Hey all, make sure you check out this new track from Dizmay. He has really been coming up with his flow lately and I can't wait to hear more of his new stuff.
Dizmay - 4 Tha Love of Hip Hop
Cheers,
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
Aftershock Album Launch, June 26th
So, if you’ve been living under some kind of broadband-impermeable surface for the past year or so, you may not have heard about the new album being released imminently by the two young men known as Aftershock (previously known as Dyvers. Made the connection yet?). I recently had the pleasure of meeting Blunt at the Optamus launch and expressed my sincerest apologies for being unavoidably booked out on the night of their auspicious album launch, so the least I can do is bring some attention to their upcoming show. Their new album is poignantly entitled, So This Is Vandalism?, and it boasts features from the legendary Mac Lethal, Intelekt, Smiley, Verdikt, Bitter Belief, Porsah Laine and production from Chasm, Cochise, Mysc and Enve.
I’ve heard rumours that there exists 250 copies of this bangin’ new LP to be given out for FREE at the album launch, which is worth more than the $15 entrance fee (at least in regard to content!) at the spacious Kingsway Football Club on Skeit Road, Medely. Whatsmore, this is an ALL AGES event. Are you fucking kidding me? I can remember being an underage young’un wishing for dope all-ages hip hop shows and cursing the Jebus of hip hop for the rarity of such events. And for those of you that are grown-ups, alcohol is available for your drinking pleasure.
Featuring on stage will be (in order of appearance, kids) Petey, AKA & Freethought, Adam Wynne, Ranga, Defekt & Sever, Intelekt, Complete, Porsah Laine, Bitter Belief and finally, Aftershock. This is more hip hop than you can cram into your cranium for $15 anywhere else I can think of! So, all you young heads, polish off your kicks and your bedazzled straight-brimmed caps and get your butts down to the Kingsway Football Club, Saturday June 26th. The show kicks off at 6pm until 12:30am, and for all you broke-as-fuck sooks waiting for your next Centrelink payment, the club boasts cheap food and drinks to appease your need for sustenance. If you’re not there, your priorities are questionable. Except for mine of course, I have a legitimate excuse. Parenthood negates a hip hop show. I say that kinda regrettably. Cast your eyes downward for my interview with the lovely Blunt, talkin’ all things Aftershock.
Tell me about your new album that you will be launching on the night?
The new album is titled "So This Is Vandalism?”. The central theme is about Hip Hop, "Society's" opinion on it versus the people who live it. It questions the aesthetics of the art form and also its image in the media as it’s closely tied with graffiti, which is becoming more and more of an issue. Although we aren't proper graffers ourselves, it comes hand in hand with the culture, and we like to think that we represent the crews out there doing their thing and taking a stand for what they believe in. The title "So This Is Vandalism?" doesn't refer to just graffiti though, it’s to do with all of the hip hop culture, and is aimed at those who criticize the artform for what it is. The album features Mac Lethal (USA), Intelekt, Smiley, Verdikt, Bitter Belief, Porsah Laine and producers such as Chasm (AUS), Cochise (USA), Mysc and Enve (USA).
How long has this album been in the making?
The album is been in the making for around 6-12 months. However we [have] been sitting on the idea and planning it for 2 years. Tell me about your prelude release before this album? Who was involved?We released a prelude EP to this album titled "So What Is Vandalism?”. It featured Thorts, Complete and the FreekStyles.
(This is available to download online at http://www.myspace.com/dyversmusic)
Why did you change your name to Aftershock?
We were originally named Dyvers (pronounced “diverse”) and we changed our name for a few reasons, but the main one was after our music had changed and grown over such a long period of time it just wasn't fitting any more.
How do you and Mysc know each other?
We went to school together in primary and high school and were always good mates and hip hop was the main thing we have in common. In fact if we never rapped together we'd probably have went completely different ways in life.
What MC's inspire you when you write?
All the greats, Tupac, Biggie, Eminem, Nas, Rakim, Big L, Big Pun. But from Oz, Hilltop Hoods, Bliss n Eso, Seth Sentry , MC Hard life lol.
Who are your favourite artists you've worked with and performed with?
There are many but obviously our crew, The Psych Ward. Hunter from SBX and Soma.
What’s your involvement with 'Unsigned Hype' DVD due to be released this year?
We had a single of the Dyvers-City mixtape named 'Rock With Me' which was just a throw back 90’s track to chill to. We filmed all of it in our local hood, being Maddington and The Ogdens Pub in Gosnells. Also off the same mixtape was a song named "It Wasn't Us" which featured Intelekt and Hunter from SBX, which Intelekt used as his song for the DVD, so luckily we got on the DVD twice.
