STEPPAS CHOICE - The Official Podcast

Steppas Choice 170: Chezz & C4TRBroadcasted on the 4th of April 2011Out of the Dust of a new Generation of BASS Heads, on a mission to push different strains of Dubstep / Bass Music, a man like Chezz emerged and came to showcase what he calls proper spanking Bass Madness: Deep'n'Dark morphing Basslines with sophisticated Swung out riddims. Chezz part of the Dubsludge Collective appeared at least for me with the launch of the Swiss Dubstep Forum.As you might know my plan was always to support each and everyone who's active and pushing the sound. So it was clear that I hooked him up and offered him to come and play! So without further explanation, Enjoy the Show!Grab the Mix here: Steppas Choice 170: Chezz & C4TR (04.04.2011)Essential Linkage: www.getfilthy.chBass Bless'C4TR

Steppas Choice 169: DJ Taiken & C4TRBroadcasted on the 28th of MarchIt’s a pleasure to welcome a new breed in the show; second one this year after Big MD. And it’s even a bigger pleasure to me because he’s hailing from my origins the east of Switzerland. DJ Taiken, representing UphillProjects and hailing from St. Gallen came over to presents us what he calls Dubstep. I can tell you it was serious bass!He was also the first to experience the new interview form that I set up and which every DJ is requested to fill out! Just thought would be nice to know where they come from, what the feel and foremost the ultimate question:What is this thing called Dubstep in their opinion?And since this is the reason to exist for Steppas Choice I stay curious, curious in what Bass will bring next? Progression / Evolution / Mutation?Here comes Taiken’s Explanation in Interview form and as podcast!Enjoy the experience!Click here for a bigger pictureEssential Linkage:www.uphillprojects.chCheck Dj Taiken Live @ Steppas Choice on the 20th of Junewww.radioradius.chBass bless'C4TR

Broadcasted on the 21st of March 2011Actually it was planned to have a man called Zenit in the show alongside his partner in Dub Faustizm but… I got a call from Zenit around lunchtime where he announced that he won’t make it to play his bass heavy tunes in the show due to a problem with the city council of Bienne. The problem was that the city council planned to destroy the place were Zenit and Faustizm had their creative laboratories probably to build a shopping centre or business house or something of sort, which will bring more money (and less fame than having two brilliant ARTists which enrich the city with cultural goods). It seems like the old battle between Economics (equals Money Making) and Art (you know… this thing that really makes us human) reached one of the street art strongholds in Switzerland (at least that was always my impression while being in Bienne). So Faustizm and Zenit occupied with an emergency meeting to discuss the future of their creative facility and what to do about the plans of the city council I was on my own to do this show…So there is another one with C4TR in the hot seat – proper bass madness as usual!Enjoy!Essential Linkage: www.bassvandalizm.com

Steppas Choice 166: Elusive Bastard & C4TRBroadcasted on the 7th of March 2011A farewell to an Elusive Bastard. Oh Bwoy where should I start…I met Svenski one Thursday Night, if I’m not completely wrong something like five to six years ago for one of the legendary Jungle Rocket Drum’n’Bass Shows. I was so thrilled to be on a Radio Show, broadcasting the music I liked, and still like, to a wider mass of fellow Jungleists, that I told Svenski that I would return two weeks later for the next show. Svenski was in for it and that was the start of my radio days and the beginning of a deep musically friendship. Svenski, always motivated to discover and on the look out for new bass music, was also the one who brought in the genre this blog is nearly all about: Dubstep. After running Jungle Rocket together with Svenski for quiet a while, increasing it’s popularity, organising every now and then a meeting of Bass Junkies at various BPM’s, conquering FM Radio in Zurich with the Jungle Rocket Invasion at Lora and sinking don’t know how many gallons of beer, I left the Jungle Rocket Radio Show to do Steppas Choice. That didn’t end our friendship. Svenski was still running Jungle Rocket Radio Show and it was only a question of time until he showed up in one of the Steppas Choice Shows. The reason for that was of course the highly infectious effect of Bass, which is omnipresent in Dubstep. So when Svenski showed up to serve the Bass Madness he didn’t only bring an excellent selection of bass driven, swung out tunes he also came along with a new name: Elusive Bastard. Under this moniker he came to grace the show several times, either as a DJ or as a fellow friend in Bass. I was always pleased to have him in the show because it always had this surprisingly moment init. ELU was one of the first to play the funky strain of UK Bass Music and he was also strongly connected to new breads of the Bass Music strain.So this show sums up the essence of ELU, although this is nearly impossible considering that man’s knowledge and collection of absolutely hideous smashers. So to end this farewell to an Elusive Bastard I just want to say the following:Thank you Sven for everything, for the chitchats, the pointing out of new exciting music, for the cover shows, all the adventures in bass and last but not least for your friendship!Sven, Svenski, Elusive Bastard, ELU: I wish you all the best for your future and may your dreams become true! Bass bless’C4TR aka CasperPS: Give as a proof of life from time to time and don’t forget to send me the picture of you wearing one of this lumberjack shirts, which was actually the reason for you to go over to the maple leaf country!

