So it's September, the six weeks' summer holiday's are over for all those in education and the UK is inundated in a three day mini heatwave... yep I said 3 days.. :) The famette Little Simz has announced on social media that she'll be situated at Rough Trade East, the record store in Shoreditch London, all day. I've known Simz for many years, being an avid supporter of her music […]
A couple of days ago I ventured into central, Soho to be precise.. once the centrifugal point of club and vinyl world for many of us DJ folk... the talk was about photos being exhibited from my long time bredren... Teemax ! During the 90's and much of the noughties my peoples like Paul H, Jennie Baptiste, Eddie Otchere, Teemax etc were capturing and collating much imagery in […]
TKorStretch – ‘Flamenco Dance’ Release June 11th After a fire start to 2021, TKorStretch came out the blocks hitting the scene with precision and aiming to put Bristol on the map 😊 2020 saw TkorStretch make immense impressions in the scene, a link up with Block 6’s iconic ‘GhostFace600’ on the track ‘Cali Buds’. His manager / producer, ‘Rockizm’ hollared me towards the end of 2020 and told […]
The Brits… UK Rap Aaah what a positive run we got poppin out here for UK rap.. Tuesday May 9th in UK is the prestigious award music ceremony of the year. The UK Brit Awards, it has a similar prestige to the much celebrated Grammy Awards across the pond. Staring in 1977 and going annually from 1982 it is the single most important event of the calendric […]
With an immersive visual released on GRM Daily, Wembley based rapper Kliicks showcases his skilled wordplay and lyrical flow on his latest release ‘Take Risks’. Having already been featured on Link Up TV and the BBC Asian network radio, the London based MC is on the rise! Taking inspiration from personal experiences, ‘Take Risks’ deals with issues of progression and being able to stay level headed in moving through life. […]
UK rap legend TONY ROTTON aka BLAK TWANG is coming back through the underground "tunnel with dirt going berserk" with track Dirty Dirty. DIRTY'DIRTY sees him return to the arena with this gritty, unapologetically dirty banger, an absolute monster of a track that sees him team up with one of the grime scenes greatest OG's, the LION 'DURRTY GOODZ'. Blak Twang ft. Durrty Goodz - Dirty Dirty https://youtu.be/YTixjMjfVDg Releases August 31, […]
Featuring Open Mike Eagle, Jaz Kahina, Lunar C, Dan Bull, Hip-Hops Laughing Stock Documentary looks at the influence of comedy on Hip-Hop, be it battling, nerd core or the use of Hip-Hop in stand up comedy. Now if you’ve been listening to my show, Sample Nation, you’ll know that I love Hip-Hop. So I could think of no better way to break into the world of BBC audio documentaries than […]
Here's the brand new video from South East London emcee Caskie, who confidently attacks the beat with his relentless flows on '3rd Eye Shut', the first single from forthcoming EP 'Ways To Stay Broke'. Delivered with a range of articulately condensed rhyme patterns, the emcee remarks on the on going struggle faced by the many, whilst addressing the urgent need to shine a light on the dark. The soulful melody […]
In the constantly evolving world of the Disc Jockey (DJ)…. From 78 rpm vinyl to the modern world of laptops / .wavs and .mp3’s !!! The mission has been simple, to entertain the audience / listener with music. I myself an avid record collector of vinyl who has been fortunate to work in Wyldpyrch Rekords Soho and for more than two decades been privileged to receive free new music from […]
