BUTTERZ TV

Terror Danjah guesting on Butterz TV with Elijah and Skilliam dropping some new material, check it out here
http://verybutterz.blogspot.com/2009/11/butterz-tv-episode-2.html

Download the audio here
http://www.sendspace.com/file/582l6r

DUNNO IF THIS IS A PR STUNT OR WHAT

CHIPMUNK has made a very public cry for help - leaving suicide threats on Twitter.

Whether he really meant it or not, the poor lad is not in a good place. He has burnt himself out. It's sad news.

Chip posted the disturbing Tweets over the weekend. First he said: "I wanna die." Later he asked: "Is suicide easy?"

The young rapper pulled out of last night's Modern Warfare 2 video game launch and the Tweets have been taken down.

He's now getting some much needed rest with his family in north London.

A pal said Chip had been pushed too hard. Bear in mind he's only 18 and found himself catapulted to fame this year, hitting No1 last month with Oopsy Daisy.

His spokesman said: "Chipmunk has been working incredibly hard, which has taken its toll.

"Management have agreed to cancel all upcoming appearances to give him some much needed time off."

I've met Chip a few times and he's been charming, upbeat and bright. But I spoke to him a few weeks ago and he was withdrawn and quiet. Now we know why.

Years ago a young artist would have slowly developed their career. But today they are thrown straight into things.

Let's hope Chipmunk can now take control and do things on his own terms.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2721670/Chipmunks-suicide-threat-on-Twitter.html#ixzz0WUPh4pIg

THANK YOU SUN GOD

What a wicked weekend! The three things that made it so good alongside good friends were:

THE SHOW MUST GO ON...

With the Clash of the Titans being cancelled, this has been swiftly organised for this weekend...and walking distance from my yard, bonus!

DAMN!!!

Dont even know where to start on this one, crazy! I was just recording on a couple Maniac beats last week too
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2701904/Rapper-faces-jail-for-plotting-to-kill-pregnant-ex-girlfriend-15-with-friend.html

NEW MIX FROM JERMZKI

THE TABLES ARE CHURNING

TRACKLIST

1.IAN BROWN - SISTER ROSE (VARIOUS PRODUCTIONS REMIX)
2. 18 BIT – JUMP
3. GIANT - DRUMSTIK
4.??
5.TROLLEY SNATCHER – THE FUTURE
6 JAKES – ROCK THE BELLS
7. TROLLEY SNATCHER – SCATTAH
8. CASPA – FOR THE KIDS
9. RUNGE KUTTA AND D-THEORY – DO KUNG FU
10.OSC - BLESS UP
11. SMILE ON IMPACT – STOP (BARRON VON ROTTON REMIX)
12 CASPA – I BEAT MY ROBOT
13. AUSTIN SPEED – FULL CLIP
14. EDDIE K – THE SHIVERS
15. ILL GATES & MEESHA – IRMA VEP (TRILL BASS REMIX)
16. STEREO TYPE – SHOCK! (NERO REMIX)
17.TONY ANTHEM & AXL ENDER – FOXY LADY
18. FAST EDDIE – YO YO GET FUNKY (CHRISSY CHRIS REMIX)
19. MAGIC MASH – CONTINUE
20. ROB SPARX - INDEPENDANT LIFE (EL-B REMIX)
21. CLOUDS – UNDER THE DANCING FEET
22. BLACK CANVAS – WE FEAR NOT
23. QUANTOM OF SOL – LONG TIME (RUCKSPIN REMIX)
24. COTTI – EAT DIRT
25. SKREAM – TRAPPED IN A BLUE BUBBLE
26. TRG – HOODS UP
27. ZOMBIE – ONE SPLIFF A DAY
28. AKIRA KITESHI – PINBALL
29. SUKH KNIGHT – COP KILLAH
30. UZUL – RUMBLE INNA STATION (SKREAM REMIX)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AO0TY3AJ

DONT JUMP!!!

Yep its that time again, Westgate Bridge party time! As with last time its a not very well kept secret, but guaranteed to be fucking immense! I was very sceptical of the last one as it was the first illegal outside party i had been to in Australia and seeing how the authorities can be pretty killjoy about things over here i thought its bound to be A) not very good, B) just full of wastepeople and C) gonna get locked off as soon as the first system fires up, but no i was proven wrong on all acounts. A load of us went down and had a heavy time. This one looks to be even better with 9 systems each bringing different sounds and with Wu-Tang on earlier in the night this is gonna be the main draw for the after party (for anyone that has some self respect at least and dont wanna roll down to some boojy Chapel St venue)...and its Halloween so expect a load of Vampiresses etc

All kicks off at 9pm under The Westgate, Port Melbourne side
Big up Subbass!

