Blog Archive for Posts Tagged Hip Hop
TUESDAY, MARCH 9TH, 2010
NOLA with Jay Electronica
" Your entire community is gone… You can’t go home, it doesn’t exist anymore” -Jay Electronica FULL SCREEN The Sounds of VTech / jay_elec_3rdward_v5b as per B+ and Coleman In the weeks after Hurricane Katrina, Coleman and B+ were invited to New Orleans to screen... [...]
MONDAY, MARCH 1ST, 2010
Digable Planets
When hip-hop trio Digable Planets emerged in the early 90s, their memorable moniker raised eyebrows. What, exactly, did it mean? The name sprang, they explained, from the notion that every individual is a planet. But the unique worlds that their tracks mapped out were not insular ones; as their... [...]
MONDAY, MARCH 1ST, 2010
Digable Planets to play ChoiceCuts
Great news just in, we just confirmed the booking of legendary Hip Hop-Jazz outfit Digable Planets. A favourite of ours ever since the double bass slapped on the infamous Rebirth of Slick (Cool like Dat) single. Digable Planets came on the scene circa 1992/93 when hip hop was flourishing with... [...]
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2010
Steinski (Ableton Set)
How a nice Jewish boy from the suburbs became one of the most influential producers in hiphop, sampling, and cut & paste. Dropped out of 2 colleges (Temple U, Franconia College), never went back. Worked as an advertising copywriter for 6 years – Polaroid, Volkswagen, Atari, etc. Taught... [...]
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2010
Pre:Seed Visuals and Mix
excerpt from Tu-k Mix, with excellent visual and editing from the man Fergal Brennan, big ups Mc Nasty Remix from The Pre-Seed Link to stream Mix and download at the following link - Preseed For those who don't know, The Pre:Seed is a lovingly crafted, painstaking trawl through... [...]
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 2010
DJ Center - Leave The City Outside
Music is therapy - rhythms ease the mind and transport one to places and spaces far beyond their immediate surroundings. At the turntables, DJ Center soul-travels, navigating audiences with a crate of musical goods from around the globe, while echoing a New York state of mind. Cop this vid... [...]
MONDAY, JANUARY 11TH, 2010
Re: Union Mixtape
Hip Hop duo Reflection Eternal have finished their new album Revolutions Per Minute and it is expected to drop in February 2010. Reflection Eternal are comprised of Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek and this is the first time Reflection Eternal are in the studio since the acclaimed debt album Train of... [...]
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5TH, 2010
Revolution
Double trouble folks, The first Revolution of 2010 will be a family affair with DJs Tu-ki & Scope joining forces on 4 turntables running through all styles of music on one of Dublin's best sound systems in The Twisted Pepper. As ever the talented Donal Thornton will be on live visuals with... [...]
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 2009
Muhsinah - Always
Lovely video to compliment her track 'Always'. Muhsinah comes correct as per usual with her lush beats and vocals, expect a return to CC from this lady in 2010. Check out the Gallery from her show with... [...]
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2009
Secondhand Sureshots with JRocc
Playing with us on Saturday JRocc is one of the best DJ's to walk the planet. No stranger to ChoiceCuts he has played some memorable parties for us with Shortkut, Madlib, Tony Allen, Chali 2na, so we look forward to Saturday to see him play on the new sound system in The Twisted... [...]
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2009
Echo Party comes to ChoiceCuts
Edan the Deejay announces 2 Irish launch parties in conjunction with his seminal Echo Party mix release on 5 Day Weekend. Check this trailer from this innovative mix from the talented Mr. Portnoy. Travelling with Edan will be Ricky Powell who will be showing a slideshow from the 1980's cocaine... [...]
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 2009
Controllerism - turntablism reinvented
With the widely advertised launch of the DJ Hero game all eyes are on the turntables. The game itself is the latest installment in the wildly successful series of 'rhythm games', though the first to be based on turntablism. With this release and the wider digital music explosion it raises the... [...]
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH, 2009
Mad Villain Snippets
JRocc unleashes snippets from the second coming of Mad Villain on WFMU radio in NYC's East Village around the time of CMJ last week, click here for this link on The Fader website. This is going to be a huge release, expect to hear some of these at his Revolution showcase next month in the... [...]
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2009
WMFU Exclusive : Edan’s Echo Party Album
Following on from our post about Edan's latest creation "Echo Party" last week the good people at WMFU have a full interview and album preview with Edan... [...]
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, 2009
In Japan with Mos Def
Our good friend Charlie in LA hipped us to this new station Current TV he is working with and he is a sample of shows This is from the series Embedded and this one has Mos Def giving us the lowdown on Japan while he is touring there. Check it out, plenty of other stuff to cop on this site... [...]
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, 2009
Blitz The Ambassador
Ghanian MC Blitz is making noise in all the right corners at the moment with his single 'Breathe'. Based in New York he has been turning heads with his live performances, check 'Radio' for a sample of his flow and his band This is the first single 'Breathe' Revival is a download... [...]
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2009
Grandmaster Roc Raida R.I.P
Sad news over the weekend is that DJ/Turntablist/Producer Anthony Williams aka Roc Raida passed away at 37 years of age. Spinal injuries from a martial arts session had put the artist in hospital and at the time of his death he was in a rehabilitation centre. He is survived by his wife and... [...]
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2009
Introducing: Taylor Mc Ferrin
Taylor McFerrin is redefining the term “one-man show”. Combining his skills as a producer and performer, Taylor is making music heads around the world take notice as he seamlessly builds songs from scratch with his ambitious solo project. Vocals, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, samples, and... [...]
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2009
Thingamajig Lab
The prolific Dj Spinna gives viewers the tour of his Thingamajig Lab showing us his studio wares and tools of choice. An incredible DJ to boot he drops some knowledge about his outlook on records and... [...]
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 2009
Wordsound coming to Ireland
Wordsound Records Spectre Sensational Mentol Nomad (New York) with Redmonk (Dublin) Saturday 3 October 10pm Melody 122 Capel Street Dublin 1 Following their 2008 Bass Terror Invasion tour of Europe and stints in Japan, fiercely independent Wordsound Records founder Spectre aka The Ill... [...]
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- Loving the weather in Dublin City today..this could be the mother of all summers..
- Beyond Jazz Podcast more... fantastic stuff!
- Banksy's film opening this Friday at the Lighthouse cinema in Smithfield for those in Dublin....
- Floor Violence Documentary brought to you by IG Culture...Disco, Jazz & Boogie dancesteps more... Dope!!
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