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ILLEGAL dr.um

lLLEGAL dr.um a k a Elvis alias Tomica - 'hardcore 4ever, baby' Bassholic Globewide United

About Me


ILLEGAL kru(biography):In the northeastern part of Slovenia, city of Maribor to be exact, now quite a time ago (in 1998) a young DJ (and later producer) named Markoman discovered the deep and dirty sounds of jungle drum and bass (JDB), by the time not familiar to the Slovenian massive. First he discovered the Aphrodite gig in Austrian Graz and their local records shop, and then he discovered the magic vinyl sides playing them at home and on Maribor’s student radio MARS. First events where he DJ-ed in Markoman’s first residency Pekarna were combined with hip-hop and the second was named “Illegal Life” (Markoman afterwards explained that with that name he tried to describe the “streets sounds of urban culture) Then his co-organiser bugged him to think of a good name for parties and Markoman shortened it to ILLEGAL. The kru dripped slowly; at one DJ workshop DJ Hose approached to Markoman, after a while they seeked for an MC and invited MC Ezy-G, later also MC Hobosapiens, DJ Raa and VJ MiBre. First parties with foreign guests were called “Digital Jungle” and have hosted Deeprooted, MC Navigator, Jayrock, A-Sides, Dean Saster and Trife.Life. After this set of events and time Markoman has moved to Slovenia capitol city Ljubljana and re-formed the kru by accepting two new DJ’s, DJ Josser and DJ PlankTon, and the private journalist & promo force dr.um First new residency in Ljubljana was club SubSub and the first party to remember was given in spring of 2002, when ]EIB[ Bad Company first carried away the Slovenian audience. A set of events in season 2002703 placed ILLEGAL kru among the top organizers of underground parties, bringing the artist like Rascal&Klone, Kemal, Paul B., Aquasky, Junglistic Sistaz, Sage, Giana Brothers, Concord Dawn, Adam F. and MC MC and closing the season down with our good friend Bulletproof. In the summer of 2003 DJ's of ILLEGAL kru (Markoman & PlankTon) played at EXIT festival in Serbia and on biggest Slovenian festival Rock Otocec. ILLEGAL kru also has a tradition to make an open-air allnighter named Brejkpiknik in a roadhouse Ex-Willy's Bar near small village Ro,,inj and which is every year attended by hundreds of hard JDB lovers. ILLEGAL also did a radio show called »Rewind!« for a season on Radio Student in Ljubljana. After two events in season 2003/04 (with Ill.Skillz and John B.) the kru received a offer to become resident JDB kru from another club in Ljubljana, K4. After the transfer the Digital Jungle phase arrose to the highest level and gave a season to be remembered my years and establishing the ILLEGAL kru as the leading Slovenian JDB force: Pendulum (in 2003!), J-Majik, return of Aphrodite, Klone, Zinc, Andy C. and Goldie for the end of the season and Nexxi and Mackie on our Brejkpiknik. In the same year of 2004 Markoman released his first vinyl record on G2 label with tracks Mina's Tirith/Dope. Until the end of 2004 we hosted Mackie again, then Twisted Individual and The Upbeats in December, followed by Ed Rush, John B., Black Sun Empire and D-Bridge with MC Tali. In the same year another fine DJ & producer joined ILLEGAL kru, his name to be watched – DJ Tsunami. In the summer of 2005 another smashing vinyl came out from Markoman, this time .. label including the tracks Spaced out/Dark Wizard which MixMag declared for second best drum and bass vinyl of the month with this explanation: »Both tracks here display an originality that is lacking elsewhere right now. Spaced Out is trance, with fantastic synth-bass that unfolds and turns itself inside out on the breakdown. Dark Wizard switches things up, unleashing distorted bass thumps that fans of heavy metal will no doubt headbang to. Two tunes of varying flavours but equal quality!!! « Season 2005/06 has brought us less parties but always on same level and a new name for our events “Digital Dungeon”: Noisia and Future Prophecies beside a lot of smaller parties with ILLEGAL kru and a floor in our favourite club at Ljubljana’s Metelkova squat called Channel 0, where we re-hosted Concord Dawn and Cell D. When we returned to K4 to make another smashing season, it was opened by Gridlok and following Vicious Circle. By the end of the year the concept of »Double Digital Dungeon« was improved and in January of 2006 first event, presenting Temper D. and Masheen was a smasher. They were followed by combination of Spor and The Sect and ended season ‘06/’07 with Identity kru’s BTK from Brazil and Nocturnal. Also Markoman and Tsunami performed at this years EXIT festival and gave a thrilling performance at the Happynovisad Stage for two thousand heads in massive. But two of best moments are linked with production skills that Markoman and Tsunami synergize to new level of JDB. They have developed some astonishing tunes that have impressed Temper D. to use two of the hottest pieces in his recent sets and even opening one three-deck mix with their track Plutonium 3. Soon the smashing track was signed for a vinyl to Conflicted label and another one Ugly Motherfucker (also promoted by Temper D.) to American label OnSet Audio for a digital release. And its still not the end of year 2007, where ILLEGAL flag is held high for a long time …Bio by dr.um ILLEGAL kru ************************************************************ *** SOME INFO 'BOUT DR.UM: A. JOB? Editor of album reviews and all-around writer (mostly culture stuff) in Slovenian leading political weekly mag MLADINA
.B. MY LOVE - PR of drum and bass kru ILLEGAL
New august 2007 mix by DJ PlankTon
Recent mix by ILLEGAL number 1, Markoman ("thats how my selecta dust properly") available at:
Markoman & Tsunami @ EXIT 007 C. communicator of Urbano pleme Absinte Supreme now available in London, Gerrys Place, Old Compton Street, Soho - check it! - For discount pricez PM me!!!D. - Festival EXIT promo team for Slovenia (2005, 2006, 2007) E. meet me also on our Slovenian forum http://dnb.drajv.si F. - urban lifestyle in common and pothead, not to mention my work on movies, that's whole another story... ***********************************************************

