Dirt Soundsystem Shakes Red Bull- 05 March 2010 at 16:29
One of the better things to come out of major-brand globalisation is the support spin-off for the music industry. A case in point was the Red Bull Music Academy’s recent Culture Clash, hosted at the Roundhouse in Camden. Part of the Academy’s London 2010 series of events, running from early February until mid-March, the Culture Clash featured a four-way soundclash between Digital Mystikz (DMZ), Metalheadz, Jazzie B’s Soul II Soul Soundsystem and Trojan Sound System.
The event was a tremendous success, with Digital Mystikz using Bryan McLean’s Dirt Soundsystem to stunning effect. The general consensus was that the Dirt system was the night’s most powerful, by several degrees, with a bass weight reportedly of life-changing proportions. That’ll be the Psyco subs then!
Stacked six per side, the Psycos were accompanied by just three-a-side Stasys Primes, and powered by our Infinite and Infinite X amplifiers.
Bryan also deployed our Stasys 4 cabinets as DJ monitors, and Impulse 4t enclosures as floor wedges for the MC.
Dirt Soundsystem’s Bryan McLean, who has been running sound systems with business partners Rupert Neal and Dan Deeks for some ten years, told us: “We had around two hours to set up before the sound check, during which we were asked to turn our system down a bit, as there were health and safety fears about the risk to the roof’s integrity! The event got under way very swiftly, and the format for the soundclash comprised four rounds, of fifteen minutes each, with the four stages set up at 90 degrees to each other. Everything got gradually louder as the rounds progressed, the tunes got better, the levels kept on increasing further, but the roof didn’t fall in! Credit is definitely due to Red Bull – they were brilliant - for putting so much effort and budget into sponsoring events like this, and supporting music in so many ways.
“We’ve used Void-based systems for around six years now, and rate their designs very highly. They’re excellent for both performance and value, and we really don’t need to spend anything more to get exactly what we need. The soundclash audience seemed to agree, and we’ve been bowled over by the many thank-you messages, phone calls and emails we’ve received! We couldn’t have asked for a better response. DMZ were absolutely ecstatic and are keen to work with us again. We’re still walking on cloud nine!”
But don’t take our word for what happened on the night, check out these links to read the reactions first-hand: Red Bull Music Academy