A COUPLE OF BIG'UNS

If you're a dubstep fan living in Melbourne and you've not heard of whats happening on New Years Day then you must be lost. Myself, Afficks + A13 have just been added to the bill(too late for the flyer) alongside possibly the biggest line-up Australia has seen ever ever ever! 2 rooms, its gonna be fucked in there!!!


But before all that madness we got dons Tes La Rock and Cotti at Nightowl. I'm very much looking fwd to hosting this one, Cotti when he came out last year was one of the gigs of the year!

HEADING SOUTH

I'll be flying down to Adelaide on Saturday, playing at Thebarton Theatre in the evening. If you're in town, come on down!

I'M DONT MC, ITS JUST A HOBBY

ZING ZING ZOOM, THATS HOW I TRAVEL!!!

Yep, i know i posted about the new Big H cd, 'Street Crime Uk', a few posts below, but at that point i'd only skimmed thru it briefly. Since then its been on non-stop rotation (along with the new Ghostface) and i gotta say this CD is dumb!!! I'm normally someone who just listens to radio sets and random tunes 'cos most album just dont grab me, but fuck me this is some madness!!! Obviously its full of coke and murder talk, but he does it in such a way that i just cant get bored of it, menacing and funny all at the same time. For me the standouts are 'Mainstream', 'Alone', Coke Cola' and 'Whitewash'. You gotta go grab this CD, which you can do right here http://www.ukrecordshop.com/item/big-h-street-crime-uk.html

You get the feeling his extracurricular activities are gonna have a say in him putting out more releases, but lets hope not!

NINE HIGH ON RADIO

video of me, Scotty and Felz on the Top Billin' show a couple of months back

UPCOMING

Not got any flyers to hand, i dont even know all the venue's, but here's some shows coming up i'm playing at. If they're in your town try and reach:

Adelaide, Thebarton theatre, Saturday 24th October

Melbourne, The Palace, Friday 6th November

Hobart, Brisbane Hotel, Friday 13th November (yeah really looking fwd to flying on Friday the 13th!)

Melbourne, Too Much @ The Night Owl with Cotti (UK) + Tes La Rock (FL), Saturday 14th November

Adelaide, Friday 4th December

There's talk of me and Afficks playing Hobart at a grime/dubstep night in December as well, just waiting on confirmation

GRIMEBITCH CLOSED DOWN!!!

What a load of shit! Seems a few artists were catching too many feelings and record company pressure seems to have forced the closure of grimebitch which for me was some of the funniest shit i've read in a looong time. It wasnt even like it was just pure gunning people either, it was intelligent gunning : )

I reckon it probably had more than a little bit to do with Chipmunk above. The youngster was getting parred left, right and centre and all deservedly so. If you're a yout going on a like a big man and basically boying off the whole scene that birthed you then dont be surprised when there's a backlash...anyways, well done on your Mobo Chippy, hope it was worth the the P's you're label spent on it!

THANK FUCK ITS FRIDAY!!!

Yep, i've still been slacking hard on posts recently despite saying i was gonna step it up. Blame it on too many late nights followed by entire days watching dvd's. While on the subject of watching stuff, i watched this documentary below last night which i saw on Louie Knuxx's blog and would definitely recommend it.

This guy has spent bare time taking snaps and film around the lower Eastside of NY, they surely need some sort of museum for it all i swear down! Its a really interesting watch and if i was better with words i'd say something profound about how he's managed to document a period in time that will never be repeated and how the world is changing for the the worse etc etc, but someone else will do it better than me...anyways, watch it, its big!
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/captured/">WATCH HERE


There's been bare things happening recently, not least last weekendS epic Heavy Innit!! at Hi Fi bar. Absolutely rammed, all the dj's tore it down, crowd was on a madness, i was in a state by the end of it, its all good! There's a few things coming up which i will try and post about, but before i forget, tomorrow night Raiden from back where i'm from will be doing a one-off totally free gig along with Lex, Johnny Hoves, Xehpa, Killswitch and more at a warehouse/factory in Maribnyong, right next to Highpoint. Raidens gonna be on early in case the cops show up, so i'd get there earlyish (not least because its gonna be a roadblock!)

