Alcane (aka Stuart Chalmers) is a Glasgow based DJ/Producer who has been involved in the Drum & Bass scene for over 11 years now.
Co-promoter and main resident of the night 'Red Alert' founded in August 2000. As one of Scotland's longest running nights, it ended promotions in April 2008 with events running in Glasgow, Edinburgh and its home town of Dumfries. In the time since its inception he has showcased some of the best in established & local talent from all over the UK at Red Alert, as well as finding time to DJ at some of Scotland's biggest and best Drum & Bass events:
Xplicit, Split, LiveVevil, Jungle Nation, Symbiosis, Technical Resistance, Obscene, Jungle Magik, & Pangea to name but a few.
At home behind the decks, Stu not being content with club DJing has also found time to host a number of internet radio shows since 2005. Holding slots on: Radio Magnetic (alongside Paul Reset & Morphy), PlanetDNB (with long time colleague JL Boco), Twisted Frequency Radio & latterly Dark Wax Radio (as well of course frequent guest appearances on Glasgow University's 'Subcity Radio', hosted weekly by Yellowbenzene & D-Fade).
In recent years his production has also has begun to get noticed, with one of his early tracks 'Hash' featuring on the Canadian imprint Make:Shift Records album 'Bassbored'. This LP is available digitally from the label's website: DOWNLOAD
Now he currently fills his time with residencies at Symbiosis (@ The Soundhaus, Glasgow) and Split (@ Cabaret Volitaire, Edinburgh) as well as his weekly radio slot, Tuesdays 8pm-9pm GMT on Dark Wax Radio, home of the best in dark & techno influenced Drum & Bass: TUNE IN
Criminal
Waves Records is all about diffusion and quality. We are a non commercial label
providing worldwide promotion for
artists with unreleased materials, unsigned artists and people who want
to work with us. We only release free tunes, mainly dark dnb on Criminal Waves
but other underground genres such as Dubstep on Criminal Dub can be expected in
the future. Our favourite format is WAVE but MP3 is also available depending on
the agreement reached with the artist. If you like the concept of the label and
the music released, you can drop us your tunes in the dropbox on soundcloud.
Please email at criminalwaves@gmail.com
For the third release on the label, we are proud to present Itzokor (aka
Synth). Italian producer and dj, he produces and mixes tracks with his own
style, which he defines as Mechanoid, elaborated with many influences
(breakcore, grindcore, punk, technoid and others). With few releases on
different dark dnb labels, we welcome him on Criminal Waves with our first
techy, dark and heavy single: UNSEEMLY EP.
We wish you all the best during the festive season and as a special gift to our loyal followers we are offering our second album to you for free!The album is called "The Frame Of Mind LP Vol.2" and features 13 tracks from our artists. We would also like to take the time to thank the people who follow and support us and we wish you all the best for 2010!!!
Download the latest Coast 2 Coast Mixtape for FREE by clicking the cover below!!
Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes are always officially hosted by a Major Artist and bring you new and exclusive music from the biggest names in Urban music! Download all the mixtapes for free at www.coast2coastmixtapes.com
Artists submit your music at www.coast2coastsubmissions.com to be considered for the next Coast 2 Coast Mixtape hosted by a Major Artist!
This is a wee freebie for every one who has not had the chance get down to La Cheetah yet. We will have a mixture of djs playing through the night, just to cater for everyone's tastes.
Our music connoisseurs will be Pro Vinylist Karim(Dress2Sweat), Andrew Ingram (Slabs Of The Tabernacle), Scott Theory(Pest Control) & the Loop Dj's.