kmag-seba-remix-competition-final-call

Here at Knowledge, we've joined together with Seba, Ableton and SoundCloud for an exclusive remix competition. Download the free parts to Seba's 'Painted Sky' track, remix it and win part of £1000 worth of prizes from Ableton & SoundCloud. Get downloading, get remixing and good luck! http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/musictech/knowledge-seba-remix-competition

On Friday Oct 1st, the main floor of Fluid, down the road from Fabric, will be pumping drum & bass from A-Sides, Zero T, BCee, Cinematic, Mr Joseph and Grimey. Lit up like a neon Tokyo skyline its a very kool intimate venue, no thousands of people lost in corridors or queuing to get anywhere near the dance floor or bar. There is also a breaks and dubstep more chilled floor where you will find Ways & Means, Forensics, Haze, Laconic surrounded by retro games like Pacman and Space Invaders. If you like your clubbing on the quirky side, this is the place to be with the Knowledge crew on Friday October 1st. More info. - http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/blogs/editors_desk/knowledge-at-fluid Friday October 1st Knowledge @ Fluid. 40 Charterhouse Street, London. EC1. 9pm - 4am. £5 all night. Room 1 (drum & bass): A-Sides - Guest Mix Zero T - Guest Mix BCee - Free Track Cinematic Mr Joseph - Guest Mix Grimey Qumulus. 
Room 2 (dubstep / breakbeat): Ways & Means - Guest Mix Forensics - Guest Mix Haze Laconic

We got a great response with the track itself downloaded 2869 times, some of the parts receiving over 1500 downloads and 197 producers submitting their remixes. The amount of quality entries made it difficult to choose a winner but in the end the judges went with Dominic Ridgway's effort. Check it for yourself..... http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/musictech/sabre-remix-competition-winner

We're launching a new events section on www.kmag.co.uk soon and we're doing a month long season of special club related features. We want to do a top ten dubstep clubs list so FWD and DMZ obviously spring to mind for London but what about the rest of the UK and worldwide, what do you think should be in there?

Here at Knowledge we're mid building the latest addition to the Kmag website. If you organise or promote an event, any where in the world, free or pay, big or small, let us have your email address through the link below, and we'll let you know when and how to add your event listings to the free service. If you are a music lover or promoter with any suggestions or comments that might help us make this a useful, comprehensive service, we'd appreciate your input in the comments section through this link. Please pass this on to any friends who promote events. http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/blogs/editors_desk/promoevent

Bump-up for some Friday Freeness! If you can't make it, have a great Bank Holiday weekend.

Next Friday, 30th April (Bank holiday weekend woo hoo!), we welcome Kokeshi Records - DJ Alley Cat & Lung for April's FREE BarKnowledge session, at Cafe 1001. Incase you missed it, check Lung's recent guest mix for Knowledge readers here. Kick out this month is at the later time of 5am, as Ray Keith takes the reigns with Dread DJ's after BarKnowledge. Arrive early to ensure (free) entry. Lung 8-10pm Alley Cat 10-12pm BarKnowledge @ Cafe 1001 Dray Walk London. E1 Nearest tube stations: Aldgate East & Liverpool Street. FREE! entry until midnight. Forthcoming dates- Friday May 28th: A-Sides, Madcap, J-Science, Kper. Friday June 25th: System, Skytone, Fonik.

Kmag, Sabre and Critical Music are running a competition for producers to remix Sabre's One Hundred Teeth. The stems & original track are available for free through the link below from today, deadline for entries is Sunday May 2nd 2010. The winning remix will receive £1000 of Addict clothing and a SoundCloud Pro Plus and three runners up will get SoundCloud Lite accounts. Sabre gives us the brief on what he's looking for in the winning entry and how he approaches remixes... http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/musictech/knowledge-sabre-remix-competition Have fun!

