Tag: "Hip hop music"

Portugal. The Man : All Your Light (Times Like These) (RZA Remix)
0 Comments. 492 Views. Posted 2 May 2012 @ 2:34pm.
  Portugal get a little dark muscle courtesy of RZA; a crunching beat, some muttered rap and a Prince-worthy refrain, a sharp pitching chain-gang chorus. The band’s psychedelic swirl is all but erased in this remix, but their soulful melody comes into sharper focus. Sounds good.   Read More
KRS-One @ The Palace
0 Comments. 702 Views. Posted 1 May 2012 @ 12:00pm.
  For those who don’t know, KRS-One has travelled four weeks by boat to visit Australia. As imagined, the hype for his performances has been insane. Prior to his journey, I spoke to him while in the States when he explained that once he was here he would be searching far and wide for the “depth” in Australia. Simply put, he was visiting as an “anthropologist”. I appreciated his attitude,... Read More
Lapalux and oOoOO Double Bill
0 Comments. 774 Views. Posted 29 Apr 2012 @ 4:41pm.
Alias of twenty-two year old Essex beats fiend Stuart Howard, Lapalux is a name to keep your eyes on. Responsible for some seriously stellar releases on Pictures and his new home, Flying Lotus-owned Brainfeeder alongside stellar reworks for Bonobo, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, and Crystal Fighters, Howard's unique brand of twisted sampling skills and soulful, warm beats is proving... Read More
Ghostface Killah, DOOM and Chino XL Tour
1 Comments. 1,677 Views. Posted 27 Apr 2012 @ 2:28pm.
Launching in 2010, Rap City brought DJ Premier, The Beatnuts, Masta Ace and Edo G to Melbourne, and it's returning in 2012 bigger than ever! Jesus Christ, talk about a comeback. Featuring an all-class lineup of rap royalty, this year's headline slots have been claimed by none other than Wu-Tang's Ghostface Killah, alongside East Coast hip hop king DOOM, and Bronx native Chino... Read More
Hype Williams Tour
2 Comments. 1,435 Views. Posted 26 Apr 2012 @ 12:29pm.
The enigmatic duo will be visiting Australian shores for their debut tour this June.   Taking the name from a notorious hip hop music video creator, Hype Williams create music engrained with early dubstep and grime, peppered with elements of pop and R&B. Hype Williams captivatingly transcend the line between music and performance art often playing with mountains of smoke, dazzling... Read More
60 Seconds With... Big Words
0 Comments. 526 Views. Posted 25 Apr 2012 @ 9:47pm.
So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? BIG WORDS: K-Lee – MC/guitar, Will – MC, Cam – bass, Lawrence – drums.   What do you think people will say you sound like?  We don't really care what people say our music sounds like, we just do what we do.   What do you love about making music?  That music is a universal language that brings everyone together.... Read More
360 : Child (Filth Collins Remix)
0 Comments. 929 Views. Posted 25 Apr 2012 @ 6:48pm.
  Melbourne rapper 360 gets a spine-rippling dubstep makeover by Sydney producer Filth Collins. In a milder iteration of the Skrillex-defined style, the track has booming beats and stadium-scale waves of warped robotic noise that fuse together in epic and joyful explosions.     Read More
Hot Chip : Night And Day
0 Comments. 632 Views. Posted 25 Apr 2012 @ 8:57am.
  Alexis Taylor trots out his customary new school Devo/pedo science teacher tones for the latest Hot Chip single, Night and Day. The sexier their electro disco beats, the more unsettling his voice becomes, and this is one sexy-ass Kraut disco tune. Taylor’s voice is all slithery, dreamy and calm, verging on creepsville. All very effective. The new Hot Chip album, In Our Heads, is out on... Read More
Roger Gangi
0 Comments. 933 Views. Posted 24 Apr 2012 @ 1:18pm.
  Hailing from New Jersey, Roger Gangi has spent much of his life surrounded by music. Hitting the strip in Las Vegas early on in his career, he ended up on the payroll of some of the worlds biggest companies: MGM Corporation, Hard-Rock and Harrah’s Entertainment for starters. Gangi’s now heading Down Under to launch a new venue at Crown Casino, which he discusses with 100%. "I was a... Read More
Chet Faker @ The Toff In Town
0 Comments. 1,296 Views. Posted 24 Apr 2012 @ 12:33pm.
  Chet Faker is two things: a beard and a voice. According to his publicist, the much-feted electro artist hails from Melbourne’s “tight-knit disco and house music scene” (the first rule of Melbourne’s tight-knit disco and house music scene is you do not talk about Melbourne’s tight-knit disco and house music scene) but there is little trace of these roots in his sound. There are beats, for... Read More
