DJ Kentaro Concert Ticket Giveaway

Soundcrash Music & ESPVisuals have teamed up again to give away a pair of tickets to see DJ Kentaro (Ninja Tune) play at XOYO, Saturday 21st May!!
This is a very special opportunity to see Japan's, and the world's best DJ in one of East London's most exclusive venues for an intimate night of turntablism.

All you have to do is email us with an answer to the simple question;

"Where is DJ Kentaro from, Hong Kong or Japan?"

Please mail your answer to selphespcrew [at] g mail . com
The deadline is 10am Friday May 20th so have a long hard think about the achingly obvious answer!....

Art and Music Showcase at Village Underground

Organised by Cypher Projects, this looks like it could be fun for a Sunday...belin, inkfetish, dep, tizer, and snub are all painting live followed by music from live hip-hop genius ASM (a state of mind), with support from only joe, samuel j and colourcode

Princess Aibo the Japanese Beatboxer

According to Invasian Magazine, Princess Aibo is the newest & freshest beatboxer to come out of Japan...

And I love this picture from Invasian's site...princess Aibo is blowing up!

Boiler Room Show #50 at Corsica Studios

#50 FIVE EASY PIECES TAKEOVER/ KUTMAH, GHOSTPOET, ROYALTY,  LAPALUX (LIVE)
This show will be broadcasted live at 8pm, Tuesday 5th April 2011.
Please note the event itself is now by invitation only, you must be on a guest list to get in.
Everyone else, you get to watch amazing music, free, live, online.
BROADCAST URL: boilerroom.tv/live
Facebook Event: HERE

venue: Corsica Studios

Foreign Beggars & Machinedrum on Brick Lane

Foreign Beggars team up with French graffer/rapper GREMS and get the track produced by Machinedrum!! The video is shot in various locations on Brick Lane..nice to see BERP, SPUT & SAMER et al. getting featured in the background!

Grems ft. Foreign Beggars - Brokabilly / Machinedrum remix.

Again, thanks to Studiocreme for this!

WoodKid Iron Music Video

A very cool, low-budget video creating ye olde battle scene in HD with Agyness Dean and friends. The song ain't too bad either.....

Woodkid - Iron from WOODKID.

WOODKID - IRON - Video directed by Yoann Lemoine
Featuring Agyness Deyn

Cheers to StudioCreme for the info.

Between Two Points

A very cool music video for The Glitch Mob ft. Swan - Between Two Points
It's a tale about the weight of dependency.

Direction & Production:
motiphe

Between Two Points
[VIA]

Kidult Featured On Prince 85 Music Video

A music video for electronic indie artist Prince85 featuring that nutter, KIDULT who has been up to all kinds of goodness in Paris with his defacing of shop faces....


Prince 85 "Heaven" - 王子 八+五
PRINCE 85 ' Heaven ' 2011
feat Kidult
Produced by Prince 85 from LP ( Ascetic Music 2011 )
Director Amine Bouziane- Stuff Productions

[VIA]

Stateless New Album Matilda on Ninja Tune

'Matilda' is the eleven track, fifty minute follow-up to 2007’s eponymous debut. Working with Bjork producer/programmer Damian Taylor, 'Matilda' ties together classic songwriting with rhythmic drive, slatherings of sub-bass and enough electronic interference to satisfy the most anal of glitch-nerds.

'Matilda' will be released on 21st February (EU) / 1st March (NA) on 2LP/2CD/Download, featuring the album and a bonus disc of Instrumentals. An 'Extended' digital version of the album, containing both the Instrumentals and a bonus track 'Matilda', can be pre-ordered now on iTunes, whilst early LP & CD pre-orders at the Ninjashop will receive a free 'Assassinations' remix CD.

Iain Macarthur Music Projects

Here are a couple lovely designs that Iain Macarthur did for CD/Vinyl covers...

Hood-Lum Site

Really feeling the pictures/portraits HERE...I usually wouldnt post about these infinity scroll wordless blogs who don't link back to anything, but this one really caught my attention...nostalgia all the way...

Brazilian Taxi Driver Beatboxes Michael Jackson

This is a very good rendition of Michael Jackson by some random Brazilian taxi driver!! Impressive!!
Thanks to Jorge Nieto for the find...

Treat Me Like Your Mother by Jonathan Glazer

Treat Me Like Your Mother by Jonathan Glazer

A really cool music video for a pretty good rock tune. Once again director, Jonathan Glazer smashes it.

