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| Flyer for SMOG Sundays 06/17 - SMOG website: smogla.com |
Last Sunday, June 17,
Goth-Trad
played out a massive set at SMOG Sundays to a very eager and bass-hungry crowd.
His performance at SMOG Sundays in Hollywood at Dim Mak Studios was one of his
stops for his west coast tour of the US. For those of you who haven’t heard of
Goth-Trad, he’s a Japanese dubstep producer who has had several releases out on
Mala’s highly respected bass music label Deep Medi Musik. Goth-Trad’s latest
release was his LP
New Epoch on Deep
Medi Musik, which is essentially a very minimalistic yet deep and substantial album
that embodies the Deep Medi vibe. He also made an appearance on
Bassweight, a documentary about the origins
and rise of dubstep that I would highly recommend viewing if you want to know
what dubstep is really all about.
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| EshOne and Goth-Trad - Photo credit: Dataset |
I arrived at the venue with
Nativity and Eccentric right as EshOne was finishing up his set, which I really
enjoyed because he properly set the mood with the deep and dark bass tracks for
Goth-Trad, who was eagerly waiting on the side of the stage for his time to
step onto the decks. The Funktion One sound system in the venue was just
amazing – the bass coming out of it quite literally moved you. The visuals
were also breathtaking – there were TV sets in front of the DJ booth and a
projection behind the DJ of random glitchy images and videos that really suited
the vibe of the evening. As soon as EshOne wrapped up his set, MC Kemst got the
crowd to make some noise for Goth-Trad as he stepped on stage in front of the
excited Los Angeles crowd.
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| Goth-Trad - Photo credit: Dataset |
Goth-Trad started his set off
with “
Strangers” off
New Epoch and gradually
built his set with deep and dark dubstep rollers. Goth-Trad’s mixing wasn’t
particularly quick or heavily reliant on huge drops, and I felt that was what
made his performance mindblowing and entrancing. He played out a lot of the
tracks and did really subtle double drops that kept the crowd moving and asking
for more. There was so much energy and so many good vibes in the crowd when
Goth-Trad was playing. You could definitely tell that the people who were there
that evening were there because they knew who Goth-Trad was and/or because they
love and support the deeper and darker styles of bass music that SMOG has been
offering recently. Among the people Nativity, Eccentric, and I ran into, we saw SMOG co-founder Drew (big ups for bringing the deeper side of dubstep to LA!),
12th Planet, and
DJ Fei-Fei amongst the crowd at the event! Goth-Trad’s set overall was one that left a lasting
impression on the LA bass music crowd. After his set, I could hear the many
people approaching him outside asking him when he would be coming back to LA.
Goth-Trad’s performance was definitely a breath of fresh air amongst many of
the dubstep events that I have attended so far this year and I really look
forward to seeing him again if he ever does another gig in or around the Los
Angeles area.
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| Fabricated, Nativity, and Eccentric @ the bottom right - Photo credit: Dataset |
With all that said, I’m pretty
sure that the LA bass music community has been pleased with the artists that
SMOG has been bringing in for their events, from mainstream artists like Skream
and Benga to lesser-known artists like Goth-Trad. I’m also pretty sure that the
bass heads already know and are extremely excited for next month’s highly
anticipated SMOG Sundays event with the legendary dubstep duo Digital Mystikz
aka Coki and Deep Medi Musik founder Mala. The event lands on July 15
th,
is now 18 and over, and has moved from Dim Mak Studios in Hollywoood to Los
Globos, which is a little closer to downtown LA than Dim Mak Studios.
Make sure you hop on those tickets because this is going to be a huge event and I hope to
see you all there!
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