Doing Alooooooooot 4 Me.

Rinse @ Cargo - Tommorow

I need to be here 2moz, i need a driver though i live wayyyyyyyyyy down the road, forget getting a train star!

PartyShankYouForAPenny.

Partyshank - Gary


I am starting to get into this electro game boy sounding music more and more, Partyshank and co-producer I Will Shank You For A Penny are a collective of Proucers who make Grime,Electro,Screamo Grindcore and Jungle music. Some people would categories them as indie kids who are jumping on this grime ting!, no they have worked with the likes of Skitz Beats and unlike Hadouken dont feel no way to say they rep the grime sound in the Nme. There names alone are madddd and there sound is even crazier but catchy you might actually like it...

www.myspace.com/partyshank
www.myspace.com/iwillshankyouforapenny

Hard Drive Vol 1 Launch Party

Hosted by Dirty Canvas @ Bar Rhumba on Monday 5th November this event is for Terror Danjah's new mixtape Hard Drive Vol 1 it is also Mz.Brattatatat's birthday (the original FWD skanka hold tight Tony Black and Captain aswell ha!). This should be a very big night as you can see from the line up....

Rihanna Feat Ne-yo - Hate That I Love You

As you might already know im a Garage man and you may be thinking what is jp doing posting this, but the truth is i like this tune right here and i know a few bre's like it aswell (dont lie mandem) its a catchy tune, i cant usually take US music like R&B, Hip Hop etc but every now and again some good tunes come out and i have to be real and say i like them. Its a slow jam for when with the ladies so its alot lol....

T2 Feat Jodie - Heartbroken

I have been checking Youtube for this video for time then i see it on Ms.Fiddy's blog 2day, i had to put it up though coz its a big look for Niche. T2 number 1????

Cassette Playa Garmentation.

AUTUMN / WINTER 0708






Cassette Playa is one of the UK's biggest streetwear designers to blow up this year with her iconic bleeding eye tee and neon coloured clothing. The likes of M.I.A,JME,Skepta,Ruff Sqwad,Afrikan Boy and others have all been seen rocking the nu-rave designers clothing.






You can buy from Dover St. Market , Kokon To Zai + Good Hood in London
Or if your from outside of the UK you can buy @

Side By Side - TOKYO,
Seven - NEW YORK,
Fruition - LV,
Ambush - SINGAPORE,
Surface To Air - PARIS,
Blackmarket - SWEDEN,
Vibskov - DENMARK.

ALSO ONLINE @ www.cassetteplaya.com

DA 'SPACE www.myspace.com/cassetteplaya

Skepta Album Launch Party Review.

Dirty Canvas the biggest Grime night in London hosted Skepta's Launch Party last friday at Cargo in east london, taking i had to travel 2 hours on the motorway i got there at 11.30 thats the que im talking about i didnt get into the venue until 12.15, the wait did alot for my back foot i aint gonna lie. Got in there now and Skeptatron was on stage murking the benga tune Night or what i call the Napa tune, everyone was going on sikkk skanking all over the place i was trying to take pictures but i just ended up shakin' out differently (therefore taking shite pics).Skepta also performed tracks from his album such as, In a Corner,Blood sweat and tears with Shorty and Jme (big up shorty on the reeeeeeload)it was then sho'time.
Maximum dropped in some Niche in the mix 'Heartbroken' and i think it was 'Why' both by T2 i was bussin gun fingers all over the globe. Then like after 30mins skepta was like last tune, i was like whaaaaaaat ,2'2's all the mandem came on stage Badness,Tempa T,Blacks,Jammer,Pres T,Frisco,Cgritz (who was on some next level skankage) Doctor,Gender,N.E and a few others and spat for another 35/40mins. All the mc's spat over RBX, that was the tune that got everyone on some next ipe' ting, i think that was the tune of the night. The main mc that duppied the whole thing was Mc Trigga from Shadow Demon he had everyone on the Drum and Bass vibe which did alot of things .It came time to handing over to Radiocit and Tempa T mashed up the microphone i caught joke. I think it finished too early because when Radioclit (who usually do alot) came on everyone dipped which was very deep i would be upset if i was about to dj and that happened...Then everyone was outside catching joke b4 going Minsitry of Sound , i was going to go with everyone but me and my people were not dressed for that so we went Mc'd's drive through and bought some food, Slew Dem man were waxing off some food aswell (raves get manaman hungry star). It was a good night overall, big up the Dirty Canvas camp aka David and Magic who are doing big things for the Grime scene.

Bassline Awards.

