SUB180 Presents: The Prototypes (UK)

Dunedin! The gloves are off and we are coming out swinging with one of the biggest acts that we have hosted to date at our stomping ground, Catacombs. 

The Prototypes (UK) are undoubably one of the biggest names in the world of Drum and Bass and what is even better is we get to witness not one, but two of the fellas making the trip from the UK to throw down in the dirty south.

This night is going to pack a punch so make sure to not sleep on these tickets are we can guarntee this one is going to be a big one!

All-star support line-up from local legends: 

Lucy

Thief B2B UTK

Jousey 

Lemmy B2B

Introducing the Prototypes: 

If you could capture everything The Prototypes are about and pack it into one simple,universal essence, it’s this: All or nothing.

No half measures, no shortcuts, full commitment to the vision: It’s what Nick White andChris Garvey stand for, it’swhat they sound like, it’s how they write, it’s how they perform.It captures everything you need to know about the Brighton duo... From their earliest rootsas young DJs both putting on nights on the south coast when they met on pirate radio in themid-2000s to the moment they formed officially as The Prototypes in 2010, signing their firstrecord–the evergreen anthem ‘Cascade’–to J Majik’s Infrared.

“That’s us in a nutshell. We fully concentrate on things. We’re hands-on. Whether that’s themusic, the label, our DJ sets. We can’t imagine working in any other way. Why would you?"

’Their ‘all or nothing’ mantra captures everything that’s since followed... Their potent, hard-hitting production signature and broadsword body of work on seminal labels such as UKF,Viper Recordings, Shogun Audio, Ram Records, Technique Recordings and Formation.Anthems that have been supported across the entire d’n’b scene such as ‘Pale Blue Dot’(Beatport’s highest selling drum’n’bass tune in 2015 and nominated as Best Tune in theDrum&BassArena Awards), ‘Pop It Off’ and ‘Kill The Silence’. Their expansive and versatileremixes of acts ranging from Ed Sheeran to Avicii to Friction by way of their sought-afterbootlegs of Fisher and Knife Party and unreleased dubplate remixes of BadCompany andPendulum. Not to mention their extraordinary debut album ‘City Of Gold’ that exploded in2015. Hitting 22 in the UK Dance Chart, ‘City Of Gold’ took them around the world severaltimes over and elevated them to headline status.

Their label Get Hype is another example. Launched in 2016 with the still-massive ‘RocketGuns Blazin’’, the duo threw themselves neck-deep into it, schooling themselves in a wholeother side of the industry, developing acts such as Glitch City, Malux, Richter, AC13 andLevela and working with certified legends like DJ Rap and Leeroy Thornhill, hosting labeltours and selling out Fabric. Investing their full energy and attention into establishing thetour-de-force status it has today,they’reall or nothing drive on the label slowed down theirrelease rate... Temporarily.

“It took us a while to get back into the zone, really work out what we wanted to do, what welove about this music and what we want to contribute to it. Then throw everything wefucking can at it! ’10,000Feet & Rising’ is that. It’s us being us.”

Crashing into a new decade with every bit of brute force and basslines, ‘Ten Thousand Feet& Rising’ is the ultimate embodiment of The Prototypes’ fierce ‘all in’ spirit so far. The long-awaited second album, it’s the sound of intense studio lockdown, refining, rewriting andrebooting the passion for the music that brought them together in the first place. A daringdocument that traverses the tempos and digs deep into some of the strongest foundationsof rave culture, it’s their most ambitious body of work today and, once again, it captureseverything that Nick White and Chris Garvey have always been about for 10 years andcounting, ten thousand feet and rising. All or nothing

Tickets are on sale now!

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