More culture for the vultures, this time in the form of Astrophonica homie and artist, Emilski. His Debut show is starting on Wednesday July 14th 18:00 – 22:00 at Tokyo Fixed Gear on Peter Street in Soho in conjunction with Top Safe
If you want to come please rsvp to info@topsafelondon
Some great beats in there! What’s your fave? I’ve always been a fan of the Melvin Bliss beat. Anyway, check it out. Maybe we should do a top ten most rinsed jungle samples?
8 most over used samples in Hip Hop history
Here’s a wicked little site with Kon & Amir’s top 50 Hip-Hop samples of all time. Some absolute killers in there which i need in my collection! Particularly the Ray Bryant record, check the reverb!! Oh gosh!
Check it out peeps, it’s a good listen
Kon & Amir’s 50 greatest Hip-Hop samples
For those that don’t know, Mark Bode is the son of the legendary comic artist, Vaughn Bode. Vaughn Bode’s characters pretty much sum up NYC subway graffiti for me. He was a true inspiration to the early writers and his style and characters live on through his son, Mark. We think Cheech Wizard and co rinse out the Astrophonica. Anyway, watch the video.
Oh gosh! We want to give you a little insight into the culinary delights that are a big part of the Astrophonica studio sessions. We present to you; The Astrophonica Wrap.
What you need:
Big wraps (middle eastern kind, Hollyland bakery if you can find)
Humous
Feta Cheese
Cherry Tomatoes
Black Durmaz Olives, halved and then stoned
Avocado
Cucumber
Lettuce
Spring Onion (optional)
Mint
Hot Sauce of your choice
Chop it all up as shown in the picture.
Spread some humous on the wrap. (not too much!!)
Delicately lay the rest of the goodies, one by one, in the wrap.
Then wrap it up!!!!
But be careful, if you don’t wrap it right then you might encounter a… HULL BREACH! (yes, that is how we came up with the name)
Peace. Get wrapping…. till the break of dawn yo.
A video of Charlie Fracture’s Dad, Martin Fieber, jamming it out on the Lap Steel guitar. Martin featured on our track ‘Ventura’ and used this very guitar.
We love the track and Martin totally smashed it Trust me, we were in the background going nuts when he was recording in the studio!!
The lap steel totally makes the tune and gives it the vibe we wanted!
Mad props!!
The video was recorded at The Heathcote blues jam in Leyton, London.
Word up peeps. Time for something slightly different. Some friends of Astrophonica have some art on show and for sale at a showcase event for Topsafe’s new online gallery, CRACKED! The gallery is a showcase for authentic graffiti talent from across Europe. The show runs from Friday Dec 4th – Sunday Dec 6th in London
Check topsafelondon.com for more details and make sure you check the extra dope work by Emilski, Egs and Finsta.
