Artist Highlight: Stephanie Smart

Hey Rub-A-Dubsteppers, every week we feature an up and coming talent and this week we're spot lighting Stephanie Smart......The voice of timeless garage track 'It's the way'... a tune any old skool raver knows very well, she tells us what she's been up to since then and gives us a sneek peek at one of her unreleased tracks...

Read on to find out a bit more about her...

Starting out in Garage as an MC in 1996, Stephanie earned her place as alias MC Leethal Lady on the London stage by pushing her way through what seemed like an endless fight to be heard.  From singing into hairbrushes aged 7 dreaming of bright lights and raucous crowds, Stephanie finally realised the start of this dream when she moved full-time onto the live stage and began touring the '99 UK Garage smash "It's The Way" alongside the producer of the track DJ Rhythm Master, collectively known as 'Future Underground Nation'.

Stephanie maintained her own seperate projects for many years and for a period of two years or more, was touring both on the Club scene and also with live bands.  She wrote MC-style tracks and played them with the live backing of her friends 'Digress': www.digressmusic.com in cool venues in Camden, South London and the West End, and she also shared the lead vocal for a techno-rock band she joined and grew very tight with, called Gold Digger: www.golddiggerhq.com.  Several years into her live shows and in pursuit of a new challenge, she was approached and climbed aboard to spend two years touring with the Old Skool/Hardcore captains of the ship, Ratpack in 2007.  This meant Stephanie waved goodbye to all her other commitments and dived head-first into all that is weird and wonderful on the Rave scene.  With this project now over, Stephanie is on a solo songwriting and hibernation tip, accompanied by a new mantra - 'no rules, no boundaries, just good music'.

I leave you with an sample of one of her new tracks>>>>>>

I Don't Care (Written and performed by Stephanie Smart and produced by Mystic 'Dubplate' Matt, 2010 by RubaDubstep

Vote for Soap Dodgers SW4 DJ Mix Competition Entry!!!!!!!

These man just don't stop....Check out this dirty little treat courtesy of Soap Dodgers.....They dont use soap and it shows......This one fuckin stinks mate......Wooooooooooooooooo!!!!

This mix is their entry for SW4 Festival London DJ Competition

Don't forget you can catch these two at Boys n Girls of Dubstep on 24th July alongside some of the hottest up and coming talent Miss>Understood, Psy:am, Liz-E and DJ Raggs...Fuckin up the decks for your skankin pleasure.....An event not to be missed!!!!

Anyway here's the mix........

Good Luck Soap Dodgers from Rub-a-Dubstep!!!!!

Sw4 Getdarker Competition by Soap Dodgers on Mixcloud

Artist Highlight: Stephanie Smart

Stephanie Smart is the Artist Highlight this week. We'll be taking a little look at the person behind the music. Today we have a little piece on her inspirations and for good measure, have a look at her in action.

Dont forget Stephanie will be live on the Mic @ our debut event Boys n Girls of Dubstep @ Music bar, Brixton on Saturday 24th July.....just to give you an idea of what to expect check this video of her live in action...



Now let's see where she draws her inspiration from:

"I love the work of those still at it after 20+ years of dedicated and high-quality contribution to the Industry. There are a huge number of influential people on the Club and Rave scene - I have a few cool memories of feeling overwhelmed, even when I was a good few feet away on a couple of occasions. I have proof that it's possible to feel you have learned something from someone just by their very presence, enough energy to drive you to produce a decent lyric or a chorus.

Onto hip-hop, I was so happy to find that in the last 6 or 7 years we've developed a sudden mass of hungry lyrical entrepreneurs in the UK that are helping to break old fashioned stigmas about rap, and UK rap specifically, pushing boundaries and putting out amazing quality music. Whether strong artists get signed or not is a separate thing - they are still successful artists in their own right. The next step after that success is telling everyone else about it. I love the Underground movement. It's a cool journey and inspiring people are everywhere. Its important to also remember that when you go to an event, every single exchange from where you get your stamp, to those "lolly pop, freshen up" folk in the loo's, all the way to the staff that are still there hours after you have staggered home needs organising by others to work properly. Promoters have a huge amount to deal with so although I am not one, I also take inspiration from being around them alot and feeling what's required to be one. I don't think I could do it!"

