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Funky Monks is the title of a 1991 documentary (also the title of a song from the 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik) about the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and the recording of their highly successful 1991 Warner Bros. debut Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The album was produced by Rick Rubin and recorded in a supposedly haunted house which Rubin now owns. The 60 minute documentary, which was filmed in black-and-white, features footage of the band recording many of the tracks that made the album, and tracks that were realeased a few years later (such as Soul to Squeeze and Sikamikanico). Footage from this documentary was also featured in the Suck My Kiss music video, which was released in 1992. Funky Monks was originally released on VHS but was re-released on DVD. The Chili Peppers returned to the mansion located in California to record their 2006 album, Stadium Arcadium.
Melbourne born Songstress, Maxi is on the cusp of releasing the first single,
‘In A Little While’, from her debut, self-titled EP due out in September 2012.
As a young girl, Maxi trained and performed in Musical Theatre, before setting of to travel overseas. Upon returning to her hometown Melbourne in 2009, Maxi began gigging regularly playing acoustic sets, singing backing vocals, recording and writing with other local musicians, producers and DJs.
Maxi’s collaborations with other artists, allowed her to play shows interstate and on some of the largest local festival stages including Good Vibrations, Parklife, Hot BBQ.
In 2010 Maxi also co-wrote the track ‘Little Miss’, which placed in the top 50 Acoustic tracks at the Oz Music Awards of that year.
Written in her parent’s attic, recorded and produced by Joel Witenberg in a house over the summer of 2011/12, ‘In A Little While’ is the first taste of Maxi that is impossible to ignore, showcasing her trademark vocal harmonies which explode from the speakers, while the driving drums, percussion and dark synthesizers create a relentless energetic rhythm captivating your heart and soul.Written in her parent’s attic, recorded and produced by Joel Witenberg in a house over the summer of 2011/12, ‘In A Little While’ is the first taste of Maxi that is impossible to ignore, showcasing her trademark vocal harmonies which explode from the speakers, while the driving drums, percussion and dark synthesizers create a relentless energetic rhythm captivating your heart and soul.
Released by: We Swimmers Release date: Jul 23, 2012 ISRC: AU-ECA-12-00001
Internationally renowned, ARIA nominated producer Katalyst returns with new album Deep Impressions, set for release today via Invada Records / Remote Control. The follow up album to his highly acclaimed 2007 album What's Happening, a former triple j feature album, Deep Impressions is Katalyst's third full length album and his most impressive work to date.
The latest product of his audiophiliac obsession, …
Slippery M.C hails from Sydneys South, fresh to the rap scene with his unique brand of Hip Hop, Slippery's built a rep for a fun and entertaining live show! Already on his way to make a name for himself touring around Australia and in his home town Sydney, Slippery delivers a combination of clever, witty and skillfull word play with a rhyming style of his own.
Tickets via Da Klinic, Clinic 116, Cold Crush & Venuetix
PERTH: Saturday 25th August @ Capitol Nightclub
Tickets via 78 Records, Heatseeker, Mells Records, Planet Video & Star Surf
Tickets on sale Monday 2 July via www.oztix.com.au & local outlets
To celebrate 20 years of dedicated Pharcyde delivery, and following their successful performances at Good Vibes in 2009, California’s Imani and Bootie Brown of The Pharcyde are bringing their original, idiosyncratic style of hip hop back to Australia this August with a special audio/visual show!
In the early 90’s, when gangsta’ rap consumed the airwaves, and the majority of West Coast rappers threw on their dark sunglasses & Chuck Taylor’s, The Pharcyde decidedly maintained a willfully unique vision. Opting to stay true to themselves with their left field but still South-Central sensibility, rap had seen few groups so self-deprecating and so smart; four visionary rappers skillfully able to split the difference between helium-voiced and hard-core.
Listening to “Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde” two full decades after its release, its sense of timeliness is unmistakable. With classics like “Oh Shit,” “Otha Fish”, “Ya’ Mama,” and hit single, “Passing Me By,” it is not surprising that it shipped over a million units, garnered comparisons to De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest, and everyone from Pitchfork Media to The Source has hailed it as one of the greatest albums ever made.
The Pharcyde’s second release “LabCabInCalifornia” revealed exactly how far-reaching their vision was. From enlisting a young and then unknown J Dilla to produce beats for the classic “Runnin” to collaborating with director Spike Jonze (“Being John Malkovich” “Adaptation”) on the video for “Drop,” it has consistently reinforced their steadfast refusal to tread familiar artistic grounds.
Today, The Pharcyde continues to hone their individual abilities yet carry on the name. They still seduce their audience with the same boyish charm that founded them at the beginning, partnered with the knowledge that has been bestowed upon them as men who have taken on, and rose to the challenge of the rap game.
Don’t miss this special audio/visual performance coming to a city near you in August!
The theme of this year’s radiothon is The Evolution Will Not Be Televised.
