Date: Saturday 10th March 2012
Topics: Cutting edge production techniques – Bass creation, resampling, compression, mixdowns, sound science, acoustics, Recording, Industry & label advice + much more.
Software: All talks have as little emphasis on a particular platform as possible, we will be showing you concepts and techniques that can be applied to any DAW.
Experience level: Beginner & Intermediate – All levels of producer will have a fantastic time learning masses from these legends in their fields.
Venue: The Marriott Royal, Park Street – Bristol www.bristolmarriott.co.uk
Seminar fee: £40 – Full day 12-6pm. We also have a reduced ticket rate for students Of £35 (NUS ID CARD REQUIRED ON ENTRY)
Capacity: Strictly limited to only 50 seats. If the booking link below is still up…. we still have places. Simple! Also, no need for tickets in the post as all the names of the ticket holders are on our list after purchase online.
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We are proud to be hosting our fourth day in a series of specialist talks on various aspects of modern music production techniques from some of the Uk’s freshest underground talents. These people have spent years perfecting their craft, and now they will be sharing their hard earned advice and knowledge with you. shortly after the event.
We are also running a prize draw on the day where 3 winners recieve:
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FRACTURE (Astrophonica /Subtitles /Med School/Bassbin) “Serious production experience” is the sentence that sums this man up. Fracture has been consistantly releasing music since 2000 when he first put out a jungle track on classic label ‘Droppin’ Science’. 
Since these days he now has 101 releases to his name has developed his sound, along with fellow producer ‘Neptune’, into something truely unique. He uses warm bass textures and organic funk driven grooves to produce a music which has natural and synthetic nuances balanced to perfection. Each track a masterpiece and somehow timeless, Fracture has a huge following in the underground world and someone who we are delighted to have in to give a demo at out seminar. Fracture recently completed a sample pack on LoopMasters called Cosmic Drum & Bass, this has been going down a storm and he will be going into detail about how he made the original sounds, and how you can go and do the same at home. He will also be providing an exclusive sample pack of beats and bass just for those attending the seminar… worth coming just for that!! Not only is Fracture a top quality producer and DJ, with so much experience, but he is a fantastic tutor with a clear and thoughtful delivery, this talk will be sequenced, compressed and maximised with information that will bring your music to the next level! Bass producers get Ready!!!!!
Fracture & Mark System – Yeah, But… [128kbps clip] – Subtitles Aug 1st 2011 by Fracture And Neptune
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KOMONAZMUK (HENCH / Clear Skyz / Metalheadz) Kieran has established his name as a superb mix down engineer both amongst local circles and through working with his resident label – Hench, to produce some sonically HD music.
In this session Kieran will be taking an in depth look at the science and art of mix-down. He will be taking an unmixed track and will work through it step by step showing you his exact process and methodology. This will be the first time we have held a talk purely on mixing, so we are very excited to see his delivery! He has given talks at Bath Spa University for the Degree students and will be delivering content to the same standard for us. For anybody looking to take their mix to the next level, this session will be packed with plugins, settings and information that will fast forward you a few years in knowledge. BIG!
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Al Tourettes (ISP / Applepips) Back to deliver another high energy talk for us Al will be looking at get the amazing creative sounds he has in his sound palette for minimal techno & electronica. Some say he was a slightly wacky approach to his music, but there is a definite method to the madness! You will also be shown how to compile ‘CD’ mixes using ableton to get that polished demo together to hand out to promoters. 
In Spring 2008 Al met Appleblim, and became interested in the Dubstep/ Techno crossover. They collaborated on a remix of Hector & Bryants ‘Tension’ for Phonica Records debut vinyl release in Spring 2009. In Autumn 2009 he released ‘Dodgem’ on Apple Pips Recordings and followed it with a storming exclusive mix for Mary Anne Hobbs world renowned BBC Radio 1 show. Al collaborated again with Appleblim on a remix of Planetary Assault System’s ‘X Speaks to X’ for Berlin’s OstGut Ton, the in-house label of the legendary Berghain / Panoramabar club, released in October 2009. He followed this with a mix for Rob Booth’s highly regarded ‘Electronic Explorations’ website in February of last year. The last year has had many highlights in terms of live shows and saw Al perform at a number of well respected club’s and events in the UK and europe including Fabric, Nuit Sonores, Bloc Weekend, Shambala festival and Space Ibiza. Aside from personal projects, Al has also contributed a special piece of music for Darren Aronovsky’s Oscar Nominated film ‘Black Swan’. Nuff Said !
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WEDGE (Hench Records) Wedge is our resident speaker at the seminar days and also an electronic producer with an experimental, deep and thoughtful tone. Drawing on a wide range of menacing atmospherics, haunting sonic soundscapes, chest rattling sub bass, and squelchy LFO frequencies, Wedge produces a journey into the depths of sound. His music encompasses a wide range of influences from glitch, techno, dub, 80’s electro, hip hop, metal, and obscure 70’s horror movies. 
His music is as equally subversive and enthralling to listen to on headphones, as it is to dance hard to. In 2005 Wedge became a member of Bristol’s infamous HENCH crew with MC Jakes, Headhunter, Whiteboi, and Komonazmuk. Since then Wedge has played at some of the biggest events in the country and abroad including FWD, Blowpop, Glade Festival, Freak Camp, Sonic Warfare, Technicality, Drive By, Run, Sh*t the bed, Penguin Dance, Just Jack, HENCH and Sziget festival. A-List support of his music includes Mary Anne Hobbs, Skream, N-Type, Appleblim and Mike Paradinas (Planet Mu). Not only is Wedge a top class producer with a fresh outlook on music, but he is also a fully trained music technology teacher with a PGCE and also a degree in music production. so expect both high end techniques, and top class delivery. Adam will be lecturing on many different aspects of production and the industry over the next year, from compression to sound design and how to build a studio. We are very excited to have him as a regular feature becuase we know you will learn alot from him.
ISP007 Wedge – Reaching by djwedge
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PLACES ARE LIMITED TO ONLY 50, SO PLEASE BOOK EARLY TO SECURE ENRTY TO THIS EXCLUSIVE SEMINAR. IF YOU ARE BOOKING ONLINE, PLEASE LEAVE YOUR NAME ON THE CHECKOUT PAGE, THIS MEANS WE DON’T NEED TO SEND YOU TICKETS AS WE WILL HAVE YOUR NAME ON THE DOOR… TREE SAVING EVENT!
