UK trainer shop Soleheaven not only sell a tone of fresh kicks and accessories, but also take it upon themselves to hook up with a different musical collective each spring to produce a promotional video based around sneaker culture. They’ve drafted in producer Smoove to lace a really nice mellow beat, led by melodic wind [...]
Pop surrealist David Shillinglaw came up painting walls in a playful, illustrative style full of colour, words and interaction and has since had a successful gallery career over the past decade. His most recent show, My Idea of Fun is currently at Stolenspace gallery in the Truman Breweries just off East London’s Brick Lane and [...]
With record store day just gone, you need to up your game if your bag isn’t already bulging, but even so there’s plenty of new releases to help break the zip coming up or just released. A mixture of Hip Hop and D&B (labelled as such for the genre purists) there’s even some Record Store [...]
Three piece hip hop crew Strangelove (Freedom, Chango and Jakaboski) are one of those names that have frustrated me slightly in the past, popping up to deliver ill vibes on various producer EPs and featuring on albums, doing everything to make you want more without actually delivering an EP or album of their own. From [...]
I’m loving the recent boom of high quality, well produced skate videos with a cultural element, and Kilian Martin’s latest offering by film maker Brett Novak is definitely the cream of the crop. Bringing back that classic Rodney Mullen turn of the century style, Kilian takes to the stunning streets of India in golden sunshine [...]
The variety in sounds on the High Focus roster is something that hasn’t gone unnoticed in the last few years and is without a doubt a big factor in their ongoing domination of the Uk Hip Hop scene, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that their latest release strays further off the beaten track. [...]
A brand new series of posts, Forthcoming provides the tips on the soon to be released albums you should have an ear to the ground on. These are the albums we’re really looking forward to getting our mitts on that we’re tipping as the hottest releases over the next few months. Don’t sleep. Telemachus- In [...]
Having tested the limits of d&b over the past few years alongside partner in crime DLR, culminating in the critically acclaimed Method in the Madness album released last year, Octane is a name inherently connected with experimental, original and immaculately produced music. Recently parting ways as a duo with DLR, he’s set out to carve [...]
Ink drippin, liqour sippin, visual piffin, you know what time it is….
The sun shone over Soho yesterday as record lovers, and music aficionados in general, took to the streets and the vinyl stores to celebrate Record Store Day, an event which grew into a carnival atmosphere as shops turned the speakers designed for the in store DJ sets out to face the roads. The queue, stretching [...]
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