20 Years of CIA, Total Science, Digital & Spirit 24/03/16

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Perception very proudly presents

20 YEARS OF C.I.A.
[Computer Integrated Audio]

Scene Pioneers Total Science debut in Shropshire in a big way with an exclusive leg of their 2016 tour which celebrates 20 years of the label they established and have presided over for 2 decades! The Various artists album that launches alongside the tour features many of the scenes greatest artists like Calibre and Break and fellow stalwarts, label mates and production heavyweights Digital & Spirit who join them on the lineup for another exclusive debut!!

TOTAL SCIENCE [Q Project & Spinback Extended Set]
(CIA/DeepKut/Advanced/Fix/Skin Deep/CIALtd)

DIGITAL & SPIRIT [Exclusive Extended Set]
(Function/PhantomAudio/Inneractive)

Conspire + Jay Dubz (Perception)

Funktion One Sound

11pm - 3.30am

Easter Thursday 24th March 2016
(Bank Holiday Friday Next Day and Monday Off)
****Drinks Promotions to be announced****

The Buttermarket Cellars, Shrewsbury.

Room 2: TBC

OFFICIAL PERCEPTION PRE-PARTY @ THE VAULTS, 8pm-11pm. (TBC)
The Vaults is a few minutes walk from The Buttermarket (just past the train station, opposite Gala Bingo) and we will have perception/CIA music blazing out of the in house sound system!

ENTRY/TICKET INFORMATION

This will be a pay on the door event from £9, the venue has a huge capacity so please do not worry if your travelling etc, there will definitely be room for you and you can pay on the door from opening at 11pm right up till 3am. We just dont want you paying extra in booking fees and we prefer to reward those who turn up earliest with our best admission prices.

Online Print at Home tickets will be available for those that prefer to pay by card in advance for £9+bf.

NO GUESTLIST, please support the cause and ensure events of this calibre can continue on your doorstep ;o)

WWW.THEBUTTERMARKET.CO.UK
https://www.facebook.com/TheButtermarket
https://www.twitter.com/TheButtermarket

The Buttermarket Cellars
Howard Street
Shrewsbury
SY1 2LF
01743 281712

2 minutes walk from Shrewsbury Train Station with Large Car Park situated behind the venue! Venue also has Shropshires best Smoking area (but dont hang around out there when theres dancing to be done)!

Check out our website/social media:

www.perceptionmusic.info
https://www.facebook.com/perceptionmusicshrewsbury
https://www.twitter.com/perceptiondnb
http://soundcloud.com/perceptionshrewsbury
http://djconspire.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/djconspire
http://soundcloud.com/conspire-1
http://soundcloud.com/jaydubz

Check out the perception beatz radio show with Conspire, details of new broadcasts coming soon.....

Perception History:
http://www.djbazland.co.uk/bazaa-promotion.html

PLEASE INVITE ALL YOUR DRUM AND BASS LOVING FRIENDS TO THIS EVENT PAGE, YOUR SUPPORT ONLINE AND ON DANCEFLOOR IS ESSENTIAL!!

Future Dates:

PERCEPTION - 06/02/16 - ONE7SIX - BLADE - The Vaults

To book perception DJ's or a full tour night please email booking@bazaa.co.uk or visit the bazaa facebook page or website:
www.bazaa.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/bazaa.co.uk

With thanks to The Bassic Agency.

https://www.facebook.com/totalscience/
http://soundcloud.com/total-science
https://soundcloud.com/ciarecords
http://www.facebook.com/ciarecords
https://ciarecords1.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.facebook.com/FUNCTIONDIGITAL/
http://functionrecords.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/digitalandspirit/
https://www.facebook.com/inneractivespirit/
http://www.inneractivemusic.co.uk

The Label

Established in 1997, Drum & Bass Legends Total Science created their own imprint to not only showcase their own ever increasing catalogue of music, but to also provide a platform for like minded artists and create a home for the very best artists to showcase the very best in Drum & Bass Music.

