APHRODITE
Event Description
A pioneer. A tastemaker. A true DnB legend. Aphrodite is on his way.
From acid house to jungle to jump-up, he’s a true pioneer of rave culture, responsible for classics and a movement that still dominates today. 30+ years deep and still going strong.
Hide Club | 172 St Asaph Street
Friday 1st May | 10:00pm - 2:30am
Support from: Gwarden, J Howler, Little Bird
About Aphrodite:
Before drum 'n' bass, before jungle, even before hardcore, DJ Aphrodite was doing his thing. While acid house was the name of the game, back in 1988, this man was already making musical moves. Establishing himself as a producer, and Aphrodite Recordings label owner, by the early nineties, he's been a mainstay of the UK rave scene ever since.
Those early releases (sometimes as Aladdin, sometimes as part of his Amazon II project) helped set the template for jungle music as it broke away from its hardcore foundations.
And that innovation was set to continue. As the mid-nineties came along, Aphrodite's use of stripped-back, high-energy bass and beats, combined with hip-hop and reggae samples, would make him one of the founding fathers of jump-up drum 'n' bass. Alongside his long-time sparring partner Micky Finn, Aphrodite planted the roots of a style which, years later, now dominates the landscape of DnB in the UK and beyond.
It's that collaboration with Micky Finn – in the early days as Urban Shakedown, later to coalesce into the Urban Takeover brand – which, for many, defines the sound of nineties rave music. Tunes like “Bad Ass”, “Some Justice”, and the guaranteed skank-out sounds of that Jungle Brothers remix, will always be classics.
So, given his influence on the whole DnB genre, no wonder that Aphrodite's deejay career continues to take him all over the globe. His multi-continental bookings diary, including some of the biggest festivals and clubs the scene has to offer, is, understandably, packed.
Hitting the three decade mark in the game, with two solo artist albums, a bag full of exclusive dubs, and a stupid amount of air miles to his name, DJ Aphrodite knows rave music inside out. As one of the godfathers of drum 'n' bass, he's more than capable of teaching the new generation a thing or two about how the legends do it.
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