My Interests

music in many aspects and dimensions is reigning my life (maybe just like yours), ride-and-write journalism, pot "Pessimism leads to weakness; optimism to power." -William James

I'd like to meet:

I have met... DATE VENUE GUEST ARTIST @ ILLEGAL kru (if not stated as "dr.um supports") Mar 30th, 2002 Pekarna, Maribor Rascal and Klone Nov. 9th, 2002 Sub Sub, Ljubljana Paul B. (Russia) ..h, 2002 Sub Sub, Ljubljana Aquasky ..h, 2002 Pekarna, Maribor DJ Sage (USA), Stauder (Austria) Jan. 18th, 2003 Sub Sub, Ljubljana Aphrodite Feb 8th, 2003 Sub Sub, Ljubljana Giana Brotherz (Germany) Mar 29th, 2003 Sub Sub, Ljubljana Concord Dawn (New Zealand) Apr 19th, 2003 Sub Sub, Ljubljana Adam F. & MC MC Jun 7th Sub Sub, Ljubljana Bulletproof Jul 4th Exit Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia ILLEGAL (Markoman, Plankton) @ Deep, Down and Dirty floor Jul 5th Festival Rock Otocec, Novo mesto, Slovenia Adam F., MC MC, A Sides Sep 20th, 2003 Sub Sub, Ljubljana ILL.SKILLZ (Raw.Full) (Austria) Oct 18th Sub Sub, Ljubljana - last@that venue John B. new venue K4, Ljubljana - dr.um supports Marcus Intalex and Calibre and Lekke (Croatia) - Nov 8th and DJ Sage (USA) ..h Dec 26,.2003 Club K4, Ljubljana Pendulum (Australia) Jan 31st, 2004 Club K4, Ljubljana J Majik Feb 13th, 2004 Club K4, Ljubljana - dr.um supports Greg Packer (Australia), Epsilon and MC Shnek (both Austria), Lekke (Croatia) Feb 28th, 2004 Club K4, Ljubljana Aphrodite, Klone Mar 13th, 2004 Club K4, Ljubljana Zinc Apr 17th, 2004 Club K4, Ljubljana Andy C. May 15th, 2004 Club K4, Ljubljana Goldie jul.04 Brejkpiknik, Rocinj Nexxi, Mackie Oct 9th, 2004 Club K4, Ljubljana Mackie Nov 13th, 2004 Club K4, Ljubljana Twisted Individual ..h, 2004 Club K4, Ljubljana The Upbeats (New Zealand) ..h, 2004 Club K4, Ljubljana - dr.um supports Nu:Tone Jan 29th, 2005 Club K4, Ljubljana Ed Rush Feb 26th, 2005 Club K4, Ljubljana - dr.um supports John B. Mar 26th, 2005 Club K4, Ljubljana Black Sun Empire (Holland) Apr 23rd, 2005 Club K4, Ljubljana D-Bridge, MC Tali ..h, 2005 Club K4, Ljubljana Noisia (Holland) Apr 22nd, 2006 Club K4, Ljubljana Future Prophecies (Norway) Jun 2nd, 2006 Club Channel Zero, Metelkova, Ljubljana EXIT FOR METELKOVA: Concord Dawn (New Zealand), Cell D. (BaselineDJs, Novi Sad, Serbia) Sep 29th, 2006 Club K4, Ljubljana Gridlok (USA) Nov 17th, 2006 Club K4, Ljubljana Vicious Circle Jan19th, 2007, Club K4: Temper D., Masheen Mar30th, 2007, Club K4 : Spor, The Sect Jun 15th, 2007, Club K4: BTK Identity kru(Brazil), Nocturnal(AUS)THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND BRIGHTING OUR DRUM AND BASS UNIVERSE... I also have 1 flyer for Hype and two for Teebee - they didn't came - so for latter no, I don't want to meet him and Slovenian massive neither... ... Check picture section to see if u are there...