Through a purely undiluted approach and attitude the label has become synonymous with the highest standard of Drum & Bass and is home to with a formidable back catalogue across CIA, CIA Ltd & Deepkut

Along side Total Science/Funky Technicians & Q-Project C.I.A / C.I.A LTD & C.I.A Deep Kut Artists include Marky & XRS, S.P.Y, Digital, Spirit, Calibre, Logistics, Commix, Paradox, Future Kut, Marcus Intalex & ST Files,The Invaderz, Dj Friction, Drumsound & Simon bassline Smith, D Kay, Dj Lee, Baron, Bungle, Zero T, Beta 2, Bailey, DJ Vapour, Gwange, Lenzman, State of Mind,The Upbeats, Bulletproof, J-Cut, Juju, Mathematics, Basic Operations, Gridlok, Nymfo, Wots My Code, The Kox, Hold Tight, A Sides, Stress Level & TC, Atlantic Connection, Makoto, C.A.B.L.E, Random Movement, Kubiks & Lomax, Concept & Shnek, Furney, Redeyes, Henree & Hiten, Eveson, Mutt, Judda, Krakota, Enei, 8 Bits, Kaidi Tatham, Conrad, Ayah, Riya, Jenna G, Phonte, Darien Brockington, Grand Agent, Lady Alma, Patrice Williams, Kevin King, Darrison, Steo, & probably a few more


The Beginnings

Jason Greenhalgh and Paul Smith first met in 1987, both living in and around the Blackbird Leys estate in Oxford, England and brought together through a mutual love of hip-hop and school girls. Greenhalgh was the first into the studio, with "Freestyle Fanatic" launching his career in 1991. However it was the establishment of the Legend imprint and specifically Greenhalgh’s "Champion Sound", which really took their profile above and beyond the slew of anonymous white labels that were dominating the music at the time.

Funky Technicians
In 1994, the pair started recording together under the name Funky Technicians, with "Got to Believe" the first in a series of records which pushed the label away from the fizzling darkside movement and more towards the epic string sections and rolling beats which started to appear on labels like Basement, Lucky Spin and Good Looking. The duo continue releasing tracks on Legend and others for another three years

The Creation of Total Science
At the end of 1997, with help from Brilo from Timeless, Greenhalgh and Smith established the CIA label and changed their name to the now synonymous Total Science.
The release of their Silent Reign EP for Goldie's Metalheadz breathed a new lease of life into the project, and the pair achieved a further boost with a well-timed Bad Company remix of "Champion Sound" which conjured further interest in what they were doing with their own label. Their debut album Advance exposed a further field of interest, with down-tempo experiments logged as a series of "Breaks" on the majority of their early EP's extended to some superb deep house, this breadth was taken a step further with their Skin Deep imprint which has forged broken beat to considerable acclaim.
The pair’s pioneering of a revival in old-school sounds and arrangements, together with Digital and Reinforced, dominated drum & bass throughout 2001. After this followed releases on high-profile labels such as 31 Records, True Playaz, Reinforced and Soul:r.

The New Millenium and Advanced
2000 saw the founding of CIA’s sister label Advanced, created as a means to keep up with the high level of production output from the duo and their confederates, for which one label was no longer enough. Following from this came the renowned Sektor series on Advanced. Initially created as a way of combining up-and coming artists with those more established, the series was also developed as a means to stress the importance more on the music than the artists. Featuring artists such as Baron, Digital, D.kay, Lee, Juju, Beta 2 and Klute, the Sektor series included seminal tracks such as “Squash”, and the ever popular “Champion Sound” remix.

2003 and Worldwide AcclaimDuring 2003 the pair spent a significant part of the year promoting their music to all parts of the world, touring the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Europe & Brazil. CIA and Advanced became more focused on showcasing other artists and nurturing the profile of then-up-and-coming producers such as Beta 2, Zero Tolerance, Friction, Mathematics and Baron-whose remix of Total Science's Nosher became one of the year's biggest dancefloor stormers, pioneering the jump-up resurgence of 2003.

