halcyon the shop, percussion lab and liondub international present
Bless Up!
with
Sepulcre aka Praveen Sharma (percussionlab | nyc)
Machinedrum (Normrex |nyc)
and host
Liondub (Liondub International / halcyon | Brooklyn)
+ special guests

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Bless Up! every Thursday from 6-9pm
Dubstep + Drum and Bass + Dub Reggae DJs
live from halcyon the shop

hosted by Liondub
with the monthly blessings of Percussion Lab, I-Testament & Road Warrior, mOma & Anthony Avatar and Dub War featuring rotating guests, live sets, interviews and superstar appearances. Look up, because Bless Up! archives are now available for stream / download-on-demand at halcyonline.com

Praveen (2 Step / Dubstep)
Praveen founded Percussion Lab in 2002 with one goal in mind, to curate a collection of sets and radio shows which would bring a niche sound to a wider audience. Since then, he has continually expanded the Percussion Lab collective to encompass a broader range of sounds. He has brought artists such as Flying Lotus, Daedelus, Jimmy Edgar and Khonnor to NYC to perform and was instrumental in 2006′s BAPLab music and new media festival. His DJ sets focus on the recent 2 Step / Dubstep / Funky mutation slowly creeping its arms around the music you love.
http://www.percussionlab.com/

Percussion Lab
Percussion Lab is a collective of like-minded artists, DJs, record labels and selectors. Since 2002 they’ve been curating an exclusive collection of live and DJ sets from their favorite artists, DJs and record labels. The site is open for DJs and Artists to submit, rate and comment on their own mixes. Praveen founded Percussion Lab with one goal in mind, to curate a collection of sets and radio shows which would bring a niche sound to a wider audience. Since then, the Percussion Lab collective has continually expanded to encompass a broader range of sounds, bringing artists such as Flying Lotus, Daedelus, Jimmy Edgar Khonnor to NYC to perform at events around town and playing an instrumental role in 2006′s BAPLab music and new media festival. and

For the next 6 weeks, Percussion Lab is dedicated to the infinite sounds of NYC  with special exclusive sets from Dave Q (Dubwar), Team Rojas (Normrex / Cassette NYC), Isomer Transition (Archipel / BAPLab / TFIB), Alex English (Boys + Girls / Warp DJ), Aarnio (Moodgadget / A&R for Ghostly International / Spectral Sound), LionDub (Konkrete Jungle), The Wordless Music Series’ Ronen Givony, Morgan Packard (Anticipate) and more… Look for a new set from halcyon’s own Taimur Agha to complete the series.
http://www.percussionlab.com/

LionDub (Liondub International / Konkrete Jungle / Breakbeat Science / halcyon | Brooklyn)
Music is often referred to as a universal language, however there are many dialects of music, yet few artists are able to express themselves through more than one.” DJing roots reggae dancehall, hip-hop and jungle since ’91, LionDub is touring the US, opening for the likes of Damian Marley, The Wailers, DJ Krush, ?uestlove of the Roots, Johnny Osbourne, JahDan, & Rob Paine. Recent performances include sets alongside Steel Pulse, Sizzla, Israel Vibration, Marcus Visionary, DJ Dara, DJ Hype, Benny Page and Max Glazer. In a Liondub set you’ll hear conscious roots, Lovers Rock, deep downtempo Soul, dubwise beats, current culture and Dancehall heat vibing with Hip-Hop gems and hits, dubplate specials, Jungle anthems and remixes, all served with soulful turntablism.
djliondub.com
myspace.com/liondub
myspace.com/liondubinternational
Liondub International on halcyondigi.com

“Bless Up!”
On the fifth day he created bass, then he took an Amen break. And so it was, that on Thursdays the high priests of low frequency would gather at the record store in Brooklyn to perform the ancient rites of the turntable… It is in this solemn spirit of praise to all that rumbles the jungle that the cult we call halcyon presents our latest, soon to be habitual ritual, Bless Up! – Thursdays from 6-9pm at halcyon the shop and archived on percussionlab.com Funky monks take note, Bless Up! is three hours of anything-but-silent devotion to the woofer ripping trinity of Drum and Bass, Dubstep and Dub Reggae. Our own pied pontiff, Liondub administers the wax sacraments alongside a rotating cast of cardinals representing NYC’s holiest DJ diocese. Visiting saints make miraculous appearances and as always, there’s no tithe at the door and plenty of alms for the poor, so you can save while being saved.