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What is Massive Drumz Kru?
MDK, also know as Massive Drumz Kru, is the name of a spanish drum and bass collective (from the city of Zaragoza, located between the cities of Madrid and Barcelona).
Their shows/sessions have a great and powerful energy, with an amazing performance in wich is included the rythm, the voice, and the visual experience; due to the collaboration of the Mdk’s Djs; Mdk’s Mcs and Mdk’s Vj. [The MDK have great reviews and references in some articles of the local and national press, electronic music magazines, spanish dnb webpages,and so on].
The musical influences of the crew are very different; from dark trip hop and downtempo, to hip hop, ragga, dub, breakbeat, and even punk and hardcore; (and of course, jungle and drum and bass music).
These influences can be appreciated in their shows,where you can find and listen all kind of drum and bass music; classic tunes, new tunes, liquid funk, raggajungle, jump up, hardstep, techstep…; it always depends on their own critery; the venue; the kind of party and the audience.
Actually the members of MDK are:
Blanca Abad aka Cinic: Female mc&vocalist; design and photography (founder member of MDK)
Ernesto Gerez aka Sirat: Dj; producer; mc (founder member of MDK)
Antonio Lombardo aka T-Line: Dj
Jose Luis aka Txu: Dj
Pablo Hijar aka Spartak: Vj; visuals; design and webmaster.
Some members of MDK (Sirat, Cinic, Pipa), also produce their own tunes of drum and bass music, hip hop, dub and downtempo; and it can be listened at certain times, when they introduce their material into their sessions, in conjunction with the designs and visuals that his Vj (Spartak) creates and applies.
MDK as a collective or a dnb crew, put all of their knowledge and hopes in the difussion of that kind of urban electronic music know as drum and bass.
This is street culture, street music, futurism, vibes, rhymes, visuals, drums, bass, energy, feelings… This is Massive Drumz Kru!
MDK have been playing/djing/performing at:
In Zaragoza:
Dvizio (Sirat) (summer of 2001)
El Sol (Cinic, Sirat) (winter of 2000)
R2D2 (Sirat, Tline, Txu and Cinic) (2001, 2002)
Psicodelic Underground (Sirat, Tline and Cinic) (2002, 2003)
La Casa Magnética (Sirat, Txu, Turno y Cinic).(2003)
Sala Arrebato (Pilares 2003) (Sirat, TLine y Cinic).
Kode Klub (Sirat and Cinic as resident djs; Spartak as resident Vj; and collaborations of Tline,Txu and Pipa) (2003,2004)
Morrisey (Sirat) (2004).
La Ciudad Nunca Duerme (Sirat,Cinic) (2004)
Desafinado (Cinic, Sirat y Spartak) (2004, 2005)
Mar de Dios (Sirat) (2004)
Trukutru (Cinic y Sirat) (2004, 2005)
Festival Roscon Rock 2005 (Cinic, Pipa, Sirat, Spartak, TLine)
Seven (Cinic, Pipa, Sirat, Spartak, TLine, Txu) (2005)
Festival Electro2M5 (Cinic, Sirat, Tline, Spartak) (; 2005)
In the rest of Spain:
A lot of raves, like: Mipanas (2002) ( Sirat,Tline, Cinic, Txu);
at Pirineo Aragones (Sirat, Txu, Tline, Cinic); at Lérida (Sirat);
at Tarragona (Tline), at Barcelona (Sirat, Cinic); at Amurrio (Sirat, Cinic, Tline, Spartak); at raver02Barajas in Madrid (Sirat, Cinic); etc.
Club Zoreks (Lérida); (Vj-Spartak; monthly residence)
N1 Techno Club; en Llodio (vitoria); (Sirat y Cinic).
El Treze; en Llodio (vitoria); (Sirat y Cinic).
Ampliate (Madrid).(Sirat, Tline y Cinic).
Coppelia 101 (Madrid). (Sirat y Cinic)
Neos Festival 2004 (Sabiñanigo). (Sirat, Cinic y Spartak).
Point Sound Festival (Caspe). (Spartak)
Conspiremus Julio 04 (Boltaña). Re.habit.arte-Re.activ.arte (Pipa y Spartak)
H2Zone Festival (Alcarras-Lleida) (Cinic, Sirat y Spartak)
Zoreks (Alcarras) (Cinic, Sirat, T-line y Spartak)
Punto Hit Radio (Huesca) (Cinic y Sirat)
Marlex (Tudela) (Spartak)
Republicca (Valencia) (Cinic, Sirat y Spartak)
Cianuro (Ciudad Real) (Cinic, Sirat y Pipa)
Montagood2005 (Sirat & Cinic)
FIB Heineken 05 (Benicassim) (Spartak VJ)
Festival Panorama 05 (Corella) (Spartak VJ)
They also have shared line-up with:
Dj Qbert (Usa); Afrika Bambataa (Usa); Umek (Eslovenia); Rob Swift; Shitmat; Sickboy; Kid Koala; Vurt Sound System (Uk); Desert Storm; Jim Masters (uk); Takaaki Itoh (japón); John Aquaviva(Canada); Angel Molina (Barcelona), Oscar Mulero (Madrid), Gunjack (Usa); Pepo (Rama;madrid); Claude Young (USA); Soul of Man (UK); Savas Pascadilis; Chelis (zgz); Mzeemismado (huesca); Luis MGA (resistencia;zgz); Cis(zgz); Herbal(zgz); Carlos Hollers (Zaragoza); Sideral (Bcn); Undo (Bcn); Pendejo(zgz); Nasty (bassk;EH); Zigor (bassk;EH); Xol (madridmassive; Bélgica); MkMilk (rollinflava; madrid); Prime (hectic; Venezuela); Pirate G (hectic;madrid); Domi (neural noise; madrid); Richie Weaver (rotate recordings, uk); Triplejota (Barcelona); Rude (Barcelona); Lazza y Ohcan (Bassline Abuse;valencia); Sith (break that beat; Coruña); DavidM (break that beat; Coruña); Strago (mutacube; madrid); Leech (mutacube; madrid); dj FrankJ (Malaga);Luke Slater (uk), Terim (zoreks), Choose (zoreks); and other artists.
MDK are in contact with the rest of the dnb crews of Spain: Gorila, Killabass, Hectic, Madridmassive, Pluralform, mutacube, bassk, bassline abuse, dubcelona, essential, etc.
They also have a project called Skratch Team (SKTM) wich is represented in their own webpage, where you can find information about drum and bass, hip hop, electronic music, street culture; and of course Mdk’s information (bio, events, reviews, dates…).
www.sktm.org
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