Rich Franklin: The Beginners Guide

Ok , so our boy Rich Franklin joined the Dub-boro crew a few months back after the Skream party. His good looks, charm and eagerness to get involved have been a massive asset to the night since we met him. Hopefully the man will be a regular contributor to the blog over the coming months. Over to you Richie boi...


A few loyal followers of Dub-Boro have asked how to get their wobbling hands on the latest Dub out there. So for anyone who doesn’t already know, here’s some tips and pointers to grabbing some fresh mixes:

If you know the artist you’re searching for I’d start with http://www.dubstepforum.com/ . This site caters for all things dubstep, and has a designated section for artists to post up new mixes. If you still cant find what you’re looking for try a google search with the name of the artist and then dubstep forum as keywords.

Another decent place to find new mixes is on myspace pages, every now and then artists post links to download rather than just stream on the player.

http://www.barefiles.com/ is also a great resource with lots of up to date tracks. There are plenty of links to dubstep radio, one of the best being subFM, so those obviously play plenty of fresh tunes.

And the final search hint is to simply google search the name of your artist along with the name of file hosting websites like mediafire, zShare etc. you never know, could be lucky.

Also If you haven’t got much dubstep on the old iPod, then I’d suggest you buy/acquire the basic beginners package:
Fabriclive 37. by Caspa & Rusko – Standard but classic
Skream – Watch the Ride – Not so full on and a bit more ravey
Dubstep Allstars vol.5 by N-Type – Dark to start with moving a bit digi later on
Tectonic plates volumes 1 & 2 – mixed by pinch
Dubstep Allstars vol.3 mixed by Kode9 feat. Spaceape
Underwater dancehall (2CD) - Pinch
In Fine Style – Horsepower Productions
D1 – Trial run – start of the unique dub, also check out cocaine on dubstep allstars 3
Burial – South London boroughs – a mixable burial track and check out distant lights remix by kode9
Preverlist – Bristol talent, did Glastonbury with pinch and has more interesting tunes
RSD – same as above. Did a great remix of get up on tectonic plates vol 2
Mary Anne Hobbs – topping up on the above, check the Bristol rise up mix with some joker too.


Happy hunting!

Dub-boro VI

The line up and details of the next Dub-boro installment are out. Dub-boro VI will host 4 of the most exciting artists in the world of dubstep and beyond. The party takes place on 28th October 2009 and the location will be kept top secret as a Dub-boro standard.

Benga Myspace

Toddla T Myspace

Nero Myspace

Martelo Myspace

Limited earlybird tickets are now available here

Facebook event here

Are you Mike Mases?

We first heard from young Mike after our first party when he starting bugging us to play at the next. A couple of recommendations and a mixtape later, he was part of the crew. Making his debut on ‘The Magical Mystery Tour’, he has been an ever present in our line-ups since. From warming up for Rusko to taking over control of the decks from Bar9, Mike’s no nonsense style and his ear for big tunes has helped push the night further than we could have imagined.

“I first got into the scene with DnB about 10 years ago on the back of the Roni Size movement, and was on and off until about 2005 when I got back into it in a big way. Since then been going to all the club nights and even trying some producing at one point, but gave that up pretty quickly when I discovered I was pure shit. Got into dub for the first time around 2007 when labels like Tempa and DMZ had established themselves from obscurity touting heavyweights such as Benga, Loefah, and Mala. During that year I also started learning how to mix using my mates vinyl, I was still way too broke to afford my own setup, but carried on anyway mixing mainly DnB at the time.

In 2008 after scrimping together every penny I had, I finally managed to get my first setup, giving me an opportunity to start getting demos out and playing clubs. I've been with Dub-Boro now from their second show after I came to the first and fucking loved it. Of all the places I've played now, I feel like the best nights are still the Dub-Boro ones. I challenge anyone to find a night with more athmosphere! I'll be seeing all you boys and girls at the next night!”

Mike Mases’ June 09 Mixtape

Lost - Neck Back
Rob Sparx - Sludge
Cookie Monsta - Frontline
DJ Fast Eddie - Yo yo get funky (Crissy Criss Remix)
Joker and Ginz - ReUp
Planas - Zulu
Benga - On the Edge
Nero - Act like you know (Dubstep Remix)
Jakes - 3K Lane (Dubble Step Edit)
MC Beezy - Mr Dingaling (Jakes)
Jakes - Kill tha Roach
Emalkay - Gut Feeling
The Streets - Blinded by the Lights (Nero Remix)
Caspa - Marmite
La Roux - Bulletproof (Foamo Remix)