Christmas eve was extra fun this year we went down Rhubard radio for seeds Xmas special got smoked out and drunk up whilst been treated to mini mix's from some of the badest tunesmiths around as well as ourselves, selection of bangers from Seeds http://soundcloud.com/seeds and a crazy ass mix from the one called Bangerman http://soundcloud.com/turntable-eel also present with a bag of viynl samurii rockstar http://soundcloud.com/samurii-rockstar so big all present and heres a chance to listen back wich will be there until Seeds next show on the 7th Jan 010 ...

Me (Proverbs) and Tony H went and dropped a minimix including hudson Mohawk,Lorn,Simming,Rustie,Gaslamp Killer,Modeselektor,Al G vs Amen H,Pheonix the ice fire,Revilo and more.....

Flying Lotus has been making music for 10years now and managed to create a succesfull forward thinking label in that time too...as a result and as a lovley christmas present for yall Gas Lamp Killer has put together a mix of pretty much unheard material in the way of a mixtape...dont delay its for christmas not january and its brilliant....and oh yeah MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU BASTARDS

http://media.brainfeedersite.com/podcast/Decademix.mp3

http://www.brainfeedersite.com/

This is a straight rip from Seeds blog about the xmas special Radio show on Xmas eve...wooooo..should be fun he asked us down and were gonna drop a minimix and some live shit from my boy Revilo....so MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU BASTARDS

HOTF BLOG

http://www.rhubarbradio.com/

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HOTF RADIO WILL BE LIVE XMAS EVE
RHUBARBRADIO.COM
3 TILL 7PM

eh up..

My rhubarb radio show happens to fall on christmas eve, so i thought sod it i'll do it. As i never do shit on xmas eve until the evening anyway.

So i'm gonna do an extended 3 till 7pm show, get a few guests down, have a drink (you people of Brum are welcome to come down and have a drink with me in fact!) play a ton of mad alternative music to give your ears a rest from all that slade etc..

I don't do events on FB cos there generally annoying but umm help me and get this one revvin' by clicking attend if your gonna tune in and/or drop by!


sick of xmas music? tune in xmas eve at 3pm for a 4 hr alternative selection of hip hop / dub / reggae / dubstep / psychedelia / rock and allsorts....

MINI MIXES FROM MA BLAH + DJ FRENDO + SNEAKTHIEF

REVILO AND THE COMABEAT FAM LIVE IN THE STUDIO

WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY THE BRAND NEW GOTAW LP EVERY HOUR!
+ DDF WORLD EXCLUSIVES.

Big for 2010. HOTF

merry mediamass, spread the word..... x

Seeds
HOTF

..oh and if your about and wanna come and play some tunes, pm me ;) and we'll sort some slots. Or if you have mini mixes you want banging, holla. safe.

Kam Moye (aka Supastition) Live @ Bling Free Birmingham
Only uk show £5.00 Entry
Location:Hare & Hounds
Time:Saturday, 16 January 2010 22:00

EVENT PAGE OB FACEBOOK

Up and coming leftfield hiphop producer from the Brainfeeder camp Lorn has released a couple of remixes to tide us over until his braincrushing release satisfies our need for huge beats an pitched overcast vocals ... these tracks have been lifted straight from his facebook fan page and do the do...but if u ask me u need to hit up his MYSPACE for the real shit...nameen




Requiem (Ft. Mobb Deep)
Suicidal Thoughts (Lorn Remix)
Wake Up Fucked Up (B.I.G)
Wrong Place

Forgot to mention aswell as his oun sydonym taking of hes one half of Omegha Clash along side Adoptahighway a more upfront dance version of himself....brilliant and well worth a gander..

Enjoy

The second instalment From Wolves badman Revilos now avalible for download and stream...so for your Real hiphop fix listen here or get down to his blog @ Http//www.blakenhall.tk.

This ones just him really with one ft from fellow Jeluseyez member Basion on one track entitled Forgotten..take that in its huge...apart from that its personal and as real as u can get... B.O.R.N Vol2 BLUE by comabetic

The return B.O.R.N Vol2BLUE preview by comabetic

Still fresh out the box Blakenhall over real noise vol 1...Revilos first in a 3 part mixtape series is straight talking and sets the scene for Vol 2 nearing completion. 35mins as a download or stream features Revilo,Mr G,PET,Reggimental,Bigga,Joe Gutta and Christophe mixed by sneakthief.

