This Friday sees Melé join Rustie at The Nest in London. Click here to find out full details.
Melé & Rustie at The Nest
January 11th, 2012JME – 96 Fuckries
January 5th, 2012Over the Christmas break i settled down to Channel AKA (formerly Channel U), the legendary music TV channel that gave many of the UK’s current stars their first TV appearance. Now, like many underground things, it’s a little more commercial and more glitzy than before, however I did catch this gem by JME. ’96 Fuckries’ sees him spit, well, 96 bars of pure grimy bliss. Filmed with a steadicam over various locations in England. It’s out on Jan 15th.
“I had a Durag straight at birth,
God sent me here to make shit worse,
Nobody wants a punch in the face
Coz when you get punched in the face it hurts”
Melé at Red Bull Revolutions In Sound
October 11th, 2011
This Thursday, Red Bull will be taking over the London Eye, with different music pumping out of each of its 30 capsules. Even if you can’t make it to London to the sold-out gig, you can stream each different capsule online for free, and the line-up is huge: Skream & Benga, David Rodigan, Hessle Audio, Roller Express, Jackmaster, Bok Bok, L-Vis 1990, Lunice, XXXY, Doc Daneeka and tons more. Mixpak’s own Melé will be heading up the silent disco alongside Tim Westwood.
Warrior One at Shake It
September 19th, 2011
For the London crew: Mixpak fam Warrior One and Rubi Dan will be holding it down next to a stellar line-up next week, all in the aid of the current famine in East Africa. Dance to the finest bass music with a clear conscience. Check the Facebook event right here.
Heatwave presents Showtime!
June 7th, 2011
On the 15th of June, London will witness something that hasn’t happened for a long time. A live stage show featuring some of the biggest MC’s all sharing the stage and passing the mic over dancehall riddims From Wiley (who seems determined to attend all his live shows this year), General Levy, Glamma Kid, Skibadee, Asher Senator, Lady Chann, Riko Dan, Stush, Mr Williamz, Lady Leshurr, YT, Stylo G, Serocee and Rubi Dan. I personally can’t wait to see Lady Leshurr as she really is one of the best right now in the UK.
You can grab tickets here and go download Riko Dan’s ‘Mind How You Talk’ right here to get warmed up.
Heatwave Soca Season 2011
March 10th, 2011
If you couldn’t get enough of the soca mixes we posted last week here is another, this time from The Heatwave, featuring all the 2011 hits such as the Swahili, Flagship and Radical Riddims as well as some classics from the past. Tonight they will be celebrating carnival at the Queen of Hoxton in London, reach!
Tomb Crew – FIYT Night
February 24th, 2011The latest release from Trouble and Bass is from London DJ’s and producers Tomb Crew. Hopping between funky, garage, rave, bassline and hip hop this 3 track EP is the 14th in the Heavy Bass Champion of the World Series.
FIYT Night is a track that really seems to be taking things from every genre that the UK has been a part of in the past 20 years. It’s as if they were just grabbing things like at the end of Supermarket Sweep.
Gugu – AC Riddim
January 29th, 2011One of the highlights of Rinse FM (106.8 FM if you are in your car) is the myriad of podcasts to choose from. So once a week I randomly choose someone’s podcast to listen to. Smasher‘s one had a mix of grime, funky and dubstep that you come to expect from any London DJ, until he played this track. It’s come out on the label of breakfast show host Scratcha DVA as part of the Afro Cuban EP. Like Jelly Roll, it’s funky, breakbeat and jazzy all at once.
