Tag: east london

Talented musicians are becoming an increasingly rare commodity, but one youngster aims to buck that trend. Breakbeat is a charismatic drummer and rapper from east London, who is destined to become one of Britain’s best-known performers.

East London head Teef has had two CDs out and has shown a steady progression in terms of development. With another on the way he now hosts some radio shows and we managed to get a few words with the man before he blows up. Check out what he had to say here…

The youngster from East London has impressive links. Now Teef has been learning his craft and drops the much improved Perfect Fit on his own label Dontekz Productions. With backing from Kung Fu it looks like Teef is set to blow. Watch your pockets though...

The first British Asian Grime/Hip hop/R&B artist aiming at mainstream recognition rather than targeting his music at a strictly Asian audience. Growing up in East London, at the age of 14 Aky was trained in theatre, something he believes has helped him musically.

The first Single release from British Asian artist Aky (feat Emy) “Still Feeling You” is destined to take the music scene by storm. A hot summer single with its catchy hook line and infectious lyrics is sure to pull a chord amongst music fans everywhere.

Eastside Records are providing an interesting debate on ‘The importance of being Independent’. With a panel of key music industry professionals and hosted by ‘JD’ aka Dready.

East London's Plan B is one of those once in a while original cats. He rode high with his No Good single with the dope stop motion animated video and has even been the darling of the broadsheet press. In his own genre he bends hip hop, r&b and acoustic guitar with confrontational lyrics and story telling. Check out what he had to say to Jade Bremner...

I read somewhere that ‘malarchi’ means ‘blossoming’ in Tamil; and it’s fair to say that the East London emcee who uses the word as his moniker is also one of UK hip hop’s burgeoning talents. His debut album ‘Forgotten World’ was released with considerable fanfare back in May, so I recently caught up with him at the Darkjoint recording studio in Canning Town (where most of the album’s tracks were conceived) to find out what he is trying to achieve with his LP.

Hijack came out of Brixton, London in 1988 when they signed to Music Of Life, and they dropped their debut single, the now legendary, 'Style Wars'. Ice-T heard the group and promptly signed them to his label. Hijack were one of the biggest groups the UK has ever produced and this single Daddy Rich dropped in 1991 as the group were set to drop their stunning Horns Of Jericho LP.