The more bass music evolves outward, the more inward it folds. Venues close. Venues open. Artists retire. Artists debut. This scene of ours is a wild one, and will take you on quite the ride. If you can hold on.
Two Pennsylvania-founded entities that have dug their stakes into the scene for the past few years, and have experienced wild rides of their own, are Ambient Alchemists – a Pittsburgh-based music collective, and King Joe – a dubstep aficionado and highly-praised frequency disruptor from the same area (Erie, PA – to be exact).
There is one word that summarizes the reason these two projects are converging – celebration. As Ambient Alchemists ring in six years of dome-splitting dubstep curations, King Joe makes his return to Pittsburgh, the city where it all started for him. The only difference now is that he’s headlining – oh, and he’s a father.
Aside from these two massive milestones, this party is going to be special for a lot of reasons. As far as production goes, Kallop Sound Solutions will be deploying a Danley rig to get the job done on sound, with MetaMind Collective conducting the visual curation for the night.
As for the future of Ambient Alchemists and the King Joe project, this event, taking place on 9/20 at the Squirrel Sports Bar in Pittsburgh, will very much serve as a jumping off point. While Ambient Alchemists continue to establish their Pittsburgh presence and carve out their legacy, King Joe will be sidestepping into a recalibration period for the project.
Just this past week, Joe Sobolewski, the mind behind the King Joe project, announced that he will be “stepping away” at the end of the year.
While this means he won’t be as active on the stage, he has no intentions of stopping in the studio, with 2026 bringing several releases on a handful of very prominent dubstep labels that we can’t disclose at this time. Aside from these high-profile releases, Sobolewski will also be welcoming his second child in the new year, a boy, with wife Karina.
Whether you make it out to Squirrel Sports Bar on 9/20 to celebrate new life, a birthday, a homecoming, or just for the love of sound systems, come prepared to have a good time. Grab tickets to the event here and keep up with everything Ambient Alchemists and King Joe have going on in the links below.
Follow King Joe:
Instagram | Facebook | SoundCloud
Follow Ambient Alchemists:
Website | Instagram | Facebook | SoundCloud
The more bass music evolves outward, the more inward it folds. Venues close. Venues open. Artists retire. Artists debut. This scene of ours is a wild one, and will take you on quite the ride. If you can hold on.
Two Pennsylvania-founded entities that have dug their stakes into the scene for the past few years, and have experienced wild rides of their own, are Ambient Alchemists – a Pittsburgh-based music collective, and King Joe – a dubstep aficionado and highly-praised frequency disruptor from the same area (Erie, PA – to be exact).
There is one word that summarizes the reason these two projects are converging – celebration. As Ambient Alchemists ring in six years of dome-splitting dubstep curations, King Joe makes his return to Pittsburgh, the city where it all started for him. The only difference now is that he’s headlining – oh, and he’s a father.
Aside from these two massive milestones, this party is going to be special for a lot of reasons. As far as production goes, Kallop Sound Solutions will be deploying a Danley rig to get the job done on sound, with MetaMind Collective conducting the visual curation for the night.
As for the future of Ambient Alchemists and the King Joe project, this event, taking place on 9/20 at the Squirrel Sports Bar in Pittsburgh, will very much serve as a jumping off point. While Ambient Alchemists continue to establish their Pittsburgh presence and carve out their legacy, King Joe will be sidestepping into a recalibration period for the project.
Just this past week, Joe Sobolewski, the mind behind the King Joe project, announced that he will be “stepping away” at the end of the year.
While this means he won’t be as active on the stage, he has no intentions of stopping in the studio, with 2026 bringing several releases on a handful of very prominent dubstep labels that we can’t disclose at this time. Aside from these high-profile releases, Sobolewski will also be welcoming his second child in the new year, a boy, with wife Karina.
Whether you make it out to Squirrel Sports Bar on 9/20 to celebrate new life, a birthday, a homecoming, or just for the love of sound systems, come prepared to have a good time. Grab tickets to the event here and keep up with everything Ambient Alchemists and King Joe have going on in the links below.
Follow King Joe:
Instagram | Facebook | SoundCloud
Follow Ambient Alchemists:
Website | Instagram | Facebook | SoundCloud
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