LOC.NES

producer / dj / livePA
[nothing.but.beats]

Events

Bangers and Mash Bangers & Mash (The Bangs Giving Edition)
  • Oct 7, 2011 @ College Street Bar
  • 574 College Street, Toronto
  • Mashed up and Banged out House, Rock, Retro, UK, Funk and More!
  • No Cover, Doors @ 10pm
  • Dj cDoc, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse, & Fiction






Past Events


Mediate @ The Drake Hotel Medicate
  • Sept 29, 2011 @ The Drake Hotel
  • 1150 Queen Street West
  • Funky House, Breaks & Electro
  • $5 cover // Free with Student ID
  • Dj cDoc, Illicit Pulse, Loc.Nes & Fiction
Bangers & Mash (Sept. 9, 2011)
Bangers & Mash (Back to School Special)
  • Sep 9, 2011 @ College Street Bar
  • 574 College Street, Toronto
  • Mashed up and Banged out House, Rock, Retro, UK, Funk and More!
  • No Cover, Doors @ 10pm
  • Dj cDoc, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse, & Fiction



Bangers & Mash (Summer Sessions - PT2)
  • Aug 25, 2011 @ College Street Bar
  • 574 College Street, Toronto
  • Mashed up and Banged out House, Rock, Retro, UK, Funk and More!
  • No Cover, Doors @ 10pm
  • Dj cDoc, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse, & Fiction



Bangers & Mash (Summer Sessions - PT1)
  • Jul 22, 2011 @ College Street Bar
  • 574 College Street, Toronto
  • Mashed up and Banged out House, Rock, Retro, UK, Funk and More!
  • No Cover, Doors @ 10pm
  • Dj cDoc, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse, & Fiction



Bangers & Mash
  • May 30 @ College Street Bar
  • 574 College Street, Toronto
  • Mashed up and Banged out House, Rock, Retro, UK, Funk and More!
  • No Cover, Doors @ 10pm
  • Dj cDoc, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse, & Fiction



Bangers & Mash
  • Apr 30 @ College Street Bar
  • 574 College Street, Toronto
  • Mashed up and Banged out House, Rock, Retro, UK, Funk and More!
  • No Cover, Doors @ 10pm
  • Dj cDoc, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse, & Fiction



FORWARD DC
  • April 2, 2011 @ Warehouse:Loft
  • 411 New York Ave NE, Washington DC
  • Electro, Future beats (Special LivePA Sets)
  • $20, Doors open at 10pm (Sets @ Midnight)
  • Loc.Nes, Spankbox



Industry Night (Hip Hop Meets Electronica)
  • Dec 16 2010 @ College Street Bar
  • 574 College Street, Toronto
  • Mashed up and Banged out House, Rock, Retro, UK, Funk and More!
  • No Cover, Doors @ 10pm
  • Dj cDoc, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse, & Fiction



Death Disco 5 (1 Year Anniversary)
  • Oct 2, 2010 @ Nocturne Nightclub
  • 550 Queen Street W, Toronto
  • Electro, Future Beats, Breaks
  • $10 Cover, Doors @ 10pm
  • Duotone, DJ Scratche, Illicit Pulse, Loc.Nes, Yoshi, Nymphonic, Aaron Rahim, Visuals by Videothesis
  • Sponsored by Jagermeister



Death Disco 4
  • Jul 23, 2010 @ Nocturne Nightclub
  • 550 Queen Street W, Toronto
  • Electro, Future Beats, Breaks
  • $10 Cover, Doors @ 10pm
  • Touchboy, Illicit Pulse, Loc.Nes, Duotone, Spankbox, Yoshi, Visuals by Videothesis



Death Disco 3
  • Mar 20, 2010 @ Nocturne Nightclub
  • 550 Queen Street W, Toronto
  • Electro, Future Beats, Breaks
  • $10 Cover, Doors @ 10pm
  • Dj Scratche, Adam Nics, DJ McNaughty, Illicit Pulse, Loc.Nes vs Spankbox, Brad Machado, Visuals by Videothesis