Get yours now @ www.Blakenhall.tk or listen below


Revilo Presents B.O.R.N Vol 1 Red mixed by Proverbs by comabeats

Revilo also appears on Hiphophypedogs Compilation Vol 1

Track 13 Cold steel ft Mr G

This is good...Pheonix da icefire is releasing a Chemo produced L.P soon this is his mixtape in hype preparation for that.
The track selections flawless and dj Roast cuts it all in freshly with some great sample drops......heres three tracks that bump.




BAPTISM UNDER FIRE is out on HIGHER HEIGHTS RECORDS on the 23RD NOVEMBER

http://www.myspace.com/phoenixdaicefire1

Ukstreetart.co.uk have put up a micro site with some nice photography by Mr Jenkins for people like me who for one reason or another didn't make it to Bristol to see Banksy most up-to-date artwork....Videos,pictures and more on the exhibition real nice collection see what you missed out on or just catch up here


Theres always new updates on the main site so don't forget to check that too....

http://www.Ukstreetart.co.uk

Jerusalaam Comes. It came to London and tore up the sector. Super dope music + great energy, good vibes & love manifested.

Jerusalaam Comes again, this time Juice Aleem's hometown Brum. So anyone in the zone (or not!), we invite you to come party with us. This is a celebration. Be a part of the movement. We assure you a righteously wicked night on hip-hop, dub, electro, bashy, mashup marvels.

The Live PAs come courtesy of stalwarts such as CIPHER JEWELS (MOORISH DELTA), The lady known as JUSTICE, microphone demons R.TILLERY & PROFESSOR D, hip-hop velociraptor THEWHATSUPREME (with SENSEI C), Brum legend MAD FLOW, SEROCEE the jammin commander.

Wheels of steel will be operated by ROC 1 (SUBSTANCE DONUTS), MOYMA, MZ C BROWN and dubstep stylings of SON OF KICK.

The ceremony will be mastered by super beyond dirty thespian MIKE LADD, flying in just for the occasion.

Start Time:
Saturday, 22 August 2009 at 09:00
End Time:
Sunday, 23 August 2009 at 14:00
Location:
Hare & Hounds
Street:
Kings Heath High Street
Town/City:
Birmingham, United Kingdom

http://www.myspace.com/jerusalaam

This ezines been putting out Constant , Quality for along time now and recently they got themselves a spankingly nice new website.....good see now!


La Famiglia

http://www.lafamigliazine.com/site/grind/la_famiglia.html

Download it as PDF or view ONLINE...nice.

Another viral news cast from the social networks...this Rally in central Birmingham was widely know about but has seemingly suffered from a media shut down resulting in many people going uninformed.

Far right groups (the English Defence League and Casuals United ) and members or the anti facists groups (Unite Against Fascism UAF) fought in running street battles.



As that video shows some heads are still working on reporting on these events..
see Jason N. Parkinson's blog for some shocking stills of this piece and more.

During and through my constant use of facebook, ive come back into contact with certain people ive had interests in through the years Forbidden Tongues is one, every now and then he will push a track or two for general disccusion heres the latest and it features Mc's as from Zimbabwe, Manchester,Stoke-On-Trent,Belfast,Lancaster & South London Neat huh?

With names i recognized like Ghazi and Paradox theres plenty more here i fround a new..and ohh year the beats a Banger....!

Listening to Overstand-Forbidden Tongues






Feat. Guti (Zimbabwe), Chronicle (Manchester), Guilty (Lancaster), Brother Ghazi (Manchester), EJ (Manchester), Parradox (Stoke-On-Trent), Jun Tzu (Belfast), Non Applicable (South London) - OVERSTAND

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Go to his facebook page for a nice summary and run down on his previous releases..

http://www.myspace.com/forbiddentongues


http://www.facebook.com/Forbiddentongues

Another installment of goodness from Elaquent this one In Color Vol 3 (Dirtier Loops). Conatins the tunes artwork and PDF's with why and how....he says:I dont even consider this an 'album' its a tape. The concept is simple when i listen to music i see colours, depending on the vibe and feel of the song so i figured why not throw a tape full of varying colours....

