Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Loved You First - Baby Button Eyes (184 Remix)
Beautiful new track from my homeslick 184 - get your copy here: http://sharebee.com/08892816
Friday, 20 February 2009
Adventures Down Under Pt 2 - Update
Well, I've been here for a couple of months now, and its been interesting to say the least. First its fucking hot - I'm sure many of you caught the bushfire stories on the news wherever you're based - its been pretty crazy. This week its been raining like the end of the world is round the corner, and its only finally showing signs of letting up this past couple of days. Been working hard trying to keep myself in scrilla to make my stay nice, getting a few of the 100 plus cocktails I have to make in my bar committed to memory - and that ain't easy for someone with a memory like mine. Its kind of apt that the bar is called Goldfish.
As far as music goes, I was on the radio a couple of weeks ago, blessing the mic with a cat from Sydney who goes by the name of Skrypcha - he's just had a new EP released on Obese records which you should check out, and try and get your grubby mitts on.
Lined up a show on March 20th at the Loft Bar here in town thanks to another emcee, Scott Burns who fingers crossed I should be collaborating with in the near future. I've posted his latest video for his track Frequency a little lower down in this post, so check that.
Big shout out to my man Longusto down in Melbourne at the moment, who seems to be getting up to all sorts of depraved shit a little further south, most of which is waaay too nasty for me to be talking about in public, so I'll leave it at that. Hopefully he'll get his ass up here for the 20th to spit a little something with yours truly.
Anyway, I'm off to try to find a room to rent as my girl's landlady doesn't seem to like the fact I'm staying with her at the moment...
Peace
Koaste
Scott Burns - The Frequency
As far as music goes, I was on the radio a couple of weeks ago, blessing the mic with a cat from Sydney who goes by the name of Skrypcha - he's just had a new EP released on Obese records which you should check out, and try and get your grubby mitts on.
Lined up a show on March 20th at the Loft Bar here in town thanks to another emcee, Scott Burns who fingers crossed I should be collaborating with in the near future. I've posted his latest video for his track Frequency a little lower down in this post, so check that.
Big shout out to my man Longusto down in Melbourne at the moment, who seems to be getting up to all sorts of depraved shit a little further south, most of which is waaay too nasty for me to be talking about in public, so I'll leave it at that. Hopefully he'll get his ass up here for the 20th to spit a little something with yours truly.
Anyway, I'm off to try to find a room to rent as my girl's landlady doesn't seem to like the fact I'm staying with her at the moment...
Peace
Koaste
Scott Burns - The Frequency
I Fucking Hate Rappers - Pack FM (Accapella)
"If you don't want trouble / stand there and don't say nuthin' like MF Doom's stunt double..."
Thursday, 8 January 2009
Adventures Down Under Pt.1 - Days Like This Festival
So here I am in Sydney, down under. Been here just under a fortnight now, and things are good. The weather has been pretty hot and my British body is just about used to the temperature. No sunburn yet touch wood! Been living off my last pay packet from the job I left back home, and need to step up the hunt for work while I'm over here - gonna try and get my Cruise-like cocktail skills back in action as soon as I can so I can get some scrilla coming in. After the weekend I'm gonna get my serious head on and get down to business.
Blagged free entry into the Days Like This Festival last weekend in Sydney's Entertainment Quarter which was pretty dope. Loads of artists from all over the globe were in full effect. A big set from Aussie producer Katalyst was the first one I caught, and although I'm not entirely sure who all the guests were aside from Steve Spacek and one of the emcees from Koolism, the overall performance was polished and pretty heavy.
Atmosphere and Brother Ali was probably the highlight for me, with an incredibly tight performance - it was the first time I've seen 'em live, after missing 'em back home in Brighton a few months back, and even though I'm not that up on their recorded material, it wasn't hard to get into, and I'll definitely be checking for the new LP after seeing them here.
DJ Vadim and Yarah Bravo ran a tight ship and rocked the crowd with a great set. Caught up with Vad at the afterparty, and after suppressing the surprise of seeing me over on the other side of the world, told me that both him and Yarah have solo LP's due to hit the light of day in the near future. Yarah rocked the crowd as ever, and although I've never been that into her lyrics when recorded, she definitely has the ability to work the stage, and she has mad presence when doing her live thang.
