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Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Oct 7th – Trem One – FTTOHNL – Listening Party // Animal Kingdom Clip Screening // @ LAUNDRY BAR
Friday, October 7th, 2011
Class A and Ishu
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
No stranger to the rap game, Class A has been consistently on the rise since her debut EP; 2007′s Class In Session mixtape, followed by 2008′s Class With Parker EP, garnered her national attention.
This quick rise to prominence saw her win multiple accolades from Triple J and live spots sharing stages with the likes ofDilated Peoples, Jean Grae, Talib Kweli and Gift of Gab(Blackalicious) andJ-Live. 2010 saw the release of her first full-length album, Me, Me, Me & Him: The Secret Life of a Receptionist , which was once again spun across the country and amassed universal praise from press, fans and Hip Hoplumi- naries alike for being ‘immersive, endearing and great fun’ (Drum Media) Following the success of Me, Me, Me & Him: The Secret Life of a Recep-tionist, Class A hit the road on a hugely successful National tour withstalwarts The Tongue and Spit Syndicate, before taking a few months off work in favour of some (Fitzroy) poolside reflection, to take stock and recapture inspiration before finally getting back to the business of writing.
This artistic evolution sees her approach her craft with a more focussed, deliberate hand, and a new writing partner in tow, in local beatsmith Ishu. Ishu has been captivating local ears and minds since 2008 with his culture-mashing blend of boom-bap, electronic beats and organic soft-pedal funk. His 2010 album A World In Progress features some of Australia’s most accomplished lyricists, such as Mantra, Koolism’s Hau and Lotek. Ishu is a self-confessed audio nerd and multi-instrumentalist, traits which are immediately apparent at first listen to his meticulously textured soundscapes. Ishu’s A World In Progress also marked the first collaboration between Ishu and Class A, with the ambling, low-key rumi-nation The Unknown, also featuring long-time Class A collaborator Rachael Berry. According to Ishu – ‘Working together just happened naturally for us as we’re already mates with similar tastes in music.
Meeting up casually once a week and pouring our heart and souls into the tunes is working well.’ So over a cider and a show together, a deal was struck to collaborate on an EP.
The first single lifted from the forthcoming EP is Never, which will be released on Friday June 1st, 2011, and is available
for download at classamc.com and ishumusic.com
HEAT 4 HUNTZ
Monday, November 8th, 2010Are you ready to witness the most amazing collection of local Hip Hop ever listed for auction?
The cream of Australia’s talent has pooled together for a once in a lifetime eBay listing, offering some extremely rare & desirable bits n’ pieces from their own collections all in the name of fund-raising for our friend HUNTER-SBX.
The “HEAT 4 HUNTZ” eBay auction begins late Sunday the 7th of November 2010 & hopes to raise a decent amount to donate to the Perth, Western Australian stalwart who is battling with Cancer. 100% of all proceeds of the auction will be donated to Hunter & his son Marley!
As a huge fan of the Oz scene, Hunter is an avid collector of the vinyl releases this country has offered, so it’s only fitting we offer a massive selection of some of Huntz faves from over the past 10 years. Most of the pieces on offer are long out of print collectibles with many personalized for this auction by the artist, making the items majorly rare! So…..bid accordingly!
This auction will be run by “Wordburner” a.k.a. Bias B, so you can trust the auctions will be 100% legit!
Peers of Hunter’s who’ve donated from their own collections for the cause are:
750 Rebels
Bias B
Brothers Stoney
Def Wish Cast
Delta
DJ Bonez
DJ DCE
DJ Sheep
Hilltop Hoods
Koolism
Lazy Grey
Len One
Lyrical Commission
Matty Fresh
Muph
Pegz
Plutonic Lab
Reason
Resin Dogs
Trem
Please note: this auction ends 10 days from the starting date 7th November. This is a one off event with no repeats on items offered. We’d also love to thank all those who’ve offered their hard earned time, efforts, filed back catalogs & support in getting all of this together in such a short amount of time.
Dj Skae : A- List
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010After dropping DJ Skae’s Guestlist just about a year ago, DJ Skae is back with another killer
compilation album, DJ Skae’s A-List. This time Skae has chosen artists from around the country to
submit songs for this compilation and Australia’s finest hip hop artists have delivered some heat.
With artists from each state, Fluent Form (VIC), Draz (TAS) , D’Opus & Ro’Shambo (ACT),
Torcha & B-Don (NSW), Tommy Illfigga (QLD), Chase (SA) and Hunter (WA) to name a few, this
compilation album showcases the hottest hip hop from around the country. This album also features
international collaborations with the likes of Sereck (Def Wish Cast) teaming up with Grand Puba
(Brand Nubian) from the USA, Tha Centalinkaz featuring Showay from Japan and Invincible
Armour, a scratch crew from the UK, working with Sneed a producer from USA.
DJ Skae’s A-List features beatbox and DJ/Producer tracks as well from well known Australian
artists Rivals (Basic Equipment), DJ Morgs (Thundmentals), DJ Butcher (Crate Creeps) and DJ
Skae himself. LC Beats also drops some fire with his ‘Didjeribox’ track combining his skills as a
beat boxer and didgeridoo player.
The stand out tracks on this release are Social Change’s ‘Black Text’ which features some
dope flows over tight production by Funkwig and nice clean cuts from DJ Snair, Sceptic and
Dseeva’s ‘My Heads Up’ which is a change up from their usual grimey style to an uplifting track that
really grabs you and of course Sereck’s production and Grand Puba’s rhymes on the track ‘Wait No
More’ that will guarantee to get you moving.
DJ Skae’s A-list also shows the diversity of Australian hip hop with different sounds under the
one genre coming from crews like Daily Meds, Blades and Mdusu. This compilation album has
hard hitting dark songs to light hearted fun tracks and is sure to satisfy every listener and boasts 20
originally produced tracks.
DJ Skae’s A-List is backed by Sub Conscious Records and is coming soon to music store near you!
For more information browse www.myspace.com/a-list