(Yeah, me too, we know how to work the system. If you don’t know about Unsigned Hype DVD, check out the preview on youtube! It’s all WA and it’s all hip hop. Well. Sort of.)
What do you guys plan on making in the future?
Apart from a lot of gigs, we've already got a mixtape in the pipeline which will be featuring some really dope emcees from Perth and abroad, so it’s safe to say we aren't going anywhere.
Who, in your opinion, should we be keeping an eye on in WA? Who wins the all-round dopeness awards?
Aftershock lol. The Psych Ward, but also definitely Bitter Belief, the Down South Crew, and the FreekStyles or Delta Forse for a live set, they're awesome. The list could go on and on but them off the top of the head.
(Umm, I’m sure you meant to say Kadyelle? Geez Blunt, I gave you the perfect segway!)
-Kadyelle.
Optamus Album Launch, The Rosemount Hotel, June 12th
My first experience with The Rosemount Hotel was in June 2007, when I attended a show headlined by my favourite rapper at that time, Brother Ali. The venue was impressive, the sound was crystal clear, and the couple hundred attendees scattered throughout the spacious interior so we weren’t all jammed in like sardines. Brother Ali dominated the stage and I remember thinking, one day I want to be on that stage opening a show like this, playing to a packed room of real heads who felt the love just like I did. I treasured the experience and thought that night would forever be the best show I would ever attend.
Three years later I found myself having the great fortune of being married to a rather dope rapper, Thorts, and being able to join him on stage opening for what I am certain is the best show I have ever attended or been apart of. Optamus, a three-piece collective fronted by the man of the same name, aka Bomb Scott, launched the hell out of their new album Forever and a Day to a sold-out venue, jam-packed with hip hop heads soaking up the poignant prose, banging beats and electric atmosphere.
Straight up after our set were FreekStyles. In case you haven’t heard, Mx Axis, Chekid and Vengeance are three Perth locals who have been making themselves well known around the usual traps and are also joining Optamus on stage at the Bunbury, Busselton and Albany shows later in the month. They kicked off their set with their track “Hip Hop Heads”, followed by an appearance from guest vocalist Porsah Laine, who added a touch of femininity to the stage and displayed her natural ability on the mic with her haunting vocals. These guys are renowned for their energy on stage and hyped the crowd up to a banging finish with their track, “Rebuild”.
Speaking of energy, if you managed to miss the lads from Denmark (The West Australian town, not the country) known as Delta Forse, then you definitely missed out. These guys didn’t just make their mark on the stage, they slaughtered it entirely. Known singly as Yaegar, Paulie P, Jeremy and DJ Jamu, they come together to make Delta Forse and will be following Optamus down to Albany’s White Star Hotel to continue the launch of their album Greatest Hits on June 26th. Their colourful set brought diversity to the stage with live instruments such as the harmonica and flute, beatboxing, freestyles and improvisation. The highlight of the show came in the form of an improvised race between harmonica and Yaegar’s impressive beat box, culminating in a hectic fast-paced drum’n’bass style rhythm that brought the energy of the room to fever pitch. This mind-blowing live display of human instrument versus harmonica was one of the most talked about on-stage occurrences at the end of the evening. I also heard something about vagina headbutting. But that’s another story.
Featuring on stage for one night only was SBX stalwart, Hunter, who was joined onstage by Defyre. Hunter recently released his full length LP Monster House with DJ Vame and performed one track from the album, “Say a Prayer”. Hunter and Defyre opened the set with his classic track “Never Commit” and, as always, had the crowd in the palm of his hand as they echoed his sage advice: “Never commit the same crime twice, always be polite and nice…”, “Remember this, cunts, never commit more than one crime at once”. The third and last track for Hunts was “East Perth”, from the Hunter & Dazastah LP, Done DL. By this stage The Rosemount was packed in like sardines (what does that cliché really mean, anyway?), with large, sweaty, heaving bodies jumping all over the place and elbows all askew, raising their hands to give love to the SBX legend and all-round nice guy that consistently commands audiences with his sharp and witty tracks, which have earned him that legend status in his home state.