SMS 0418187409 for location details either tonight or tomorrow morning

QUESTIONS FOLLOWED BY ANSWERS - JERMZKI

So as I’m getting nearer to the completion of my new CD I’m gonna try and get a few Q&A’s with some of the people I’ve been working with.

First up is a guy from Canberra going by the name of Jermzski who’s been making some killer grime beats! Since I’ve been in Australia I’ve been searching high and low for producers making grime with not much luck until my boy Diem played me a CD of some of Jermzski’s beats and I was blown away that there was some dude over in Canberra of all places making such heat. I managed to link with him while I was in Canberra for a show a little while back and we’ve been speaking back and forth and getting some stuff underway. So far I’ve got two of his bangers on the CD, one just myself and one with the rest of Smash Brothers featuring…anyways, lets get this started.


First up state your name and location

Juzlo Jermzki! originally from Canbreezly, now residing in Sydney!

So how long have you been producing for now and what equipment are you running?

I have been dabbling in produkka now for 8 years! shit! but only really been taking it more seriously for the past 3 years.
I be using, Orion Platinum, Pro tools, Fl studio, Sound forge, behringer truth b3031a monitos, native instruments audio kontrol 1, 1200 technics.

Did you start off on the dubstep/grime thing and what was it that first got you interested in it?

Yeah started off on the 2-step/garage thing, so picked up on crews like Blazing squad, Fire camp, DJ EZ, So Solid, but I remember it was so hard to find anything of the sort out here. At the same time I was getting into the jungle/dnb thing, wasn’t until Dizzee done ‘Boy in da corner’ that I got more exposure and started digging hard to find more of the grime thing and it was such a breath of fresh air from the over saturated hip hop that I was listening to, few of my mates got into it as well and we'd just share and feed info off each other and haven’t looked back since..
the beats and energy of it all got me into it..

What other producers out right now are you feeling?

Thunderclaps, J.F.L.O.W.S, Two Fingers, Blazin beats, Skream, D Bridge, Calibre, Break, 16 bit... I could go on all day..

What about MC’s

ahh with Ozzies gotta go Diem, Hyjak, Trials, Hau
with brits - old Eski, Ghetto, Riko, Trimski, Scratch, Dogzilla, Discarda, Money Man,
i could go on all day....

Is there any sort of scene happening where you live?

The dubstep scene is absolutely vibing here at the moment, hip hop is pretty concrete as well, grimes a bit held down people just dont know, but its like a slumbering giant and I’m drawing all over its face so it'll awaking soon and be really pissed off...

What have you been working on recently and what have you got in the pipeline?

ahh hopefully more Smash Bros shit in the future!, done a beat for Swarmy G, i've been working on some new dubstep, and some new tracks with Centaspike, and basically just building up the grime scene in Oz..

If you could work with any 4 mc’s who would they be?

Diem, Ghetto, Tempa T, RikoDan

Finally, any shouts?

Mila, Heavy Breddas klick!, Drok universe, Blud shot Bronz, No prints Donny, Kine, Oskay, Anfo D, Real Dealio, Heavy D, Esti,the youngins,J1, TJS, 4thups, brendilinio, tidy, ricki, AJ, Mugs.

http://www.myspace.com/kilojulz

FINALLY!!!

One of the most anticipated grime releases in recent memory is finally out! People have been hyping on this year for tiiiiiiiime! I've only heard a couple tracks so far and they were crazy! Think i'll be rinsing this release all Summer! Get it now and see why Big H is so revered in this scene right here
Grab here
http://www.uptownrecords.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5163
or here
http://www.ukrecordshop.com/item/big-h-street-crime-uk.html
or iTunes...

MORE WOBBLE

Yes i've been a slack bastard lately with posting, but got bare stuff to get up here which i will hopefully sort out this weekend...anyways, after last months fucking huuuge Wobble 2nd birthday we're back next weekend with a back to the old school special with a massive line up, seriously massive!

