I'm really digging this new T-shirt from the great guys at Me & Yu. Neitzsche had some great quotes about music- this is very to-the-point, but my favourite is, "We hear music with our whole body, and we are within the music when we enjoy a great performance".Either way- buy one of these- or something else from their store. Its all good stuff!http://www.meandyu.com/
After shooting in clubs for about 2 1/2 years, its safe to say i have tried and taken, most of the styles of shots I can dream up. Theres only so many ways of shooting a person and 2 turntables (and about 1 way of shooting someone on a laptop, but don't get me started on them!). So I do try, when given an opportunity, to mix things up a bit with the processing/post production. At the very least somebody flicking through my albums may not get bored quite so soon...With this in mind, I recently shot a Japanese fundraiser clubnight in Manchester- it was a very hastily arranged affair with some of the biggest...
I did a shoot recently for the clothing brand 'Me & Yu'. These guys are awesomely talented people who currently occupy most of the top floor of Afflecks in Manchester, as well as a small corner of the internet.(http://www.meandyu.com/)I love studio and fashion photography as its such a contrast to what I normally do. Music events are all about capturing the spontanaeity and energy of the event, and adapting to whatever light/space conditions are thrown at you. Fashion photography is about letting your mind run away with ideas- you can come up with nearly any concept imaginable and then,...
I have recently started writing and shooting for the Manchester based online magazine, Ex:Ample. We are aiming to force our way to the forefront of the Manchester and UK music scene, through quality reviews, features and photos!Sounds like fun!http://www.examplemagazine.com/Heres my first article too..http://examplemagazine.com/features/post/608/Drum-Clinic-1st-Birthday-@-Jabez-Clegg
Hit & Run has been part of the Manchester 'Bass Music' scene for over half a decade now, and in that time it has been led on a fairly nomadic existence between a few of the city's venues, the best of which, most would say is 'Mint Lounge'. The underground Northern Quarter club seems to suit the fans and the music perfectly and so, when it was announced that the night would return there after a stint at 'Factory', many were pleased. The promoters decision to downsize after pulling in big crowds at Factory, simply to keep their main fans happy, must be commended. Hit & Run has always...
There seems to be a pleasing amount of new tunes coming out, about 140 bpm featuring old school jungle style drum breaks with really heavy basslines. Im probably wrong but it seems to have been kicked off by the ravey climax of Skreams 'In for the Kill' remix. If anyone can enlighten me on more stuff like this I'll be more than happy!
Putting on a successful new night is difficult. Putting on a new night in a room the size of jabez clegg would be thought of as suicide by many a promoter. Still this was the challenge taken on by the Sub-Tech crew and boy did they rise to it.Integral to any night- regardless of size and the acts playing- is the crowd and the atmosphere, and thats what Sub-Tech got right. Even thought the room wasn't full there was a great crowd and togetherness therein, united by a love of Drum & Bass, Dubstep and skanking to the wee small hours. The main room saw a jump up rinse out from Levela and Dub Zero...
A 200 capacity basement on a rainy november evening in Manchester. Not where you may expect to see a once-in-a-lifetime Hip Hop event but thats what this capacity crowd will get.Thanks to the 'Taste the Difference' Crew and one promotors insistence on booking his favourite MC for his birthday, we get a truly unique spectacle, for a fiver! Tonight, Teren Delvon Jones, a man you may know better as Del The Funky Homosapien, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Deltron, Deltron Zero, Sir Dzl, Del Diablo Diabolique or 'That rapper from that 'Clint Eastwood' tune', makes an appearance at the Manchester Roadhouse....
With the tragic passing of James Brown a few years ago, the world lost a significant proportion of its funk, but it would seem that part of the Godfathers mojo has been reincarnated in the guise of Chromeo. The duo, from Montreal, Canada, have ventured to the UK to promote their second Album release. They have developed quite the following on these shores through a combination of underground and mainstream exposure (their tune Fancy Footwork featured in a big hair product commercial) and we are informed that Manchester was their first sell-out date on this tour- to a rapturous reception.The performance...
Magnetic Man performed the Leeds leg of their UK tour at The Cockpit- A semi-intimate venue and a fairly modest choice from a band which are making massive overtones with their debut album. The crowd was a fairly young one, but my ears were deaf to any complainers. After all, anyone under 18 is going to have some difficulty in seeing any dubstep (or any music traditionally reserved for nightclubs), so why not give them a chance too. And anyway, they were as up for it as any crowd I've witnessed!Support was from their friend & collaborator, Katy B, who got everyone pumped with an all too short...