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I think I speak for the entire Classic Material team when I say thank you to everyone that made it along to show their support at the private view of our exhibition. If you didn’t make it over the weekend, the exhibition remains open through to January 31 2012 so plenty of time! All details [...]

Edition#14 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of the year 2000, the beginning of a new decade and the end of what many consider to be hip hop’s greatest era, the 90s. The year 2000 marked a turning point for the Indie scene with artists such as De La [...]

Myself and Chris Read are pleased to announce our final blowout Classic Material party or the series; Edition#14: 2000 with special guest Big Ted, plus myself, Chris Read and Dh Hudge. DJs on the night playing Hip Hop from 2000 only: BIG TED (Teddy’s Jam / Colourful Radio) CHRIS READ (Music of Substance / BBE) [...]

Edition#13 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1999, a year which marked a coming of age for the Indie Hip Hop scene. Whereas the previous year had been dominated by leftfield and arguably less accessible indie releases, 1999 delivered more accomplished and club friendly indie releases with labels [...]

On Saturday 19th November, the City Arts and Music Project plays host to the thirteenth installment of Classic Material, a series of 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 [...]

Just a very quick one to let you know that we are currently offering 11% off all stock in the Classic Material store. Why? Well, it’s not only 11.11.11, but we released the Edition#11 products this month too! All you need to do, is add your items to the basket, and type in the discount code below before checking out. Code: ALLTHEONES [...]

Edition#12 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1998, a year often celebrated as the pinnacle of the late 90s ‘Indie’ era. Revered independent labels including Rawkus, ABB, Fondle Em and countless other less well known imprints released some of their strongest material during the year. Major labels were quick to [...]

October’s Classic Material party is just around the corner, and we’re happy to announce that this month welcomes special guest Excalibah (1Xtra) who’ll be joining myself and Chris Read in celebrating the Hip Hop of 1998. Facebook Event here. More info here.

For those that missed the Classic Material 1995 party a couple of months back, fear not, as our guest DJ Matman has put together a 2 part mix series of his set. A top class selection of Hip Hop records from 1995 plus a few original samples thrown in for good measure. All mixed to [...]

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 [...]