More than 20 years ago I used to work for Dirk Seghers at the Beursschouwburg, pretty much in the center of Brussels, in order to book local dj's, every Friday and Saturday, in the Beurscafé.
During that period I was following the growth of Dubstep in the UK and Dirk, the artistic manager of the venue at that time, was really curious about my enthusiasm and gave me "carte blanche" to book the artists I knew would represent the Dubstep phenomena.
So Skream (London) was booked, Dj Youngsta and his host Task (London) and also Dj Thinking (Bristol).
The excitement for that night reached its climax when, one week before, Mary Anne Hobbs gave me a shout during the legendary Breezeblock Dubstep Warz radio show on BBC Radio 1. From there I felt really confident about how the party will happen and indeed, it was sold out !
This night was the first of many others in Brussels and the whole Kingdom of Belgium.
The Dubsteforum archive where you can read all the community's reactions.
Unfortunately we don't have the Dj Thinking set recording anymore, but here is his tracklist from the vault :
As One - Toasty - CDR
DeepUnder - Elemental - Hot Flush CDR
One Life - Toasty - CDR
Rising - ??? - CDR
Prophecy - Random Trio - Tectonic
Identify - D1 - Tempa
Pop Pop - Vex'd - Subtext
Knowledge (Vex'd other rmx) - Toasty - CDR
Fallen - Distance - Boka
Aqualung - Scuba - CDR
Goat Stare - Loefah - DMZ
Gamma - Luke Envoy - Hot Flush CDR
Thank U - Scuba - Hot Flush
Out of it - Spectr - CDR
Afrika - Skream - Big Apple
Splash - Toasty - CDR
Twisup - Loefah - DMZ
Are you ready? - Spectr - CDR
Sundayz - Cogent - CDR
Candy Floss (Toasty remix) - Search & Destroy - CDR
She - Toasty - CDR
Reflect - Toasty - CDR
Egyptic - L-Wiz - Dub Police
Chainsaw Massacre - Shackleton - CDR
Stuck - Digital Mystikz - DMZ
Sunshine VIP - Boxcutter - Planet Mu CDR
Full Clip - Toasty - Destructive CDR
Qawwali - Pinch - Planet Mu CDR
One Life - Toasty - CDR
About Dj Thinking, I recommend you this mix which has been recorded a couple of years before the party. It really blew me away and that's why I wanted the man to be at our first 100% Dubstep night in Belgium.
Big up Getdarker for archiving so much Dubstep stuff through the years !