2004 – New studio, New Focus
With a new found musical focus- marked by a new studio setup, 2004 was used to up the output quality alongside re-launching their dormant hip-hop/soul imprint - Skin Deep. In true Total Science fashion of never binding oneself to one particular musical form, they released tracks on Creative Source, Defunked and Metalheadz alongside pushing a string of lucrative 12"s on their own labels: Advanced & C.I.A, of which 'No 1.Sound' on C.I.A and 'Defcon 69' on Metalheadz achieved anthem status.

2005 – Back on Top
The year was cataclysmic for this pioneering production outfit. After one year of a new studio setup they were back on top, producing world-class music that was desired by everyone. C.I.A and Advanced witnessed the release of an array of tracks from talented producers such as Juju's 'Mojohand/Nomad', Calibre & Zero Tolerance's 'Diamonds and Pearls' and State of Mind's 'State of Mind Experience:Chapter ½. Meanwhile Q-Project's 'Ask Not' and Total Science's 'Greatest Thing' stormed their way through the UK dance charts. Later on in the year, Q-Project signed 'Bang Out', 'Uprising VIP' and 'In for a Penny, In for a Pound' to Creative Source, Liquid V and Bingo. Along with the news that Q-project was to sign to Hospital Records, it marked the start of some interesting solo projects, illustrated in the popular 'Hello My name is Q-Project' EP release.
The action and buzz surrounding Q-Project and Total Science collectively during 2005 put them in serious demand from promoters worldwide, obtaining them a long list of gigs all over England and Europe, not forgetting to mention the scoring of a prime-time New Years Eve set in New Zealand and a U.S.A tour lasting three weeks.

2006 – Mars Needs Total Science
'Mars Needs Total Science', the much anticipated third album, was released mid 2006 and saw instant success with album single 'Never Had a Dream' reaching Number 1 in the UK Dance charts and a host of tracks from it being played by the likes of Hype, Fabio, Goldie, Zane Lowe, Ronnie herel and Trevor Nelson. Q-Project finally finished his execllent debut solo LP “Renassance Man” which was released on Hospital in late Autumn.

2007 - CINNA
Total Science teamed up in 2007 with DJ Marky’s label Innerground to form “CINNA” The last release “2nd Date” featured vocals from Ayah and was a hot favourite, doing the rounds of the D&B circuit and becoming a favourite of superstar House DJ: Pete Tong!! Mid 2007, Total Science collaborated with fellow Brazilian wonderboy: Bungle on a track entitled “Snake Eyes”. This was one of many popular tracks that featured on Bungle’s debut CIA LP: “Down to Earth.

2008 - 2009 – Back to the Studio…
The period marked a quiet time for the duo thanks to another studio relocation. Highlights included releases of 12s on CIA and also a debut recording for Violence Recordings with the track "S.O.S" which featured on the "Salvation" LP

2010 – New decade, new hits
Total Science kicked off 2010 with a bang with singles Testimony and Redlines receiving major airplay and top reviews from the industry and fans alike.
They collaborated with Brazilian wonderkid S.P.Y and signed ‘Gangsta/Above The Clouds’ to Shogun and Audio, ‘Legion/Ploc Monster’ to Metalheadz. They finished the year with ‘Redlines (Break Remix)/ Scaremonger’ coming out on Critical and receiving a lot of love from radio and the club djs.

2011- Start as they mean to go on!

This year starts of with the release of there first Subtitles 12" Venus Prime [ with S.P.Y ] /Narrow Margin [ with S.P.Y & Lenzman ] and an EP for CIA Ghostrider/Magic Hour/Street Sweeper/Past Lives [ ft Kevin King ] which are all collabs with S.P.Y .

They also had there first sample pack which dropped in February , a large selection of sounds & beats from the TS vault which is came out thru Hospital/Loopmasters. The plan for the rest of the year is to go in hard in the studio and hopefully finish an LP by the end of the year as well as 12"s for the usual Key players .
 

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