jazz plus funk not equals junk, you punk

2009-08-31T22:43:00.002Z

2009-08-26T12:21:00.001Z

2009-08-10T01:19:00.002Z

Martina and I ran a workshop with teenagers on how to make tshirts with stencil and spraycan. It was so much fun. Kids were amazing and full of ideas.

2009-07-15T02:24:00.007Z

[1] If Coca Cola did haircuts

[2] Future of Ads

[3] 20 coffees and a pair of knickers

[4] Sign controversy

Baby Dont Go!

2009-05-22T13:46:00.003Z

A Thing For Me

2009-04-06T19:50:00.000Z

mobile archive'09

2009-03-27T13:37:00.009Z

[1] TowerBridge Monster

[2] CCTV man on bricklane

[3] Your Love is Rubbish (post-Valentine's day special)

[4] My doodles on your wall

2000F & J Kamata - You don't know what love is

2009-03-05T14:20:00.002Z

Tales Of The Hood

2009-02-28T17:10:00.004Z

Happy Love Day!

2009-02-13T21:16:00.001Z

so Fresh

2009-02-13T00:21:00.006Z

Pins makes some of the sickest T-shirts in South London. This is a special Valentines Limited Edition Tee and oh my daze iznt it fly! The other best thing about the Tees is the little poem you will find on the label!

You can buy it on his website http://pinspired.com/ and dont forget to check later for more.

ooOps

2009-01-29T15:59:00.000Z

friday nights

2009-01-19T02:44:00.001Z

Square Roots

2009-01-12T13:52:00.004Z

some photos from Square Roots, Brighton with Joker & Starkey

more HERE

2009 hiphop

2009-01-08T03:40:00.005Z

dont know if you heard this already but "Hudson Mohawke aka Hud Mo is a producer who is helping define a new era for Hip Hop music" .

check out the rest of the glasgow lot, this really is alot.
http://www.thisisluckyme.com/index.html

2008-12-07T19:54:00.006Z

some pictures from Mutate Britain exibition HERE

and some from product design at RCA mid-term exhibition HERE

T&B takeover NIght SLugs

2008-11-16T16:14:00.004Z

so i was digging the Night Slugs on youtube, after not making it to the last one, as usual, when i find this recording:

i know what you are thinking. this is some seriously heavy audio. and what a banging atmosphere. A pretty good remix of Polyhidron, and T&B crew always play amazing shit, but this is actually the work of SUPRA1 .

for more of these, check the night slugs radio show on sub.fm

work that

2008-10-30T01:18:00.003Z

according to last.fm, "Heralds of Change is the combined name for Mike Slott and Hudson Mohawke’s fresh hip hop projects. So far they have put out 5 twelves featuring the likes of Olivier DaySOUL, Oddisee, Trek Life and Unknown and largely brought the beat game back to the UK on a sea of good press. Their remix output includes Maspyke’s tableek, Wordsworth and Craig G.Their first album is now in production for All City Records featuring some more stellar"

Two 12" released simultaneously on All City Records this month. While Secrets is more on the experimental hiphop side, Puzzles is listed under downtempo and includes the track "work that".

When I first heard that track, I had my studio headphones on full power and the track sent me on a few minute trip of throwing my hands around and bouncing on my chair.

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=143002
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=142994

Roberto Cuoghi: Šuillakku

2008-10-23T21:11:00.005Z

if you haven't been yet, head down to the ICA to see this sound installation. The combination of different sounds that comes from all the different corners of the room is immense and is something that I'd describe as a beautifully synchronized randomness.

Roberto's sound installation was inspired by Mesopotamia "in the seventh century BC, when the Assyrian empire was falling into ruin and the city of Ninevah (the site of which is in modern-day Iraq) was ransacked by its enemies."

here's some audio for the people who cant make it to London
audio borrowed from the ICA website

everyone else I'd advice go down and check the real thing instead! its loud!
it on till 23nd of Nov and the ICA is free admission now!

phone archive [4]

2008-09-22T10:11:00.007Z

if you ever wondered where did the old skool go.. it's right here.

