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By SUSANNA BOLLE | October 23, 2007

“Joe Nice definitely gets the dubplates from all the biggest labels and producers, stuff that may never get released,” D’Aloisio points out. “We have him coming on Halloween, which is going to be enormous. He’s told us that he has a special bag of tricks that he’s going to unleash, so we’re really excited. It will be fun just see what he has to offer and see if the crowd really digs it. Because if you don’t know what dubstep is like, coming out and seeing Joe Nice is going to show you exactly what dubstep is. I mean, I’m afraid for the sound system.”

“BASSIC,” FEATURING JOE NICE | Good Life, 28 Kingston St, Boston | October 31 | 617.451.2622

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Susanna no disrespect, the article is nice but is lacking in the FACTS and the HISTORY of DUBSTEP in Boston, instead of getting into all that, I'll simply thank you publicly for supporting underground music. It's far more important to me that we grow awareness to the fact that Underground Music (Dubstep, UK Garage, 2Step, Grime just to name a few genres) is alive in our city thanks to a handful of devotees who have been keen on spreading these unique sounds throughout New England and the Boston Metro area, From as early as 2000/2001, (just ask G Notorious), than to take shots at the piece for not being more accurate. I want to keep underground music accessible to anyone and everyone who will open their minds, and ears to these sounds. Their feet will do the take car of the rest. So again hats off to you, Thanks to Peter @ Goodlife, those young Djs at Soundbox (even those unnamed)for their efforts, and those faithful attendees who understand that there is more to whats going on in our city than Top 40 and POP. Jamal Kirk aka Jam-2[Operation Underground]

By Jam-2 on 10/27/2007 at 6:09:02

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Pardon the typos , I didn't catch those. :) but I'm sure you get the point.

By Jam-2 on 10/27/2007 at 6:13:39

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Susanna no disrespect, the article is nice but is lacking in the FACTS and the HISTORY of DUBSTEP in Boston, instead of getting into all that, I'll simply thank you publicly for supporting underground music. It's far more important to me that we grow awareness to the fact that Underground Music (Dubstep, UK Garage, 2Step, Grime just to name a few genres) is alive in our city thanks to a handful of devotees who have been keen on spreading these unique sounds throughout New England and the Boston Metro area, From as early as 2000/2001, (just ask G Notorious), than to take shots at the piece for not being more accurate. I want to keep underground music accessible to anyone and everyone who will open their minds, and ears to these sounds. Their feet will take care of the rest. So again hats off to you, Thanks to Peter @ Goodlife, those young Djs at Soundbox (even those unnamed)for their efforts, and those faithful attendees who understand that there is more to whats going on in our city than Top 40 and POP. Jamal Kirk aka Jam-2[Operation Underground]

By Jam-2 on 10/27/2007 at 6:15:49

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No disrespect taken, Jamal. The piece wasn't intended to give all the history -- perhaps that's something for the future? Feel free to get in touch. There's certainly a lot of ground to cover. –Susanna

By susanna@rarefrequency.com on 11/06/2007 at 2:09:56

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