Battle : Dross Glop
0 Comments. 970 Views. Posted 24 Apr 2012 @ 12:00pm.
The unique rumble of Brooklyn art-funk-fusion outfit Battles has always been begging to be remixed. Now, thanks to the sweeping success of their sophomore album, the un-spoonerised Gloss Drop, their music undergoes a full makeover.   Having been handpicked by the trio themselves, the sheer variety of producers and beat-makers on offer reflects the group’s eclectic tastes. Much how its... Read More
Grandmaster Flash @ Trak
0 Comments. 711 Views. Posted 17 Apr 2012 @ 10:57am.
  A legendary turntablist, Grandmaster Flash is one of the pioneers of hip hop DJing, cutting and mixing. His induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007 along with the Furious Five made them the first hip hop/rap artists to be recipients of the honour. It was during his teenage years that he developed and mastered three innovations that are still considered standard DJing... Read More
Pez
0 Comments. 971 Views. Posted 12 Apr 2012 @ 11:47am.
  Pez is ready to tackle round two of his career as the poster child for Aussie hip hop. He’s done the hard yards, done the shows and done the touring. He has also released an album and is working on another – no mean feat. None of this is an easy slog for a rapper Down Under, but he has done it with poise, hard work, determination and a love of the scene and the music. A couple of hurdles... Read More
Tom Showtime
0 Comments. 841 Views. Posted 6 Apr 2012 @ 11:01am.
  A suitably engaged Tom Showtime began collecting and spinning records in London in early 2000, seemingly motivated by his musical surroundings. After returning home to Melbourne in 2008, he releasedThe Showtime EP and followed up with EP3013 last year. After spending five years in the UK collecting records and focusing on becoming a DJ, he was messing around with beat... Read More
Ice Cube
0 Comments. 871 Views. Posted 4 Apr 2012 @ 7:03am.
  In the two and a half decades since his thermonuclear breakthrough with pioneering gangsta rap outfit N.W.A., you’d be hard pressed to articulate a time period where Ice Cube has resembled anything close to creatively dormant. At the age of 21, Cube had jettisoned from N.W.A. and released yet another landmark LP in AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted – the first instalment of one of the... Read More
KRS-One Announces Second Show
0 Comments. 1,410 Views. Posted 22 Mar 2012 @ 10:38am.
Making the most out of his month-long boat ride to Australia, certified hip-hop legend KRS-One has announced a second Melbourne date. After hitting our shores for his long-awaited Australian debut, The Teacha himself lived up to expectations with a stellar performance at The Palace last week.   Those who missed out are in luck, with a very special encore performance taking place at The Espy... Read More
Tornts
0 Comments. 576 Views. Posted 22 Mar 2012 @ 5:56am.
  It might have taken five albums to build up his profile to this level, but check out his latest work on YouTube to understand why it all takes time. A video like Traumatic Cinema can seemingly change your outlook and point of view towards Aussie hip hop in three fleeting minutes. One of the darkest and most creative clips you’ll see in some time, Traumatic Cinema describes the life of a... Read More
Alex Winston : King Con
0 Comments. 1,007 Views. Posted 20 Mar 2012 @ 10:14am.
  A few years ago, in a piece featured in Mojo Magazine, MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer opined that the spirit of Detroit lived on in hip hop artist Eminem. Eminem, Kramer asserted captured the sense of rebellion that epitomised working class Detroit, an attitude that lies latent in the classic Motown sounds of the early '60s, and roars as loud as a V8 Ford in the MC5 and Psychedelic Stooges.... Read More
Push Over 2012 @ Abbotsford Convent
0 Comments. 1,642 Views. Posted 20 Mar 2012 @ 8:34am.
  It’s summer and it’s Melbourne, one of the greatest cities on earth for live music so it goes without saying that there are tons of gigs and festivals to go to if you’re a music fan. But with more gigs being 18+ these days, what are you going to do if you ‘re a music loving youngster? Push Over 2012, Melbourne’s greatest all ages event, that’s what.   Held this year on labour day at... Read More
MANIK Debuts in Australia
0 Comments. 414 Views. Posted 19 Mar 2012 @ 9:17am.
New York producer and DJ MANIK has already managed to make an impressive mark on dance music in the space of a short career, with a discography that boasts releases on some of the scene's best underground labels. Josh Wink's Ovum, LA-based Culprit, Steve Bug's notorious Poker Flat, Lee Foss and Jamie Jones' Hot Creations.  Described as everything from deep house, disco, funk and electronica... Read More
