Posts Tagged ‘Hip Hop’

Not Avon Barksdale from 'The Wire'
New Brighton night Beat Redemption has sure got me excited about their next event in March. The inaugural one at the back end of January was a stonking success with a packed out crowd shovelling the deepest depths of bass marshalled by Hyperdub’s Kode9 and [...]

[ February 18, 2010 10:00 pm to February 19, 2010 2:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_3360" align="aligncenter" width="486" caption="Debruit"][/caption]

The Donky Pitch crew return for 2010 with another line-up blending hip-hop, dubstep and all things electronica which is both heavy on cutting-edge experimentation and also damn good fun to dance to!  They’ve lined up two live performances; headlining will be Paris-based Debruit and Brighton-based “Skwee” producer Boss Kite will play [...]

This month sees Rising Styles Festival, UK’s Largest Celebration of International Hip-Hop Culture (1-4 October); Brighton & Hove Black History Month (3 October – 3 November); White Night (25 October); and Brighton Live (29 September – 3 October).

[ July 24, 2009 10:00 pm to July 25, 2009 2:00 am. ] Throw Some Shapes headlines Bullion, a West London hip hop producer who I can only compare to a UK version of DJ Shadow in terms of mind-altering productions at a slightly downtempo pace and who’s ego must be massive with the number of fans he’s won over, including Radio 1’s Mary Anne Hobbs and Zane Low, Busy P, and Goldie. With gigs like Sonar, Glastonbury and Big Chill, this intimate Brighton one should be gentle mid-summer treat.

[ February 20, 2009 10:30 am to February 21, 2009 3:00 am. ]

Brighton’s long-time resident hip hop DJ Mex (Blackgrass) headlines this all singing, all dancing hip hop night, featuring live b-boy displays from local breakdance crew Dancing Bears and live performances from Influx and Multifinish. Providing the backing beats are DJs Tyni and Doubledeckers.

If that line up wasn’t enough to whet your whistle, old hands rapper Hinesy [...]

Twitter, its had a lot of press recently with the likes of Jonathan Ross, Paris Hilton and Britney dragging it to the forefront of peoples minds and onto the band waggon. So, what is Twitter?
Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known [...]