We’ve arrived at the precipice of this mountain, the main reason The Rosemount sold out and, in my opinion, a mind-blowing, words-can’t-describe, live set to leave the other so-called live-band ensemble headliners cowering behind their triangles and acoustic-do-dats. I will admit to being somewhat three-sheets-to-the-wind at this stage of the night, but that only enhanced the atmosphere in my opinion. I remember standing up the back near the cigarette machine, squashed in between Thorts, my best mate and many hundreds of other eager listeners, when Optamus bashed out their first track from their new, and destined to impress, LP entitled Forever and a Day. As soon as the back-up vocals of Moondog kicked in, I looked at Thorts, we raised our eyebrows and unanimously mouthed to each other, “Woah!”. I don’t think we underestimated the skill of front man Optamus, aka Bomb Scott, but we definitely were not expecting the beautifully symbiotic relationship between MC, back-up vocalist slash harmonica and bass player, and keyboard player to connect so soulfully to the barely-able-to-see section of the Rosemount, adjacent to the toilets, being trampled by drunken heads and drowned out by shouts of “fuck yeah!” and whatnot. Honestly. The depth, shading and soul of every word and key and rhyming couplet permeated the noisy, heaving crowd all the way to the back wall where we stood, and probably even further still. The set was foot-achingly long which I couldn’t help but be impressed by. For over an hour the trio busted out earthy and almost tactile tunes, including one memorable track featuring his SBX brethren that broke necks in the front row.
The night exploded to a finish and standing outside near the entrance, we watched the mass exodus of rowdy heads spew out onto the street and I couldn’t help but be impressed at how long they had all stayed the course. Often crowds expand and expire just as quickly, but this was such solid support from the local hip hop lovers and the rap-curious, that I’m quite certain no other show this year will top it. If I had a dollar, I’d bet on it.
- Kadyelle.
I was wrong.
Three years later I found myself having the great fortune of being married to a rather dope rapper, Thorts, and being able to join him on stage opening for what I am certain is the best show I have ever attended or been apart of. Optamus, a three-piece collective fronted by the man of the same name, aka Bomb Scott, launched the hell out of their new album Forever and a Day to a sold-out venue, jam-packed with hip hop heads soaking up the poignant prose, banging beats and electric atmosphere.
Arriving at the door at 9pm, I’m not sure what I was expecting, but to hear the dull roar of hundreds of people already inside definitely got the adrenalin pumping, hands shaking, knees knocking and various other body parts doing their thing also. Thorts and I opened the night with a 20 minute set along with DJ Silence, featuring four tracks from my brand new LP Earthworthy, and one track from Thorts’ 2009 release Bleeding Heart Muzik .It was by far the best crowd either of us have ever played to, which is testament to the massive following Optamus and his SBX fam have received over the many years their works have resonated in the ears and hearts of hip hop followers nation-wide. And once again the quality of the sound at the Rosemount was unsurpassed. This was a blessing for me, as I had once again been infected with tonsillitis, the same crappy affliction that cursed me when we opened for Muph & Plutonic. My mum says it’s psychological. I’m not so sure you can think pus into existence. Assuming the crowd could excuse my occasional squeakiness, the set went well and the response was, to quote myself, “fucking amazing”.
Straight up after our set were FreekStyles. In case you haven’t heard, Mx Axis, Chekid and Vengeance are three Perth locals who have been making themselves well known around the usual traps and are also joining Optamus on stage at the Bunbury, Busselton and Albany shows later in the month. They kicked off their set with their track “Hip Hop Heads”, followed by an appearance from guest vocalist Porsah Laine, who added a touch of femininity to the stage and displayed her natural ability on the mic with her haunting vocals. These guys are renowned for their energy on stage and hyped the crowd up to a banging finish with their track, “Rebuild”.
Speaking of energy, if you managed to miss the lads from Denmark (The West Australian town, not the country) known as Delta Forse, then you definitely missed out. These guys didn’t just make their mark on the stage, they slaughtered it entirely. Known singly as Yaegar, Paulie P, Jeremy and DJ Jamu, they come together to make Delta Forse and will be following Optamus down to Albany’s White Star Hotel to continue the launch of their album Greatest Hits on June 26th. Their colourful set brought diversity to the stage with live instruments such as the harmonica and flute, beatboxing, freestyles and improvisation. The highlight of the show came in the form of an improvised race between harmonica and Yaegar’s impressive beat box, culminating in a hectic fast-paced drum’n’bass style rhythm that brought the energy of the room to fever pitch. This mind-blowing live display of human instrument versus harmonica was one of the most talked about on-stage occurrences at the end of the evening. I also heard something about vagina headbutting. But that’s another story.
