Monday 14 December 2009

Dubstep Treats

For many, Dubstep is still quite a new genre but in Bristol peeps have been stomping to it for more than a hot minute. Admittedly I didn't get into it until early this year - I've known about it for a long time but it's only been until more recently that I've had to stand up and actually listen to what's happening as it's on the verge of exploding.

While I think Dubstep isn't for EVERYBODY, you can either find something that will break your skull or on the flipside make u wanna meditate and bop your head. I guess it depends on my mood, but I can handle both now. I would recommend the new listeners to start off with Joker and Guido's mixes but if you're already into Drum and Bass you can pretty much dive in with the hard stuff, so take your pick folks:

JOKER Purple MIX 29TH DECEMBER 2009 (these are all of Joker's own tunes):
http://www.zshare.net/download/5344464594dfa8be/
Guido Mix
http://www.sendspace.com/file/yrv8pk

Foo Agency Volume 1: Eddie K
http://www.sendspace.com/file/y4v8sl

The Sultan (15mins of 'Yeah Nice')
http://rs369.rapidshare.com/files/242351371/15_minutes_of_YEAH_NICE.mp3

Instinct_SonarFlareDUBSTEP.mp3
http://www.dnbshare.com/download/Instinct_SonarFlareDUBSTEP.mp3.html

Enjoy!

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Friday 11 December 2009

Central Spillz FREE DOWNLOAD

As promised, here are the FREE DOWNLOADS for Central Spillz tracks 'How We Roll' & 'Fear and Loathing'

CLICK HERE

"Central Spillz are five vocalists (3 MC's - C-Strike-Z, Koast and Mackie Skillz, 2 Singer/MC's - Shadz & Redskin) and 2 DJ/Producers (Interface and Superisk) brought up on Hip Hop, Reggae, Soul, UK Garage and Jungle, located in the musical bass camp of the South West, Bristol. If you fling in Grime, Dubstep, and DnB influences into the Hip Hop mixer, you start to get an idea of the Spillz sound. Hip Hop for ravers, you could say. Lyrics with deep substance and beats that emanate all out rave energy, straight from the cutting edge of current dance music culture.

These tunes are just too big... check the vids below for a taster of what you will be downloading for FREEEEEEEE!

"How We Roll" produced by Joker



"Fear & Loathing In Bristol" produced by Guido



Check out Central Spillz's myspace here:
www.myspace.com/centralspillzmusic

Wiggle & Shake! (FREE DOWNLOAD)

yep, "I said wiggle and shake, don't just stand there wiggle and shake!" lol this one is deffo for the funky crew!
J.R.O.A.D (Bath crew aka "Just Reality On a Disc") have used Apple's 'Chants' tune to bring you 'Wiggle and Shake'

Listen & Download it free here

For more info on JROAD check the m32connections profile

Free Download! Tough Touch Productions

Look out for Tough Tough's mixtape coming out in 2010! Their new single 'vices' (which will be on the mixtape) is available for free download - check their reverb player to download:
www.reverbnation.com/socialconscience or
www.reverbnation.com/ttpkalimist

For those who haven't checked for Tough Touch Productions before, check out the m32connections profile http://www.m32connections.co.uk/profiles/Tough%20Touch/profile.html

These guys are very talented and lyrical. The quality is there from the vocals straight down to the production and I highly recommend them for enjoyable listening :)

Thursday 10 December 2009

"Culture Clash on the Front Line" Documentary video. Jamaicans in St Pauls, Bristol

Can you believe next year is the 30th Anniversary of the St. Paul's riots? For most of us it happened just before our time, but we hear about it in stories told by our elders.

Peep the documentary below. It lays down the story from historical facts and community experiences that reflect the complexities of race in Bristol, directly traced to inequalities passed on from an earlier generation that suffered under the brutal legacy of slavery and colonialism. Today, more than ever, it is essential to preserve and divulgate this heritage, so the peoples of Bristol, blacks and whites, can better comprehend their social surrounding, can kill frustrations and demagogies and in many cases can get inspired for change.

Watch all parts here (there's lots of parts but only last a couple mins each)

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Friday 4 December 2009

Twitter Peeps

Twitter has it's advantages, since I reluctantly gave in and decided to 'try it out' it's actually been quite useful. Just by following some of my favourite artists on twitter I've been treated to free download giveaways and hot news which I wouldn't have got otherwise. So, as a fan it does have it's uses and it's great promo for the artists too.

Here are some local tweeters to follow:

Ben One
Blacksmith
BobaFatt
Central Spillz
Da Label MTG
DJ Cheeba
Dutty Girl
Ewan Hoozami
Hyetal
Koast
Jakes
Jagos
Joker
Mr Benn
Rooted Records
Shadz
Social Conscience
Syte And The Sound
TC
TriggaDon

....and last but not least m32connections - yes that's me :) just don't laugh because I'm following Peter Andre... you have to allow me, I am still a girl after all and he's just so cute lol

I'll keep updating this post every time I come across some more peeps, Peace!

Wednesday 2 December 2009

Bristol’s Finest Scene DVD

Sidewalk magazine are featuring the best of skaters from the Bristol area in the December edition. The magazine will come with a FREE DVD of footage with the accompanied by a soundtrack of Bristol music artists.

Artists included include:

Stig of the Dump, Tough Touch Productions, Lowercase, Jon Kennedy, Se Fire, K*Ners, Sir Beans O.B.E, Malakai

There will be 53,000 cover-mounted copies available with December’s edition of Sidewalk Magazine (the U.K’s leading Skate-culture magazine).

You should be able to pick up your copy from all good newsagents, 50-50 stores and Skate Cafes Nationwide.

To order your copy on-line: http://sidewalkmag.com/


Showing at the Watershed – Bristol – 12th December 2009


Bristol’s Finest a scene DVD from Fifty-Fifty, Bristol in Bloom and Skate cafe is premiering at Bristol’s Watershed Cinema on Saturday December 12th. With footage from Matt ‘Boyo’ Williams, Andy Makepeace, Nicky Howells, Korahn Gayle and many more from Bristol.