Inner City Grit Sound Clash Tour: A Journey through Bass Culture
London VS Bristol, Featuring;

Tessa Pollitt (The Slits) - DJ set (Dub/Roots/Reggae/Steppers - London, UK)

VS

VISO - Live Electronics/ DJ Set (Future Bass/Post-Dubstep/Bass Culture -- Bristol, UK)
+ Support from Haras (Bristol, UK)

Netherlands dates:

3.10.12 Taverna-Kroeg ('t Blok) - Nieuwerkerk Aan Den Ijssel, NL
4.10.12 Café pitcher -- Haarlem, NL
5.10.12 Live Radio Session - Live bij de ARE, Merwe Radio, Sliedrecht, NL
5.10.12 PAND 14 -- Amsterdam, NL + King Shiloh Soundsystem (NL)
6.10.12 Live Radio Session -- Zwaardvis, Omroep Zuidplas, Nieuwerkerk Aan Den Ijssel, NL
6.10.12 JC Elektra - Sliedrecht, NL

You can hear example mixes of Tessa, VISO and Haras from the soundcloud links below;

TESSA: Tessa Pollitt SoundClash Tour Promo DJ Mix (Reggae/Dub/Roots) by tessapollitt
VISO: VI<>SO-SoundClash Tour Round 2 Promo mix BASS CULTURE! by VI<>SO
HARAS: Haras - Promo Mix by DJ Haras

VISO and Tessa Pollitt battle it out again on round 2 of;
The ICG Soundclash Tour: A Journey through Bass Culture

Realising they shared a love of all things 'Bass Music' Tessa & VISO headed out on the 1st Soundclash Tour in April 2012, playing out in France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany.
These two 'Bass heads' met in July 2011 at ICG's 'A Punky Reggae Tribute to Ari Up' (of The Slits), an official one off tribute to the late Punk/Reggae singer and step daughter of John Lydon. The night was put together by Tessa (Slits), VISO and Inner City Grit and included DJ sets and performances from Adrian Sherwood, Mark Stewart, Viv Albertine, Flash, Nora Forster (Ari's mum) and many more.
This October they will be battling out a wider selection of bass heavy music, taking you on a journey through Dub, Reggae, Roots and Dancehall to Future Bass, Post-Dubstep, Bass Culture and beyond. Keeping the party going strong and the people skanking through the night in unity until the early hours of the morning!

Tessa Pollitt (The Slits, London, UK)
Old-school Dub, Roots, Reggae and more; selected and rewound by original Slits bassist Tessa Pollitt. Playing out rare, classic and old school conscious vibes for all you bass heads!

VISO (Inner City Grit Records, Bristol, UK)
A DJ/Live Electronics Duo playing out the hottest Nu Skool Sounds from the Bristolian underground; Future Bass, Post-Dubstep and Bass Culture ft. live effects.

Haras (Inner City Grit Records, Bristol, UK)
We introduce our brand new Bristol signing to ICG records. Female DJ & Producer Haras will be opening the proceedings, combining a unique mixture of down-tempo, electronic and dub. She will be releasing her first single through Inner City Grit, later in the year.

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Tessa Pollitt - SoundClash Tour October NL, (Reggae/Dub/Roots) see info 4dates

ICG SOUNDSYETEM Presents: 
The Soundclash Tour:  (A Journey through Bass Culture)

Tour Dates April 2012

Wednesday 4th April T’Blok, Nieuwerkerk  aan de Ijssel, Netherlands
Thursday 5th April, Le Mudd Club, Strasbourg France
Friday 6th April, De Bakkerij, Castricum, Netherlands
Saturday 7th April,   Gebaude 9, Koln, Germany
Sunday 8th April, Ziggy,  Kortrijk, Belgium
Monday 9th April,  Hosting ICG Radio  live on J3 , omroep zuidplas, Netherlands


Tessa Pollitt Biography

Tessa Pollitt, a musical veteran whose career started back in late 70’s England,
Tessa came to prominence as the Bass player with the now legendary female Punk/Reggae band The Slits. Their music totally smashed the limitations of the Punk scene from which they were spawned.  The band quickly gained the attention of BBC DJ John Peel which gained them a famous ‘peel session’ on BBC radio, this alerted many major record companies interest in signing them and after turning down many Record deals they record and released their début L.P ‘Cut’ on Island Records (1979), they shared their label with such reggae legends as Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytals and many more. 'Cut' was produced by Dub Reggae musician Dennis 'Blackbeard' Bovell, (Jah Sufferer Soundsystem / Matumbi) Fusing Punk, Dub reggae, and world music, Cut was followed by ‘Return of the Giant Slits’ on CBS, (1981). The Slits last album ‘Trapped Animal’ (2009) was produced by ONU Sounds Dub Guru, Adrian Sherwood. This modern line up also featured Hollie Cook on vocals and keys (daughter of Sex Pistol Paul Cook) who recently released her self-titled debut album produced by Prince Fatty. Over the years The Slits shared stages and tours with bands as diverse as The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Creation Rebel, Steel Pulse, Sonic Youth and jazz legend Don Cherry (to name a few). 

October 2010 lead singer of the Slits and step daughter of John Lydon, Ari Up, sadly passed away. There was much sadness in the global music community,  Tessa along with Viso<>Nero and Inner City Grit Records decided to stage the UK’s only official  tribute to Ari up, which featured  an all-star cast of Ari Up’s friends, family and fans, including DJ sets and performances from Tessa, Adrian Sherwood, Mark Stewart, Nora Forster (Ari’s mum)  and many more.

After attending such historical soundsystems as Jah Shaka, Channel 1, Stereograph and Aba Shanti, reggae, roots and soundsystem had a massive influence on Tessa’s playing, music, career and life and has given her the taste and knowledge of true old school dub, Roots, Reggae and Jamaican soundsystem culture.
Tessa will be digging the crates to select and rewind classic versions and rarities, drawn from her own life and expertise with this music.

This will be a true sound clash between old and new, London & Bristol, Dub Reggae & Dubstep, representing musical unity and solidarity spanning generations.

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