Following Delta Forse on stage was young Smiley and joining him on the mic was The Apprentice, with tricky turntablist DJ Jamu on the decks. This spriteful young fella has just released his debut solo full length LP entitled The Suspended Sentence through Firestarter Distribution, so you can grab yourself a copy from the usual places in Perth or anywhere that has a decent local hip hop section. This LP comes hot on the heels of his 2009 mixtape Junkyard Dog, which impressed many of the local heads and scored himself a tidy following indeed. If there’s something all of these lovely young men share, it’s a flair for smashing heads with tightly woven flows and sending the knees of ladies everywhere a-quivering. The confidence and self-awareness of each artist bursts out from behind the mics and I must admit I have learned a lot from all of them. Smiley is definitely among those begifted with an extraordinary stage presence. I first met Smiley back in mid-2009-ish when we both supported Ivens at The Velvet Lounge in Mount Lawley. Smiley ripped open the evening with his explosive on-stage hype, and I couldn’t help but think, shiiiit, we have to follow that! Though in person, Smiley seems somewhat subdued compared to his on-stage persona. Perhaps it is simply a Zen-like state that he falls in to… or maybe it’s just adrenalin. Either way, he puts a lid on that shit until he is ready to unleash it upon unsuspecting front-row faces. Umm, I didn’t mean that how it sounds. Smiley is lucky enough to be joining Optamus on his entire WA tour, with shows still to come in Bunbury, Busselton, Albany, Gerladton and Fremantle over June, July and August. Smiley and his off-sider, The Apprentice, kick started their set with a mash-up of tracks including a remix of AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell”. The lads also busted out a still-warm classic “Junkyard Dog”, as Smiley describes, “for nostalgic purposes”. Do I really need to describe the crowd for you? If you weren’t there, you’ll never know. Smiley finished his set with one of his new and heavier tracks, “Repeat Offender”. Keep an eye out on this young man, as anyone that was in attendance that night will tell you he absolutely slaughtered the set, and his new LP will be a must-have for all staunch Australian hip hop followers.
Featuring on stage for one night only was SBX stalwart, Hunter, who was joined onstage by Defyre. Hunter recently released his full length LP Monster House with DJ Vame and performed one track from the album, “Say a Prayer”. Hunter and Defyre opened the set with his classic track “Never Commit” and, as always, had the crowd in the palm of his hand as they echoed his sage advice: “Never commit the same crime twice, always be polite and nice…”, “Remember this, cunts, never commit more than one crime at once”. The third and last track for Hunts was “East Perth”, from the Hunter & Dazastah LP, Done DL. By this stage The Rosemount was packed in like sardines (what does that cliché really mean, anyway?), with large, sweaty, heaving bodies jumping all over the place and elbows all askew, raising their hands to give love to the SBX legend and all-round nice guy that consistently commands audiences with his sharp and witty tracks, which have earned him that legend status in his home state.
We’ve arrived at the precipice of this mountain, the main reason The Rosemount sold out and, in my opinion, a mind-blowing, words-can’t-describe, live set to leave the other so-called live-band ensemble headliners cowering behind their triangles and acoustic-do-dats. I will admit to being somewhat three-sheets-to-the-wind at this stage of the night, but that only enhanced the atmosphere in my opinion. I remember standing up the back near the cigarette machine, squashed in between Thorts, my best mate and many hundreds of other eager listeners, when Optamus bashed out their first track from their new, and destined to impress, LP entitled Forever and a Day. As soon as the back-up vocals of Moondog kicked in, I looked at Thorts, we raised our eyebrows and unanimously mouthed to each other, “Woah!”. I don’t think we underestimated the skill of front man Optamus, aka Bomb Scott, but we definitely were not expecting the beautifully symbiotic relationship between MC, back-up vocalist slash harmonica and bass player, and keyboard player to connect so soulfully to the barely-able-to-see section of the Rosemount, adjacent to the toilets, being trampled by drunken heads and drowned out by shouts of “fuck yeah!” and whatnot. Honestly. The depth, shading and soul of every word and key and rhyming couplet permeated the noisy, heaving crowd all the way to the back wall where we stood, and probably even further still. The set was foot-achingly long which I couldn’t help but be impressed by. For over an hour the trio busted out earthy and almost tactile tunes, including one memorable track featuring his SBX brethren that broke necks in the front row.
The night exploded to a finish and standing outside near the entrance, we watched the mass exodus of rowdy heads spew out onto the street and I couldn’t help but be impressed at how long they had all stayed the course. Often crowds expand and expire just as quickly, but this was such solid support from the local hip hop lovers and the rap-curious, that I’m quite certain no other show this year will top it. If I had a dollar, I’d bet on it.