DOWNLOAD NOW VIA MEDIA SHARE

Elaquent / Twilight afternoon (Baby blue)



MYSPACE

Following the release of his latest offering 'Lost and Found' hip hop legend
Guru will be returning to the UK for a string of live dates to promote his
new single 'Divine Rule'.

Guru, who recently appeared as a judge on BET - 106 and Park' freestyle
fridays, will be taking to the stage at Londons' famous 100 club on 11th
July, Orange Rooms, Southampton,and a special one off instore / signing @
the King Apparel pop up store in - 38 Earlam st, Covent Garden, London WC2H
9LH on the 15th July between 6 - 9pm.

Also performing on the night will be Skandal, Reps plus DJ's Mr Thing &
Charlee Brown.

Come and check out the new store grab a moment with a hip hop legend and sip
on some free drinks courtesy of our sponsors, Tequila Aretta and Rockstar.

Arrive early its going to be a roadblock!!!

WWW.KINGUNERAPPAREL.COM

SUPERSONIC Festival 2009
24TH – 26TH July Birmingham . UK
http://www.supersonicfestival.com

One of the biggest and most adventurous music festivals Birmingham host's is supersonic on week after next we are poping down there on the friday to see PCM and Venetian snares but the line up over the whole weekend is mind blowing!

To create some anticipation they have done two podcast with tracks from there performing artist and posted them on there SUPERSONIC BLOG

This ones defiantly for the open minded and not for the faint hearted apricey affair too.....but one not to miss :)

Birminghams finest andFreshest hiphop label eatgood release there first Compilation album showcasing there family....plus there release partys set to be one of the bigges parts in town on Sat 18th July Hare & Hounds, Kingsheath, Birmingham, UK.....

WWW.EATGOODRECORS.COM


Taken from Suspect packages.com

COMPILATION VOL.1

THE FIRST COMPILATION FROM BIRMINGHAM'S EAT GOOD RECORDS ROSTER, AND WHAT A RELEASE IT IS, FEATURED HERE YOU'LL FIND BRAND NEW TRACKS AND REMIXES Featuring THE LIKES OF SONNY JIM, KOSYNE, REDBEARD, PERCY FILTH, R.TILLERY, TAHARKA, DARREN PAUL, KELAKOVSKI, EYEBS, SHEARS, R2THABEATZ, SIVEY, ENGLISH, S.K, CRUCIFIX, WIZARD, DJ CRO AND MANY MORE FEATURED GUESTS, CLASSIC HOMEGROWN BRUMMY BOOM BAP...
(COMES IN A CARD sleeve)

Track List
01.SONNY JIM -NEXT GENERATION (REMIX)
02.SONNY JIM & KOSYNE -E.G PROFESSIONALS
03.REDBEARD, S.K & TAHARKA -OVERTIME
04.TLG -FEAT.RAS SUPA -BLACKLIST (KOSYNE REMIX)
05.KOSYNE -SELL OUT
06.REDBEARD -DVD'Z (R2THABEATZ REMIX)
07.PERCY FILTH -FEAT.SONNY JIM & ENGLISH -THE POWER
08.SONNY JIM -MORPHINE CINEMA
09.KOSYNE -TALE OF A TENNER (KELAKOVSKI REMIX)
10.TAHARKA -FEAT.R.TILLERY & PROFESSOR D -MR OFFICER
11.SONNY JIM -FEAT.TAHARKA, REDBEARD, HEADTRIP, STYNER, DEVAS, LUCA BRAZI, BIGGA, REGGIMENTAL, JOE GUTTA, BARON SAMEDI, TRUTH, DEADLINE, APOCRAPHE, RESPEK BA & WIZARD -PLANET RASCO
12.PERCY FILTH -FEAT.REDBEARD & KOSYNE -BAD DAY
13.SONNY JIM -FEAT.RUFFSTYLZ & CRUCIFIX -MARKED FOR DEATH
14.TLG -FEAT.KNOWNAIM -WHAT LIES BEHIND
15.S.K -EXTACY NEXT TO ME
16.R.TILLERY & PROFESSOR D -IRREGULAR
17.SONNY JIM -THE ULTIMATE TRIUMPH OF THE LITTLE GUY (REMIX)

EATGOOD FACEBOOK

I new my mate was in a band but he could never explain what it was they played so i took a trip over to Wolftown for a viewing and was blown away....