Steppas Choice 165: Stacie & C4TRBroadcasted on the 28th of February 2011Stacie! Stacie? STAAAACCCCIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!Don’t know? You got to listen this show! Stacie, aka MC Staga (MC/Singer) & Hazy (Beats/Sampling/Production) worked quiet a while on their first album/mixtape. Staga dropped by from time to time to play a tune or two in the show and I was always quiet impressed by what he brought time. So when he called me and announced that they were done with it and finally about to release their music, the question was quickly raised:“When will you come to for a Steppas Choice Showcase?”So they came and also brought their partner in crime Jordan along and wrecked the studio with some freestyles and a more than funny tune-by-tune Album introduction.So with no further explanation: download it and listen to it! The Music is everything!Big up Stacie!Linkage:http://soundcloud.com/stacie-musicBass Bless’

Steppas Choice 164: Big MD & C4TRBroadcasted on the 21st of February 2011Once again we had an up and coming DJ/Producer slammin' the Show! Big MD means Big Bass! Setting up his Bass Fires since a while when ever there is a bassy place to play, bubbling' on productions in the background, heavily involved in pushing the sound: good ingredients to heat up the Usual Monday Night Madness! C4TR on the "Back from LDN" Intro - Vinyl Only First Timer!You can catch Big MD & his X-Amount Fellas plus the Dubsludge Crew alongside Spokee MC & MC Staga on the 19th of March @ Superzero / Zürich. Taste a likkle sumpt'ing of Big MD's Bass Voodoo!Big up MD!Out to the Shoutbox Crew - Lively as a rabbit on chillies! One Love!Linkage:http://soundcloud.com/big-mdNews of the Evening:http://www.rwdmag.com/2011/02/magnetic-man-tell-soccer-am-theyre-in-talks-to-buy-local-football-team-farleigh-rovers/Bass Bless'

Steppas Choice 163: Maneki Neko & C4TRBroadcasted on the 14th of February 2011Maneki Neko takes us on a deep bass quest from lowdown skankers to upfront 4 to the floor steppers. Straight Bass Madness!Enjoy the show!There are two ways to get the Steppas Choice Podcast:The start is for both the same:Open your iTunes, go to the menu point “Advanced”, chose “ Subscribe to Podcast…”, a pop up window should emerge and ask for the URL. Now just copy/paste one of the following URL into the box:http://feeds.feedburner.com/SteppasChoiceAdd this one if you want the newest shows - ...only... - without all the shows from the Steppas Choice Archives.http://feeds.feedburner.com/SteppasChoicePodcastAdd this one if you want all the shows since day dot! The Steppas Choice Archive will be slowly fed to this Podcast Feed. So every now and then you will get a show from back in the days - plus- of course always the newest shows straight and upfront. To put it short you will get everything home served!You could also open the iTunes Store and type “Steppas Choice” into the search field, run the search, select the Podcast results and you should find the Steppas Choice Podcast. So far only one of them will appear. It's the first mentioned one, where you only get the newest shows, without any Shows from the vaults. The Podcast should be named Steppas Choice. The one with all the Shows from the past should be named Steppas Choice - The Official Podcast. Enjoy!

