Noah Levine

Dubstep’s floating breakbeats and torrential basslines form some of the most exciting sounds happening now. In Chicago the monthly Bass Goes Boom parties are the place to hear the best of these beats from dubstep’s international heavyweights as well as the deep pool of homegrown talent powering this emergent scene. For the January event, San Francisco’s Djunya brings the latest dubstep sounds to town. With releases on a slew of stateside and overseas labels, Djunya’s rooted beats are in demand all over the place. His style never looses touch with the first half of the genre’s name and there’s a healthy dose of classic reggae sounds to keep his visceral beats moving. But it’s still all that tangible bass that gets the crowd fired up, and he knows how to keep the sound system working overtime. The sheer force of this music on a club system gets the crowd energized and that’s really the way it’s best experienced.

Djunya headlines this month’s installment of Bass Goes Boom, with Grafik, Timid and Entro MC at Lava, 1270 North Milwaukee, (773)342-5282, on January 7, 10pm-2am. Visit bassgoesboom.com (2007-12-31)

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