Beats People Movement

Beats People Movement* in association with Sick Disco! and Dubstep Alliance Aotearoa are proud to bring international guest SAMIYAM to Auckland

SAMIYAM (USA)

REPRESENTING:

BRAINFEEDER / HYPERDUB / POO-BAH RECORDS / ALL CITY RECORDS

A master of the shimmering, synthetic and rhythmically stunted, Brainfeeder/Hyperdub affiliate Samiyam’s can be defined artistically by relationships. Firstly, with music, secondly, with the intensely talented modern beat musicians (Flying Lotus, The Gaslamp Killer, Ras G etc) he moves with in both the L.A. of the real world and the uniquely spiked L.A. of the internet…

A kid whose parents could only punish him for being naughty by confiscating his boombox, Samiyam also remembers being affected by the music of Michael Jackson and recounts singing along to the big tunes and mimicking MJ’s dance moves in the mirror at age six. Captured by Hip-Hop in his teens (“I really got into dudes like DJ Premier and Alchemist,” he says) at the end of high school, Samiyam purchased an MPC and began attempting to write like his heroes. Eventually moving onto to a Roland MC-303 Groovebox, with this shift in hardware came a shift in musical mindset. “That was when I started really feeling like I was making the ideas that were in my head,” he says.

Obsessed with “seventies [and eighties] RnB and Funk,” having been programmed to approach music in a looped format by his years of Hip-Hop fixation, Samiyam found himself listening for the “one four bar part that sounded so good I wanted to hear it repeat for three minutes.” Applying this to his arrangements, he formed what he calls, “a friendship of the new millennium,” with L.A beat auteur Flying Lotus when the two discovered each other’s music online.
Now based in L.A., which he describes as, “full of people I felt like I could really get along with,” as a key member of Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder movement, the last few years have seen Samiyam perform across America, Europe and Asia. This September, following recent visits from L.A residents Dâm Funk and The Gaslamp Killer, Samiyam will make his New Zealand debut. “I’ve had so many people hitting me up about it online,” he says. “I’m pretty happy about it all.”

- Words by Martyn Pepperell for the Groove Guide

Download Link:

Heyhey so here’s the first of many to come… This mix was put together by Ras_G, SAMIYAM and myself. Some time last year.  We originally gave these out on CD at the Brainfeeder event in LA, but here it is, just for you.

- Flying Lotus, March 2009

http://media.brainfeedersite.com/podcast/brainfeedermix1.mp3

More Links:

http://www.myspace.com/samiyambeats
http://www.brainfeedersite.com/

Local Support from:

JULIEN DYNE (BBE)
SCRATCH 22 (The ARC)
DAPHT ONE (BPM*)

& Guests

SATURDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER

CASSETTE NUMBER NINE

10PM TIL LATE

$10 COVER CHARGE ALL NIGHT

 Hip-hop experimentalist Flying Lotus will release his third album, Cosmogramma, this spring on Warp Records.

It will be the LA producer’s first full-length since Los Angeles, the strange and brilliant post-hip-hop record that took the music world by surprise upon its release in summer of 2008. The album received top ratings here at Resident Advisor and gushing accolades from Pitchfork, Spin and Mary Anne Hobbs, who went so far as to call Flying Lotus “the Hendrix of his generation.”

Riding the success of his previous album, Flying Lotus managed to nail down some very interesting collaborators for Cosmogramma—most notably, Thom Yorke of Radiohead, who sings on the track “…And The World Laughs With You.” As the nephew of Alice Coltrane, FlyLo has also managed to recruit a few acclaimed jazz and classical musicians, including former Suicidal Tendencies bassist Stephen “Thundercat” Bruno and harp virtuoso Rebekah Raff, who appeared previously with Flying Lotus on the track “Auntie’s Harp.”

Musically, Cosmogramma shows Flying Lotus further perfecting his trippy and syncopated style of electronic beats. In an interview with Pitchfork Media, he said: “I’m finally getting to the point where I can make the kind of records that I want to make—that I wanted to make when I was younger, things that I dreamed about making. It’s this fusion-y kind of thing where all the elements of the music that I love are there.”

Tracklist
01. Clock Catcher
02. Pickled!
03. Nose Art
04. Intro//A Cosmic Drama
05. Zodiac Shit
06. Computer Face//Pure Being
07. ..And The World Laughs With You ft. Thom Yorke
08. Arkestry
09. Mmmhmm ft.Thundercat
10. Do The Astral Plane
11. Satelllliiiiiteee
12. German Haircut
13. Recoiled
14. Dance Of The Pseudo Nymph
15. Drips//Auntie’s Harp
16. Table Tennis ft. Laura Darlington
17. Galaxy In Janaki

Warp Records will release Flying Lotus’s Cosmogramma on April 30th, 2010.