Steppas Choice 161: Slass, Kolt' & C4TRBroadcasted on the 31st of January 2011Slass & Kolt’ serving the Bass Beauties. And once again the Unreleased Kollektiv Crew members drag us deep on their journey into bass. As usual I mess around in the intro – some Dubstep, some UK Garage, some UK Funky, some Grime – to put it short Bass MusicA brief Playlist1. Zenit – Ghost VIP (C4TR Version) – Dubplate2. Jamie Woon – Night Air (Deadboy Remix) – Grab it here:http://nmbrs.net/podcast/39-jamie-woon-night-air-deadboy-remix/3. Mr One Two – Tibetan Bowl feat. Blender – L2S Recordings4. Jericho – Judas – L2S Recordings5. CJ Reign – Yaadein – L2S Recordings6. Jamie Woon – Blue Truth – Grab it here:http://www.factmag.com/2010/12/17/download-a-new-track-by-jamie-woon/7. The Streets – Going Through Hell (Lil Silva Remix (Version 3)) – Grab it here:http://www.factmag.com/2011/01/06/download-lil-silvas-remix-of-the-streets/8. D.O.K - Chemical Planet (DarkTone Sound Remix) – Butterz - Grab it here:http://ymlp.com/z0wlnB9. TLC – Scrubs (Funkystepz & Scott Mix) – Grab it here:http://www.sendspace.com/file/6mgxnjNow worries legal download from Funky Stepz themselves; more infos and tunes here:http://www.factmag.com/2010/12/25/2010s-musical-christmas-presents-the-list-so-far/10. Digital Mystikz – Intergalactic – DMZ11. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX – NY Is Killing Me – XL Recordings12. Phaeleh – Falling – Disfigured Dubz13. Zenit – The Bird – Dubplate14. Slass in the Mix15. Kolt’ in the Mix16. Slass b2b Kolt’Enjoy the Show!Maximum Respect to Kolt’ & Slass and the Unreleased KollektivBass Bless’

Steppas Choice 160: C4TR in the hot seatBroadcasted on the 24th of January 2011Once again – C4TR on a solo mission – still adjusting to the new studio – still messing around – usual Monday Night MadnessPlaylist:1. Truth – Wednesday – Disfigured Dubz2. Distance – Night Vision – Planet Mu3. Digital Mystikz – Education – DMZ4. Fracture – The Phonecall – Compound One Records5. Skream – Untitled – Tempa6. Distance & Skream – Wise Man – Ringo Records7. Kromestar – Kromestar Zion Dub – Marxmen Dubs8. Digital Mystikz / Mala – Eyez – DMZ9. TMSV – Signal – Box Clever10. Ben Verse – Dark Star – Wheel & Deal Records11. Skream – Rottan – Tempa12. Caspa – Custard Chuker – Sub Soldiers13. Mala – Bury da Bwoy – DMZ14. MRK 1 – Steppa Delights – Earwax15. Mala – Blue Notez – DMZ16. Digital Mystikz / Coki – Intergalactic feat. Smurks – DMZ17. Digital Mystikz / Mala – Mountain Dread March – DMZ18. Skream – Monsoon (Loefah Remix) – Tempa19. Digital Mystikz / Coki – Serious – DMZ20. Mala – Hunter – DMZ21. Jonny Clark – Sinners (Mala Remix) – Ringo Records22. Mala – Forgive – Deep Medi Musik23. Massive Music – Find My Way (Kode9 Remix)24. Kryptic Minds – Badman – Swamp 8125. Zenit – Black Bird – Bassvandalizm Dubplate26. UNKLE – Follow Me Down feat. Sleepy Sun (Mr. Lager Remix) – Surrender All27. Skream – Sub Island – Soul Jazz Records28. ASBO (Loefah & Sgt. Pokes) – Dog Money (Lovemix) – Tectonic29. Loefah – Mud – DMZ30. Zenit – Robot – Bassvandalizm Dubplate31. S.N.O – Disturbance – Earwax32. Von D – Show Me feat. Phe Phe (Skream Remix) – Get Darker33. Phaeleh – Tachi – Wheel & Deal Records34. Truth – Stay – Disfigured DubzEnjoy the Show!May the Bass be with you!

Steppas Choice 29: Selector Lloyd & C4TRBroadcasted on the 21st of July 2008Selector Lloyd serves us some proper bass madness from old to new from dub to the step… Absolutly outstanding business! Big up Selector Lloyd!Enjoy the Show!Read the full post here:http://steppaschoice.blogspot.com/2008/07/steppas-choice-29-selector-lloyd-c4tr.html

Steppas Choice 22: Broods & C4TRBroadcasted on the 2nd of June 2008Broods, part of the Unreleased Kollektiv, is a Producer and DJ out of “Ouest lausannois” (the East of Lausanne) and his known for his own smashing productions like "Astrolight" or his two brand spanking new Dancefloor Killers "After Sun" and "Desert’s Toad". He also got a couple more tunes under his belt and all of them properly cut on Dubplate! Plenty of exclusive stuff on the come up! And proper cultivation of Basslines and Drums, Echoes and Reverbs! So tune in for another one not to miss!Enjoy the Show!Read the full post here:http://steppaschoice.blogspot.com/2008/05/steppas-choice-22-broods-c4tr-02062008.html

Steppas Choice 21: Deadbybeats & C4TRBroadcasted on the 26th of May 2008In this show we deal with Deadbybeats who’s gonna feed the one’s and two’s with some things from the darker side of Dubstep. We also gonna play some new tunes both local and international. So tune in for some of the wickedest sound existing in these Babylonian times we live in and to properly skank out your demons!Enjoy the show!

