Tickets: $25 – $35

Pull Up PDX presents BANDULU RECORDS MEETS DUB-STUY MEETS ZAMZAM SOUND inna PDX...an international dubwize summit, featuring a once-in-a-lifetime, Portland-exclusive lineup of some of the luminary selectors and producers of deep dub/step and sound system music.

KAHN & NEEK (Bandulu Records UK)

COMMODO (Bandulu Records UK)

VON D. (Dub Stuy Sound FRA)

DUB STUY SOUND - Q Mastah & EDICA+ (NYC) b2b ZAMZAM SOUND - E3 & Tracy (PDX)

BLIND PROPHET (ZamZam Sound / Dub Stuy Sound PDX)

BANDULU RECORDS

https://www.instagram.com/band...
Started in 2012, Kahn & Neek's Bandulu label stands out as a beacon in a saturated field of record labels. Cutting heavyweight grime music of Bristolian origin loud onto vinyl, packaging it in hand printed, screen printed sleeves and delivering to the public in limited quantities; it's as personal and as grass roots as it gets. And it might seem like an super over obvious thing to note but it really does fell like they're in it for the right reason. Kahn & Neek play dubplates. They love and respect the culture of vinyl and they love and respect the heritage of the music they make. Simply put they've managed to catch the ear of a hell of a lot of people, ourselves included, over the course of just a handful of records. (Fabric London)

DUB-STUY

http://www.dub-stuy.com
Launched in 2012, Dub-Stuy is a sound system collective and record label hailing from Brooklyn, New York. They pull together different styles, traditions, and modes of production to catalyze interest in sound system culture, a movement with strong ties to America’s music history but often forgotten as time passed. Dub-Stuy traces a direct link between the roots of sound system culture in Jamaica and contemporary bass and electronic music. Focused around a custom-built 15 kilowatt system, Dub-Stuy powers a community and represents sound system culture for the 21st century.

Bandulu Records corner: KAHN & NEEK + COMMODO

KAHN & NEEK

https://setten-agency.com/kahn...
Since first becoming friends as teenagers in the night clubs of their hometown of Bristol in the UK, Kahn + Neek have blazed their own trail and leave their mark on the world of sound system music. After making their names as DJs and producers within Bristol’s early dubstep scene, the duo went on to find themselves at the forefront of the genre’s new wave of artists throughout the 2010s, and an instrumental part of the grime revival of the same period.

In 2012, they started their own record label, Bandulu Records, to both release their music and platform other artists from within their community. With a string of releases and collaborations with staple scene labels like Deep Medi, Keysound Recordings, Butterz, and Terrorhythm, Kahn + Neek became known for a style that blends the raw, darker elements of dubstep and grime music with influences from dancehall, goth and Middle Eastern musical traditions.

In 2016, the pair curated the 90th edition of the esteemed Fabriclive mix series before featuring on BBC Radio 1’s iconic Essential Mix program in the following year.

After touring the world extensively throughout the ‘10s, Kahn + Neek have launched into the next decade full of experience and renewed energy, innovating with a signature style steeped in Bristol’s rich musical heritage and sound system culture. Resident Advisor called their debut album released this past March, Lupus et Ursus, "possibly the most significant milestone in Kahn & Neek’s journey so far, as they continue to fly the flag high for the darker side of sound system music."

COMMODO
https://commodomusic.bandcamp....
https://soundcloud.com/commodo
Over his dozen-plus years in the beatmaking game, Sheffield-raised Commodo--a.k.a. Dom Tarasek--has forged a path all his own in the realm of sound-system music.

As he describes it himself, Commodo “builds bass-focussed beats with soul and substance that never perpetuate a formula,” and approaches his hard-hitting 140 BPM styles with an eclectic palette of grime, hip-hop, and dubwise flavors.

Throughout Tarasek’s single and EP releases on labels like Deep Medi, Hotline Recordings, Black Acre and Bandulu, you’ll find a creative ethos that values freedom, adventure and sonic power. From early shots like his Uprising 12” in 2011 through to last year’s classic Dyrge EP and Rykers/Daytona single, the Commodo sound is open and thrilling, backed by a lifetime of mastering how to read a floor as a selecta.

Dub-Stuy Records corner: VON D + Q-MASTAH + EDICA+

VON D
https://soundcloud.com/vond
https://www.facebook.com/dubsg...
For over 20 years so far, Paris producer and selecta Von D has made a name for his ability to fill dancefloors, fuse genres and hold his own in collaborations with some of the biggest names in underground music.
With three albums and multiple EPs under his belt, Von D is also recognized for featuring exclusive and unreleased dub and dubstep tunes, alongside his own music. With regular shows in Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Australia and regular tours in the USA, his world fanbase testifies to his skill.