As It Is Tv have organized a Niche Bassline Awards Ceremony which is to be held on Friday 18th January @ Club Ice Westbury and will be hosted by The Media Honeyz,you have until 31st October to vote you can vote for anyone in the Bassline scene the categories are :

BEST DJ
BEST UP & COMING DJ
BEST PRODUCER
BEST UP & COMING PRODUCER
BEST MC/ARTIST
TRACK 2007
BEST PROMOTIONS

You can vote by txt to 07769746401
Or Message the Myspace www.myspace.com/brca2007

BOK BOK Old Skool Grime Mix

This is the old skool mix done by Bok Bok, i have been religiously listening to it everyday for the past 2 weeks it has all the old skool grime classics on there and itl bring back some memories trust me.

Subscribe to the Bloggariddims podcast series.
http://www.weareie.com/audio/blogariddims/Blogariddims.xml

Full tracklisting @ http://dot-alt.blogspot.com

MINDIE MINDIE MINDIE MINDIE MINDIE!

MINDIE RELOADS this Saturday and it is the return of the eclectic club night,featuring Grime,Rock,New Wave,Hip Hop,Indie and more. I recently joined Mindie to help with booking some of the best Grime and Niche Bassline acts out there. This event TEMPA T will be joining forces with Indie band DEVIL IN MISS JONES and will be doing an exclusive live Grindie performance. JTJ PRODUTIONS from Leicester will be dropping some Niche Bassline also, plus Street Violinist ADAGGIO, RATTUS RATTUS and alot more. So try make it down there you will enjoy it and it wont be the type of music you'll be use to hearing so be a bit open minded.

Saturday 27th October @ 93 Feet East 150 Brick Lane E1 GQL
7PM - 1AM / Free b4 8pm £6.00 After.

www.myspace.com/mindie_spreadit

Under 21's Rave In Northampton.

I just spoke to the promoter and he confirmed that SKEPTA will also be performing. Expect Niche from Twista DJ and Flexer aswell.

Faith SFX Has Got Competition On His Hands.

Dirty Canvas Pics.

The quality of these pics are terrible due to gun fingers getting bus all over the place forgive me .... full review up soon.

Blackstars Mixtape Review

Highly Rated crew features D.Dark, Xploder and Beckz and they also have affilites such as Skilla B,Mistri and Dj Gutman.The Blackstars mixtape is the latest effort from the crew it has some excellent production on there by the likes of Blackjack,DVA and D.Dark (who is a big producer i was surprised), there is a few female vocalists on there adding the r'n'g flavour such as Yasmin,Joci and Jasmin Lopez.I will be real there are quite a few Hip Hop tracks that i dont really expect from a grime mixtape BUT it is something i could deal with, its not that bait US style hip hop that some mcs out there are coming with,some of the best tracks on there are ones like: 'Fly away' feat. Xploder & Yasmin, 'Private' feat.D.Dark,
'First Time' feat.Beckz. It is an all over good mix cd something you can put in and chill out to which is hard to do with alot of grime, the artwork is alot aswell its proffesionally designed by Sketchyescy.We should really support acts like this there not all about guns and shanks they bring good vibes nothing wrong with all that talk coz its real at the end of day, but every now and again you want to chill out to grime and not feel angry.

The mixtape its out now. www.ukrecordshop.com

www.myspace.com/highlyratedteam
www.myspace.com/sketchyescy

Dubplate Drama - LIVE On Westwood

Part 1

Part 2


Big Narstie is a joker.
Catch Dubplate Drama Every Thursday @ 12.35 Channel 4

T2 - We Salute You.

T2 (Heartbroken) Producer i think has broke a world record this year in the UKG charts, the tune 'Heartbroken' is now at its 23rd Week in the charts and his tune 'Why' is at number 3 aswell, from being a bedroom producer to having tunes getting signed he definatly has done alot for the Niche Bassline scene. With all his L DOUBLE E D S peepz backing him im sure he will be even bigger next year.

Catch my Niche article in the next issue of Super Super Magazine.

www.myspace.com/t2musicbassline

Singing With The Enemy - Grime vs Berlin Rock.

Just finished watching Singing With The Enemy on BBC3 and it was actually big this week, it was featuring Peckham Grime Crew 'Lyrically Scard'who had to join up with a Brighton Berlinesked style/Rock band the 'Dirty Cakes',as you will see on this episode the Mc's are straight road man and they had to join musical forces with 3 Homosexual men and at first the mandem dont take to it to well, that is until they have to work together and perform in front of people at Cafe de Paris London, i think the styles worked together well in the end but i will be real i wouldnt want this to ever come out on release or anything but it was good for what it was lets say. Lyrically Scard tried their best to show the positive side of grime, although there were a few bits that didnt represent grime music in its best light they did it justice all in all proving to the non grime people out there that its not all about gun and shank talk...

