The Big One: Thursday...
Last night saw the start of the BIG weekend, beginning with Kode9’s Rinse fm show which featured Virus Syndicate who were in to promote their forthcoming album ‘Work Related Illness.”
Kode’s been teasing us for weeks with extracts of tunes such as 'Taxman and Robin', but to hear them in full plus some live MCing from the crew on the show was incredible. These are possibly some of the most exciting and original tunes I’ve heard in a long time- the lyrics are clever and amusing and together with Mark One’s crisp production, blow a lot of recent UK Hip Hop and Grime off our cold little island. I wish I could tell you more, but as yet, all I know is that the album is due to be released late March/early April and has already received acclaim from the likes of Hip Hop Connection which put it on the No. 1 spot in the 'open up' section.
As if that wasn’t enough excitement for one night, I then made my way down to Forward>> for the second installment of the Kode9 extravaganza- bumping into a certain U.S DJ by the name of Joe Nice along the way. Joe, along with Orson and Conspira forms part of the International Crew who have come over to London just for this weekend. Wonder hit first, warming things up with loads of the usual Rinse anthems, followed by Plasticman, bringing his special blend of break beat garage on to the packed Plastic People dancefloor. Next up was Kode, who smashed it up with his mix of grimey and dubby styles such as the delicate styles of Neverland (pull-up x3) with the aggie sound of Virgo’s Monster (dangerous tune). He also dropped some Daddi Gee madness, the baaad bwoy spoken word bwoy who likes to have us all think that he’s old, wise and Jamaican (but does so with pure style and conviction), as well as some latest offerings from the likes of Loefah and Burial. It was a truly momentous Forward>> packed full of good vibes and fukking good sounds.
Some dark and moody beats on the way home in the car (more about that another time) and that was that for Thursday. Y’all know about the rest of the weekend- and if you don’t you’ve obviously been asleep... (see below for details). Shouts to Bandit, Dangerous, Joe, Youngsta, Skreamz, Chef, J , Loe, Mala, Kode9, Daddi Gee, Lucia (who seems to be right about everything gravitating towards one date), D1, Appleblim and the Nopalumbo heads, Orson, Plastic, Jackie and the Steppa crew, Clarky and everyone else who kept me smilin, laughin and skankin through my ridiculous tiredness last night. I didnt bring my camera, so I'll be mugging Joe for his photo's later.
Oh and did I mention that the mighty Forward>> is moving Forward? As of April, it’s going fortnightly, starting with Search and Destroy, Hatcha and Slimzee, followed by Landslide and Oris Jay and Digital Mystikz (bout fukkin’ time!).
Kode’s been teasing us for weeks with extracts of tunes such as 'Taxman and Robin', but to hear them in full plus some live MCing from the crew on the show was incredible. These are possibly some of the most exciting and original tunes I’ve heard in a long time- the lyrics are clever and amusing and together with Mark One’s crisp production, blow a lot of recent UK Hip Hop and Grime off our cold little island. I wish I could tell you more, but as yet, all I know is that the album is due to be released late March/early April and has already received acclaim from the likes of Hip Hop Connection which put it on the No. 1 spot in the 'open up' section.
As if that wasn’t enough excitement for one night, I then made my way down to Forward>> for the second installment of the Kode9 extravaganza- bumping into a certain U.S DJ by the name of Joe Nice along the way. Joe, along with Orson and Conspira forms part of the International Crew who have come over to London just for this weekend. Wonder hit first, warming things up with loads of the usual Rinse anthems, followed by Plasticman, bringing his special blend of break beat garage on to the packed Plastic People dancefloor. Next up was Kode, who smashed it up with his mix of grimey and dubby styles such as the delicate styles of Neverland (pull-up x3) with the aggie sound of Virgo’s Monster (dangerous tune). He also dropped some Daddi Gee madness, the baaad bwoy spoken word bwoy who likes to have us all think that he’s old, wise and Jamaican (but does so with pure style and conviction), as well as some latest offerings from the likes of Loefah and Burial. It was a truly momentous Forward>> packed full of good vibes and fukking good sounds.
Some dark and moody beats on the way home in the car (more about that another time) and that was that for Thursday. Y’all know about the rest of the weekend- and if you don’t you’ve obviously been asleep... (see below for details). Shouts to Bandit, Dangerous, Joe, Youngsta, Skreamz, Chef, J , Loe, Mala, Kode9, Daddi Gee, Lucia (who seems to be right about everything gravitating towards one date), D1, Appleblim and the Nopalumbo heads, Orson, Plastic, Jackie and the Steppa crew, Clarky and everyone else who kept me smilin, laughin and skankin through my ridiculous tiredness last night. I didnt bring my camera, so I'll be mugging Joe for his photo's later.
Oh and did I mention that the mighty Forward>> is moving Forward? As of April, it’s going fortnightly, starting with Search and Destroy, Hatcha and Slimzee, followed by Landslide and Oris Jay and Digital Mystikz (bout fukkin’ time!).
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