Its been two years in the making, Breakage's highly anticipated second album is now ready for release so we grabbed a quick word with him to find out all about it... http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/breakage-interview

One of the most anticipated dnb albums of the year is Sabre's A Wandering Journal and Sabre has just written a track specially for our new remix competition. Download it here for free. http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/musictech/knowledge-sabre-remix-competition

Knowledge chats to Cardiff based dubstep producer Lung about his debut single and gets a mix featuring many forthcoming releases on Kokeshi. http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/lung-guest-mix Tracklisting 1. Lung - Afterlife (Kokeshi 002 - out now) 2. Irrelevant - Better Off In Me (Kokeshi 004 - Forthcoming) 3. Magenta - Lamp Men (Dub) 4. Lung - Feels So Good (Dub) 5. Alley Cat & Kiat - Purple Clouds (Kokeshi 003 - Forthcoming) 6. Lung - Time (Kokeshi 002 - out now) 7. Kiat - The Missing Channel (Kokeshi 003 - Forthcoming) 8. Irrelevant - Eventide (Lung Remix) (Dub) 9. Lung - Come To Me (Dub)

Zero T - new label news & Guest Mix. Zero T is launching his own label in March. Entitled Footprints, we spoke to him to get the latest on this and everything else he's up to this year. Download his exclusive mix as well. http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/zero-t-guest-mix Tracklisting: 1. Everything But The Girl ft. J Majik - Blame [Virgin] 2. Doc Scott - Swarm [Metalheadz] 3. Breakage ft. Kemo - Tempa [Digital Soundboy Dubplate] 4. Zero T + FD - After All [subtitles All Good Things EP] 5. Ulterior Motive, FD + Keza - Sticky Tape [Dubplate] 6. Calibre + St:Files - Devil Inside [Footprints 001] 7. A.I. ft. dBridge - Three's A Crowd [V Recordings Dubplate] 8. Break - Late Drop [Critical] 9. All Thieves - Stars (Zero T Remix) [Dubplate] 10. Ulterior Motive - 2098 [subtitles Dubplate] 11. Slam - Positive Education (Zero T Remix) [Dubplate] 12. Digital - Logged In [Dubplate] 13. Zero T + Bailey - Robots (Ulterior Motive Remix) [CIA Dubplate] 14. FD + Script - White Horse [CIA Dk Dubplate] 15. Original Sin - Kiss [Playaz] 16. Dakuan - Chronic Break [Footprints Dubplate] 17. Ed Rush + Optical - Void [Virus] 18. Zero T + Bailey - Wasp Factory [Footprints 001] 19. Ulterior Motive - Featherweight [subtitles Dubplate] 20. Beta 2 - Cabin Phever [Footprints 002] 21. Zero T + Need For Mirrors - Charlatan [Footprints Dubplate] 22. Zero T + Ulterior Motive - Breach [subtitles All Good Things EP] 23. Need For Mirrors - Sick In The Head [Footprints Dubplate] 24. Zero T + Mosus - Shallow Grave [Footprints 002] 25. Dwele - I Think I Love You (Remix) [Dubplate]

dBridge talks through his six favourite tunes of all time. From The Stone Roses, The Cure and DJ Krust to Stevie Wonder, Slum Village and Spacek, find out why their tracks mean so much to him. http://www.kmag.co.uk/index.php?id=1342

Like most pirate scenes, there's always been more grime on the airwaves than in the shops, but recently the latter has shrunk massively. However a small cluster of labels are determined to turn things around. http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/grime-in-2010

2009 was an incredibly exciting year for dubstep. As the sound has exploded on an international stage, producers coming at the sound from all kinds of different angles have brought their own aesthetic to the sound ensuring its continuing evolution. The recent convergence of bass music has scene dubstep coalesce with the sounds of everything from house and techno to hip hop and drum and bass and the most exciting music has come from the producers exploring these peripheral mutations. It is impossible to try and predict where the music will go in 2010, but here are just some of the people that are poised to excite in the coming year... http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/10-dubstep-producers-to-watch-in-2010 Who would be in your list?

