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Stars including Mylo, Roots Manuva and the Mercury Prize-nominated Hot Chip are supporting Oxjam, a unique month-long music festival taking place across the UK in October. They are joining Oxfam in calling on budding DJs, MCs, producers and clubbers to get involved by supporting Oxjam events in their area, or by organising an event themselves.
Sadat X is on fire. After a whirlwind year that included the release of his critically acclaimed 3rd album Experience & Education, the passing of his father, the bankruptcy of his record distributor, and highly storied arrest and subsequent incarceration set for this October, Sadat X is gearing up to release what many are claiming to be his best effort yet, Black October. The Great Dot X has stood strong in the face of adversity to deliver yet another soul-spilling, undeniably classic hip-hop masterpiece.
With turntables, an upright bass and bold live animations of crazy mutants in tow, Fingathing are a mass fusion of technical effects and live instruments creating an explosion of far-flung funk and crunching avant hip-hop. The grooves grip tighter than a black hole, the drums smack the cheeks like an asteroid rain-storm, and the bass rumbles and hums like an imploding star.
To celebrate the release of Yungun & Mr Thing’s incredible new album, “Grown Man Business”, Silent Soundz brings you a night of the best hip-hop money can buy. The UK’s freshest record label will be showcasing their roster in this unmissable one-off event, taking place at Cargo in London on September 12th (see flyer below).
Hidden Aspects / The Beggaz (Wu-Tang Clan Killa Beez) and DJ Dax present Part Time Job The Late Shift Mix CD. This Mixtape is a free promotional download which highlights some of the best of the best from The Beggaz Clan’s previously released albums. Music from the entire Beggaz Clan is combined and masterfully mixed by DJ Dax to bring you thru 70 minutes of funk that will leave you Beggin for More.
Wu Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah is currently touring his fantastic LP and so I thought I'd let you know about the forthcoming Ghostface show that is coming up... I know that he's doing a London date but I think thats all so It'll be quite a rare show.
The 2006 DMC World DJ Championships is back and here we can bring you the running order for the two day event. The event will be taking place at the Hammersmith Palais in London on the 10th and 11th September. It is the 21st Anniversary of the championships and so there are some special events lined up. The whole thing will be hosted Killa Kela and MC Trip.
Firin’ Squad are back! If you have missed hearing them on the airways then now’s your chance to tune in and listen to the boys do what they do best – playing and talking about the hottest tunes around … From this week the Firin’ Squad Unsigned Podcast launches on the airwaves of cyberspace – and is available exclusively this week by clicking on the link below!
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DJ Shadow, widely regarded as one of the most ground-breaking and influential artists in modern music, has announced his first major UK tour in 4 years. The dates featuring several special guests, follow the much anticipated September 18th release of Shadow’s new album “The Outsider”.
Coming out of NorCal, Motion Man is also trying to beat the heat with the upcoming release of his second solo album, Pablito's Way. After nearly two decades of being a guest emcee on countless other artists' releases, Motion Man has finally decided to bless us with another solo album.