Alex host’s weekly radio show (Saturdays 1-3 pm) on London’s finest Underground radio station Rinse Fm. Playing the freshest sounds in Hip Hop, Dubstep, House, Soul and beyond. Podcasts can be found at WWW.RINSE.FM.
Soon to be soul super star, Andreya first came to many peoples attention when her collaboration with glitchy hiphop producer Flying Lotus led to the release of the single “Tea Leaf Dancers” on Warp records – cited by many as his finest work.
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Andy H & Gilla are the label managers of UK based label First Word, home to some of the finest Hip Hop, Funk, Soul & Beats in Europe. With acts including The Haggis Horns, kidkanevil,
Funked-out, soulful golden-era hip hop with a new school edge, the ASMsound gained international recognition over the last 2 years throughtheir collaborative singles with French producer Wax Tailor:’POSITIVELY INCLINED’ & ‘SAY YES’, which appeared on
Benji B has established himself as one of the major players in the world’s underground progressive music scene.
UK’s Blue Daisy was just another unsigned beatmaker, studying for his law exams and shopping tracks to DJs and label heads last year.
Originating from their early stages in Manchester England’s alternative hip-hop faction on the road to achieving world-wide acclamation as an international multi-media powerhouse in both music and television
“The West London beat freak with the midas touch,” as Dazed & Confused
put it, is one of the hottest young producer-DJs in the UK.
In 1979, mikey dread and his , Channel One started playing blues parties and local dances with a sound system passed on to them by their father, Admiral Bailey.
Oh my days! Very possibly our favourite band in the world! A band we have had the pleasure of presenting in the north & south of the UK on a number of occasions and one that we can only dream about having play on a beautiful peninsular in Croatia to an intimate crowd. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Now, about the band.
The confusion (cfsn) association was formed eight years ago when a couple of loyal friends with a clear vision, some money and a bunch of motivation went off to promote breakbeat and drum&bass music along with visual arts in Zagreb, Croatia.
An L.A. native, raised in Pasadena, CA & now based in the Leimert Park section of Los Angeles, dãm is now currently recording his debut ‘EP’ for Stones Throw Records
Danny Drive Thru has been a fixture of Manchester’s music scene for nearly 10 years.
dEbruit has recently relocated to London with Civil Music and the sonically flamboyant Frenchman has become synonymous with high-calibre, genre-defying synthetic music crowned with a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’.
Cheeba is the sound and sight of Solid Steel’s new school. Having won the ‘Mix of The Year’ award in 2008 and been a regular guest for Soundcrash over the last 12 months Cheeba’s ability to rock a party is unrivaled.
DJ Format loved Soundwave so much last year that he said he would only come back and play again this year if he could perform on the main stage, beach terrace and the boat every
Droppin’ Science are London’s freshest new hip hop collective.
In less than a year they have established a successful East London club night, a popular blog, a monthly radio show for Sensei.fm, & launched their more eclectic sister nights Funkorama & Dip-Dab
Suhaid is a DJ / promoter badassss from Budapest who collects and plays records from creepy transylvanian psych to early acid and beyond. His weekly radioshow on legendary ex-pirate station Tilos is praised by stoner hippiess, hip hop heads and the jazz crowd.
DJ Vadim is a prolific DJ and Producer. His music combines elements from hiphop, soul, reggae and electronica. He has been described as “one of the few artists creating genuinely new work in the Hip-Hop field and an artist who “cannot be ignored”.
The mighty East Park Reggae Collective are a class act. Formed in Leeds 9 in 2005, the band was brought together by long time collaborators Johnny Tomlinson and Tommy Evans, and quickly gained a serious reputation on the Leeds scene as an epic party band, playing a host of venues throughout the city.
Drawing influence from a record bag filled with the sounds of House and Garage to Funk and Afro-Beat, Fife’s approach to electronic music is somewhat eclectic.
Gentleman’s Dub Club is a nine-piece band that formed in Leeds in early 2006. With a style based in dub, ska and roots reggae, GDC have burst onto the UK circuit, rocking gigs and festivals up and down the country with their super high energy show.
Espousing a broad music policy at Trouble, that’s simply ‘future-retro’, Hobbes knows exactly how to rock the party and always recognises a good groove when he hears one, no matter what musical pigeon-hole people are stuffing it into this week
Homecut is the brainchild of emcee / vocalist / producer Testament, who has spent five years crafting his debut album for First Word.