[1] the old skool near waterloo station
been living in Patcham for the past few weeks, so i post a local picture

[2] yea.
looks like "summer" is officially over..
[3]icecream on shiny's back
...so its time for FOTB conference here in Brighton again.. this weekend!

[4]homeless guy entertaining FOTB07 attendees at the Hilton hotel at 3 am
after that I am moving in with Will

[5] will and giant bear at Create Berlin exibition, London Design Week

hardcore girls

2008-08-28T14:52:00.002Z

sinden plays and produces some pretty sick stuff. you can catch regular podcasts of his
kiss.fm show on the maddecent blog. both him & count a.k.a herve are part of the machines dont care project.
this is big! and it features the amazingly talented rye rye (who has been recently touring around the globe with your favorite m.i.a)

count&sinden feat rye rye - hardcore girls

they live

2008-08-15T12:26:00.002Z

Carnage

2008-06-08T20:44:00.006Z

remember the Maximum Carnage mixtape? Let me remind youLISTEN HERE

it might be a top secret but Venom is working on volume 2. He sent these the other day
Canto Della Liberta (DJ Venom and The Tempest remix)
A Millie (reloaded - DJ Venom and The Tempest remix)
they only rough demos but get on myspace and tell him how good they are
myspace.com/7yeezie

just so it doesnt catch you unprepared. be ready for it. MaximumCarnage 2 comming soon.

2008-06-02T14:08:00.007Z

some pics from tombcrew, dexplicit and oneman. big party with good vibes! so big
i am not sure brighton was ready for it.

more pics here

art for the music

2008-05-22T13:52:00.013Z

The very first artwork I did (when i was 16) for a release by Shamanez on Deformed Vynil. its big!

Recently i did a flyer for the kids from SnapCrackle&Pop. It wasnt at all cool that they didn't pay me as they said they will..
however, my muthafuckin flyer is on the TombCrew page and they are a lot!
get to know
http://www.myspace.com/tombcrew

bassilicus bulgaricus

2008-05-11T14:56:00.003Z

LISTEN HERE
some of the finest of today's techno music mixed by the incredibly skilled Shamanez.

NAST on wooster collective!

2008-05-02T02:33:00.002Z

NAST
by UFO-tv

You Dont Know Michelle

2008-04-27T15:41:00.003Z

Brooklyn upon us.

thank BokBok for bringing it to yo earz:
http://dot-alt.blogspot.com/2008/04/introducing-kingdom.html

Choose Your Own Adventure

2008-04-14T22:48:00.005Z

Hearts Revolution are BOY/GIRL REVOLUTIONARIES, who started by making music for an ice-cream truck. Their music is often described as electropunk.

I suggest check their myspace. there is a bunch of cool tracks!

Oh yeah, they are on a UK tout for the next two weeks, so try and catch a show. The Brighton one is on the 18th. Another reason for yo to want to catch them live is they have great live visuals by the shit-hot artist, Kate Moross.

Blazin'

2008-04-07T23:53:00.006Z

Ghislain Poirier is from Quebec, all about bass and apparently signed to NinjaTune. His past experiences with ambient music show off in some tracks. However, today he likes to describe his music as "d.i.g.i.t.a.l. d.a.n.c.e.h.a.l.l. & c.o.s.m.o.p.o.l.i.t.a.n. b.a.s.s."

cupid shuffle bird peterson remix

2008-04-01T22:40:00.003Z

PLAY

JR photography

2008-03-21T18:13:00.007Z

Ever since I saw the first video about the project 28milimeters, I haven't stopped checking out on JR. A great photographer and a very engaging street artist, quite like no one else out there, he has an "in your face" approach to propagandizing culturally relevant issues.

After the Face2Face project, which puts Palestinians and Israelis "face to face" aiming for them to realize how similar people they are. JR is back with another, just as strong, social issue.