DJ's:

TROOPER
ONELC
SEAN
FINNA
DOPEBEAT
DUST
FIEND
FENTON
FIKUSS
SKILLS
DANNIELSON
CUBIST
AC23
SPINFX

MC's:

WASP
FRAKSHA
SCOTTY HINDS
CYPHER
DVS

DAYS LIKE THIS

http://www.dayslikethis.com.au/
Now i'm not the biggest fan of Sydney, which probably has more to do with never staying longer than 24 hours in the city and not having a local showing me around, the last time i was there for a gig in Bondi saw me wandering completely lost in the CBD looking for a footlocker for a far too long! Gigs are always fun though and everyone is always hospitable, shouts to Vame and Dizz1 in particular...anyway, back on topic. I'm a big festival fan, not much better than lazing about in the sun, drinking with friends and listening to good music so i'm very much looking fwd to festival season.

So a lot of people have been going on about how sick this one in Sydney called 'Days like this' which apparently last year was real heavy, so a few of us have decided to make the trip over for it this year, you should too! Roots Manuva and Mayer Hawthorne are gonna be the highlights for me i reckon...or you could just spend the money on a Summerdayze ticket instead and take a load of GBH and K
http://www.dayslikethis.com.au/

GRIME BITCH

Grime fans, you need to check this new blog, proper jokes!!! Chipmonk getting parred left right and centre, Lee Brasco and Professor Green take funny hits too
http://grimebitch.blogspot.com/

Skepta - Always ready?

Cut + Paste Volume One – Mixed By OrdioKid

Nice varied looking mix from OrdioKid

1. Sound of Kuduro : Buraka Som Sistema ft. Dj Znobia, M.I.A, Saborosa & Puto Prata
2. 26 Basslines : Benga
3. Head Get Mangled : Newham Generals
4. Golly Gosh : Sticky
5. I Can See You : Crazy Titch
6. Kinda Funky : DJ Zinc
7. Migraine Skank : Gracious K
8. Speakerbox VIP : Beatfreaks
9. Duppy : Skepta ft. Various Artists
10. Pulse X : Musical Mobb
11. Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes : K.I.G Family
12. Eastern Jam (DZ Remix) : Chase & Status
13. Cha (Vocal) : Plastician
14. Transmission : TNT
15. All The Cash : Mumdance Remix
16. Work That Rewire : Buraka Som Sistema
17. Dollar Sign : Sticky ft. Lady Stush
18. Oskillator: Skream
19. Bonkers (Doorly Remix) : Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden
20. Mr. Muscle Hype : Dj Cable vs Tempa T vs Rusko
21. Calous : Skream
22. Where's My Money Remix : Caspa
23. Too Many Man : Skepta ft. Boy Better Know
24. Siren : Hard House Banton
25. Forward 2 : Lethal Bizzle ft. Various Artists

grab it here http://www.sendspace.com/file/e6c7wn

WHAT FRAKSHA DID NEXT...

So now that the NINE HIGH album has been out a few months its time to move on to the next project. I know Felony has been busy working on new stuff with Loco and should have a cd ready very soon, Scotty is not too far off from finishing his follow up to 'Fuck you Bars' with is his next mix-cd which i believe is gonna be called 'Points of View' and myself, well i've been eating a lot!

Nah for real, i have been eating a lot (thank you fast metabolism), but as well as that i've been writing and working towards my first solo release which i've decided is going to be completely free! I've totally become disillusioned with the music industry and for a little while it just started to not be fun anymore which completely goes against why me and most other people got into this in the first place. So while i'm very happy (keep 'em coming) to get paid for bookings, i'd much rather just be able to give my music away for free and allow more people to enjoy if its thing rather than constantly getting in a stress about this and that. Time to embrace downloading etc rather than bitch and moan, we're all guilty of it at some point anyway!

So...my first solo release is starting to take shape, about ten tracks done that i've been recording with Melbourne dubstep/grime/glitch DJ Afficks. It will be the first release to feature new crew Smashbrothers which is myself, Scotty Hinds, Murky Depths and Diem and will be pretty groundbreaking i suppose for Australia as as far as i'm aware there has not been any releases over here yet featuring MC-led grime and dubstep. In fact i'm not sure there's anyone else in the country other than Smashbrothers doing this thing. Just in case you're not aware of the other members i'll give you a quick run down...

If you know NINE HIGH then you know Scotty Hinds basically. One third of the crew alongside myself and Felony and a resident at Wobble each month with me and AC23.
Diem and Murky Depths, longtime boys from Canberra originally, but been here for time. Murky Depths (previously known as Ming Mers), a former member of Hospice Crew and Diem (Hired Goons / Hospice) are both revered as being amongst the best lyricists in the country and there's been much anticipation about releases from the two of them. Now that we're all joined as Smashbrothers shits gonna be pretty fucking epic, look out for the eventual Smashbrothers release.

