I toured Apex/Rob back in 2008 a few weeks after the Spor & Ewun show. He spent about a week staying with me at my place pre-post the Melbourne show and got to know each other. He was a great blokewho was honest with his situation at the time personally and musically. We kept in touch for a few years but then faded away with busy lives. I was always a fan of his music, Hench is one of my favourite D&B songs ever, bt his other tracks had funk, emotion, attitude which I still include in sets nearly 10 years later.

Admittedly there are probably hundreds of people who were closer to Rob than I was but after learning of his passing (October 2017) and having a show on that next weekend, I wanted to do a Tribue set of sorts showcasing his music which I loved as some sort of homage to him because my time with him I knew him as just a solid bloke who wrote wicked music.

So this is it, supporting the Viper Tour for The Collective @ Downtown 14/10/2017.

There are a couple of big tunes missing like Hench and Dirge but I was warming up for the main acts so couldn't go dropping that filth before they jumped on. 

Hearing The Yearning VIP close it out had me very emotional but found it very cathartic. Hopefully this can be enjoyed by fans of his - and perhaps discovered by those who didn't up until now.

RIP mate and condolences to all his close family and friends, D&B has not had a good year with tragedies like this.................

1. Apex - Falling (Horizons Music)
2. Apex - Breathe (Cyanide Recordings)
3. Apex - Disconnected (Fall Out)
4. Apex - Emo Funk (Cyanide Recordings)
5. Apex - Energy Lines (Subtitles)
6. Apex - Gonzo (Lifted Music)
7. Apex - Space Between feat. Ayah (Hospital)
8. Apex - String Theory (Katakis Recordings)
9. Apex - By The Way (Horizons Music)
10. Apex - Weeping Willow (Horizons Music)
11. Bachelors Of Science - Strings Track_Apex Remix (Horizons Music)
12. London Elektricity - Just One Second_Apex VIP Mix (Hospital)
13. Apex - In Motion (Lifted Music)
14. Apex - Nowhere To Run (Lifted Music)
15. Apex - Entrapment (Lifted Music)
16. Apex - Same Old Blues (Lifted Music)
17. Apex - Inner Space (Subtitles)
18. Apex - The Yearning VIP (Horizons Music)

The Collective

ctoafn 'Apex Tribute Set' Live on Viper Tour Adelaide 141017

Drum & Bass DJ from Adelaide, South Australia.

ctoafn (Couldn't Think Of A F%#king Name) has been a DJ and promoter for the last 18 years in Melbourne moving back home to Adelaide January 2016 and back to Melbourne late 2021). He was the man behind Collateral Damage and Therapy Sessions Melbourne representing the darkside of drum n bass and has toured/supported acts including Dylan, Limewax, Current Value, Audio, Robyn Chaos, The Sect, Raiden, The Panacea, Dom & Roland, SPL and more. He also promoted and supported the "original and infamous" Spor & Ewun show @ The Palace, Evol Intent, John B, Apex (Unknown Error) and Telemetrik to name a few.

After giving up promoting in 2009 (except for the odd warehouse party) ctoafn spent a lot of time successfully getting his brand of bass music to the masses - Fast and furious mixing, dancefloor filling, bass ridden, filthy yet funky bass ;-) Whether its DnB, Dubstep, Glitch Hop, Moombahton or Breaks you are bound to hear it all.

His "PowerDub" mix released in July 2010 has received props from across the globe with thousands of downloads, CDs etc and then stepped it up and went onto 3 decks for the 2nd PowerDub Mixtape.

This led to playing for all of the large Melbourne bass music crews like Tekstep, BBA, Heavy Innit, The Operatives, PTA as well as Bass Elements & Enchanted Forest in Adelaide, Earth Frequency Festival in Brisbane, Dark Hearts in Christchurch. He's been a resident for one of the top 3 bass crews in Melbourne 'Twisted Audio' for 10 years after stepping back into his DNB roots. He then moved back to his home town of Adelaide to perform with Bass Element & The Collective which in the process across Melbourne & Adelaide been given the responsibility to warm up or close for a 'who's who' of D&B & Dubstep acts including Noisia, Calyx & Teebee, S.P.Y, Dillinja, Dub Phizix & Strategy, Rene La Vice, LTJ Bukem, Spectrasoul, DRS, Datsik, 16 Bit, SPL, Funtcase, Gemini, Audio/Pixel Fist, Phaeleh, Current Value, Dieselboy, State Of Mind, Evol Intent, Mefjus, Stickybuds, Emperor, InsideInfo, Cooh/Balkansky, Xilent, Fred V & Grafix, The Upbeats, Black Sun Empire, DC Breaks, Ivy Lab, Ekko & Sidetrack, Trei, Brookes Brothers, Annix, Jade, Teddy Killerz & Tantrum Desire. Even got to do a NYE mix for Triple J !

I have a monthly show called 'All Styles All Flavours' on KISSFM and finally I co-hosted a weekly show on Fresh927 FM alongside Uttersounds & OhQ called 'The Ones and Twos' Thursday nights 10pm til midnight CDST from 2018-2021 and all of my shows are archived here.

Oh Q
Adelaide, Australia 
#TheCollectiveDnB #ADLDNB

1/4 The Collective DnB.

1/3 The Ones & Twos on Fresh 92.7.

SUPPORTED: Andy C, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Hedex, Transforma, Royalston, Phetsta, Fred V & Grafix, Pendulum, DC Breaks, Teddy Killerz, Black Sun Empire, Hybrid Minds, Lickweed, The Upbeats, Truth, Loadstar, Rene LaVice, Bensley, Current Value + more...

VENUES: Soundpond, Gluttony, Fresh 92.7, HQ Complex, Boat Party, Bush Doof, Arkaba, Worldsend Hotel, Sugar, The Colonel Light, Fowler’s Live, Downtown, The Duke, Electric Circus, Producers Bar, Thebarton Theatre, Black Bull + more...

Big up #allcrews

***PSA: decided not to renew my SoundCloud Pro subscription - see bio link for a mix download repository.***