Death Disco 2
  • Nov 7, 2009 @ Nocturne Nightclub
  • 550 Queen Street W, Toronto
  • Electro, Future Beats, Breaks
  • $10 Cover, Doors @ 10pm
  • S.C.I.E.N.C.E., Dubtrak, Spankbox, Loc.Nes, WestsideWax, JackTripper, Visuals by Videothesis



Death Disco
  • Aug 22, 2009 @ Nocturne Nightclub
  • 550 Queen Street W, Toronto
  • Electro, Future Beats, Breaks
  • $10 Cover, Doors @ 10pm
  • Fiction, Alltronic(Loc.Nes), Touchboy, WestsideWax, Amanda Astra, Cee Cee Cox, Visuals by Videothesis



Sex, Drums & Broken Souls Album Release Party
  • May 15, 2009 @ Holy Joes
  • 651 Queen Street W, Toronto
  • Electro, Future Beats, Breaks
  • $10 Cover, Doors @ 10pm
  • Fiction, Illicit Pulse, Pink Noise, Alltronic(Loc.Nes), Amanda Astra, Visuals by Videothesis

Posts

February 09, 06:01 AM
AIFL - Doves (Akai MPD32 + Ableton Live 8)

I have good news and bad news.

First the bad news: I apologize for this video being late. I had a nasty sinus infection over the past week that just didn't want to go away.

And now the good news: My health is at 100% and that means new episode of Adventures in Fantastic Land.

For this beat I wanted to a popular song and see if I could put my own spin on it. Steve Nick's "Edge of Seventeen" is a song that I had heard a million times but never though to sample it until now. The whole song is amazing but I sampled my absolute favourite part of it for "Doves".

I added the drums, a baseline and a synth pad. For some reason the synth pad isn't as pronounced as I would have liked. Maybe I'll replace the audio later on.

In the meantime I hope you enjoy. If you like what you hear please comment and subscribe.

February 09, 06:05 AM
Lego Mace Windu
January 22, 10:39 PM
AIFL - All The Broken Pieces (Akai MPC 1000 & Korg EMX1)

I was feeling in a "hardware mood", so for this beat I fired up my Akai MPC 1000 and my Korg Electribe MX1 and got busy.

I've always had a love/hate relationship with my Electribe. I love how it is capable of generating so many sounds. At the same time I hate that it is so difficult for me to get the sounds that I want out of it. I guess I still have a lot to learn about synthesis.

I've also been getting into music making apps for iOS (iPhone 4S) and recently discovered Camel Audio's Alchemy mobile app. It's easy to get sounds out of this and on top of that they sound awesome. I threw it into the mix as well.

Regardless of the challenges, I'm happy with the way this beat turned out. Enjoy and if you're digging the sounds please subscribe to my youtube channel

Peace and dope beats ...

January 22, 04:08 PM
Virginity Lost
Virginity Lost by locnesbeats

I picked up iMaschine from the Apple app store and this beat is my first attempt at producing with it.

So far I can say that I love the interface, although I can't figure out how to make complete arrangements with it.

Not sure if that is even possible. Anyways, more will come.

January 15, 09:02 PM
MPD32 Instagram Test
January 09, 01:10 AM
AIFL - The Solid (Akai MPD32 + Ableton Live 8)


This was a beat that I had made about a year ago and just left alone. I rediscovered it a few months back while I was organizing/cleaning up the files on my hard drive.

For whatever reason it sounded better to me the second time around so I decided to use it for the first installment of the AIFL Beat Blog.

It consists of a few different samples from vinyl. Those samples were chopped, rearranged processed then placed into drum racks using Ableton Live 8.