Steppas Choice 20: Selector Lloyd & C4TRBroadcasted on the 19th of May 2008Half of everything is luck! It was like that with this edition of Steppas Choice… Actually I hoped to have Mr. Broods out of the Unreleased Kollektiv for the 20th Show of Steppas Choice. It would have been great to have him as an outstanding DJ and Producer in the Show to celebrate this milestone... Due to some language barriers we have in Switzerland and my lousy talent to speak French and perhaps even some technical difficulties in communication it didn’t work out… for this show! So it was Friday Night and I didn’t have a DJ for Monday! Head buzz! I was on the search for an equivalent replacement and found a man diggin’ the crates since ages, a true vinyl lover and music collector, or to put it short: a passionate bass-loving freak! Some of you might have heard his appearance on the 7th Show, on 18th of February and may remember his set… true Dub on Dubs, Digi Dub at it’s best, both old and new, mixed with the new Dubsounds out of LDN, both of them with one thing in common: True Bassline Pressure!I’m very glad to announce to you that the one and only SELECTOR LLOYD will distribute the Sound for the 20th Edition of the mighty STEPPAS CHOICE!Proper spanking bassline madness - DUB from back then in Jamaica to Future DUB of tomorrow out of LDN, mixed together with a Selection of some international Bass extravaganza and some exclusives material!Another one not to miss... for the Lovers of deep low down super skanking wild out bassy catchy soulful uprockin' Bassline Extravaganza!Enjoy the show!Bless'

The first ever streamed/broadcasted STEPPAS CHOICE Show… here’s some history…Steppas Choice 1: BLADE & C4TRBroadcased on the 29th of October 2007Yes Mates! Radio Radius (www.radioradius.ch) got its first show, fully dedicated to the amazing low down brand spanking Sounds of Dubstep’n’Grime!Actually this wasn’t the first Dubstep Radio Show in Switzerland, nor was it the first Dubstep Show on Radio Radius. DJ BLADE, Swiss Dubstep Heavyweight and true Swiss Dubstep Originator, has been running (still is!) a Dubstep / Grime / Sublow / Eskibeats Show on www.audioasyl.net called Wildstyle since years and his show is the longest running Dubstep Radio Show in Switzerland! It may not always be regularly streamed but it’s the first and wickedest Dubstep related show in Zurich and Switzerland! Largin’ up Mr. BLADE!STEPPAS CHOICE developed itself out of the DUBSTEP MADNESS SESSIONS which $venski, founder of the Jungle Rocket Radio Show (a Jungle & Drum’n’Bass Show on Radio Radius) and myself C4TR, held in May 2007 as a special showcase on the Jungle Rocket Radio Show. There were around four follow up shows to this first Session as both of us fall in Love with the sounds of Dubstep and it’s intensive Basslines. So we decided to do some Dubstep Madness in every fourth show of the Jungle Rocket Radio Show, which meant one Dubstep Show every other month. Here’s a taste of what we did back then as a part of the Jungle Rocket Radio Show:DUBSTEP MADNESS 1 was streamed on the 10th of May 2007 and behind the wheels of steel were the likes of DJ PRIMO, with a little Oldskool 2Step set, and both DJ BLADE & DJ UNFINISHED showcasing the Sounds of Dubstep.DUBSTEP MADNESS 2 was streamed on the 5th of July 2007 with New.com and DJ BLADE behind the decks playing some proper skank out Music.DUBSTEP MADNESS 3 was streamed on the 30th of August 2007 with DJ BLADE, DJ UNFINISHED & DEADBYBEATS on duty, who served some of the darker stuff from the future sounds of the underground.DUBSTEP MADNESS 3.5 was streamed on the 4th of October 2007 and was also broadcasted on a proper Radiofrequency in the greater Zurich area. The people of Zurich were graced by the sounds of DJ PRIMO serving some sweet’n’seducing 2Step Beats and the one they call DJ BLADE serving the upfront’n’heavy Dubstep Sound! Especially for this show, which was broadcasted live on air throughout Zurich, flyers and posters were spread out across the city to create awareness that it was taking place. Although these adds were attractively made and well designed, they were not as informative as I would have wished them to be… so over night someone altered the posters slightly by spray painting them with a stencil… and those guys didn’t stop… they even spray painted like a hundred flyers with a stencil… was great fun to see that… anyway many thanks to the stencil crew!DUBSTEP MADNESS 4 was streamed on the 25th of October 2007 and was celebrated with the Unreleased Kollektiv out of Fribourg and a proper 3h skank out bass madness set!After the second DUBSTEP MADNESS SESSION I stated to get anxious about having to wait for 8 weeks until there would be another one… The music was too exciting to wait so long and too beautiful to not be regularly streamed out to the listeners of Radio Radius. As a result I decided to go and ask the Radio Administration if there’s a free slot to do a Dubstep’n’Grime Show. After some negotiation with them we found a slot on Monday Night from 22h-24h CET every two weeks; always on a week where there was no Jungle Rocket Radio Show on Thursday Night. The next decision to be made was on a suitable name for the show and to do the test show for the Radio Administration.Name was difficult… Future Sounds (of Zurich) was the project name… but hey you can’t be taken serious with such a copycat style name… really… next one on the list was .!, (Point Exclamation Mark Coma) which I thought was quiet funny but not particularly practical for Graphics or to shout it (and it also refers a bit to the ctrl alt del thing)… anyway names are a thing of luck… Test Show was still called Future Sounds (of Zurich)…and for the meantime it was okay… Oh and by the way I’ve truly got to say Big up to Mr. UNFINISHED for doing the test show with me on a bloody Thursday afternoon… or was it Wednesday…? So four days after the wicked DUBSTEP MADNESS 4 SESSION I streamed the first Show of the Shows that became suddenly and naturally called STEPPAS CHOICE out of the Radio Radius Studios with the man known as BLADE behind the one’s and two’s. And, oh my gosh, it was a good start! A massive "Thank you!" to BLADE for having done this together with me! Out to the NXT LVL CRW!!!So there we are:Steppas Choice:the most regularly streamed Dubstep Radio Show in Zurich! Going from strength to strength… naturally spreading good vibes… sustained Dubstep Cultivation… and still going strong thanks to your support! Greetings

