The Chop is a night being held at Play bar in Sydney’s design, music and fashion hub of Surry Hills on a monthly to basis. The Chop is an evening dedicated to show casing the talents of up and coming, as well as already established beat makers/producers. The call has been sent out to all bedroom bangers, mpc masters, beat junkies and production prodigies to bring their finest cuts of A grade beat and they have answered with cleavers in tow.

All performances will be live and butchered to order for your audio taste buds.

Along with show casing these talented artists, The Chop will be supported by some of Sydney’s finest DJ’s. They will spinning the most mouth watering assortment of funk, soul, boogie and hip hop to accompany these talented purveyors of cold cuts and dope beats.
Play bar is an underground urban speak easy in Surry Hills frequented by everyone from corporate city slickers looking for a street style getaway to the cool kids of inner Sydney, which makes it the perfect venue for The Chop.

This is a free event designed to promote the little known beat scene in Sydney and it is well worth stepping into this musical meat market to see the range of produce.
Falling off the bone 21st of June

http://playbar.com.au/project/the-chop-round-4-saturday-31-05-2014/

Our Main Butcher
WAZA

Armed with a sick sense of beatmaking and a soft-focus throwback vibe, Sydney’s Waza has distilled starry-eyed nostalgia with hip hop sensibility in his new mixtape, Love is a Battlefield.

Our first live act slicing up some goodness off the bone.

KID FICTION

Kid Fiction is a producer that has been on the scene for a little while. His diverse music combines elements of Bass Music and Hip Hop with a distinctively futuristic electronic aesthetic. You may also know him as one half of Sydney Hip Hop group Corner Store Superheroes.