Music:

drum and bass breakbeat, electro(step :) ), punk, rock'n'roll, sevdah, mainly urban music, hip-hop, all the rasta vibe, brass, cajun ;)

Movies:

Borat, Sin City, Fear and Loathing..., Where The Buffalo Roam, Rude Boy - The Jamaican Don, Rolling with The Nines, also adore documentaries like Corporation (is great, thnx Ryan,) Untold Story, Darwin's Nightmare, Cocaine Cowboys,

Television:

Drawn Together, The Real Football Factories, Premier League, Bundesliga, funny local TV stations

Books:

dozen meters of very chose literature at home, have read a lot be4 internet...

Heroes:

POLICY: 1. NO WILD ADDING 2. ARTIST AND KNOWN SCENE PEOPLE ONLY WILL BE ADDED TO PUT THIS PIECE OF MYSPACE A BIT SENSE 3. SOME MEMBERS OF THE KRU STILL DISSES "WASTE OF SPACE" (PRONOUNCED AS : MYSPACE) 4. DON'T BUG - NO SHOPPING AND JUNK 5. FTW

My Blog

Sept. 22th: Double Digital Dungeon: Bulletproof, Apex, ILLEGAL kru, ILLEGAL.KR

  Sobota 22.9.2007 / 23.00 ILLEGAL: DOUBLE DIGITAL DUNGEON otvoritev novege serije Illegal-nih dogodkov 07/08 Main (d'n'b): BULLETPROOF (Cyanide, Redlight, Renegade Hardware / NZ) APEX (Lifted...
Posted by ILLEGAL dr.um on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:26:00 PST

New mix: DJ PlankTon - Pinna

Get it here http://www.illegalkru.com/mp3/PlankTon-Pinna.zip, excellent cover for this mix also there on www.illegalkru.com and add http://www.myspace.com/planktondj  ...
Posted by ILLEGAL dr.um on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:13:00 PST

ILLEGAL @BABYLON YOUTH, 24&25.08.2007 / taborniaka koca Mackovec pri Postojni

BABYLON YOUTH   24 in 25 August 2007 / taborni--ka ko--a Ma--kovec pri PostojniDvodnevni psihadeli--ni festival--ek z eminetnimi gosti psihadeli--ne audio produkcije. Headlinerji kot so ETNICA, ...
Posted by ILLEGAL dr.um on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:34:00 PST

Add Markoman & Tsunami as friends!!!!

Finally, Markoman & Tsunami have showed up on MySpace! Big upAdd  http://www.myspace.com/markomantsunami  ; as friends and meet the top producer duo in MySpace world!!!Tom aka dr...
Posted by ILLEGAL dr.um on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:44:00 PST

August 10th: ILLEGAL drum and bass on island Brac, Croatia

Any1 near island of Brac try to attend the drum and bass party on Friday 10th August.   open air club HACIENDA (Selca, island of Brac) presents   "CHAOTIC VIBEZ"   Markoman (ILLEGAL/ G...
Posted by ILLEGAL dr.um on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:51:00 PST

Official ILLEGAL kru bio

This is the recent and official ILLEGAL kru bio - for the first time in English :)     ILLEGAL kru ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />   biograph...
Posted by ILLEGAL dr.um on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:06:00 PST

007 do EXIT 007 - Markoman b2b Tsunami @ Happynovisad stage

Danas na srpskom :)Markoman & Tsunami nastupaju na festivalu EXIT 007, gde ce puatati na Happynovisad stage u noci iz petka (13.7.) na subotu, od 5 do 6 ujutro. Ovo je njihov opis ;) vidimo se na ...
Posted by ILLEGAL dr.um on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:38:00 PST

DJ Hose (ILLEGAL kru) new mix

http://www.sendspace.com/file/cn5c07   DJ HOSE - Ragga Mash-Up Business   New School Ragga-Jungle Mix, 44min!   Track list:1.Tester - Dancehall Murdah 2.Keej & Stada - Free Up Your...
Posted by ILLEGAL dr.um on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:40:00 PST

ILLEGAL goes BREJKPIKNIK 7 / 29. junij 2007 / tam kot vedno

Tradicionalni BREJKPIKNIK se bo letos zgodil v PETEK 29. JUNIJAPrizorisce, legendarni Willy's Bar oziroma MOJO Caffe.Kraj Rocinj! (ob Kanalu ob Soci )Parano.ID (X-Intex)Smooth (Soulless)PlankTon (Ille...
Posted by ILLEGAL dr.um on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:14:00 PST

Idem danas na Pendulum u Rijeku ...

.. a imam intimnu pricu, vezanu za njih. Naime par meseci nakon ato su se oni okupili u Australiji i poceli raditi, kod nas je - marta 2003 - gostovao Concord Dawn i on nam je skrenuo pa~nju na njih. ...
Posted by ILLEGAL dr.um on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:45:00 PST