Nestled right amongst the beer swilling musicaly taste void masses of the vasity is a night called De Ja, upstairs out of sight out of mind its creating its own little oasis of good music and nice vibes. We were treated to Reggea,Lounge and Jazzy dubstepped tones from musicians and dj's alike.....

Im late on this blog but not so late as not to tell you the next events planned for the 18th June and is FREE...Its held in the varsity Wolverhampton so shake a leg and get some thursday night goodness in your lazy ass body.....

The Scholasky quartet

De ja Music

True beat

The Pax & Hot rocks


Dj Vital & Pedro y el Lobo

2 Pound on the door 8 till midnight....


A collection of musicians combining eclectic musical tastes and throwing in a heap of improvisation. Breaking the mould a little and experimenting instrumentally with a fusion of Funk, Reggae, Dub, Trip Hop, Jazz, Rock, Hip Hop and Dubstep.

www.myspace.com/dejacoopnlishe

It been a long, hard week in the world of corporate bullshit and under the weight of statistics and spreadsheets you decide that some much needed alcoholic relief is in order.
After exhausting your usual haunts you decide that the tired and staid excuse for a social life you have is in desperate need of guidance. So where do the 'cool kids' hang out, where are the girls, where might you find the free Scooter Porn Lounge, witness the joy of shaven horses dancing and most importantly where can you join Martin Amis's One-Man Poker Tour?
Luckily for you, all of this is answered, and more, in Chris Morris's informative and enlightening bar guide.

Take five minutes out of your day and enter Mr Morris world of strange, after dark delights.

Blue Jam Bar Guide

Stupid fresh presents JimmyGreen and his latest beat tape Jimstrumentals dont get it twisted its not a batch of instumentals u can lace for your latest mixtape although the quality and bumpity definatletly makes you think you would. Instead its a shed load of instrumentals overlaid with some of my favorite UK accapelas i wont ruin it for you but theres Taskforce,Roots manuva,Skinnyman,Foreign beggars,Lewis Parker,Black Twang and many more including stars from Rainbow!...beats are good scratch's and overdubs are legendary so listen here now or download and then get yourself over to

http://www.myspace.com/stupidfreshmain

to check the man himself. And while your hittin up pages dont forget to check http://rapsploitationsessions.blogspot.com as Jgreen and Truth are putting some of the baddest Hiphop partys on the theEast Anglia and thats the original blog to create this post.





DOWNLOAD HERE

Theres no link here nothing to download or listen too its just this pic taken from
http://electricsoupspot.blogspot.com/

Real Gangsta

The newest member to the growing Comabeat collective Tony Haynes passed us a neat little Electro mixtape to get your feet taping and body shaking...download for your i-pod or stream direct from here ...Shouts to Tall Tone....

Ode to Frankie Knuckles (Tracklist)

The Juan McLean - One Day (James Curd Rmx)
of Montreal - Id Engager (Mad Decent Rmx)
Chromeo - Bonafied Lovin (Yuksek Rmx)
LA Riots feat Jadis - If I Could
MSTRKRFT feat Nore - Bounce (Felix Cartal Rmx)
MBM - Radio Babylon (Lee Coombs Rmx)
The Way We Used To (Accapella) - Cevin Fisher
Daedelus - Make It So (XXX Rmx)
K.I.D - Hupendi Muziki Wangu! (Drum Break)
Tiger City - Are you Sensation?
Osborne - Outta Sight


DOWNLOAD MIX HERE

Produced a couple of years ago now Living inside the speaker has been made available for free general download...the films based in Bristol and made by the Mashup Mafia.

Interviewing the likes of DJ Pinch, Peverelist, Bubonic, Hench Crew, Stealth, Dub Boy, Skream, and others, the filmmakers track the dubstep scene in Bristol.

