After a massive set at Homegrown earlier this year and tour of USA/Europe The Upbeats return to celebrate the release of their brand new album 'Primitive Technique' and resurrect the infamous James Smith Basement in Wellington. With local support from Frederick Crew, Beat Mob & Earth Is Our Spaceship this will be one to remember!
THE UPBEATS
In today's heady climate of bass-fuelled dance music it could easily be argued that producer-DJs are the new rock stars. Climbing into that mould with a pair of schoolboy grins on their faces, The Upbeats have already been playing that role for years. Their anything-goes live performances are renowned for mosh pits, topless dancers (sometimes women) and crowd surfing, while their approach to writing hard-hitting, unique-sounding drum & bass is lauded across the globe.
Fuelled by New Zealand's isolation from the rest of the world and its staggering natural beauty, The Upbeats' unique take on 170bpm+ bass music has seen the duo work alongside scene stalwarts such as Ed Rush & Optical, Bad Company, Hive, Gridlock, Bulletproof, TREi and State of Mind while releasing tracks across a plethora of the D&B scene's most respected record labels and are building up to the release of their 4th full length album on Noisia's label 'Vision recordings'.