For the past few years, Von D has been on a dizzying prolific trajectory since last year. After recent 12s on Dub Stuy, Kaliphonic, Lion Charge and Moonshine, the man has further boosted his dubwize credentials with “Frictions,” his first vinyl release on his own newly launched Dubs Galore label. Featuring vaunted Bristol MC Rider Shafique, the tune has been melting faces throughout Von D’s continental tours.

EDICA+
https://www.edicamusic.com/
https://soundcloud.com/edica
https://www.mixcloud.com/DubAn...
Pull Up PDX is proud to bring back one of the rising talents in Brooklyn’s dubwise scene, EDICA+. As Essence magazine noted in their article Soul Controllers: 10 Women DJs You Should Know and Groove To: “EDICA+ creates otherworldly, intoxicating, and flavorful sounds from around the world." As a Guyanese artist, DJ, and curator hailing from Corpus Christi TX, EDICA+ specializes in a sonic fusion of dub, reggae, Latin, r&b, hip-hop, global bass, & other experimental electronica.

EDICA+ plays a rigorous schedule of gigs throughout New York City, San Antonio, Austin and elsewhere, including sharing the stage with luminaries like Hempress Sativa and Mad Professor. EDICA+ recently made her debut as a member of Brooklyn’s vaunted Dub-Stuy sound system crew with a slot on the CouchFam Twitch stream alongside DJ Sep, DJ Madd and Glasgow’s mighty Mungo’s HiFi.

EDICA+ has collaborated with a wide range of music organizations and constantly evolves her artistry through educational initiatives. She’s the founder of Dub & Effection, a show she hosts on Brooklyn Radio that explores the dub influence on decades of dance music, which she augments with robust educational posts on the Dub & Effection Instagram account.

Through her tasteful combination of legendary classics with new refreshing vibrations, EDICA+’s eclectic sets bump bodies and massage minds worldwide. Though the “+” is silent, it also stands for the first letter (T) of her last name and symbolizes the positively charged energy that EDICA+ embodies.

ZAMZAM SOUNDS (feat. E3 & Tracy)
https://zamzamsounds.com/
https://soundcloud.com/zamzam-sounds
Portland's own ZamZam Sounds is repped by two of the most tireless creators and promulgators in the global dub scene, E3 and Tracy (a.k.a. Polygon Press). They’ve selected at multiple festivals and events, including Outlook and Telerama, and produce “Sounds From the Well”, a monthly dub show broadcast on LYL Radio in Lyon, France. Starting in the mid-‘90s with releases on their BSI Records label, E3, Tracy and Josh Derry (a.k.a. Alter Echo) created a groundbreaking aesthetic that would help define the dread and driving modern dub movement of the time. As dubstep crested in 2012, the duo launched ZamZam Sounds, their limited-edition 7” vinyl-only label, releasing exclusive material by top innovators in today’s dub scene housed in mind-blowingly beautiful bespoke jackets screen-printed by Tracy. Artists who’ve released on ZamZam Sounds include Alpha & Omega, Jah Warrior, RSD, Disciples, Dubkasm, Ishan Sound, Compa and many others, including local favorites Blind Prophet and Alter Echo & E3. The ZamZam sublabel Kaliphonic has released complementary vinyl in 10” and 12” format by Von D, Beat Pharmacy, Strategy, Peaman, legendary cumbiamberos Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto and others.

BLIND PROPHET
https://soundcloud.com/blind-p...
https://blindprophet.bandcamp....
Blind Prophet is native Long Islander Joe Burns. He first appeared on the bass music scene in May 2010 with a string of digital releases on labels like L2S Recordings, Car Crash Set, and DubKraft Records. In March of 2016, Joe secured his first vinyl release on Portland’s ZamZam Sounds label, establishing himself as an up-and-coming producer in the world of dub. The year 2017 saw a pile of Blind Prophet wax, including the anthemic “Rastaman Chat” and “Marijuana Burns Capitalism” singles on Dub-Stuy, and a collab with Bukkha on his Unity EP on Moonshine Recordings. Along with his steady dosage of releases and rising popularity Joe has performed in the US, Canada and Europe, playing alongside people like Zion Train, Solomon Heritage, Joe Nice, Truth, J. Robinson and Compa. This year, Joe released his brilliant debut album Dubs from Lancaster Blvd.

In addition to his solo work, Burns is one half of both riddim killa duo Folding City with Ben Ulis (Self Evident), and ambient dynamo duo Via Dekum with Portland's own Saltfeend.