DOWNLOADHERE.AVI

Premiere Title Track Music Video for The Narcicyst's upcoming album out May 26th on Paranoid Arab Boy Music/Stereotypes Inc. Brought t our attention by Solo C over at Vocal Swords.
Canadian based artist with a holy timely and not yet rinsed in this manner..Big watch for him.

Some graff from the other side of the world this time Japan he does some of the biggest and boldest peices ive seen in a long time...this is an except from his Flikr profile...

SUIKO was born in Oita located on the west part of Japan and grew up in Hiroshima where the first atomic bomb was dropped.
Then, this city, Hiroshima, became a base for all his activities.
He has traveled around Europe and Asia including entire Japan and has collaborated with various artists.　From those experiences, dynamic and lively Chinese character designs are created as his original style.

he also has a stupidly nice flash site and a myspace page so enjoy..


www.suiko1.com
www.myspace.com/suikone

TRACKLISTING

01 - Spark Em Up (Intro)
02 - Renaissance Man
03 - My World (Nas Salute)
04 - Extra Extra
05 - Abaracadabra
06 - Uzi Weighs A Ton
07 - A Prayer For Michael Vick and T.I. (We Love You Family)
08 - Dimethyltriptamine
09 - Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)
10 - Bitches And Drugs
11 - Trolley Stop
12 x Mr. Porter - Hard To Get
13 - Girlfriend
14 - Be Easy
15 - Dealing
16 x Guilty Simpson x Mr. Porter - Get Em
17 - Victory Is In My Clutches
18 - Somethin To Hold On To
19 - I Feel Good
20 - So What You Sayin
21 - Walk With It - Ft. Lil Flip
22 - Katrina The Levees Broke

Download here for free...

When u realise there is people all over the world making music and posting on youtube then you realise its one of the most diverse resource for any one who wants to make the premium in cut and paste style beats....this site will blow you away i guarntee.....brought to our attention via Jc's Facebook posts.

Amazing trust me....

http://thru-you.com/#/videos/3/

Surfing vimeo as youtube struggles with industry...came across Flight404 a visual artist how is a member of the Barbarian Group (digital services and creation company) and is conducting various experiments in "proccessing" various digital visualisation techniques...some stuff on his vimeo account is next level so thake a look at the videos below and check him out.

Vimeo

http://www.flight404.com





Solar, with lyrics. from flight404 on Vimeo.

Ujino & The Rotators


An impromptu trip to the Ikon on Sunday (08/03/09) reminded me just how lucky we are to have such a fantastic contemporary gallery in Birmingham. As always the exhibitions were visually stunning with bizarre paintings and hallucinogenic film contributing to the decline of my already fragile, post party, condition.

The real find of the day however was a Japanese man named Ujino and his misfit band of sonically misshapen home appliances. Ujino is an artist, sculptor and musician hailing from Tokyo and has exhibited his ’Rotators’ in some of the most respected galleries (and warehouses) throughout the world.


The core of Ujino’s sound sculpture is the ‘Rotorhead‘, two turntables and a collection of old vinyl to which he has skilfully glued some bits of coloured pencil. The idea is that as the vinyl spin, the bits of pencil hit a set of switches attached to a ‘bridge’ that is placed over the turntable, this then sends an on/of signal to the remaining ‘Rotators‘. The bridge consists of three switches, or tracks as Ujino calls them, each of which represents a different rhythm section, transmitting a different set of signals to his home appliance orchestra.

The orchestra, on this occasion, was made up of a hairdryer, a drill and two food blenders, one of which was strapped to a guitar and hung from the ceiling but previous incarnations have used cars, radios, televisions and a plethora of everyday items all of which produce a unique, circuit bent sound.





If the insanity of his sonic arsenal is not enough for you, during his performance, Ujino expertly blended a banana and ice cream smoothie using one of the ‘Rotators‘, handing glasses out to the expectant crowd.


Ujino welds the two worlds of music and art together in a kind of post industrial techno experiment and the sound produced is unique, so if you get chance to see the man in action it's definitely worth your while, not least for free refreshments!