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HOME BREW ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE TOUR FOR AUGUST
If you don’t know New Zealand’s Home Brew, ask NZ Prime Minister . Or . Or watch the EPK.
Despite what these people might tell you about Home Brew being burdens on society, or advocates for drug dependency, you’ve got to respect the integrity of their independence and the diligence of their workethic.
Off the back of launching their self-titled double album (the first Hip Hop album to debut at #1 in New Zealand since 2003) bythrowing a 48-hour party in an old brothel, having their controversial pop-up store closed down early, then touring the carnage around NZ, Home Brew are bringing the party to Australia.
With support from Australia’s own Sky’High, Home Brew’s Tom Scott, Haz Beats and Lui Silk and their live band are set to play four dates throughout August in Perth August 9th, Melbourne August 10th, Sydney August 11th and Brisbane August 12th.
Home Brew will be showcasing tracks from their critically acclaimed double album – a piece of work that after three years of dedication and benefit fraud, is good enough to move them out of their Mum’s place. Conceptualized by the balance of life’s extremities, one side is , the other, . It’s a dichotomy of methadone and melancholy. Infinity and finality. It’s a record that looks back at Saturday’s moment of madness through Sunday’s moment of clarity, and something you definitely won’t want to miss live.
HOME BREW
(With support from Sky’High)
EARLYBIRD TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY 2ND JULY AT 9.00AM
Thursday 9th August – Amplifier, 393 Murray Street, Perth
Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors sure sounds sweet. Today, Big Boi gave DJ Greg Street the Southern royalty to debut his first single with UGK and K.R.I.T. Radio rip for now. Album drops 11.13.12.
De La Soul‘s performance at Roots Picnic 2012 was definitely one of the highest, brightest highlights of a weekend of highlights. For those of us who grew up on De La and most likely had our concept of hip-hop (and overall mindstate) blown up to buhloone-like proportions, seeing them rock the crowd so perfectly in sync with their musical progeny–and now fellow-pioneers–The Roots was a family reunion of the greatest kind. Even before Yasiin Bey took the stage! The timeless performance came with some extremely timely news as well, because when we sat down in a hotel lobby to build with Plugs Won & Too–still riding high off the sunshine of picnic-love–about the experience, they also let some info about their forthcoming album drop. In fact Pos stated that the next video would be coming “in a few weeks”–and since Roots Picnic was already a few weeks ago, we can expect some new plug material imminently! Click above (or below) to get the full details and feel what we felt watching this epic happening from the wings.
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Soul Of Sydney: ‘FUNK’ music blog, beamin’ out of Bondi Beach, Australia.
Pushing local Funk, Disco, Hip Hop, Soul, House & DNB since 2009.
Michael Jackson who could only be described as the greatest Entertainer to ever walk this planet, provided the soundtrack to many of our lives.
Whitney Houston’s voice and music continually touched our hearts and souls.
For the first time in Sydney in honour of their memory and music we bring you REMEMBER THE TIME a massive live tribute to two musical legends.
Headed by The Kamis a talented musical family awarded an ACE award for BEST COVER BAND 2012 and featuring Sydneys Young Boy, Old Soul, Mike Champion, this tribute is set to be an amazing show.
You will hear all the hits including: "Remember The Time", "How Will I Know", "Thriller", "I Wanna Dance with Somebody", Billie Jean, "My Love is Your Love", "Rock With You", "So Emotional" & many more.
Be prepared to dance!
On the decks to keep you grooving in between sets is Sydney’s number one 80′s & 90′S DJ’S:
✖ NASSER T
✖ SAM BOUTROS
NOTES LIVE is one of Sydney’s PREMIER LIVE MUSIC venues.
Don’t miss your chance to pay your own tribute to MJ and WHITNEY.
Their memories live on through their music.
★LIMITED PRE-SOLD TICKETS AVAILABLE★
✔ Dinner (Main Meal) and Show tickets – $49 + B.F
✔ Show Only – $25 + B.F
Those Hermits are on a roll having just signed a Worldwide deal with Regal/Parlophone (Lily Allen) for their hit single ‘Speak of The Devil‘. It’s already getting regular spins on BBC Radio1,championed by the likes of Zane Lowe & Nick Grimshaw. Hermitude are set to invade the UK/Europe, catch them this week at Fusion Festivaloutside Berlin (30/6) and then Barfly, London (2/7).
Urthboy’s New Album: Smokey’s Haunt
Urthboy has dropped the name of his much anticipated new record – it’s called ‘Smokey’s Haunt‘ and it’s out in October! If you haven’t heard the first single Naive Bravado featuring Dan Merriweather, jump on it HERE. Urthboy hits the road in August, grab your TIX.
Soul Of Sydney: ‘FUNK’ music blog, beamin’ out of Bondi Beach, Australia.
Pushing local Funk, Disco, Hip Hop, Soul, House & DNB since 2009.
