Yesterday (actually only a few hours ago) I was at Urbis for the opening night of a Hip Hop Exhibition called 'Home Grown'. I met some great people, had some amazing conversations and grabbed some moments in photos, film and audio. It's gone 2am here in my Manchester hotel room and I have been browsing some of the images and viewing some of the online conversations around the event. I thought … [Read more...] about Watch This Space
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Home Grown Hip Hop
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Home Grown: The Story of UK Hip Hop
This Wednesday the 14th of October I'll be heading up to Manchester to the Urbis in Manchester for the launch party of 'Home Grown: The Story of UK Hip Hop'. I believe this is the first exhibition of it's kind documenting in detail the development of the UK Hip Hop scene.From the Urbis Website:"Looking back over three decades, the exhibition tells the story of how a generation of youth took the … [Read more...] about Home Grown: The Story of UK Hip Hop
Beaver Wax
I've been in a few bands over the years. Some never left the bedroom recording studios they were born in. One hit the decks of the late great John Peel and others toured the UK bars and Uni's brushing dangerously with the possibility of becoming something. I was just trawling through an old photo folder and found a mock up image for an album cover than never got made. 'Beaver Wax' were formerly … [Read more...] about Beaver Wax
Longplayer Live at The Roundhouse
Longplayer Live is an incredible endeavor. I first blogged about it here. A single composition playing for 1000 years. It started in 1999 and on the 12th of September I was invited by Artangel to blog about it live. It was a great day. It was a long day. 1000 minutes of 1000 years. You can find some Audioboo's by myself and others tagged with Longplayer here and some of my Flickr images … [Read more...] about Longplayer Live at The Roundhouse