Check out Ujino here

And the Ikon Gallery

All we know is hes Male and from Glasgow...fresh so fresh its still abit tacky........Estum

http://www.myspace.com/alexanderre

http://www.flickr.com/photos/estum/

With the release of the new Harmonic 313 album sparking my interest, 11 tracks of dangerous, dark and heavy detroit influenced electronica, I was compelled to scour the web for more of this wonderous stuff. Mark Pritchards new project, Harmonic 313, is infinately different from Harmonic 33 which released many tracks to critical acclaim, and he's very keen for you to know this.

The first e.p, released some months was accompianed by a beautifully functional and compelling website which intantly tells you not to expect anything like the 33. www.harmonic313.com is master stroke in creative advertising and offers an addictive and unmissable 10 minutes of escapism!
E.P 1 is still available on Warp and gives you some insight into Pritchard's retro, post futuristic vision but the website is worth the release alone! Go play now and you get a free mp3 when completing all the levels...bargain!

Jazz musician come street poet come radio voice-over/researcher presents Ignatius Sancho as a part of radio 4's Alter Ego series running this and next week....its a one of to be honest (depending on your taste boundarys) so dont bank on the other episodes being too much along these lines. Having said that this ones a gem to know more listen HERE know your history !

Dont forget to check link delow he also happens to make some of the most inventive hiphop jazz cross over sounds out....


http://www.soweto-kinch.com/

http://www.myspace.com/sowetokinch

A Sunday morning browse on the super dope ukstreetart blog brought my attention to Prefab a crew of ex Newyorkers that had relocated to Newcastle upom Tyne..(in sure there are more reasons than the scenery). There latest outing was the stunning Barcelona but this is just one in long line of nasty guerilla pieces Prefab have been working on in the past couple of years..mostly paste ups but some stencil and freehand work too...take a peep ats all nice.

Prefab @ Flickr.com

Prefab77.co.uk

Kung Fu presents Ramson Badbones and Dj Gone



Does what it says on the tin Ramson Bad and Dj Gone with a Jd Tribute...Tasty

www.myspace.com/gonedds

www.myspace.com/ramsonbadbones


DOWNLOAD HERE

LISTEN BELOW

Birminghams finest purveyors of underground House, Techno and Dubstep return with their first event of 2009! After a momentous first birthday at the Hare & Hounds, including Cog cake and some sublime visuals from resident Blendstate, The Cog returns with some extra special guests to kick off 2009 with the usual eclectic mix of electronic madness!

To celebrate a full year of parties, bbq's and art gallery raves, The Cog enlisted the help of House of God resident Sir Real who, alongside residents Dave is Dead and Hog destroyed the dancefloor with their unique blend of electronic filth!

And so the 27th February will see Birminghams very own Techno aficionado Rebekah, Tony Grainger of Resistor Records and fresh Dubstep outfit Kitbag bringing mountains of aural pleasure to your eager ears in the first Cog of 2009. This one is not to be missed!

All this great music and of course, the best atmosphere in Birmingham all for the bargain price of £3! The party starts at 9pm on the 27th of Feb.


So if you haven't already, check out the Cog sites here..........

www.myspace.com/electronicadventures
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=13997325390

Also Check Out The Drop - a monthly radio show produced and presented by Chris Finke and Rebekah.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46582964022&ref=ts

Here's Their Feb Show, First Mix By Rebekah:
http://www.thedropshow.com/radio/dropshow.2009.02.mp3

Finale on the stuggles Detroit is going through right now....'looks more like Iraq than America'



Detroit rapper Finale is preparing to issue his new album A Pipedream And A Promise. It’s set for release via Interdependent Media this spring.Finale has gathered an impressive lineup of producers, including the late J Dilla, Black Milk, Ta’Raach, Waajeed, Dimlite, Flying Lotus, Khrysis, Nottz and Oddisee. Lyrical guest spots come from Invincible and, surprisingly, old-school legends Prince Whippa Whip from Cold Crush Brothers and Awesome Dre. Due out March....dont sleep!

More to the point were will it go next...Its been 15 years since Cd's were introduced and it was a step in the right direction...smaller and more portable than viynl,better looking and super hi-fi compared with tapes, everones a winner. Next via minidiscs and a couple other dead formats we hit mp3's .........Low quality......but more portable than a camper van. All of a sudden we favor phone and laptop speakers to hi-fi systems and a million and one mp3's with nothing but a track title over 10 page cd booklets. So what next?