"Women are heroes" is about the lives of women in countries like Sierra Leone, Liberia, Southern Sudan and Kenya. "And not surprisingly, the work is absolutely breathtaking." - woosterblog

watch the trailer

2008-03-15T16:43:00.005Z

If you live in South London and have not heard of the Red Star yet, you have been missing out. However, it does not matter because this is a very good time to hear about it.
The legendary bar that has a lot of history hosting weekly nights like "Walk the night" and "Dubstep Sessions" is now the home of "Night Slugs"

with residents like L-VIS 1990 and Bok Bok and Manara , undoubtedly there's gonna be a load of heavy bass.

The RedStarBar

2008-03-09T18:37:00.009Z

The newest signing to BigDada which consists of the London-based producer XRABIT, heavily influenced by bass and the two top american MCs, Trak Bully and Coool Dundee aka DMGeez (DamagedGood$) are hitting London's Old Blue Last this Friday.

Also, a new star is shinning in the city of Kanye, Kid Sister and the Cool Kids. Its Hollywood Holt .

RA!

bloc weekend

2008-02-01T13:26:00.000Z

BLOC is one of the sickest UK festivals. It's 3 days/3 nights long and the line up includes some of the brightest, hmm and darkest techno heads. and because this is not enough for some people, the bass and smash heads will be there too and that includes all dubstep sickos from LDN + those from the north.
The headliner this year is Karl Bartos one of the original Kraftwerk members.

www.blocweekend.com
14-16 March 2008
Pontin's Holiday Park, Hemsby, Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK.

two thigz

2008-01-07T21:04:00.000Z

Mumdance aka Jack Adams is fresh fresh fresh. He's done that faaat remix of diplo's mix of black lips “veni vidi vici” - its here and we think theres some serious sickness behind it!

Also we're in love with those sickgirls mixes. they killing it in Berlin yo.

watch my feet

2007-12-18T21:00:00.000Z

Messrs Trygic and Upmost aka Dude 'N Nem are from this wikked place called Chicago. They say: "The name Dude N Nem is a Chicago street slang term that most people use when identifying an unknown group of guys."
"Watch my feet" is their debut single but what makes it soooo cool is the video which showcases Footworkin'. Footworkin' which has been described as "hip-hop Riverdance" is increasingly popular in the US and the Uk. It involves furiously fast skipping, tripping and sidewalking. It borrows the idea of break-dancing battles and takes them to a new level.

I space invade london

2007-11-18T22:44:00.001Z

The space invaders art is cool. Loving the message!
Now, if you care enough you can buy these. theres also a white pacman version. :0

computers have the feelings

2007-11-16T19:05:00.000Z

There is so much data on the Internet and we still don't know what to do with it. We feel fine is an art project that is harvesting human feelings from a large number of weblogs. It looks for sentences that contain "I feel" or "I am feeling" and saves them in a batadase:)

You can also have a look at the blog where a particular feeling was found.

now, I dont know about you but for me that stuff is kinda inspiring! And yea, it has no purpose or use whatsoever, but thats the best part of it! And is definitely pushing the interaction design field in the right way - fun and play!

Inspired by ear studio, this is not the only project of
I feel like a giant monster is going to crawl the Earth and eat everyone who wears black. and then spit them on a planet full of aliens begging for rescue.

when I grow up I want to be a .. Chief Imagination Officer

2007-11-08T01:05:00.000Z

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature. Life is an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others. You cannot do much about the length of your life, but you can do a lot about its depth and width."

mobile archive [3]

2007-10-22T16:31:00.000Z

And thats just cool, init.

shake it to the ground

2007-10-22T16:03:00.000Z

its been ages and I am afraid this post is not very rich in content..

BokBok recommends, Drop The Lime's remix of Blaqstarr's Shake It To The Ground I say the original is just as good!

Explicit

2007-08-16T16:34:00.000Z

Matthew, is a hell of a musician, a great thinker and one of my favorite people!

he's dedicated this wikked track to me!

explicitly making love

Bonde Do Role

2007-08-02T13:38:00.000Z

Currently signed for Diplo's Mad Decent the three Brasillian youths have been together as a band for only two years and have already managed to rock North America and London.