16bit - Kissy Klassroom Mix

Serious mix by UK based 16bit. Leading the global dubstep scene in my opinion.

 16bit - Kissy Klassroom Mix by 16bit

Download it here.

Pieces Of A Puzzle - Dialectrix

One of the best Aussie rappers I've heard. Love this tune!

The Wudos Band

"The Budos Band is an amazing 10-piece funk band from Staten Island. The Wu-Tang Clan is the best hip-hop group ever. Put em together and you get The Wudos Band, produced by Tekst of The Higher Concept, producer/engingeer for artists such as RZA, Inspectah Deck, Kool G Rap, GZA, Sean Price, Remedy, Trife Diesel, and plenty of other notable artists; brought to you by Shaolin’s own Cloud Kicker Original and Emilio Sparks. This is a mash-up of classic Wu-Tang verses over beats sampling the gritty funk sound of The Budos Band."
Words & Info [VIA]

Check out some of the tracks:
Wudos Band – Kobra Klutch
Wudos Band – Scorpion Style
Wudos Band – Won’t Last Long

Unkle Runaway Video

John Nolan, animatronics designer and director at Streetlight Films UK, whose credits include Where the Wild Things Are, Harry Potter, Clash Of The Titans, Hellboy 2, Warhorse, Brothers Grimm, Dr Who and Being Human, created an incredible UNKLE robot based on Futura’s Pointmen from the Psyence Ficton and Never Never Land albums.


Its splintered synths and a shuddering bass-line create an aggression and energy which Nolan harnessed within the robot’s marching stomp towards the camera.

Enter the 37th Chamber by El Michels Affair

Why has no-one shown me this band: El Michels Affair before? A whole album doing instrumental covers of Wu-Tang?


Led by saxophonist/organist Leon Michels and producer/engineer Jeff Silverman, El Michels Affair began as a loose collaboration of session musicians (including members of top-selling acts the Dap Kings & Antibalas) that looked to blend some of the vibrant quality of soundtrack records with the recording aesthetic of early reggae, and the rawness of 60’s rock–they called it ‘Cinematic Soul.’


The buzz generated from the album led to an invitation by Toyota’s Scion division for El Michels Affair to accompany the rapper Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan for a promotional concert. As avid Wu-Tang fans, not only were the band leaders thrilled with the opportunity, but Michels found that the ‘Cinematic Soul’ sound was consistent with the moods of RZA’s gritty soundscapes on the classic Wu-Tang releases. The concert was such as success, El Michels Affair went on to play several more concerts nationwide backing Raekwon and other members of the Clan, and the shows led to the recording of two smash 7” singles featuring instrumental reinterpretations of the Wu-Tang classic songs “C.R.E.A.M.” and “Bring Da Ruckus.” The singles combined to sell an extraordinary amount of over 7,000 units worldwide, and their success led to a contract in 2007 with indie hip-hop powerhouse Fat Beats Records to record an entire album of Wu-Tang Clan interpolations entitled Enter the 37th Chamber.

Ninja Tune XX Figure

Spied this and have sadly added it to that famous "I Want!" list...I'ts just too damn cool!

Oh and have a look at CHU's commissioned piece he did for the Ninja Tune XX warehouse party a couple weeks ago.

Dub Pistols Competition Reminder

You only have ONE MORE DAY to submit your answers!!

ESPVisuals have teamed up with Dub Pistols for a competition to give away 2 FREE TICKETS to go see them on their Rehash Tour on 28th October @ Plan B in London.

All you have to do is email us with an answer to the simple question;

"Where is this event happening?"

Please mail your answer to selphespcrew [at] g mail . com
The deadline is 10am October 27th so have a long hard think about the achingly obvious answer!....

The Rehash tour will coincide with the release of a new same-name mix album from the Dubs, in which a number of high-profile remixers tackle classic Dub Pistols tracks from their last three albums.
Ex-Leftfield man Paul Daley has re-made the second album’s title track, lilting stone cold classic ‘Six Million Ways To Live’, into a new wave electroid roller.
Other remixers on the project include Matthew ‘Bushwacka’ B, one half of the acclaimed Layo & Bushwacka duo, and Wrong Tom, who has just released an album of dubwise reworkings of Roots Manuva’s back catalogue, as well as underground DJ/producer hotshots such as Ben & Lex and Kouncil House.

The ‘ReHash’ album will precede the release of the next full Dub Pistols album – their fifth – on Rob Da Bank’s Sunday Best label in May 2011.