Naidoc Week Announcement: The Last Kinection Reissue
We’re so stoked to be reissuing The Last Kinection‘s incredible debut album Nutches. We fell in love with that album and we’re stoked to say we’ve redesigned it and TLK have added 4 new remixes to it.
Honey is the third Mercury album by The Ohio Players, released in 1975. Like previous albums, Honey is known for its very sexy cover photo. In this case, the model was Playboy magazine's October 1974 Playmate of the Month…
Our good mate Ninus Kanna will be hosting a radio spot on the world famous deephousepage.com new online radio station www.DHPradio.com. Launching soon on Sunday nights dropping a stack of local DJ, producer and remixer talent covering everything from Deep House, Disco, Funk & Beyond.
SUNDAYS : 9-11PM –> http://www.DHPradio.com
This afternoon, ?uestlove AKA el patron AKA the afro-lord will take up the torch for hip-hop in a public debate billed as “Hip-hop On Trial.” The other debaters include intellectual heavyweights Jesse Jackson, Tricia Rose, Q-Tip, Michael Eric Dyson, KRS-ONE, Touré (a few of whom also happen to be longtime okayplayers. We only roll with intellectual heavyweights) as well as virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier, P.J. O’Rourke and adviser to UK Prime Minster David Cameron on youth & crime Shaun Bailey. It all goes down at the Barbican Centre in London, UK, as part of a series of called Versus put together by Intelligence Squared and Google+. Versus is the first ever global live debate using Google+ Hangouts, and live streamed on YouTube, bringing together the world’s leading experts and advocates on either side of a particular issue–and connecting the conversation right to the masses with the latest social media technology. You can join in the debate too, by posting your questions on http://bit.ly/VsGplus where they will be put to the panel.
Learn more about the event here!
Pioneering DJ supergroup the Beat Junkies partner with seminal lifestyle brand to celebrate twenty years of influence and progress in hip-hop & DJ culture
(Los Angeles) – It’s been twenty years since the legendary Beat Junkies first shocked the Los Angeles hip-hop scene with their progressive approach to turntablism. To celebrate, the group has joined forces with LRG Clothing Company to present For the Record, the Beat Junkie Sound’s 20th anniversary documentary featuring A-Trak, Jazzy Jeff and other DJ legends about the group’s influence and impact on global hip-hop and DJ culture.
With stops in the United States, Europe and Asia, The Beat Junkie Sound tour begins in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at the Echoplex with a special kick-off performance and exclusive premiere of For the Record before its slated worldwide, online release on July 2, 2012.
Additionally, LRG produced a limited-edition capsule of Beat Junkie 20th Anniversary hats and t-shirts that will be available for purchase the night of the tour launch and premiere and at every subsequent tour date.
It’s Monday and it’s raining, but we want to keep up the good spirit and proudly present to you another fantastic track from the new Visioneers’ album "Hipology". Please find below the download link to Swahililand by Visioneers.
Did you already check out the video for "Come And Play In The Milky Night" by Visioneers?
Since the late 80s Londoner Marc Mac has been converting audiences
with his sophisticated take on urban soul. A hybrid concoction of breakbeat, nu-jazz, neo soul, drum and bass, and Hip Hop, its a polished sound plugged directly into the emotional highway of 21st century city living. Working under a variety of guises, his prodigious output includes his work as one half of 4hero, Visioneers, Natures Plan and Nu Era. In the late 90‘s Marc signed to Gilles Peterson’s Talking Loud Records with 4hero. 4hero went on to produce two classic albums with Talkin Loud icluding the award winning “Two Pages” & “Creating Patterns” they then set up their own label where the critically acclaimed “Play With The Changes” was released. Somewhere in this timeline, between producing music for Jill Scott to Roy Ayers, Phonte to Terry Callier, Marc started another project called
Visioneers releasing a set of limited 7” single! s getting the attention from top eclectic DJ’s including Jazzy Jeff, Kenny Dope, Gilles Peterson & Norman Jay. Visioneers was then picked up by BBE records who released the debut album “Dirty Old Hip Hop”.
While recording this new Visioneers record, Mac began thinking how hip-hop had been a (sometimes invisible) guiding hand in his life. “The music, the fashion and culture. Although producing all kinds of music from jungle to jazz, hip-hop (or at least what is was) has always been a part of what I do in some strange and sometimes very subtle way.” Documenting this influence on Hipology.org, his very own digital scrapbook (that has also spawned the record of the same title),
it’s easy to see the depth of Mac’s appreciation of hip-hop. HIPOLOGY; the album includes hand picked guest John Robinson, Notes To Self, TRAC & Baron alongside some featured musicians Luke Parkhouse, Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra & The ! Support Horns. The result is a real cool, funky eclectic mix o! f breaks , beats, soul/jazz and freaky squeaks a great follow up to the debut album.
Soul Of Sydney: ‘FUNK’ music blog, beamin’ out of Bondi Beach, Australia.
Pushing local Funk, Disco, Hip Hop, Soul, House & DNB since 2009.
