So...

Not lot of noise happening here, huh.

But although Brüt Force is experiencing a sort of dormant period, Chicago in general is enjoying the rise in popluarity of DUBSTEP. Joe Nice visited our city again recently, JuJu shortly before that. Both played incredible sets. Some people (myself included) were happy to hear proper dubstep on a proper system. Others barely knew what hit them. Listen to Joe's set from Lava here, with thanks to dubstep.fm for hosting.

In related news, BassGoesBoom will be at it again this Friday, presenting a local showcase featuring Cringer, Lord Dubious, Phaded, and Timid. And rumor has it we'll see some UK talent in October or November.

Let's see, what else. I guess I'll make the rest of this post a clearing house for what I've been up to since recording "School". First there's my dubstep mix:

Whoa-B - B-Sides

01 MRK1 - Slang [Tectonic]
02 Kromestar - Old Step [white]
03 Distance & Skream - Wiseman [Ringo]
04 Benga - Dual [Big Apple]
05 Gravious - Wormsign [Scuba]
06 Distance - Traffic [Planet Mu]
07 Kromestar ft Cessman - Kalawanji [Deep Medi]
08 Pinch - Punisher (Loefah Remix) [Planet Mu]
09 Caspa - Rubber Chicken [Tempa]
10 Benga & Walsh - Bingo [Hotflush]
11 Loefah - Truly Dread [Tempa]
12 Shackleton - Blood On My Hands [Skull Disco]
13 MRK1 - Slope [Planet Mu]
14 Loefah - Mud [DMZ]
15 Kode9 - Magnetic City [Soul Jazz]
16 Scuba - Braile Diving [Hotshore]
17 D1 - Trial Run [Tempa]
18 Marlow - The Rope [Storming]

72 minutes @ 192 kbps

Then there's the whole youtube thing:

Whoa-B - Dubstep Quickmix

01 MRK1 - Slang
02 Gravious - Wormsign
03 Distance - Cyclops
04 Caspa - Rubber Chicken
05 Loefah - Rufage
06 Skream - Tapped
07 Tech Itch - Distort
08 Marlow - The Rope

Whoa-B - Grime Quickmix

01 Slix - No Bass
02 Geeneus - Bad
03 Skepta - Stage Show
04 Collie Buddz - Come Around
05 Wiley - Tunnel Vision
06 Wiley - Bow E3
07 Bruza - Bruzin (Footsie verse)
08 Trim - Bogeyman (D Double E & Footsie verse)
09 Footsie - Showerman
10 Plastician - Drunk Step
11 Skepta - Dupps
12 D1 - Mind & Soul

Enjoy. I hope to post more mixes here soon and perhaps some rants on grime and dubstep happenings in Chicago.