Party: KASTLE (Symbols, LA) w/ Kline & Rusty Meeks

Party: KASTLE (Symbols, LA) w/ Kline & Rusty Meeks

The HiFi Club is proud to present the return of Kastle with special guests.

Tickets on sale at Grassroots, Groupseven and Sloth Records.

http://www.soundcloud.com/kastle
http://www.twitter.com/kastle
http://www.kastledub.com

Kastle’s forward-thinking music results from his long-time love of hip-hop and R&B, fused with the magnetizing effect that dubstep, garage and bass-heavy music has had on him. Last year, his track “Stay Forever” from the eponymous EP reached the iTunes Top 10 Best Electronic Songs of 2012, and he embarked on his highly successful ‘Stay Forever’ tour across North America, and into Australia and New Zealand. Kastle has garnished strong media attention from the likes of XLR8R, URB, MTV Hive and Fact Magazine along with plays on BBC Radio 1 and KCRW. His highly anticipated debut album KASTLE drops on April 23rd, followed by his first North America live tour.

The studio and touring dichotomy of an artist's life is a perfect yin & yang for Kastle in both his production and outlook. His professional experience as an engineer puts forth clean, crisp production, but his love for the party provides a playful bass that eats a room. Altogether, the wide varieties of vocals - both originals and sampled - are a key element to Kastle's sound. "I grew up on hip hop and R&B, and sampling is considered an art form," he says. "It's becoming more and more fun to dig through old records and find obscure samples." He cites another unexpected influence -legendary French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, who had once said that "it's not where you take things from, it's where you take them to."


“Kastle pushes the kind of soulful, low-end-centered, forward-thinking dubstep tunes that could just as easily soundtrack a night out at the club as they could the lonely walk home afterwards.” – XLR8R

"Kastle hails from the US, and has been keeping us up to date with his various remixes and original productions for a little while now. One of our favourites is his remix of Cassie’s ‘Me & U’, where one of the best R’n’B songs of recent years gets warped into a bass-drenched cyber-pop epic reminiscent of early Joker and Bok Bok’s ‘Youth Blood’ remix." - FACT Magazine

“The field recording of a playground that starts off “You Got the Love” fits the theme of Inner Child, a compilation whose proceeds go to benefit Atlanta’s Dream House for Kids, from which the track is taken, but is a bit less instep with the song itself. Kastle’s soulful number is equal parts mysterious, Burial-esque dubstep and classic piano house, but not the least bit childish or playful in any way. Both the poignant vocal melody and solid production work are trademarks of an artist that takes his work seriously. Regardless, the thoughtful, grooving sounds heard within “Love” are sure to stand out amongst the other contributed tracks on the philanthropic release.” – XLR8R

“…saunters along a crush-worthy progression and R&B perfection. It’s dubby and dancey and totally party, afterparty, after-afterparty appropriate.” – Culture Of Me

“Kastle looks poised to make his mark in the burgeoning North America scene and hold his own with any UK producers who claim rights to the future sound of garage music. “ – So Sincerious

“With a tracklisting which boasts taste, sufficient amounts of bass and interesting drum patterns – Kastle has set himself up perfectly for a big year in 2010. Not forgetting to mention, the productions are top notch.” – Hush House

“…a bassy trip to Sexytown. This is bass your whole family will love. There are plenty of remixes to which one could easily get their swerve on. From slow dubby beats to sped up amens, it’s all slathered in deep, sexy bass and mixed with precision. Packed with swagger, this mix is sure to be in heavy rotation for some time to come.” – Truculence

Invited: Brenna Crockett, Catie Underhill, Logan Shea, Miyuru Fernando, Prashant Dutt, Robin Aviax, Sara Ricard, Brynn Collingridge, Elyshia Cheung, Josie Rempfer, Trenty Plenty, Dori Saba, Kelly Duggleby, James Vanilladisco Nason, Kevin Tyson, Josh Sutton, Jason Der, Chels Erhardt, Maddy Bolton, Vanessa Hanel, Casey Rusty Meeks, Code Sherri Bobbins Bonk-medic, Sara Furse, Em Fast, Erika Liga, Anne Drysdale, Alex Boyd, David Lynes, Dan Murray, Kim Fisher, Kyle Hudon, Devin Giles, Robyn Lee Wolchyn, Steve Kamoh, Michael James Saunders, Nicole Hannay, Pauline Thiessen, Rita Michaud, Estelle LeBlanc, Graham Furse, Richard Wilson, Jourdan Cunningham, Ashley Imbrogno, Kaleem Khan, Ryan Burgess, Stasia NO Enbridge Glicman, Bronwyn Pountney, Josephine Cruz, Evangelos Yyc, Kierra McIntyre, Rem Pardi, Candace Veale, Brittany Harris, Shaleen Ladha, Travis Cutting, Bridgette Ponto, Mart Vandelay, Julian Duban, Sean Prunty, Leigh-Anne Hazard, John Early, Colin Minor, Jordan Putnam, Luna Grace, Sarah Koury, Nicholette Freele, Johan Gamez, Kurtis Schultz, Jeff Wilson, Dan Loze, Kev Gnarlton, Rick Cruz, Dane Kerluke, Marc Taylor, Kerry Rainsford, Sean Garrett, Conor Gaffney, Mandy Balak, Paul Molyneux, Krista Gibbons, Amee Barber, Andrew MacDonald, Matthew Webster, A.j. Gococo, Molly Fi, Emily Song, Monica Chowdhury, Dustin Macintosh, Marisha LotusQueen Ess, Sandro Petrillo, Beni Johnson, TyIz Aprettyshield, Whitney Lynn, Artful Dodger, Charles Douglas, Remy Stanbury, Craig Desveaux, Shane Clutton, Magdalena Gorski, Bethy Muyrica show more »