Month: February 2015

Take Me Away Fast (Digging In West Africa)-Directed by Leigh Iacobucci

Leigh sais:

“Take Me Away Fast”, a film about a DJ who journeys throughout West Africa to discover rare, vinyl recordings of Afro-beat and Afro-funk music. I found Frank’s blog online (www.voodoofunk.com) and fell in love with this music and the stories he wrote about. I knew right away that I wanted this to be my next adventure. Within 6 weeks of discovering his website, I bought a plane ticket to Ghana and suddenly, I was in Accra, with all of my video equipment on my back. It felt a bit nuts to fly there to meet a DJ that I didn’t know, that I would follow around for 5 weeks looking for old records, but it worked. Together, we traveled throughout Ghana, across Togo and all over Benin. The result is this film, which has been funded entirely by my credit card over the last year and a half. After spending over 900 hours of my free time working on this film

Goldie-Return to The Bronx w/ ARTA Trains *Graffiti *Vimeo

https://vimeo.com/120679875

After a 29 year hiatus, musician/artist Goldie returned to his artistic roots in The Bronx.
He first visited the area in 1985 during the golden era of hip hop and subsequently stayed on living with members of the notorious Tats Cru.
This era would see Goldie painting graffiti onto New York subway cars, fighting rival writers in rat filled tunnels and exploring the decaying Bronx.

This is part of a few clips from ARTA Trains . Above of course is Goldie and below Tats Cru talk (peep the classic graffiti looks from the early 80’s) .

Who Is Bboy Menno ? w/ Red Bull *Video

Red Bull Music sais:

The Red Bull BC One All Stars are pleased to announce Dutch B-Boy Menno as the crew’s eleventh member. Menno completed 2014 on a high note, becoming the latest champion at the World Final in Paris, and started 2015 with inclusion into one of the most iconic B-Boy crews in the world.

Menno has won nearly every major B-Boy battle throughout his career, including IBE, UK B-Boy Championships, World BBoy Classic, Battle of the Year, Unbreakable and Chelles Battle Pro.

Learn more about the Red Bull BC One All Stars here: http://redbullbcone.com

DJ Jazzy Jay-Interview w/ DJ Lean Rock

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The legendary DJ Jazzy Jay sat down for an interview with Lean Rock for Red Bull BC One and dropped tons of knowledge . Not to be missed .

Lean Rock Do you remember the first jam you played at? What were the atmosphere and vibe of the jam?

Jazzy Jay We didn’t have much money to purchase the equipment back then, so we would salvage things from our neighborhood. One person would have a receiver, one person would have a speaker, one person would have an amp and another would have a turntable. We couldn’t even afford a mic, so we would usually plugged up our headphones in the mic jack to talk. It was real grassroots and completely amateur. The very first jam I played at was in either 1974 or 75, in Soundview at this spot called The Little Houses, which actually used to be Army barracks. So I just brought my equipment and set up there, because we could do that back then.

READ THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE Red Bull BC One