My Columbian workmate thinks they are "shit" and states their lyrics go like "i wanna fuck you badly tonite".

read more here
and
here

baile funk

Blog of the year!

2007-07-26T16:30:00.000Z

http://animal-pix.blogspot.com/

na svatba kato na svatba

2007-07-20T16:45:00.000Z

R.I.P.

2007-05-03T22:19:00.000Z

Young Guns

2007-01-29T22:53:00.000Z

moving to the UK has made such a major impact on me, it started with loosing my spelling skills and then...

since last Sunday I support a football team! well, quiet a passive supporter but still...we went to a game and I clapped hands and got excited when we were about to score. I didnt shout tho, no shouting..

passive supporter?who needs passive suporters anyway?

punks

2007-01-13T14:10:00.000Z

The new swear words!

2006-11-30T21:31:00.000Z

Ladies,
you know you are nevr going to give up saying those words because they just slip out of your mouth so naturally. However, here's an alternative I have found very promising.

Insetad of "Bollocks!" say > "Bubbles!"
there's nothing wrong with:
Bubbles!Bubbles!Bubbles! enormously big, massive bubbles!

shit > shivers

fuck > funk

If you start practising...Its a whole new language to develop there!
Now, what would you think if, before you read this post, you heard someone saying: Funky shivers?!

My name in Chinese

2006-11-28T16:40:00.000Z

索维娅
Apparantly, there is a nickname for Silvia in Cantonese, "小肥鴨" which means a little fat duck. But I think it is just my workmate trying to make fun of me.

and it goes a little something like this

2006-11-21T00:55:00.000Z

New York can't jump as high as London! said the Grandmasta
Big L rest in peace! ODB rest in peace!

The Kate show

2006-11-15T00:41:00.000Z

Arrr! Official Talk Like A Pirate Day

2006-09-19T09:47:00.000Z

Ahoy Pirates. I am Calico Ethel Kidd. Arrr!

Often indecisive, you can't even choose a favorite color. You're apt to follow wherever the wind blows you, just like Calico Jack Rackham, your namesake. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!

find out your pirate name

how to talk like pirate movie

about the day

Scale Up

2006-09-07T21:22:00.000Z

My recent musical addiction - Mathew Herbert's Scale - the ultimate autumn 2006 album

"do you deny all the goodness in everything?
can you describe all the wonder in me?
and if the details are too much to comprehend
an email's there on your laptop to see"

"sing when you talk
i'll listen
sing when you think i'm near
can't be a song without you
harmonise, sing your memory here"
-----------------------------
does the end have smart designer?

2006-08-21T09:24:00.000Z

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. Helvetica will begin screening at film festivals worldwide starting in early 2007. More about the film...

totally random

2006-06-26T22:13:00.000Z

[1] Wrong music crew live down my road.

[2] Next time you are on the train give away your seat to a tramp's dog.

we love you cornwall!

2006-06-21T18:05:00.000Z

A recent trip to where Land ends, away from civilisation, usual people and controlled behaviour. There’s so much to tell, so many photos to show. soon

mobile archive

2006-06-11T22:14:00.000Z

[1] University of Brighton is Gay / No hat No entry sign at Watts Building, University of Brighton, 2006

[2] A trolley trying to make a phone call

Dubstep

2006-05-27T14:43:00.000Z

Last night me and a friend went to a dubstep night @ Volks. We had some troubles getting in, we thought we would get in for free because of someone she knew, but we ended up paying £6 each, regardless all our efforts to be nice and smile to the quite fine-looking guys at the ticket desk. Anyway, they were helpful and told us the line-up for the night and about this youngsta guy, who turned out to be a fuckin genius that always has a cigarette stuck in his mouth.