Repeat on BBC3 Mon 15 Oct 1:55 - 2:55 or / Tue 16 Oct 21:00 - 22:00 when most people are awake.

www.myspace.com/lyricallyscard

Skepta Album Launch Party.

Knowing Dirty Canvas it will be a Grime Packed night.
www.myspace.com/dirtycanvas

Bring Back The Old Skool....GRIME.

Is it me or has the quality of grime bangers gone down a bit since like 05/06 if you think how grime was when it came out it was fresh and the quality of the beats and bars were on top form as you will see from the video above, but nowadays there isnt alot of good grime out there in the clubs,realistacally there have been about 5 grime bangers this year of which Skepta must of produced about 2,Maniac has had a few aswell and like the garage charts have just had Skepta's stageshow riddim that has hanged in there really, now to just have like 1 or 2 grime bangers i dont think is acceptable especially when the scene is still very young, look how much good stuff there was back in the Nasty Crew,SLK,Meridian days to now?. Now im not talking about mixtapes im talking about club banger's, chart top tunes, the mixtape quality has been good still ....come on producers bring the grime bangers back in the clubs. There are alot of Niche tunes out there which i am feeling still but im a grime man and would love to see it getting back into the raves a bit more. Eskimo Beats always get me moving in the rave play that all night i would be happy lol. When you hear Bok Bok's Old Skool Grime mix CD you will know why i wrote this it has all the big grime tunes from back in the day, i will update you when it is out on release.

As It Is Tv - Bassline Rumble Footage.

Bassline Rumble was held on the 5th October it was a roadblock event alot of people got turned away because inside was so packed now thats big. As it is tv camp doing massive things for the Niche Bassline scene.

www.myspace.com/asitistvraves

Thankyou Super Super.

Yesterday i went to the Super Super Headquarters to have a meeting with the big bosses to see if i could work with them and everyone there was so safe, i got offered to write for them brap brap!....so catch me writing about all things underground in the next issue.

This month issue is out now featuring an interview with Tinchy Stryder by the biggest girl in the game Ms.Chantelle Fiddy, you also get a free mix cd by tapedeck who put some grime on there fe dem.

www.myspace.com/thesupersuper

Amy Winehouse Is Big In The Manner ....(what?)

Valerie - Baby J Remix


I know the tugs love Amy Winehouse aswell dont lie now, you no say when her tune comes on in the clubs you know all the words ha ha......

Skinnyman Is On This Tingggg.

Skinnyman is one of the best known rappers in the uk, from when Council Estate Of Mind came out thats when i thought this geezer is alot like, he's got bars, I have been following his career since then but im not really a Hip Hop man so i kinda got a bit bored until i heard his new tune Smoking Ban on Logan Sama's show, i never thought it was Skinnyman at first i truly thought it was some new grime mc till i listened a bit longer then i knew thats skinnymans flow its bait, it caught my attention because the production is on point and most important of all it sounds GRIMEY. He is bringing out a new album 'Council Estate Of GRIME' which i think will be good because he does alot on Grime beats still...the only thing is i think he needs to be a bit more clued up on the grime scence as a whole but true say he's new to the grime ting he'l get a bligh.

Listen Back to Skinnyman on Logan Sama's Show www.whatson.com/kiss100
www.myspace.com/mcskinnyman

It's That Grimetime Again.

It looks like The Movement are moving i see they are getting more and more bookings which is good look for them. Catch Scorcher and Wretch 32 also Faction G at Vice's Mumdance Event this Friday at the Old Blue Last 8-1.30...and its free (freeness is always good)

Also on the same night....



7yearGlitch are always clashing people but this event looks good still, ruff sqwad will murk it as usual. This event will be held at Cargo 8-3, free b4 9, 10 pounds after.

Tinchy Stryder - Mainstream Money Video

This is the lastest efforts from Tinchy Stryder, this track is produced by east london producer Maniac who is doing big things in this grime thing aswell. I like this video because it looks real it looks like it was shot in the bits aswell still so its a good look, nothing wrong with the polished videos though but every now and again people need to see the realness aswell. Big up Slix + Co bussin the pink garms and white pearls they done alot, is that the in ting now ye?

www.myspace.com/tinchystryder
www.myspace.com/maniacpro

Jstar Interview - Grime or Niche Mc?

