| THE MASSIVE CENTRAL
The Massive Central is a dj and vj collective from the wider Brussels
region called Belgium. The steel wheel riders from the apocalypse bring
you a wide variety of fresh tunes from the underground hiphop laboratory,
broken beats straight from the musical scrapyards outskirting the city
and audioglitches from the cores of the urban towers. The knobtwiddling
video geeks spice it all up with a blend of subpixel bombings, graphic
displays of vulgar entertainment and mindtwisting sets of brainaided design.
But, seriously, The Massive Central is all about having a night of straightforward
fun with some of the secrets the capital has been breeding these last
few years: dj's that aim for the legs through the ears, vj's that aim
for a smile throught the eyes.
The Massive Central gathers a variety of people from different groups
and organisations that found themselves together under the same groove.
With constant interchange of ideas and experiments as our motto we constantly
try to reshape collaborations within the collective. In order to get it
organised… we didn't. So when you call for us, we'll compose a playlist
according to availabilities and adapted to your venue. As long as you
got a vinyl and cd mixing booth, a projector and a screen, The Massive
Central can throw a party!
the livestock:
dj's:
Vanno
Co-founder of Brussels Foton-collective, one half of Sendai and Bent Object.
He's been active as a DJ for more than ten years and is known to cultivate
a healthy obsession with subbass and freaky rhythms - be it dubstep, electro,
breakbeat or techno. Resident and organisor of the famous Essential parties,
resident at the Bass Boogie nights at Fuse and the man behind the Capital
Beats radio show on FM Brussels. His music has been released on Foton,
Backroom and Sound of Habib. www.t2x.be and www.foton.be
Cortechs Valley
Loner Cortechs Valley discovered the possibilities of a computer for generating
music at the age of 15. Slowly other bits of gear were added to the arsenal.
Then one day drinking his first alcoholic beverages in a dark pub in the
inner-city slums of Mechelen he met sensei Eavesdropper. This meeting
eventually led to a collaboration and Flash Didact was born. It caused
a nice break from the hardcore breakbeat violence both were engaged in
at the time.At one of the first ShotOnStage parties he met mister Havoc.
This DJ impressed him with mind dazzling breakbeats mixed mad ; )samurai
style.
Now they combine forces ones and a while as Loseq & Mistabron. Loseq
(Cortechs Valley) is responsible for live music while Mistabron (Havoc)
blends it with dirty vinyl both creating and improvising realtime what
makes it all just even more fun. Meanwhile Cortechs Valley created some
soundscapes for several different events and expositions.
At this time, he is still hiding in his small bedroom studio hoping to
create that bonecrunshing subbass acid fueled track.
Havoc
Havoc caught up with electronic music in '95. He started organising the
legendary ShotOnStage parties in the Mechel-area soon after, and has ever
since been DJ'ing Jungle/Drum'n'Bass and the widest range in experimental
breakbeats...
Together with partner in crime Karbonkid (Bambu) they spin back2back sessions
as "Foundation", bringing back oldskool infused amen mash ups
and breakneck beats aimed at the dancefloor and occasionally throwing
Jungle-parties in their area.
Cortechs Valley and Havoc perform as Loseq & Mistabron combining live
music with turntables serving pure soundscapes, dark broken beats, breaks
and experimental stuff.
Havoc is also a resident at Bar SOS in Antwerp, doing his very own thing
monthly in fine style.
Eavesdropper
Eavesdropper – Yves De Mey started out as a drum’n’bass
and breakbeat producer.
After playing extensively throughout Flanders and a few releases he got
asked to make a score for “Aars”, a huge theatre play by Het
Toneelhuis – Antwerp. One year later, he made the soundtrack for
“Scratching the Inner Fields” by Wim Vandekeybus/Ultima Vez.
Since then, Eavesdropper has been very active on different levels; sound
installations, scores for dance, theatre, performance and film, sound
design for film and commercials, DJ-sets, live gigs and many more.
He also runs the lo profile label Knobsounds and collaborates with Glamor
Is Undead and Visual Kitchen.
and more in the future...
live:
sendai
eavesdropper
(flash didact): coming soon
(ucture)
vj's
Ob//srv
Visual Kitchen
Monodot
|