Caught a bit of the Morcheeba set, but that kind of down beat stuff has always bored me stiff, so wasn't feeling it. Wanted to see Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, but she was on at the same time as Atmosphere so didn't manage to check that. Killaqueenz I did see though, and they were pretty dope. I know my man Orifice from Foreign Beggars recorded one of the Gash remixes with them when they were over in April, and I'm gonna have to hunt that track down, as I definitely want to know what thats like now!
The headliners were the one and only Public Enemy who I've seen many times in the past, and to be honest, I didn't think it was the best performance I've ever seen them do, but to many of the people in the crowd it would have been their first time, and seeing it through their eyes may have given me a better impression.
Anyway, as far as my music goes, I'm still on a mission to hook up with some Aussie cats while I'm over here, and have been making some good contacts so far. Tonight I'm heading to a 'Tribute to the 90's' hip-hop night where my good friend Josie Styles is representing alongside Ology (also from Sydney) and P-Money from New Zealand - so should be a dope night.
Anyway, big shout out to all three of you who read this blog of mine, and stay tuned for the next exciting episode of Fantana down under. Shouts out to my man Longusto who's also out here in Syn City at the moment, Pneumatic, Black Ops, Illustrate, Lex, Josie, CJ, Ology and everyone who's helped me get myself sorted over here so far.
Peace
Katalyst: Aussie Heavyness
Killerqueenz: Fiery
DJ Vadim & Yarah Bravo: Dope show
Atmosphere & Brother Ali: Maaad live
Public Enemy: Not bad
Blagged free entry into the Days Like This Festival last weekend in Sydney's Entertainment Quarter which was pretty dope. Loads of artists from all over the globe were in full effect. A big set from Aussie producer Katalyst was the first one I caught, and although I'm not entirely sure who all the guests were aside from Steve Spacek and one of the emcees from Koolism, the overall performance was polished and pretty heavy.
Atmosphere and Brother Ali was probably the highlight for me, with an incredibly tight performance - it was the first time I've seen 'em live, after missing 'em back home in Brighton a few months back, and even though I'm not that up on their recorded material, it wasn't hard to get into, and I'll definitely be checking for the new LP after seeing them here.
DJ Vadim and Yarah Bravo ran a tight ship and rocked the crowd with a great set. Caught up with Vad at the afterparty, and after suppressing the surprise of seeing me over on the other side of the world, told me that both him and Yarah have solo LP's due to hit the light of day in the near future. Yarah rocked the crowd as ever, and although I've never been that into her lyrics when recorded, she definitely has the ability to work the stage, and she has mad presence when doing her live thang.
Caught a bit of the Morcheeba set, but that kind of down beat stuff has always bored me stiff, so wasn't feeling it. Wanted to see Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, but she was on at the same time as Atmosphere so didn't manage to check that. Killaqueenz I did see though, and they were pretty dope. I know my man Orifice from Foreign Beggars recorded one of the Gash remixes with them when they were over in April, and I'm gonna have to hunt that track down, as I definitely want to know what thats like now!
The headliners were the one and only Public Enemy who I've seen many times in the past, and to be honest, I didn't think it was the best performance I've ever seen them do, but to many of the people in the crowd it would have been their first time, and seeing it through their eyes may have given me a better impression.
Anyway, as far as my music goes, I'm still on a mission to hook up with some Aussie cats while I'm over here, and have been making some good contacts so far. Tonight I'm heading to a 'Tribute to the 90's' hip-hop night where my good friend Josie Styles is representing alongside Ology (also from Sydney) and P-Money from New Zealand - so should be a dope night.
Anyway, big shout out to all three of you who read this blog of mine, and stay tuned for the next exciting episode of Fantana down under. Shouts out to my man Longusto who's also out here in Syn City at the moment, Pneumatic, Black Ops, Illustrate, Lex, Josie, CJ, Ology and everyone who's helped me get myself sorted over here so far.
Peace
Katalyst: Aussie Heavyness
Killerqueenz: Fiery
DJ Vadim & Yarah Bravo: Dope show
Atmosphere & Brother Ali: Maaad live
Public Enemy: Not bad
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
Scarface - High Notes
Ha ha ha ha... this video is priceless, just for the wink that 'Face gives the camera towards the end... Pretty fucking NSFW, so if you're skiving off in the office today, I probably wouldn't watch this in front of the Bizzoss. Whammy. K
Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Apple Introduces Laptop With No Keyboard
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
As much as I love my Mac stuff, this is pretty fucking funny.
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