Thursday, December 30, 2010

KNOWLEDGE MAG LAUNCHES IT'S "UNSIGNED" COMPETITION


We want to help up-and-coming producers get their music heard so we're launching a monthly competition for unsigned tracks. If you want to enter all you have to do is submit your track/s to the SoundCloud groups we'll create each month. The group for January 2011 is here.

In early February the Knowledge writing team will choose their favourite and the producer of the winning track will get a SoundCloud Pro account for a year, an interview on the Knowledge site and the track will be played on the Knowledge podcast for March. Two runners-up will receive a a SoundCloud Lite account for a year.

Please only submit tracks influenced by the genres we cover on the Knowledge site: drum & bass, dubstep, hip hop, breaks and electronica.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Wu-Tang Clan's RZA Breaks Down His Kung Fu Samples by Film and Song

Kung-fu's influence on hip hop has been around since the '70s, when B-boys busted Bruce Lee moves while break-dancing. But in 1993, gritty rap supergroup the Wu-Tang Clan released Enter the Wu-Tang (36-Chambers), the first chart-topping album to kick up raw rhymes with dialog sampled from underground Hong Kong flicks. The Wu has since sold nearly 6 million albums, all featuring snippets from producer RZA's personal collection of action imports — which boasts more titles in the genre than the Library of Congress. "The people who made these movies didn't know how much one sentence could inspire," says RZA, who also scored Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill saga and other films. In December, the Clan's eight remaining members (RIP, ODB) reunite for their fifth release, The 8 Diagrams. RZA gave WIRED the dope on Wu-Tang's cinematic source material and sounded off on a selection of rare movie clips.
Wu-Tang Clan's RZA Breaks Down His Kung Fu Samples by Film and Song

Friday, December 10, 2010

CHILI BANKS - THROW SOME HYPER D'S ON IT - LIVE @ JUNGLEDUB 2010 LAST CHOOOOOOOON

So it's 3am after the lights are turned on and the people are clearing I throw on one more tune. :) Some Chili Banks business. I miss the UK. :(


FOLLOW JUNGLIST MANIFESTO ON SOUNDCLOUD

Mad crazy new dubs from CHILI BANKS & SIXTEENARMEDJACK up! Latest tracks by junglist manifesto

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

VOTE FOR TORONTO PRODUCER STRANJAH'S SICK REMIX OF METRIC'S "FRONT ROW"

Support Stranjah and vote for his remix of Metric's song "Front Row". Stranjah is a sick Toronto Producer forthose who don't know. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/33916