So, we got in and while my mate was dealing with her ex, I felt bored so I started chatting people around. First I met a very annoying dude, who said he was a primary school teacher and was moaning about not being able to find any drugs … Sorry mate I ain`t got any. Someone was telling me there were loads of Polish people at the party. I turn around and I see the backside of a red jumper of the Czechs’ national football team. So I decide it’s a good enough reason to start a conversation and I do. It turns out the red jumper is from south London and is here with the whole crew. He introduces me to bokbok, one of the guys djing tonite and the nerdy looking guy who cruises around with a camera whose name I don't remember. We spent the night talking and dancing to the dope beats. They tell me about the culture and taught me it is very important to know how to say “yea” properly. I ask them why is the bass so loud that your whole body is shaking, your hair is waving back and the whole room bouncing. But this is dubstep. It is about the physical effect of the music. You cannot listen to it on an ipod. You hear it on a loud system, the louder the better.

The youngsta starts playin. Brilliant beats, deep, nasty. It is obvious he’s been spinning records for a long time; his mixing is perfect.

Dubstep is a new thing and the people who introduced it say…”there wasn’t much going on at that time so we had to do something, you know, you can’t wait for someone else to do it for ya”. In general, it’s a style that developed from garage music but it's darker and it has more jungle and dub influences. It’s an amalgamation of various styles.

one more

time to think

2006-05-16T21:25:00.000Z

for all of you who think, think!

аре ве, тревата порасна

2006-05-14T11:40:00.000Z

We Want Our Z-Dimension Back!
Z-Dimension, we want your music!

spOOn JUice

2006-05-12T15:45:00.000Z

I just have to introduce, spoonjuice, Sheffield based not so secret record label! Brilliant music; check it out

http://www.spoonjuicerecords.co.uk/
listen to current release here:
http://www.newyorkshire.co.uk/

on the box

2006-05-11T21:59:00.000Z

No Place Like Home

It's the end of the working day, but a heavy snowstorm has brought chaos to public transport and gridlock to the roads, thus trapping everyone in the smoking room after hours. Sharon is forced to spend an uncomfortable half hour in the company of her staff as she waits for her car to turn up - small talk not exactly being her strong point. Fortunately, Sally has been to the shops at lunchtime and happens to have bought a bottle of vodka; unfortunately the only thing she has to mix it with is a bottle of pasta sauce. Strong language. [S]

this needs to be chekced out

Lily Allen

2006-05-06T22:54:00.000Z

http://myspace.com/lilymusic

London based, new British singer Lily Allen is the middle child; daughter of film producer Allison Owen and actor Keith Allen.

Her huge popularity on MySpace helped her get a record deal; Her first single, ‘LDN’ (london), is expected to be this summer’s hit; Giles Peterson played it last Sunday (that’s how I found out about her); LDN is a cheesy yet delightful track with genius lyrics and an urban edge.

Her songs include lines about grans getting mugged by 15-year-olds or they are an open message to ex-boyfriends:

“When you first left me,
I was wanting more,
but you were fucking that girl next door;
what u do that for?”

She talks about pimps and crack whores as if she has just walked off a council block. However, she states it is the city she lives in that influences the lyrics. And it seems she loves London never mind all the horrible things about it. It is sly, street poetry mixed with cheerful, 70s sounding melodies. Gotta check it out!

greatest achievement

2006-05-01T22:48:00.000Z

It's been three months now since I quit smoking! hell yes!

Blog Tune Up

2006-04-25T19:43:00.000Z

The more I do it, the worse it gets..so I stop here;
Critics and Comments appreciated

Pretty Alien and I

2006-04-24T01:36:00.000Z

Let me introduce to you Pretty Alien and myself. We did this photo session last night and I am quite pleased with it. Unfortunately I didnt get a nice nickname at the end.

p.s. I apologies for the poor image quality.

как да влезете в телефона на някои известен

2006-04-20T22:21:00.000Z

Снощи coldcut (live) + bonobo (dj set) много добре започна вечерта! Като влязохме беше полу празно и се разходихме до щанда дето продават тениски и винили...и там кой да видим ...самият Matt Black тъкмо става да ходи нанякаде;

“Чакайй” - викам аз. “Хайде да направя една снимка с теб и мен”

той: “Добре J”

Заставаме един до друг и се ухилваме като по команда и ...щрак!

