Bonafide set out with the aim to celebrate hip-hop. Our aim was to explore ‘old-school, mid-school and new-school creativity’, five issues on we’re proud to present the old school x new school issue. In hip-hop chronological order we speak to the Godfather of it all, Grandmaster Flash, profile EPMD, the funky Long Island duo from the golden age of rap and get crazy with ‘the lazy hustler’ and fourth Beastie Boy, Ricky Powell. …Read More.
Printout! – Print the North
at the Deaf Institute, Manchester
09 June 2011, 6:30pm till late
Blogging? Digital publishing? Print on demand? Pah why bother when you can get yourself into even more debt, permantly fracture long-term friendships and spend your spare hours glued to your computer deleting all those press releases you’ve been sent that day by running an independent printed magazine? These are things I often find myself thinking about as the next issue of Bonafide nears its close. And I always come back to the same thing – for the love of print and the inexplicable sensation and satisfaction you feel when all that hard work you’ve spent putting into your latest reveals itself when it arrives back from the printers. …Read More.
Hold up a second, before you rush out to catch Team Bonafide down at today’s Street Fest, take a minute to consider whether you’d like to own a super-rare piece of modern music history.
Prize:
No.1 of a 500 Limited Edition 12? ‘Customtone’ b/w ‘Brain Freeze’ in hand printed sleeves by Emilski. (‘Brain Freeze’ will be a vinyl release ONLY)
How to enter?
Simply follow this link to the Astrophonica facebook page and get your name on the wall! A winner will be drawn at random on the 20th June 2011. …Read More.
We have two pairs of VIP tickets to the inaugural We, The People festival in Bristol up for grabs. The festival plays host to what promises to be the stand-out urban music line-up of any UK festival this summer, with performances by headline acts The Streets, Chase & Status, legends like Lee Scratch Perry and Roots Manuva, bright young things DELS, The Gaslamp Killer and an underground deity in the shape of DOOM. …Read More.
The guys from Lopez like their basslines heavy, and maybe even more than that they like them authentic. The Paraguayan born, south London based production trio recently released their debut EP Analogue Excursions on Keep Up! records. If you’ve eBay-ed a synth in the last few years, there’s a good chance it features on this ten track beat trip. …Read More.
We asked rising UK talent Jon Phonics to contribute a themed mix to our Bonafide Beats series and he came back with something he called Drippin Wet. Either Jon was describing the effect the sounds would have on listeners’ ear wax (doubtful) or he was being down right rude (probable).
One of the world’s greatest wordsmiths, Gil Scott-Heron, has died in hospital in NYC, aged 62. Often coined as the Godfather of Rap, a title that he refused to acknowledge – and little wonder given his anti-commercialist sentiments – he preferred instead the term Black American Musician.
A career spanning some forty odd years saw him perform poetry and spoken word, often backed by jazz and blues with a heavy African influence. He published two novels, The Vulture and The Nigger Factory, penning the first of these at the age of 19. …Read More.
Sheffield’s Doc Fest has a strong line up – contributions by the likes of Herzog and Scorsese and features on everything from robot footballers to Ayrton Senna through to errr Justin Bieber. The one that caught my eye though is Michael Rapaport’s Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest. I might well award myself a tour to the Steel City and check it out.
Once Upon a Time In New York: The Birth of Hip-Hop, Disco and Punk is a rare treat. Full of vintage visuals, archival interviews and great insights into the unique melting pot that was New York in the 70s and early 80s. Set to a killer soundtrack, this is kind of thing the Beeb was devised for.
With Wretch 32 recently added to the line-up StreetFest 2011 is shaping up to be one helluva day out, but let me tell you what could make it even better: Two free tickets, adidas kicks, a sold out OG Gorilla sweatshirt and Snapback cap by cult streetwear brand 360 Clothing to wear and two cases of Kopparberg cider to guzzle (‘Check out the Kopparberg stage on 29 May, featuring performances from the likes of Remedy and bSupreme’). In the words of a wise old sage, “yeeeahh boyeee!” …Read More.