Atmosphere and Evidence Tour
0 Comments. 1,337 Views. Posted 19 Mar 2012 @ 1:43pm.
Hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Atmosphere has been a driving force in independent hip hop for 20 years. Rapper Slug (Sean Daley) and DJ/producer Ant (Anthony Davis) were the first to put Twin Cities hip hop on the map and became the co-founders of independent label Rhymesayers Entertainment. Frequently touted as emo rap, Slug's brutally honest, poetic musings are often extremely personal... Read More
Raise The Roof 4 Announced
0 Comments. 1,408 Views. Posted 19 Mar 2012 @ 9:16am.
Thanks to the Espy comes another big night of all-Australian hip hop with the announcement of Raise the Roof 4 to land on Anzac Day Eve. Boom! Notorious for some of the rowdiest shows and biggest beats in the hip hop business, the Funkoars' clever satirical lyrics and mad rhymes are paired with the world-class beats of DJ Reflux to create killer party tunes - with four albums under their belts... Read More
James Zabiela Tour
0 Comments. 888 Views. Posted 19 Mar 2012 @ 1:43pm.
James Zabiela's last sighting in Melbourne wasn't too long ago - and let me tell you, it was one fierce gig.  \Packing out Brown Alley wall-to-wall, his signature mashup of everything from breakbeats, house, drum and bass, techno, and everything in between. The key to Zabiela's appeal is in his eclectic, anything-goes take on both DJing and production - taking tracks and layering and... Read More
Aprhodite
0 Comments. 499 Views. Posted 16 Mar 2012 @ 8:56am.
  Sharing your stage name with a female deity, particularly when you’re a male, takes some stones. In the case of the legendary DJ-producer born Gavin King, however, it can be justified. Since emerging on the UK underground in the late ‘80s the man known simply as Aphrodite has seen and done it all. From rave and acid house to hardcore, jungle, drum and bass and beyond, King’s been on the... Read More
Aprhodite
0 Comments. 568 Views. Posted 16 Mar 2012 @ 8:55am.
  Sharing your stage name with a female deity, particularly when you’re a male, takes some stones. In the case of the legendary DJ-producer born Gavin King, however, it can be justified. Since emerging on the UK underground in the late ‘80s the man known simply as Aphrodite has seen and done it all. From rave and acid house to hardcore, jungle, drum and bass and beyond, King’s been on the... Read More
Joe Bataan & The I Like It Like That Orchestra
0 Comments. 933 Views. Posted 7 Mar 2012 @ 8:39am.
  Forget Girl Talk, forget 2ManyDjs, The New York born Joe Bataan was the original mash-up artist. Back in 1967 when he released his debut album Gypsy Woman Bataan took the sensibilities of soul music, that was the status quo with most New Yorkers, and merged it with Latin music, which at the time was the Hispanic community’s and only the Hispanic community’s. He copped a little bit of... Read More
Grimes : Visions
0 Comments. 2,023 Views. Posted 7 Mar 2012 @ 7:13am.
  It’s 2012 and indie is dead. Not a great loss, really. Much like the T-1000 flailing around in the vat of molten steel at the end of Terminator 2, indie resorted to a rapid-fire metamorphosis – ephemeral flashes of chillwave, witch house, new R&B. There are traces of all of the above on Visions, what feels like the first fully-realised full-length from Grimes after a string of fairly... Read More
Grandmaster Flash
0 Comments. 1,200 Views. Posted 5 Mar 2012 @ 8:23am.
  Hip hop thanks you Grandmaster Flash. Without you there would be nothing. Maybe, just maybe, someone else may have cut up the wax, but never like you did. “I guess you could call it self-taught,” Grandmaster laughs, “but I think it was more than what I saw DJs doing, I looked at it and felt it was not correct.” Flash talks like a boxer moves: dance, dance, jab, jab, punch. There... Read More
Good Life All-Ages Festival Announced
0 Comments. 2,146 Views. Posted 4 Mar 2012 @ 2:23pm.
Man, those days of being under-eighteen were awful. I remember being a keen-eared disciple of all corners of electronic music, but no chance was there to see most of the artists I’d been listening to so devotedly instead of paying attention in my highschool classes. And it wasn’t like I could borrow an ID from someone else either, because I am the weirdest looking person I know. Yup, highschool... Read More
Mantra
0 Comments. 748 Views. Posted 2 Mar 2012 @ 9:31am.
  We’ve all heard of boat parties before – but this one is a little bit special. Themed around hip hop, Soulcity Productions have put their effort into delivering a fresh and unique experience, with something for every taste. To that end, and in the spirit of Beats, Rhymes & Life – one of the great Tribe Called Quest albums to grace the shelves of the hip hop section in the music store... Read More
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