That just about wraps it up for today. Next time we'll see what she likes about Dubstep and what kind of a setup she has at home....Just remember guys she's a singer...lol.

Boys n Girls of Dubstep Competition Winner

Rub-A-Dubstep Boys n Girls we have a winner!!!!!!

(Round of applause here please!!!)

We had alot of entries in which we'll be letting you hear shortly


The winner is........................ 


Mitchell 'Made' Haywood with his remix of  'From Day by Double S'

Mitchell's entry will be played @ Boys n Girls of Dubstep on Saturday 24th July 2010 and he also has a Rub-A-Dubstep Tee on the way to him in the mail.

Thank's to everyone who took part and better luck next time, check back for more competitions soon.

Here's the winning track

01 From Day (Made ft. L.A Remix) by RubaDubstep

Check Mitchell 'Made' Haywards Links for more tracks and info and check next week for a feature on him.

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Boys n Girls of Dubstep!!!!! Less than a week away!!!!!

Yo Rub-a-Dubsteppers!!!

That time has finally come...

Our first Dubstep event and the 1st of many to come.

Join us @ Music Bar in Brixton on Saturday 24th July 2010

We've got 3 male DJ's and 3 female DJ's

Male and female Mc's

All guaranteed you to have u skankin 'ard mate

This is Boys n Girls presenting the very best up and coming talent in Dubstep. These are the future stars so come and see them now for a fiver innit!!!!!....

To find out more click here

Hope to see you there!!!!!!!

DJ/Producer Highlight: Psy:am - Top Dubstep tracks and Kit List

As always our DJ highlights always give us their top tracks and this one's no different, peep them and his Kit list below.


Top Tunes

Noah D – Serious (Subway)
Joker – Tron (Kapsize)
Digital Mystikz – Haunted (DMZ)
Nero – This Way (Audio Phreaks)
Psy:am & Stinkahbell – I Shall Not Fear (Dub)
Burial – Archangel (Hyperdub)
Truth – Lost At Sea (Aquatic Labs)

I listen to a wide range of dubstep from dance floor to headphones and picking 5 tunes was impossible! Anything that captures my imagination with a unique style. Oh and a massive bassline usually helps.


Kit List

FL Studio
Cubase
Z3ta
Albino
Sony headphones (I swear by these!)
I like to keep it simple!
 
Now that brings us to the end of Psy:am's profile...I think you may agree he's definitely doin his thing....Get yourself down to Boys n Girls of Dubstep @  Music Bar Brixton on 24th July to see him live in the mix...

Now i'll leave you with a couple more bits from him...

Dripping in Swagga - Psy:am & Stinkhabell (Forthcoming Analogic Recordings) by Psy:am

Tick Tock - Psy:am & Stinkhabell (Forthcoming Analogic Recordings) by Psy:am

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Peace Out

DJ/Producer Highlight: Psy:am - Inspirations and Achievements

Psy:am is a talented producer from South London, we're highlighting him this week in the run up to our first event Boys n Girls of Dubstep @ Music Bar Brixton on 24th July 2010 where you can see him play. Read on to find out about his mission and inspirations... 

Mission

My aims in dubstep are to spread the sound everywhere I go and push the varying sounds in dubstep, showing people there are so many sides to dubstep. 

Inspiration

I’m inspired by a huge range of stuff from hip-hop to drum and bass. Within dubstep there are so many artists pushing the sound. I’m a massive fan of the old garage vibe of El-B and the dark sounds of Burial. I also love the way that James Blake is stretching the sound as well as producers like Pangaea. The quality of releases from the likes of Loefah and Mala is staggering and they always do something new. And for pure dance floor mayhem and intricate production, Joker is really the top of the pile, an inspiration to any producer. Anything that is produced with real quality and effort, regardless of the genre, is an inspiration

Now i leave you quietly with this littlle gem

Rhianna Rude Boy (Psy:am and Stinkahbell Remix)