- Kadyelle.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Some new sheisse to shove in ya membranes!
So, as life goes and things do whatever they do, some things change. Some of those changes are good, and some are bad. In this case, the change is excellent. I, Kadyelle, have joined the team of one to create a team of two, bringing you the real shit in cyber-interwebbing blog form. Coming up very soon is my interview with the lovely young Blunt from Aftershock (formerly known as Dyvers), typing words about their new release LP "So This Is Vandalism?". Hot on the heels of that interview is a little piece I've written about the horrendously awesome Optamus album launch at the Rosemount Hotel this past Saturday. So keep an eye to the screen and an ear to the scene, and if you encounter anything I should know about, if you want an album review, an event piece or review, get at me. Kadyelle@live.com.au, or you can find me on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/kadyelle.
Recently, like nearly 3 weeks ago, I kicked off my little WA album launch tour, headlining a show "Like Minded Artists" at the Velvet Lounge. Supporting me was Arms in Motion, DJ Silence, Delirious, Soma, Thorts and Cartoon Hell. Now, for those of you who don't know what's up, this show was put on by two of the most respected hip hop collectives in the state, The Community & Flow Lab. Diger Rokwell looked after the event and it served as a warm and intimate prelude to kicking off the Optamus album launch tour, which started for us (myself and Thorts) last Saturday night at the Rosemount. In case you haven't heard, my album is called "Earthworthy" and is out now, and available to purchase from me, and at our shows. Thorts has also recently released a free to download EP "Louder ACTIONS are NEEDED". All info on both of these releases are available down the page.
So, welcome to me (thanks!), hope to be entertaining you with some writtens for some time to come. Don't forget to get at me if you need some words. PEAS!
-Kadyelle.
Recently, like nearly 3 weeks ago, I kicked off my little WA album launch tour, headlining a show "Like Minded Artists" at the Velvet Lounge. Supporting me was Arms in Motion, DJ Silence, Delirious, Soma, Thorts and Cartoon Hell. Now, for those of you who don't know what's up, this show was put on by two of the most respected hip hop collectives in the state, The Community & Flow Lab. Diger Rokwell looked after the event and it served as a warm and intimate prelude to kicking off the Optamus album launch tour, which started for us (myself and Thorts) last Saturday night at the Rosemount. In case you haven't heard, my album is called "Earthworthy" and is out now, and available to purchase from me, and at our shows. Thorts has also recently released a free to download EP "Louder ACTIONS are NEEDED". All info on both of these releases are available down the page.
So, welcome to me (thanks!), hope to be entertaining you with some writtens for some time to come. Don't forget to get at me if you need some words. PEAS!
-Kadyelle.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Mixtape Tuesday Producer Battle
Attention Producers!!!
Rico is hosting a producer battle at the July Mixtape Tuesday. 2 x 1 minute rounds, Producer vs Producer showcasing their best creations. Crowd response is the judge.
Also make sure you get to Wireless Hill on the 20th of June for Outdoor MC Battles. Contact Rico (GGP) on Facebook for more info.
Rico is hosting a producer battle at the July Mixtape Tuesday. 2 x 1 minute rounds, Producer vs Producer showcasing their best creations. Crowd response is the judge.
Also make sure you get to Wireless Hill on the 20th of June for Outdoor MC Battles. Contact Rico (GGP) on Facebook for more info.
Tektonik and my lack of updates.
Hey all, I know it has been a little bit since I've been firing out updates. I have been really busy with life and exams so it hasn't been easy to put stuff up. I would like to give a shout out to Tektonik for getting at me with a new track. It hasn't been too easy to get content for the site but it is still getting there. Anyway you all would have heard the good news for our magazine The Secret's Out. I have a few more columns coming up in there. Covering Dialekt and also GGP (Mixtape Tuesdays @ The Newport).
Make sure you check this song and keep supporting Perth Hip Hop!
P.S, I apologize for all the dope shows I have been missing out on. I hope to see you all there more often in the short future.
Cheers,
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Upcoming Shows
Hey all, there are a few shows coming up that you should all check out. I am wrecked after a night shift and have a massive exam coming up tomorrow so I won't type out all the details. Check the pics and make sure you show up!
Check them out and get down there to support Perth Hip Hop!!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Dialekt - Lookin On Me (Featuring Ineffable) Video
Check out this new video from Dialekt.
It is a dedication to Heath Ledger so make sure you check it out.
Cheers,
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