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Ground Mass Launch PartyFriday, February 28th, 2025 @ Electric City
Ground Mass Music, a Buffalo-based label, was founded in 2013 to spotlight uptempo electronic music from around the world.
With over 50 releases on major digital platforms and streaming services, they're now bringing global talent to the Queen City.
Featuring
Gremlinz & Jesta
(Toronto, CA - Metalheadz, UVB-76, Paradox Music)
Local Support:
Mark Kloud b2b Ratel
Steve Cable b2b Nuerokinetik
$15 advance // $20 day of the show
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Doors: 7 PM
Show: 8 PM
Tickets on sale Friday, Jan 17 at 10 am
Gremlinz
Upon discovering the sounds of Jungle in the mid 90's, Toronto native Gremlinz became
obsessed with Drum & Bass and the culture behind it, fully immersing himself into
collecting, DJing and learning to produce the music that had taken over his life.
A few years of honing his craft later and Gremlinz secured his debut release in 2004 as
part of the MDZ04 LP on Metalheadz. A formidable introduction and a statement of
intent for this uncompromising maverick artist, made all the more surreal by the fact that
Headz was his favorite label and the most influential to the development of his taste and
sounds from day one.
Following his first outing, Gremlinz has gone on to drop a constant stream of tracks on a
who's who of top labels, and with each release, the accolades have poured in. Tracks
on Renegade Hardware, 31 Records, Cylon, Architecture, Rupture, AMAR and Paradox
Music highlights his multi-faceted style, allowing him to drop both break beat-heavy B-
Boy affairs and more nuanced dubby half-step tunes seemingly at will.
His singular approach has been well-received on both sides of the pond, resulting in a
global demand for his upfront DJ sets as well as landing him a spot on Loxy & Ink's
HORSEMEN collective, aligning him with a superb stable of producers and a never
ending supply of fresh music.
2015 saw Gremlinz set up the much-heralded UVB-76 imprint with fellow
contemporaries Ruffhouse, which has since grown to include 3 equally well-received
offshoot labels, Droogs (also co-run by Overlook), 4 6 2 5, and The Stone Tapes
(Curated by Overlook & Vega Ruffhouse). Each having a devoted, worldwide fan base
eager for the next slice of genre-pushing innovation.
In 2018 Gremlinz's career came full circle with a renewed focus in the studio alongside
longtime friend and now close collaborator Jesta resulting in a return to Metalheadz in
the form of a Gremlinz & Jesta EP on METHXX, a 12” on Metalheadz Platinum, and of
course their recently released debut album ‘The Lee Garden Historical Preservation
Society’.
Now fully reintegrated into the Headz stable, and with the full support and nurturing of
Goldie himself, Gremlinz & Jesta are locked in the studio meticulously crafting the follow
up to their debut long player.
Jesta
Like many kids growing up in the smaller towns outside of Toronto, Canada, Jesse
“Jesta” Heifetz was attracted to the bright lights of the big city.
In the early 90’s the “big city” of Toronto was becoming a focal point for the then
emerging rave scene and specifically the Hardcore and Jungle music that was
soundtracking that movement.
Jesta had found his calling and was immediately hooked on the music and the culture,
fully immersing himself in as a raver and record collector. By 1997 he had moved to
Toronto and was teaching himself production techniques as part of a collective of young
upstart DnB djs called Dark Logik which also included Gremlinz in its membership.
By 99 he had built a reputation for himself as a skilled engineer and began working
closely with the TOV signed outfit Catchin’ Wreck as well as early studio sessions with
his friend Gremlinz.
Taking a break from music to start a family and build a business in the early 2000s that
saw him relocate to Vancouver, by 2016 he had moved his growing family back to
Toronto and found himself inspired to return to the music that he loved with Gremlinz
and other like-minded producers.
Since renewing their studio partnership the tracks have come at a steady rate with
releases on Metalheadz, Rupture, Amar and Paradox Music.
Now firmly integrated into the Metalheadz artist stable, the young Junglist from Toronto
is now a seasoned veteran whose contributions to the genre continue to flourish.
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www.groundmassmusic.com
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433 Pearl St, Buffalo, NY, United States, New York 14202
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