The controller I'm using is an Akai MPD32 with modified pads (thick fat pads) from mpcstuff.com
January 16, 09:47 PM
Bangers & Mash (The Pre-Winter Warm-Up Edition)

It might be cold outside but it'll be hot at Bangers & Mash. Make sure you're there on November 25, 2011. House music all night long folks :)

October 22, 07:41 AM
J*DaVeY - WHATCHALOOKIN@?

Love this song :)

January 16, 09:59 PM
Medicate @ The Drake Hotel (Photos)

It was a bit of a wait but the photos from Medicate that took place at The Drake Hotel are finally up. Thanks to Societe Perrier for some awesome shots and thanks to all the beautiful people who came out to enjoy some thumpin' house music. We'll do it again soon.

View the full gallery here.
January 16, 06:22 AM
Studio Cribs

By far this is the most entertaining studio tour video I've ever seen. So many toys. I would have a field day in there. Props to Moka Only.

January 16, 09:59 PM
Bangers N Mash (Bangs-Giving Edition)
January 16, 09:55 PM
It's Time to Medicate
January 16, 09:47 PM
Bangers & Mash (Friday September 9, 2011)
August 13, 08:19 PM
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January 16, 09:59 PM
Bangers & Mash - Summer Sessions (July 22, 2011)
July 06, 06:22 AM
Installing Thick Fat Pads




Installing Thick Fat Pads, a set on Flickr.



July 04, 04:03 PM
PH Towers

PH Towers, originally uploaded by locnesbeats.

View from laying down at the pool.

July 04, 04:03 PM
PH Towers

PH Towers, originally uploaded by locnesbeats.

The view from the hotel room. Not too exciting but cool nonetheless.

July 04, 04:02 PM
Made it

Made it, originally uploaded by locnesbeats.

We finally made it to Vegas!

July 04, 04:02 PM
Plane

Plane, originally uploaded by locnesbeats.

Boarding the plane

July 04, 04:02 PM
Bored in the airport. Flight delayed
July 04, 04:01 PM
Waiting in San Fran

Waiting in San Fran, originally uploaded by locnesbeats.

July 04, 04:01 PM
Waiting in the Airport

Waiting in the Airport, originally uploaded by locnesbeats.

Waiting for the plane to San Francisco

June 29, 01:25 PM
Sushi and Beats for Lunch.

Listening to Samiyam's new album

June 28, 09:47 AM
A Forgotten Cup of Water

A Forgotten Cup of Water, originally uploaded by locnesbeats.

Blog

Sets

LOC.NES
13 tracks (1:28:42)
  • Virginity Lost
    16 plays
  • Interference
    100 plays
  • Nothing But Beats - LivePA Set
    78 plays
  • Upstairs
    137 plays
  • Body Move
    203 plays
  • Mood Swings
    128 plays
  • My Personal Tracendence
    130 plays
  • Hop To It
    154 plays
  • Pond Visions
    119 plays
  • Rush
    109 plays
  • In Search Of LOC.NES (Full Mix)
    161 plays
  • 88
    126 plays
  • 88 The Whole You
    109 plays
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Biography

LOC.NES

Mysterious, elusive, yet always profound when sighted, LOC.NES is the alter ego of beat-maker and LivePA artist Kelvin Gumbs. 

Hailing from Toronto, Canada LOC.NES deconstructs and transforms yesterday's dusty grooves into dance floor bangers for the new millennium. 

He carefully combines elements from old vinyl records, House, Hip Hop and Electro into his own brand of body-moving future-beats. 

LOC.NES has been producing music under a myriad of aliases since 1996. He began with Hip Hop but gradually expanded his sound to include more elements of electronic music. 

Not bound by the conventions of any one genre, LOC.NES continually pushes the boundaries of electronic music production and performance by utilizing a combination of old-school hardware and cutting-edge software. 

A visionary member of the MonoMachina collective of LivePA artists, LOC.NES will debut a solo project, his album entitled “Adventures In Fantastic Land”, in the summer of 2011.
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