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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 [...]

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 [...]

On Saturday 21st May, the City Arts and Music Project plays host to the seventh 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 [...]

On Saturday 16th April, the City Arts and Music Project plays host to the sixth 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 [...]

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 [...]

Mr Thing kindly invited us along to Thing Thursdays live on The Funhouse last night for a Classic Material special in preparation for this weekend’s 1991 party at The CAMP. My hectic schedule of late left me far too unprepared to participate, but check Mr Thing and Chris Read’s sets above! Thanks to everyone that tuned in [...]

On Saturday 19 February, the City Arts and Music Project plays host to the fourth 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 [...]

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 [...]

I hope you are enjoying the Christmas break! Just a quick one to say thank you for all your support for the Classic Material project in 2010. With the website up and running, a fantastic response from the mixes and all previous CDs fully sold out, plus DJ Format and Andy Smith totally smashing their [...]