Source: Resident Advisor

WARP195
Released 3/4th May 2010

- LIMITED FIRST EDITION PRINT CD W/ FOIL BLOCK SLIPCASE -
- 2 x LP DOUBLE GATEFOLD VINYL WITH VELUM INNER SLEEVES -

Listen to clips here: http://warp.net/records/flying-lotus/

Download 3 recent *non album* tracks here

In support of this album’s release Flying Lotus is rumored to be touring his new live Audio Visual showcase through Australia and New Zealand later in 2010.

The Gaslamp Killer is touring NZ in February and Beats People Movement have been lucky enough to secure an exclusive Auckland show !!

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THE GASLAMP KILLER (Brainfeeder Records, Low End Theory, USA)

The Gaslamp Killer is a Los Angeles-based DJ whose eclectic animal style ranges from psychedelia and world music to dubstep and left-field hip-hop. Associated with Flying Lotus Brainfeeder Records, he made his production debut in the late 2000s with a series of EPs.

Born William Benjamin Bensussen, he originally comes from San Diego, CA, whose downtown Gaslamp District’s bar scene inspired him to name himself The Gaslamp Killer in disgust for much of the patronage. But his real home is behind the turntables, where his wild style takes DJing into the realm of freak fest psychedelia.

Upon relocating to Los Angeles, he found a niche for himself amid the city’s massive underground party scene and ultimately found a home for himself as a resident DJ at the club Low End Theory, which resulted in a series of club-sponsored podcasts. He also released a series of mix CDs, among them Gaslamp Killers (2007), Its a Rocky Road (2007), I Spit On Your Grave (2008), Hell and the Lake of Fire Are Waiting For You! (2009) and All Killer (2009), the latter a label showcase for the London-based world psychedelia imprint Finders Keepers Records.

As a producer, The Gaslamp Killer made his debut in the late 2000s, releasing, a split single with Free the Robots The Killer Robots, in 2008 and EP My Troubled Mind in 2009.

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Support from:

OoGuN & Dapht One

Seeka b2b Munk (USA)

The ARC

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Tickets available in February from iTicket.co.nz and Beats People Movement*, La Gonda Arcade, 203 K’Road.

Thanks to Serato, Red Bull, Agwa De Bolivia Liquor and Base Fm.

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GLK Official Links:

http://www.thegaslampkiller.com/

http://www.myspace.com/thegaslampkiller

Video:

http://vodpod.com/watch/2116812-mary-anne-hobbs-gaslamp-killer-dj-set-sonar-2009

Mix:

http://mediacontender.com/2008/09/11/the-gaslamp-killer/

Facebook event page:

 http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=281577751602

Method Man aka Clifford Smith, one of the legendary Wu Tang Clan will make an one-off New Zealand appearance in Auckland this Thursday the 7th of January @ 4:20 nightclub on K’Rd. Tickets start from NZ$46. Check the Facebook event page or Ticketdirect page for more details.

Clifford Smith aka METHODMAN or METH is his many fans, is one of Hip Hops most prestigious artists and actors, as a high profile member of the World Famous New York based group WU TANG CLAN, his stage name hails from a movie he loved “THE FREARLESS YOUNG BOXER” and in his career he holds wining a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance for his song “Ill Be there for you/Your All I need” with RNB Queen Mary J Blige as one of his greatest achievements.

Meth’s creative style earned him with only one other member of WuTang to get a solo on the groups multiplatinum debut album, ENTER the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers and in 1994 released his first solo album “Tical” of the Def Jam label entering the American Album charts at Number 4, he then did collaborations with Mary J Blige, Redman, appeared on Tupacs Album, “ALL EYEZ ON ME”, and was close friends with the late great Notorious B.I.G, Meth was the only guest rapper featured on Biggies debut album “Ready to Die”.

Meths alubms are Tical (1994), Tical 2000: Judgment day (1998), Blackout (1999), Tical 0: The Prequel (2004), 4:21 The Day After (2006), Blackout! 2 (2009) and movie/tv roles on Cop Land, The Great White Hype, One Eight Seven, Belly, Black and White, Big Daddy, Backtage, How High, Volcano High, My baby’s Daddy, Garden State, Soul Plane, Venom, Hood of Horror, Meet the Spartans, The Wackness, Sinners & Saints, The Wire, Mind of Menicia & Chappell Show.

MethodMan brings his hip hop poetry to New Zealand once again for a ONE OFF Exclusive show @ The Studio, 340 K’Rd Auckland, Thursday 7th January 2010, singing all his hits, METHOD MAN, BRING THE PAIN, ALL I NEED & so much more, with special guests, Dei Hamo, DJ CXL and Lady Sheeq, hosted by HOT Teuila Blakely.

