The third and final post for our Record Store Day special is another competition, this time we have a copy of J Dilla’s Think Twice/E=MC² 7″ vinyl, one of just 300 copies released, as well as a limited picture disc from The Shining LP found in ‘the deepest darkest pockets of the BBE vaults‘ and a five pack of 7″ from the imminent Visioneers album. …Read More.
10 years in any business is a long time but in the independent record business it’s nothing short of a life time. So kudos to the good folk at Lex Records who have celebrated this milestone with a limited edition picture disc release just in time for Record Store Day. …Read More.
To catch A Tribe Called Quest DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammed or former Jurrassic 5 man DJ Nu-Mark perform on our humble shores is pretty special in it’s own right, to see them both on the same bill is sure to be something very special indeed. …Read More.
Win the follow up record to Peanut Butter Wolf and Veronica Vasicka’s excellent Minimal Waves Tape series, recently released by Stones Throw.
Electronic music archivist and Minimal Wave label founder Vasicka joins forces with the West Coast label for another release of obscure early 80s electronic and warped new wave music, whereas the first compilation had a worldly feel the second volume has a greater focus on Europe hinting at the influence of Kraftwerk and early minimal techno on the group of mainly amateur musicians featured. …Read More.
Trojan Records need little introduction, the legendary record label is known across the globe for releasing heavyweight reggae albums by the likes of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Jimmy Cliff, King Tubby and more and Soundcrash have brought together label selectors Earl Gateshead and Daddy Ad alongside veterans Channel One (pictured above), Reggae Roast and new school dubwiser Wrongtom for a sound clash of gigantic proportions this Friday at the Scala.
We have two tickets up for grabs, to stand a chance of winning you just need to contact us at the usual address, mailbox@bonafidezine.com including your full name and Sound System in the subject heading.
We don’t do end of year lists at Bonafide but if we did Dimlite’s Grimm Reality would we be well up there alongside Shabazz Palaces’ Black Up, Thundercat’s The Golden Age of Apocalypse and Stepkids self-titled debut as some of the strongest releases of 2011.
Andy Spragg described Grimm Realityas “Ducking the cliché of ‘being taken on a musical journey’, Grimm Reality is more akin to going from ‘in here’ to ‘out there’, a sudden collapse of constraint into dazzling inventiveness.” …Read More.
To tie in with this years Record Store Day on 21 April 2012, Talenthouse are holding the Secret 7 Competition.
This, not-to-be-sniffed at opportunity, requires those with creative minds and fingers to submit artwork for a 7″ piece of vinyl housing music by the likes of DJ Shadow, CSS or Bombay Bicycle Club. The created artwork needs to be based on an intrepretation of a selected track by one of these artists. If your design is chosen it will be produced in a limited run, displayed and sold – with profits going to the Teenage Cancer Trust - at Idea Generation Gallery, London. Winners will also receive a signed copy of their artwork and, of course, the kind of kudos money can’t buy.
The competition closes 15 January 2012, check the Talenthouse website for full deets.
This summer saw the 10 year anniversary of Lewis Recordings. Founded by former Hip-Hop Connection writer/photographer Mike Lewis, the small North London based imprint has quietly gone about the business of releasing quality hip-hop, electronic and pop records in highly desirable packaging by a diverse roster of artists including Andrew Thompson, Stig of the Dump, Cinnamon and most notably, Edan, whose unique brand of psychedelic hip-hop has received critical and commercial acclaim upon his all too infrequent releases.
We have all of Edan’s singles, albums and indeed a sack full of pretty much every Lewis Recordings release in both vinyl and CD format to give away to one lucky reader. To stand a chance of winning just email in at mailbox@bonafidezine.com. with your name, age and address details. Winners will be notified by the 20th November.
This competition is now closed.
Random Axe – the ‘underground rap super group’ consisting of Black Milk, Guilty Simpson and Sean Price – are drawing fans from all corners, including a blunted Chewbacca, fresh (kind of) from the Millenium Falcon and New Era, who have collaborated with the group on a limited edition cap. …Read More.
Sony Ericsson are on the look out for ‘two new creative ambassadors for our newest smartphone, the Xperia ray’, the handsome beast pictured above. They want to know how you use your phone and any creative ideas and suggestions that can improve the experience, in exchange for them Sony will give the two successful ambassadors their latest smartphones and accessories to test out. …Read More.
