Fri, 11pm, Volar
Volar's monthly bass line night Hype Nasty - hosted by the irrepressible duo Kid Fresh and DJ Enso - returns tomorrow night with Trouble & Bass impresario Drop the Lime headlining.
Luca Venezia (above) is the ebullient 26-year-old behind the moniker. A disciple of heavy bass, he exploded onto the music blogosphere in 2006, notably with grimy techno album We Never Sleep.
Venezia was on a mission to paint underground dance music with a coat of old rave - sometimes dunking it in non-electronic sounds such as rockabilly - and remarket the product to New York City's club kids.
On his MySpace profile, Drop the Lime cites artistic influences running from Brian Eno through to Aphex Twin and Damien Hirst. He says his sound is like 'New York City breathing'. Major Lazer's Diplo and Switch have called him 'the Elvis Presley of dance music'.
As well as smashing up parties solo, the DJ often crusades as one of the Trouble & Bass crew, who run an influential club night in New York and, as a label, represent dark internet darlings such as Star Eyes, Jinder and Acid Jacks.