Production wise its been hard to find producers in Australia doing the sort of beats i've been after, but luckily i've managed to run into some heavyweights who've blessed me with some bangers! Obviously Afficks (Heavy Innit!!) does his thing (we've shot a video for the first release already), then we got well respected dubstep cat Spherix (Sub-continental dub), my boy from England Loco (Ghetts/Killa P), a massively talented guy from Canberrra called Jermz, UK ex-pat and now Melbourne based Youthful Implants (Future Perfect), and another highly talented guy from Perth called J Nitrous. I've also got a remix coming from Melbourne dancefloor smasher Mat Cant (http://scattermish.blogspot.com/) which i'm real looking forward to hearing 'cos it'll be something very different to what i would normally do i reckon!

I totally forgot to mention above so i'll do it here, but while i was in England last month we (NINE HIGH) recorded a brand new mixtape which is being mixed down as we speak. We're gonna stick that out for free as well as a 5 track E.P featuring production from M-Phazes, Loco and Stat-D.

So a few nice things to look forward too!

LAST ONE FOR THE YEAR!!!

Not long to go now till Heavy Innit!! rounds off the year in style. Definitely hyped for this one and looking fwd to getting back on stage at the Hi Fi, one of my favourite Melbourne venues...also look out for the Summer Innit!! parties at a park near you!

WOBBLE - 2ND BIRTHDAY - MADNESS!!!

I'm just about getting over the stupidness that was Wobble's 2nd Birthday on Saturday. Without a doubt the best one yet, sound was perfect, mics were crisp, places was absolutely fucking rammed!!! Thanks once again to everyone who came down and went mental til 7am, big up all the dj's and mc's, particularly Afficks, A13 and Same-o whose sets we sprayed over and lastly massive shouts to Cubist for all his hard work over the last 2 years!
Photo's courtesy of Lucie, Cam, DVS and myself...

NINE HIGH - COOKOUT

Totally forgot to post out new video! Anyway, this is the vid for 'Cookout (Mphazes rmx). Shouts to Prad and Deep Creative. Now go grab the album if you aint already!

DEVLIN - COMMUNITY OUTCAST

Very very sick new video for this older tune
devlin - c

BAD BOY, NOT GOING GYM AGAIN...

Massive set from OG'z and friends...all about Trim tho!!!

WOBBLE - 2ND BIRTHDAY

You must be out of your tree if you dont come along to Wobble this Saturday night. Two years strong and counting, this Saturday is the 2nd birthday event and its gonna be a mad one for sure. What other nights can boast 2 years down and still absolutely rammed crowds every month. Seriously, if you've never been make sure you get down early to get in, its gonna be stupid!!! Me and Scotty are on 12-2 with A13 and AC23 spinning. Heartical Hi Fi on the sounds, gonna be mucky!!!

DJ's:

CUBIST
AC23
SPINFX
HOOVES
MYST
SAFIRE
A13
AFFICKS
CAMMO
C:1
SAMEO

MC's:

LOWQUI
WASP
FRAKSHA
SCOTTY HINDS
CYPHER
HARZEE
DVS

PRESSURE DROP

Next week is gonna be one of the very last times to skank out at Laundry before it turns into some bullshit boojy venue (from what i've heard its gonna be), so come down to Pressure Drop and get ya skank on! Its Bonnita's birthday too, so it'll be suitably messy!

BLOCK PARTY TIME!!!

Yep its that time of year again, Block Party time. All your favourite Obese crew on one lineup. I'll be playing at the shows in Melbourne, Adelaide and Hobart along with Reason. Never been to Tassie yet so really looking forward to Hobart, heard the crowds go mental over there. Adelaide as normal will be shockingly messy!

Hit up the site for ticket details etc http://www.obeserecords.com

LONDON HANDSTYLES

“London handstyles is a full colour 160 page book with over 800 images documenting some of London’s finest tags from the 80’s through to the present day. Also featured in the book are words, quotes and legendary tales from London’s most notorious and prolific writers including Sub, Sham, Diet, Drax, Merok, Dzia, Zomby, Regret, 2 kold, Panik, 10 Foot plus many more.

With the clean up operation now well under way, sadly you can no longer see the work of London’s most infamous writers… …this book allows you never to forget.”
GRAB IT HERE http://www.londonhandstyles.com/