Tidy and Samwise @ Basscamp 22-10-23

Dread Maiden brings together deep bass, psychedelic influences, and her acoustic roots to craft drum and bass sets that are layered, expressive, and built to take you on a journey. A familiar presence across the Mulubinba, Eora, and bush doof scene, she contributes quietly but meaningfully to the underground community as creative director of Newy Bass Crew, advocating for safe and inclusive spaces and emphasis on music over ego. With festival and radio experience behind her, she has exciting new projects in the works, continuing to grow her voice in the bass scene.

•	Creative director of Newy Bass Crew.
•	Former co-host of Cabin Fever Sessions on Orbital Radio.
•	Supported acts like Jam Thieves, Visages, Shapeless, Serial Killaz, Dillinja, KOAN Sound, Paige Julia, Teddy Killerz, Hypho, PAV4N, Leo Cap, Ben Soundscape and Collette Warren.
•	Performed at festivals including Dragon Dreaming Festival, Earth Frequency Festival, Basscamp, Subsonic Festival, Zenith Gathering, Rain Dance Festival, Art Valley and RootBound Festival.

Newy Bass Crew, established to foster a community focused on love, inclusivity, equality, diversity, authenticity, and the unrestrained freedom of self-expression in Australia’s Hunter Region and beyond. Shining a light on talents in rural areas, celebrating the connection between music and nature.

Launched in late 2021, the crew comprises of a plethora of DJs from the region and have gone on to hold numerous club events, showcases, fundraisers and secret parties, as well as hosting jungle and drum and bass legend, Dillinja, in Eora in early 2023, and holding a stage takeover at Subsonic Festival in late 2023 as well as at the Eora’s KOAN Sound boat party in 2024. NBC kicked off 2025 in collaboration with Subjective Eora and Wonky Nomad Productions for the Open Air City Doof, featuring the UK’s Hypho and PAV4N, in Eora, and a stage takeover at Antigravity 2025.

Our involvement in the local scene includes a history of local-focussed events and co-hosting a radio show on Orbital Radio Sydney from 2021 until its closure in 2023. Since then, we've continued to support the scene through our weekly mix series on Soundcloud, surpassing it's 100th feature in 2024. This series showcases talent from across Australia and the globe.

Our DJs cover a wide range of bass genres, including drum and bass, jungle, dubstep, footwork, UKG, bass house, psy dub, and more. Diversity, inclusivity, and safety are central to our events, and we are dedicated to fostering a sense of community within the bass scene.

With a big focus on underground rave and doof culture and safe spaces, our crew members have been featured at various events including Basscamp, Zenith Gathering, Dragon Dreaming Festival, Rain Dance Festival, Origins of Entropy, SubTerra, Esoteric Festival, RootBound Festival, Initiation Festival, Art Valley and more.

Keep your third eye peeled for gig announcements and opportunities via our website, newsletter and social media. 🧿

A heavy bass line is my kind of silence.
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KreliaS, a classically trained musician, embarked on a remarkable musical journey, forged amidst the crucible of heavy metal's primal energy, the ethereal realms of progressive/alternative and psychedelic rock, and the haunting abyss of dub bass lines. From this enigmatic fusion, KreliaS weaves spellbinding tapestries of dark and emotive drum and bass soundscapes, seamlessly blending raw power and melodic liquid elements.
With a focus on production, KreliaS has been diligently crafting his own distinctive style of drum and bass to enhance his sets and share with the world.

Tidy is an integral part of the Canberra Drum and Bass community and is co-founder of Headz are Rolling, Canberra's dedicated Jungle / Drum & Bass crew. Tidy has been selecting records for the last 15 years. Within this time he has played sets in Europe, Canada, US and Hong Kong. 

In Australia Tidy has supported a huge list of internationals; Amit, Amoss, Bailey, Ben Soundscape and Collette Warren, Cern, Coco-Bryce, Compa, Crissy Criss, Dub Phizix & Strategy, DJINN, Dj Hype, DJ SS, Doc Scott, Dom & Roland, Fixate, Grooverider, Indidjinous, Kenny Ken, Loxy, Ricky Force, Ruffhouse, Seba, Shock One, Survival, The Upbeats, Tokyo Prose, Utah Jazz, Vivek and Xnation.

Since 2017, Tidy has been accompanied by the sonic swells from the horn of Samwise.  With contemplative whimsy, Samwise fuses spontaneous melodic expression and pervasive vamps to invoke fervent organic harmony.

Samwise is an accomplished Jazz musician and a vinyl selector having studied and played the horn for over a decade in Jazz bands which included a tour of Europe. Tidy and Samwise collaborated for the first time at Dragon Dreaming Festival to high acclaim. Utilizing their extensive knowledge of music to the fullest and selecting music from a range of styles they craft a fresh and immense experience.