Since its creation in 2009, Zeds Dead/s popularity has closely mimicked that of the greater Dubstep genre. While not gaining super stardom along with the likes of Skirllex and Nero, Zeds Dead’s ability to transcend genre and style makes them one of the more versatile artists on the scene. Their dynamic sets are usually made up of a mix of some hard house, serious techno and a touch of R’n’B, all put together with a seriously heavy dub baseline.

It was the twosome’s first time touring Australia together and either by luck or some serious co-ordination, their Perth show just happened to land on Australia Day. An accumulation of certain factors such as the perfect summer heat, outdoor urban jungle theme and a crew of people that just wanted to drink and be merry made for a very pleasing atmosphere. The event was located at the Overflow, when the duo first announced their Australian tour dates and locations on their Facebook page, many fellow Perth-ians questioned where the Overflow was. For those of you whom are still unaware, it’s a fairly large carpark-like area located behind The Court in Northbridge, eerily close to the major police station.

But I digress, the lineup for this Grizzled sponsored event was eye opening in a number of ways, it wasn’t quite the heavy Doctor P/ Bar 9 style dubstep that one may expect; nor was it the all-constant-build-up-then-drop loving Flux Pavillion. In short it was a strong mixture of readily known progressive artists doing what they do best, and that is playing anything and everything that in their mind sounds good, the real test however is if it sounds good to us, the listeners. The simple answer: yes.

Entering into the urban festival-style venue, the first thing that hits you (apart from the heat) is just how cool (and yes cool is really the only word for it) the whole setup was. From tiny inflatable pools to blow up balls and bananas everything just suited the beachy-festival-urban sprawl mood perfectly.

The supporting acts for the night all proved to be great additions to the event with special mention of course going to Kito, who has been named on many occasions to be Australia’s Queen of Dubstep (even though she’s now based in London). Her set started at 7 on the main stage then halfway through, either due to the rain or some other nonsensical reason, was moved into a tented area, which was slightly cramped and even hotter. However this didn’t faze Kito one bit, as she kept pumping out her hard-house sounding tunes which was getting the crowd into the perfect mood for Zeds Dead’s delicious wobbly bass-lines.

Arriving on stage at 9:30 just as the fireworks were setting themselves off in the city (not that they could be heard at all), the DC and Hooks duet started what was to be an even more entertaining and mind boggling display. With the crowd going went wild every time they dropped a recognizable track, which was seriously putting some considerable strain on the stage, Zed kept the energy limit at a peak all night long.

The most memorable moment was when they dropped a double mix off White Satin and Blue Foundation’s Eyes On Fire, both of which were my favourite dubstep songs of last year. Both tracks open with peaceful melodic vocals then in the usual “Zeds Dead baby” style submerges into a throat warbling, sub rattling chorus.

Both Kito and Zeds Dead are clearly artists to watch out for in 2012, if the popularity of Dubstep continues to skyrocket then we should be seeing the dynamic duo and Dub Queen more and more often.