Source: Ticketdirect.co.nz

oh yes, you all know how we roll…..

kfm invites you and you and you to the special end of year party that is……… ERBAL BLEND - the ghetto edition!

dj’s on the night include…..
:: dub present
:: the open road crew
:: rose alice
:: willie.C
:: miss fabrik8
:: lanz
:: emergence radio featuring Sdrug

come and join us for an end of year party complete with breakers, installation art and a second bar ….

bring ur dancing shoes, ur thirst and ur vibrations on up and get down

Source: Facebook Event Page

Now featuring Dapht1 b2b Bleak b2b Noon from 2am until 3am playing a special Dubstyle Radio set. See you there!

Our new Beats people Movement* store is now open at La Gonda Arcade, 203 K’Rd

Specialising in Vinyl, CDs, DJ Gear, Art, Clothing and Culture Supplies.. Get in there!

Original Wu Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah will be bringing a live show to Auckland’s Powerstation, Sunday 21st June 2009.

Taking his name from the alias of the primary villain from the film Ninja Checkmate (aka The Mystery of Chess Boxing). Ghostface Killah debuted with the rest of the Clan on the 1993 release of Enter the 36 Chambers, an album that went on to define Hip Hop’s Golden Era. In the early days GFK was a roommate of RZA’a and help bring the other 7 members of the crew together. He is named as Executive Producer on all of the Wu Tang releases.

In 1995, Ghostface guest-starred extensively on fellow Clan member Raekwon’s debut album, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…, appearing on almost every song. His first solo LP, Ironman, released in 1996 with RZA on production has since been certified Platinum. The album, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, had a more pronounced soul influence than previous Wu-Tang releases, and Ghostface’s future albums would continue to feature this stylistic trait. Ghost has since released 6 solo albums the most recent being The Big Doe Rehab in 2007.

Alluding to tension between Clan members Ghost told The Village Voice that RZA’s production on the 2007 Wu Tang Album 8 Diagrams was

“fumbling the ball…his music wasn’t sounding like how it was when we first came in.”

Ghost also went on to release his latest solo album, The Big Doe Rehab, on the same day as 8 Diagrams.

Full Pitchfork article here.

In response to a question asking if the Wu Tang Clan are going to relase a follow up to 8 Diargams, Raekwon has this to say:

“Everybody’s doing different things right now — you got Meth coming out with an album, you got Ghostface coming out with an album, some guys working on their projects, some guys getting into the film world, everybody is multi-tasking right now.”

Full Rolling Stone interview here.

An Australian music website dropped a hint on possible support from Ghost mentioning fans there would

“get their chance to witness this powerhouse of modern day hip-hop live across the country backed up onstage by back up fellow Theodore Unit artists Wigs, Trife, Du Lilz and DJ J-Love”

For Auckland ticket sales, Ticketmaster.co.nz (who usually do tickets for the Powerstation) recommend signing up to their site and ticking the Ghostface Killah box to receive a notification once tickets go on sale. Sources have confirmed this will be a R18 show.

Ghostface Killah links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostface_Killah

http://www.myspace.com/ghostface

http://www.defjam.com/site/artist_home.php?artist_id=485

http://verygood.com.au/enter-the-wu-ghostface-killah-hits-australia/

Recent interviews with Ghost and Raekwon also in the latest digital HH magazine.

The Beats People Movement crew are busy working on a new project set to launch in May. For this reason we are taking a short break from promoting our regular club nights and international DJ tours. Plenty of hard work is going in to this one, everyone involved is looking forward to the big launch in a few weeks time..

This years iNation Festival is happening this weekend at Whitecliffs around 45 mins from Christchurch City. Headlined by Tiki and full live band it is set to be a goody. Dubstep and Jungle tings a gwarn at the Subtle Zone where I will be making an appearance upon the host n toast. Big!

Quoted “THE OUTDOOR PARTY OF THE YEAR” (NZ Musician Magazine) I.Nation 2008 attracted festival goers from all over NZ and Australia who witnessed one of Shapeshifter’s most mind blowing performances to date. This year the legendary valley of Whitecliffs just 45mins west of Christchurch will once again host some of Aotearoa’s finest musical talent spread over two days with two zones, there will be camping, café and bar facilities so you can enjoy the full outdoor festival experience. 

Lineup highlights:

Main Stage Saturday 21 March 

6pm Oakley ‘OG’ Grenell Live ft. KP, Switch and Sacha Vee
7pm Little Bushman
8pm Ladi 6
9pm Dubwise
10pm Sunshine Soundsystem ft. KP, Switch
11:30pm Tiki Live
1am Gooba
2am Sambora P Digsss

Subtle Zone Saturday 21 March

05:00pm Spilly & Neils C
06:00pm Dredfords Beat Safari
07:00pm Katalyst
08:30pm RIA
10:00pm Insomniac
11:30pm Red-i
01:00am J Red & Mr Steel
02:30am Ill Figz
03:30am L Que b2b D’erb
05:00am DSD

Hosted by Dapht One and Camo MC

More info here:

http://www.ination.co.nz/