Dubstep Madness Part 4Broadcasted on the 25th of October 2007More Info hereUnreleased Kollektiv Takeover:Chapter 3:Slass up on decksFinal Dubstep Madness Show!Enjoy the Show!http://steppaschoice.blogspot.comhttp://steppaschoicepodcast.blogspot.com

Dubstep Madness Part 4Broadcasted on the 25th of October 2007More Info hereUnreleased Kollektiv Takeover:Chapter 2:Kolt' up on decksFinal Dubstep Madness Show!Enjoy the Show!http://steppaschoice.blogspot.comhttp://steppaschoicepodcast.blogspot.com

Dubstep Madness Part 4Broadcasted on the 25th of October 2007More Info hereUnreleased Kollektiv Takeover:Chapter 1:Broods up on decksFinal Dubstep Madness Show!Enjoy the Show!http://steppaschoice.blogspot.comhttp://steppaschoicepodcast.blogspot.com

Dubstep Madness Part 3.5Broadcasted on the 4th of October 2007More Info hereChapter 2:DJ Blade - FM Bass StyleeEnjoy the Show!http://steppaschoice.blogspot.comhttp://steppaschoicepodcast.blogspot.com

Dubstep Madness Part 3.5Broadcasted on the 4th of October 2007More Info hereChapter 1:DJ Primo - FM Bass StyleeEnjoy the Show!http://steppaschoice.blogspot.comhttp://steppaschoicepodcast.blogspot.com

Dubstep Madness Part 3Broadcasted on the 30th of August 2007More Info hereDJ Blade, DJ Unfinished & Deadbybeats feat. C4TR & MC Operation rolling throughout the Bass Beauties.Enjoy the Show!http://steppaschoice.blogspot.comhttp://steppaschoicepodcast.blogspot.com

Dubstep Madness Part 2Broadcasted on the 5th of July 2007More Info hereChapter 2:DJ Blade feat. C4TR & MC Operation serving the BassSecond Bass Instalment on Radio RadiusEnjoy the Show!http://steppaschoice.blogspot.comhttp://steppaschoicepodcast.blogspot.com

Dubstep Madness Part 2Broadcasted on the 5th of July 2007More Info hereChapter 1:New.com feat. C4TR & MC Operation serving the BassSecond Bass Instalment on Radio RadiusEnjoy the Show!http://steppaschoice.blogspot.comhttp://steppaschoicepodcast.blogspot.com

Dubstep Madness Part 1Broadcasted on the 10th of May 2007More info hereDJ Primo, DJ Unfinished & DJ Blade up on decksThe start of proper Bass on Radio Radius!Enjoy the Show!http://steppaschoice.blogspot.comhttp://steppaschoicepodcast.blogspot.com