той вика: ”Are you a Coldcut fan?”
аз: “много ясно, не се ли сещташ, кво друго да правя тук”
той:”искам и аз а те снимам. Колекционирам снимки на жени фенки ”
снима и той ..а аз си мисля ..да ве особено ако са 21годишни и добре изглеждащи....перверзника му J

После в еуфория от случилото се, му казах да прати поздрави на Roots Manuva ....сигурно ме е взел за много смахната :D Но естествено в кулминацията на вечерта кънтеше True Skool.
А визията беше разбиваща...Мc-то вика...”За да ви уверя че виждате това което чувате..ви представям ..еди кой си ...и пича почва да скречира ...картината и тя ”

zd is coming

2006-04-11T10:01:00.000Z

a joke

2006-03-26T02:28:00.000Z

When can you say you have been using Flash too much? when you press Ctrl+ Return to preview a website in Dreamweaver.

xax.

Open Mic Night @ Falmer Bar Uni of Brighton

2006-03-25T22:30:00.000Z

Oh, the snow and the mountains

2006-03-17T15:13:00.000Z

Living in England has really made me miss the massive amounts of snow I am used to seeing every winter!
This is an amazing place and I was feeling well down when I was leaving it a month ago, to come back to gloomy England. One week there made me a very different person, it made me realise how the good weather, fresh air and beautifull nature affect you in such a way that you think..i dont want enything else from life! ..internet,media, politics?..money, boys..good food? I didint miss any of these while I was there. In fact I even quit smoking! But what I miss now, is this powerfull feeling when you are up there and its just you and the mountain, and there is nothing that you can do ..but slide down and go up again and slide down..; and all your problems, all your thoughts are gonne and the only think you concentrate on is the freedome that sliding down this hill gives you.

Good news are, I am going back there in two weeks!

Versace glasses

2006-03-15T13:00:00.000Z

These glasses are a possession of a coursemate of mine.
They look quite fine on him; but this is how they look on me.
I am glad I don't need to wear glasses.

One Red Paperclip for a house

2006-03-08T00:36:00.000Z

Kyle McDonald is the crazy man behind the fantastic idea of turning one red paperclip into a house through trading. The enthusiastic canadian likes meeting the traders and having fun while making his dream happen. By now he has reached to the point where he is trading a one record contract with the famous Metal works studios in Canada. Sound like great fun.

exact science

2006-03-07T01:33:00.000Z

Днес ровейки се из архивите търсейки вдъхновение попаднах на този ймидж, който ме върна поне 3 години назад! Някаде около това време бях открила за съществуването на организацията занимаваща се с Ърбан култура из Сан Франциско, наричащи се Икзакт Сайанс. Ако изпитате нужда може да проверите техният уебсайт: http://www.exact-science.com/index.shtml; ако направите така, задължително изслушайте двата диджей сет-а! Те бяха другият фактор който ме върна 3години назад (особено the bre-ad one)

student diet

2006-03-01T19:37:00.000Z

pasta + seafood + sweetcorn + сушен магданоз! незнам колко nasty това звучи за теб, но аз това вечерям;

insomnia

2006-03-01T18:48:00.000Z

cant sleep again :( feel so tired cause i have not got a proper sleep for 3days now; and i know tonight isn't gonna be any different

Снощи

2006-02-26T21:31:00.000Z

Снощи се напихме като котки! е не стигнахме до степента където си залепяш чашата за ръката понеже неможеш да я държиш, ноАленка и аз падахме и залитахме като идиоти по път за вкъщи . Добре че беше Пабло да ни хване двете всяка по една ръка и да ни държи малко пътя; и като ни пусна пред вратата, Аленка падна два пъти за двете крачки които направи сама :) голям фън;

Corinne Bailey Rae

2006-02-26T15:02:00.000Z

I just spot her incredible performance on Channel4. Apart from the immense musical talent, she is a great performer too. Corinne Bailey Rae has just released her first two singles which have been recognised across the UK and her debut album is comming out tomorrow(27th Feb). The Leeds-born singer has started off singing in church and has been influenced by musicians like Led Zeppelin, Massive Attack and Erykah Badu.

check out her website:
http://www.corinnebaileyrae.net/