Jstar is a 22 year old Mc from the midlands who is currently mashing up the Niche Bassline Scence at the moment with bookings at every other niche dance you see, so course i had to see what the deal is...

Jstar what endz you from?
wollaton, nottingham

What was it like growing up in them endz?
it was alright uno not 2 bad still...

What was your fam tumping in the stereo system when you where growing up?
buju banton,beres hammond,garnet silk etc

Alright so what got you into music then?
well basically ive always had a strong love 4 music as a kid i wanted 2 be a footballer didnt make it in that so music was my only other choice and what i was good at...

Ok so what point did you decide like ye im on this music ting?
well basically i linked up with general a member now of ng cartel ..he was already in a group called pureinspiration crew which was a garage crew he wanted me 2 join coz i was basically killing it on the mic at house partys, carnival etc so i just got onit from then...

How old was you when you joined the pureinspiration crew did you fit in well?
I was about 16 years old when i joined, ye i did fit in well as i already knew most of the members.

What music was you invloved in making at that time?
Grime and abit of Hip hop

Ok lets talk grime then how did you like that sound when it first came out?
Well it was alot different 2 garage i think alot deeper but i liked it...

How was the grime sound recieved in nottingham was everyone on it?
Yes they where and Hip Hop

Alright so when did the Niche thing hit nottingham?
well i was listening 2 niche years ago really so ages ago id say

What was it about the sound that attracted you to start spitting on it?
just the hype and the different sounds of the basslines plus its different.. better vibes in the raves also.

Would you say it reminded you of the Old Skool Garage days then?
Ye most definatly

So know the Niche scene is growing how do you see it being in say a year or 2?
massive hopefully like garage in its prime

You have worked with alot of big names in the scence like Mr.v etc how has that been for you?
its big, really good being thrown in at the deep end with somem very big names Mr.v is 1 of my mates from back in the day went school with him its been good..

What tune have you had the most love from coz i know ''I want you'' does alooooooot in a rave lol?
You no what its either ''ur not ready'' my 1st bassline tune with mrv or ''i want u''

This is the BIG question i wanted to ask are you a grime mc or a niche mc?
bwoyyyyyyyyy,lol,i cant really say am both can i...lets say i am a grime mc but locking down the 4x4...

Standard lol...

Do you have a mixtape coming out at all soon?
yeah 'Welcome 2 My World Vol One' will be out b4 christmas.

What can fans expect on that?
Basically volume 1 is a mix of grime,4x4,hip hop and abit of dnb

And where can people catch you playing out coz your everywhere lol?
catch me playing out on the local park lol
lol..
catch me at bassline raves all over the country not at silly promoters raves though if you dont book jstarmann you really dont no what ya missing!!!

Check out Jstar's tunes and where to catch him out in the rave.
www.myspace.com/itsjaystarman

As It Is Tv Event.

Bassline Royal Rumble is the latest event from the As It Is Tv camp which is to be held @ The Warehouse Club in Leeds Friday 5th October be there!!!
www.myspace.com/asitistvraves


What to expect? Something like this = Pure Showaaaaness.

Nu Rave Nu Rave Nu Rave!!!

These nu rave garmz are currently the one for me at the moment its all about the bright colours still you will see everyone from M.I.A and The Coconut Twins to Skepta and Ruff Sqwad dropping some nu rave garmentation.It does alot in the club trust me i am talking from experience.


A Buzzta Original made especially for me
Check her out www.myspace.com/buzzzzzzta


Afrikan Boy Bussin some Cassette Playa
www.cassetteplaya.com


Some next looking Nike trainers
www.triads.co.uk



Grime man are on dis ting aswell,Logan is shotting these off on ebay still
www.ebay.co.uk

Tim And Barry - Badderman Photographers

Tim and Barry are the biggest grime photographers out there working closely with the likes of Jammer and Slew Dem to name a few,they have been taking photos of the best known and not well known artists in the grime scene for years which i think is good, giving the unknown artist a chance ,they have also worked with the likes of M.I.A and Rio Ferdanand aswell which shows they are the real deal , this video is from the JC/DC Project in Paris, the desinger of JC/DC - Jean Charles de Castelbajac is the realest clothes desinger out there, man knows about grime and his garmz are doing it. Like its proper designer but you can drop it like its ghetto you know them ones, he's aloooot.

Tim And Barry www.myspace.com/timandbarry
JC/DC www.myspace.com/rockmantic