SUBCHRONIC brings riddim to Evenflow in Geneva this Saturday

The Orlando producer's Nov. 7 stop at Evenflow Music & Spirits starts at 7 p.m., with tickets from $12.50.

If your weekend plans needed a little more low end, Geneva has you covered. SUBCHRONIC, a producer who makes no apologies for how heavy and how silly riddim can get, lands at Evenflow Music & Spirits this Saturday.

SUBCHRONIC plays Evenflow Music & Spirits in Geneva on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12.50 to $22 through The Ticketing Company. The show was only announced Oct. 20, so this is a quick turnaround — less than three weeks from announcement to show night — and anyone who wants in should sort tickets out before the weekend.

So who is SUBCHRONIC? According to the artist's SoundCloud page, the project is based in Orlando, Florida, and the bio sums up the sound with tongue firmly in cheek: "Shitty Dubstep/Riddim." The track titles back that up. The popular uploads lean hard into the genre's name and sense of humor, with tunes like "Kirby Riddim," "Terrifying Riddim" and "Riddim Things." That's the tell: this isn't a producer chasing polished festival-main-stage sheen. It's a producer who loves the stripped-down, repetitive, wobble-first side of dubstep and is having fun with it.

For anyone newer to the term, riddim is a subgenre of dubstep that's deliberately more minimal than other styles — the Wikipedia entry on the genre) and fan guides describe it as built on simpler, repeating patterns, and it's also been called swamp or trench. In practice, that means long stretches of grinding bass that reward a good sound system and a crowd willing to commit. Riddim fans tend to be devoted, and a room full of them on a Saturday is its own kind of fun even if you came in unsure.

Evenflow gives the Fox Valley a place to host a show like this without anyone having to make the drive into the city. A suburban room putting a touring riddim producer on a Saturday night, at a price that tops out at $22, is a good sign for the electronic scene out west — and an easy yes for anyone who's been waiting for heavier bass bookings closer to home.

The low ticket floor makes this a low-risk night if you're curious. The 7 p.m. start also means the show won't run until dawn, which matters for those who'd rather not spend Sunday recovering. Earplugs are a good idea; this is music made to be felt as much as heard.

There's not much more to the pitch than that. Saturday night, a bass-forward producer who doesn't take himself too seriously, and a local room that's willing to book him. Go get loud.

Sources: JamBase: SUBCHRONIC at Evenflow Music & Spirits (jambase.com); The Ticketing Company: SUBCHRONIC at Evenflow (theticketing.co); SUBCHRONIC on SoundCloud (m.soundcloud.com); Riddim (genre) — Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Electronic Music Wiki: Riddim (electronicmusic.fandom.com)