Illum Sphere is regarded as one of the most exciting young producers in the UK right now.
The Join The Dots Collective have been throwing parties, although under various guises, across there current home of Edinburgh since 2008.
Almost certainly one of the 3 most talented men in all of Stockport. Jon is a man on a musical mission.
Jonny Dub, head honcho of both the Sketch City and Hoya:Hoya imprints, as well as the founder of Manchester’s 1st dedicated street art gallery “Upper Space”
Since his debut ‘Problems & Solutions’ in 2007, the beanie-hatted beatmaker has become one of the most in-demand producers in the UK, working with a host of top artists including Andreya Triana, Bonobo, DJ Vadim, Homecut, Laura J Martin and more.
Laura J Martin hails from the suburbs of Liverpool with influences that ricochet between Serge Gainsbourg, Wu Tang Clan, David Bowie and Herbie Mann.
Lone blends Boards Of Canada styled ‘lectronic nostalgia and Flying Lotus style funk-impressions, causing folks like Warp’s Bibio to swoon…
LOVE TO FLY is a club-night / DJ team with bases in both London and ‘Das World Party Kapital’, Berlin.
From guesting for Basement Jaxx to touring with Motown legends her collaborations have never been dull and her solo material will not disappoint.
Some times music is just supposed to be fun. Since they started a year ago, as a fully improvisational band with a loose approach to membership, The Mind on Fire Band has always put a major emphasis on making music that’s good to party to.
Mr Thing has honed his turntable technique to that of a fine art and know he has done the same with his production. The former Scratch Pervert is THE party DJ, with a residency at London superclub Fabric, Thing knows the tracks that truly rock a crowd.
With his trademark live FLUTEBOXING [beatboxing and playing the flute at the same time] Nathan ‘Flutebox’ Lee’s explosive blend unites Hip Hop, Drum ‘n’ bass and Ragga beats with Indian classical, Jazz and Funk melodies.
Washington DC native Oddisee is one of the most exciting MC/ Producers around and his group Diamond District exploded last year with their modern classic album “In The Ruff”.
Best known for his collaborations with Hudson Mohawke, Olivier DaySoul is a singer/ songwriter traveling back down to Earth from outer-space to release a new EP which lives up to his last name.
Paper Tiger began life many years ago as a bedroom experiment: produced future hip-hop, broken beat and dub incorporating live instruments and musicians
Having drawn comparisons to Portishead, St.Germain and even Groove Armada, there is no question that the Heroes debut album “Meanwhile” is an exciting, eclectic and fresh journey over different tempos, incorporating live instrumentation, deep jazz roots and organic soul nourishing goodness.
White is one of the UK’s most hyped young producers right now, with a string of 7″s for One-Handed music getting tastemakers like Mary Anne Hobbs and Benji B very excited; and while he’s undeniably part of the post-Flying Lotus instrumental hip-hop renaissance, his music stands alone, and speaks for itself.
When it comes Croatian hip-hop, there’s only one name and one crew you need to remember…
Phat Phillie (Blackout crew) is a resident DJ (and promoter) of Blackout Lounge, Zagreb’s sexiest monthly event.
Since their maiden voyage in Manchester 2008, the 15-piece Riot Jazz Brass Band has been the bare-breasted galleon figure of the Riot Jazz flotilla.
Rob Smith is the veteran dub rocker behind the RSD moniker. Of course, any ’step head worth his DMZ t-shirt should know that. Rob’s been at the centre of Bristol’s Sound System culture since 1987,
The creative force behind the long running NICE UP! night, and more recently record label, as well as A&R consultant for countless other labels, Shepdog is a regular face on the London DJ circuit as well as festivals and clubs across the globe.
Stuart McCallum is the guitarist for The Cinematic Orchestra and is regularly on tour with the band worldwide.
Singer/songwriter Tanya Auclair is one of the most exciting emerging talents in the UK and is about to release her debut solo EP “Thrum”.
Tedious Lemon, Mr E and Noel Edge make up Taste The Difference, Manchester’s premier funk, soul and hiphop night. Expect good time party favourites from these guys.
Bristol’s Bedmo Disco Soundsystem have recently made a name for themselves as fearless party-starters, and who are we to argue.
