Edition#11 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1997, a year which many associate with the dawn of the so called ‘Indie’ era. The music of 1997 set the stage the development of two distinct sounds over the following years, the underground independent sound nurtured by labels such as [...]
On Saturday 17th September, the City Arts and Music Project plays host to the eleventh installment of Classic Material, a series events and exhibitions celebrating 30+ years of recorded rap music promoted by London based collective of DJs, designers, photographers and filmmakers, the ‘Rap Music Fan Club’. Each month we celebrate an individual year of rap’s colourful [...]
Extremely pleased to have been invited along to play at the London Riots fundraiser, put on by The Doctor’s Orders and Dephect Clothing. Not only that, but we’ve been asked to host room 2 alongside the mighty Main Squeeze DJs. Facebook Event here. Purchase tickets here. Room 1 will look something like this… Come support [...]
In case you’ve not yet noticed, the Classic Material store was recently updated with all new Edition#9 goodness. A new mix CD (containing bonus tracks not available on the download), a new t-shirt, and the new box set containing both of these products along with a limited edition print and sticker set. With many of [...]
Edition#10 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1996, a year which marks a turning point for the genre with a divide growing between the popular RnB influenced sound and the underground ‘independent’ sound blossoming in reaction to it. Whilst many established artists including De La Soul openly attacked [...]
Mixed by Chris Read, Edition #9 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1995. The output of ’95 arguably typifies what is often referred to as the ‘mid 90s sound’, with filtered and layered grooves accompanying crisp programmed drums at a tempo generally far lower than in previous years. [...]
This month, our Classic Material guests are none other than my Droppin’ Science partners DJ Matman and DJ Daredevil, helping myself and Chris Read play nothing but Hip Hop from 1995! Full event details here. Join the Facebook Event here.
Mixed by Chris Read. Edition #8 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1994, a year which for many is best remembered for giving us two of hip hop’s most revered debut albums, Nas’ Illmatic and Notorious B.I.G’s Ready to Die. It was also a golden year for radio and [...]
Classic Material have been asked to host Room 2 at the Alchemist vs Just Blaze sound-clash this Saturday night at Brixton’s Plan B. Myself and Chris Read will be recapping on the years we’ve covered so far in our Classic Material project, so expect hip hop from 1979-1993! Check our Facebook Event here. Check the main [...]
Edition #7 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1993, a year which many consider the pinacle of the so called early 90s golden era. Sampling and production techniques honed during the early 90s had reached a natural maturity by 1993 with key golden era producers such as Pete [...]