Boka label boss Jon, gives us an exclusive guest mix and talks to us about their plans for 2010, heavy metal influences and the future of dubstep. http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/boka-guest-mix Tracklisting 1. Matt-U - Double Blind (Dub) 2. Matt-U - Whyle The f*ck Out (BOKA023) 3. Truth - Hackerz (forthcoming Boka) 4. DJ Madd - Better With You (BOKA020) 5. DJ Madd - Detroit Skank (forthcoming Boka) 6. 16bit - Chainsaw Calligraphy (Jakes Remix) (BOKA024PT1) 7. JSL - Jack Cates (forthcoming Boka) 8. DJ Madd - Better With You (Akira Kiteshi Remix) (BOKA022) 9. Matt-U & Riskotheque - Guillotine Growl (forthcoming Boka) 10. 16bit - In The Death Car (BOKA018) 11. Emalkay - Solid State (forthcoming Storming Productions) 12. Tunnidge - Higher Forces (BOKA019) 13. Von D & DJ Madd - U (forthcoming Boka) 14. 16bit - Chainsaw Calligraphy (PropaTingz Crunk Massacre Remix) (BOKA024PT1) 15. DJ Madd - Flex'd (Ikonika Remix) (forthcoming Boka)

Fabric's new Elevator Music compilation is a collection of tracks tied together only by a love for bass, experimentation and a rough 140 bpm template. We find out more from Fabric and artists involved. http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/elevator-music-feature

Kidkanevil's new album is a rich mixture of hip hop, dubstep, bass and wonky and deserves to put him right up there with Flying Lotus. Find out more and download his exclusive mix for us... http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/kidkanevil-guest-mix Tracklisting 1. Kidkanevil – The Whistling Of Wintry Winds 2. Shlohmo – Hot Boxing The Cockpit (Tokimonsta remix) 3. KenLo – Madame 4. Gonja Sufi – Ancestors 5. Blue Daisy feat LaNote – Space Ex 6. Rustie – Keesha Resmak 7. Loops Haunt – Impact Omnihammer 8. Dabrye – No Child Of God 9. Kidkanevil – Minjo 10. Kidkanevil – Minjo (Blue Daisy remix) 11. Sonicbrat – Audiography 003 12. Raymond Scott – The Paperwork Explosion 13. New World Electronic Chamber Ensemble – All Your Need Is Love 14. Kidkanevil – When Doves Bounce www.kmag.co.uk

The beginning of the last decade saw Slim Shady become Marshall Mathers, M.O.P told us to Ante Up and the sad death of Big Pun. We can't predict what's going to happen in the next ten, but we do know what albums we're looking forward to and 2010 looks to be a year where some long-awaited long players are finally delivered. Here’s our pick of the albums that are going to make 2010 a perfect start to the fifth decade of hip hop... http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/10-hip-hop-albums-to-look-forward-to-in-2010 www.kmag.co.uk

June Miller is the name of a drum & bass / dubstep duo you'll be hearing a lot more of in 2010. Get the latest on what they're up to and download their amazing exclusive mix. http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/introducing-june-miller Tracklisting: Data - The Fall of Phaeton (forthcoming Broken Path) Irrelevant - Grains (Myrkur RMX) Juswan - Azure (Forthcoming Red001) Jack Sparrow - The Chase (Tectonic) June Miller - Shizgara (Forthcoming 54 dub) June Miller - Humidity (Forthcoming Tube10) June Miller - Brussel North (Forthcoming 54 dub) Mike Sheridan - Dine Grønne Øjne (Playground Music Scandinavia) Scuba - Symbiosis (Hotflush) Triad - Distraction (forthcoming Deep Soul Music) Circa - Zone Cern - Human Being Sabre & Ulterior Motive - Barefoot (Forthcoming Subtitles) June Miller - Untitled Spectrasoul - Wedgehead (Critical) June Miller - Untitled Zero-T & Ulterior Motive - Breach (Forthcoming Subtitles) Anile - The Tribe (Forthcoming Deep Soul Music) Alix Perez ft. Zero-T - Suffer in Silence (Shogun Audio) Stray - Talking About Nothing (Forthcoming Med School) June Miller - Half Top Feelings (Forthcoming Horizons) www.kmag.co.uk