Well some pretty major developers including Sony and LG have started getting there sticky fingers into a couple of new formats namley Mxp4 and Mt9. These formats simply put have all tracks used in the recording process Drums/bass/vocals/guitars ect.. stored in the file seprately. So u can choose what u want to hear or the Creator/artist will give you 3 or 4 diffrent versions of the song to listen too ie: Chillout Mix, Instrumental Mix and so on....but you will still have only one file to deal with.

There are a few un-answered questions like why and what for (which are prity huge) but if your a music buff and need more stimulation than a bunch load of low quality mp3's can offer it may be an avenue you can look into......

Been pointed to this via ukstreetart.co.uk (will tell you more about these gezzers soon) its a new add on to SHOK 1 's website entitled Shokthen a retrospective area with plenty off 35mm scans of old works by the legendary Shok 1. I think ive got a soft spot for Shok1 because i used to stumble upon his stuff in my hometown Walsall yonkers ago and was blown away then as i am now....anyway alot of these shots i recognize and might pull out my old snaps and upload a few as a result....so dont listen to me waffling on anymore and get over to www.shok1.com/shokthen/

The New album is BONKERS go get it when its released next week...Below is a track to sample its goodness..If you dont know about Zion-I they are a duo from Oakland Ohio Amplive and Rapper Zumbi they first started releasing music back in 99 and now release this one entilted ' The Takeover ' Their rainbow coalition party continues to expand and now includes guests like Devin the Dude, Brother Ali and UK emcee Ty Big!!!

A nice package through the door the other day brought to my attention a pre-release copy of the new L.P and apart from a small apperance on Jehst's Mengi Bus mixtape i hadn't heard Jyager at all so to my suprise i was more than impressed with this ex-grime Hiphop newcomer. Born in Portugal he has grown mostly in London and has made Hiphop his own since being taken on by Cee Why and prepared for his first release on YnR productions, his single Eyes open is due for release in the first quarter of 2009 followed by the release of Encrypted Scriptures which features Foreign Beggars,Kashmere,Sifu Chan,Dm,Jehst,Verb T and Kyza.

Cee Why comes with some straight up gems and the guest vocalists dont dissapoint its big.
I like this and im sure its because Jyager has a more 'knowing' confidence you dont get too often, maybe its because hes grown up listening to Uk voices spitting instead of American as i have or maybe its just talent...
make your own mind up weve got his mixtape New mindstate which was recorded a couple of years back for download and stream right here...and to preview his new sounds hit up his myspace page...




Proverbs

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Found these 5 videos on youtube so compiled them into a playlist you can watch here. They make up a Documentary due to be screened on channel 4 which focus on several Video producers. This producer (Chris Cunningham) has produced music videos for some of my all time favorite artist including Squarpusher,Aphex twin,Portishead,Leftfield,Bjork to mention only a few. Born in reading and Hailing from Suffolk he first started of in film and special affects industry getting head hunted by the likes of Stanley Kubrick after animatronic work in Spitting image,Aliens 3 and Judge Dread to work on A.I. Strong ties with Warp records ensured ground breaking work with forwad thinking ground breaking Artists such as Autechre and Aphex. This is a nice 35min documentary focuses on mainly music...enjoy.

Louis Den Beat Battles Presents
Louis Den Beat Cypher 03
12th Feb 2009



ole host of Producer heat aswell as Kashmere,Verb T and Logan , Darren Paul, S-Type, Jaisu and Roeg de Casq with Dj Cro on the decks spinning the beat showcase...so same as last time take your beats to get played and see some straight up talent...as they have Kyza, Jyager,Pentalk on the mic and Jon Phonics,Percy Filth and Raul Supreme at there battles stations

Rooty Frootys - Custard Factory - Digbeth
9PM till LATE - £3.50 entry (£5.00 after 10PM)

http://www.louisden.com
photos of beatcypher 01
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=752960503&aid=166711

videos of beatcypher 01
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wYMHg7sTZUs
http://www.dailymotion.com/Affiluc/video/x7b737_louisden-beatcypher-pt1_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/Affiluc/video/x7b81s_louisden-beatcypher-pt2_music


