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 [...]
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 [...]
Tomorrow night, Thursday 21st April, The City Arts and Music Project celebrate being just over a year old. Myself and Chris Read will be repping Classic Material and the rest of the line up goes a little something like this: DJS from: Deviation + secretsundaze + Livin’ Proof + Get Me! + To The Bone [...]
For those that missed Ollie’s killer set last month at our Classic Material party, here’s a 4 hour mix (split in to 7 chunks) for you. All 1991 Hip Hop tightly mixed! Ollie was booked for an hour at the party, but when he called 2 days before to say he had picked out over [...]
As we arrive at the third of our monthly club nights celebrating 30+ years of recorded rap music, we are pleased to announce that our online store is now fully stocked and operational. To celebrate, until February 15th, we will be offering 15% discount on all purchases made via the online store. In addition, we’re [...]
A well overdue blog post about an exciting new project I’ve been working on with DJ Chris Read. In fact, the first of many projects to fall under the Rap Music Fan Club umbrella. Alongside a fantastic group of eager contributors, from DJ Vadim, to Andy Smith from Portishead, Classic Material celebrates 30+ years of [...]
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