The Big Dirty presents The Little Dirty (EVENTS NEWS)

The Little Dirty - Emalkay Boggie Dave, Adamn Noize, Miller G + Nipsy

Its a Brum thing legendary Boka records badboy Emelkay headlines at the Rainbow in digbeth £5 on the door and you get Boggie dave,Nipsy and Miller G thrown if for skankingly good measure....other acts include Markle man and J - Bliss, Adamn noise, Lotek and Bobby Banggerman....Dubstep night the Big Dirty downsizes for januarys event but no less a reason to go attend.
























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Echodub - Anechoic Chamber (FREE ALBUM!)
Echo001
Released back in Dec but good all the same for all those that appreciate the Tech/dub movement...its slightly messy 3part rapidshare download but worth it all the same....hit up Echodubs site for all the info you need

I went to my local art gallery as i do with my 2 year old to keep an eye on whats on, not because there is allways something good but because with an award winning art gallery a couple of miles down the road it seems stupid not too....ive seen alot of animal photography and when i saw the brief description of what was on the top floor nothing really struck a cord with me...my skamp ran round the corner raising eye brows as a 2yr old in an art galley allways does showing no respect for the required hush. A couple of seconds later her click clack footsteps stopped and silence returned and as i rounded the corner into the gallery she was craning her head back and up in silent wonderment and this is why.......





































I hadent seen photography like this before..dark,forboding ,beautifull and well executed.
This is Giacomo Brunelli go and see the full collection in the flesh @ The New Art Gallery in Walsall (westmids UK) or here @ http://www.giacomobrunelli.com

If you know about Hoodz Underground, hiphop and Shefield then there a pretty big chance you've heard the sounds of JC. Now hes here with a free to download fully loaded and mixed by Dj Risco. R.C does a fair wack of the vocal in this tape but hes carrying a whole bunch of M.c's with him. The likes of Kosyne,Sonny Jim,Kyza,Yogi,Skandal & Nicky Taurus to name only a portion of the Heads on this one. The growing infamy of up and coming broadcaster Jay Diamond continues with a BBC-esque naration to start things off...
If your a picky downloader and dont like the huge commitment that is a 82mb zip including artwork get over too www.nomoneyrecords.blogspot.com to her a nice 6 track preview....

Its everywere and theres a reason for that its straight up bangin
Here is Elequent and his free net based release After Midnight with both instrumental and vocal mixes its a rare treat for free...if your up to the times and want some more now Hiphop get this Toronto infused badboy....

Elequent-After Midnight 2009.zip
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www.myspace.com/elaquenthiphop

Friends and associates of Comabeat the UN are still working hard and making peoples heads turn. With the release of there Catchy Grown ups video and two mixtapes amongst previous solo projects big things are most definitely to come from Midland/Northern clique Bigga Man , Joe Gutta and Producer 2nd Suzpect the UN.

Unfriendly Neighbours Starvin artist Mixtape vol 1 out NOW free to download..ft Sonny Jim,Reggimental,Revilo and more...weve posted up a few tunes here for you to sample it and a direct download link for you to cop the lot as a zip..just unzip and straight to i-pod or cd..

Seven tracks to preview here & now...




01 - Starvin Artist
02 - Flow Jangles [Bigga]
03 - Looks To Kill
04 - Break Away feat. Revilo
05 - Just Spit! feat. Sonnyjim
06 - Little Girl
07 - Bam Bam feat. Parly B

DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE MIXTAPE


And to warm you in the winter cold this summer ridden little number ft Reggimental with Emma Louise providing the Soulfull hook.


www.rustyjukebox.com

Released this week from the heads at IDMForums.com Idmf002 a real nice mix of syles executed perfectly click on the cover art to go to the simple but perfectly formed Net release page....
























Im sure idmf001 been around for a while now i think i saw the release at least six months back not sure why it wasnt posted then. Thats by the by the point is its good and its free which is what we love at comabeat..... download now or steam on the IDM net label page.

























And if your making music get over and join the massive community that is IDMFORUMS.COM