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Breakfast of Champions – Showcasing the next big London sounds and music talent of 2013 4 (1)

Breakfast of Champions – Sounds of 2013

Breakfast of Champions promised to showcase the best the underground scene had to offer and it did not disappoint. If the line up of this event is anything to go by, 2013 will be a great year for the British music scene.
Located a stone’s throw away from Dalston Junction, The Victoria pub was the venue for this musical extravaganza. One of the last few remaining family run pubs in Hackney, The Victoria from the outside looks like your typical east end boozer. However if you’re hoping on getting a traditional English dinner at the 150 capacity music venue you’ll soon find out that this isn’t the place for you. With a wide selection of West African cuisine, The Victoria gives you Read More »Breakfast of Champions – Showcasing the next big London sounds and music talent of 2013 4 (1)

Interview with Benny Diction – Nottingham-born rapper speaks on album sales, lyrical content and individuality within Hip-Hop. 0 (0)

Meet Benny Diction: “When you cut through the layers of the homogenised crap that has blighted rap’s name, it’s actually the most varied form of music going…”

Artist Name: Benny Diction Country: UK
Artist Type: rapper, spoken word, musician, producer City/State: London
Genre: hiphop, rap, jazz, electronic, folk Age: 29
Alias: –
Description:
Benny Diction is a Nottingham-born, South Wales/East Midlands-raised and Merseyside-honed MC/musician with over a decade of writing lyrics behind him. Ben learned several instruments growing up and although he penned his first verse back in 1997 (a “Christmas rap” he and a friend wrote in Year 9 music class), he didn’t start writing properly until 1999, inspired by greats such as the Beasties, De La Soul, Rakim & Wu-Tang.In 2000, he formed a group with schoolmates DJ Simon B and MC D-Fine which would go on to be called ThinkTank. The first time he rhymed before a “proper” hip-hop audience was as a 17 year-old at Rodney P’s Sheffield gig in 2001, an intimidating experience at the time but ultimately enough of a buzz to motivate him to carry on.After moving to Liverpool to study in 2001, Benny started to rip open mics and perform solo sets under the name “Funktion” and became involved in Sunday Service, one of the longest-running hip-hop nights in the city. From tight friendships formed with DJ Sketchy Bwoy and MCs Oscillate and Ro Jista, the Punning Clan was established in 2005, later recruiting MCs Louis Cypher, Tony Skank and 2woToes along with the DMC UK Battle For Supremacy 2009/IDA 2009 champ DJ Rasp. Now residing in East London, Benny promotes and co-hosts monthly night Fat Gold Chain alongside Solocypher and continues to collaborate with heads from across Britain and beyond. Last year, Benny released the “Excuse Me” EP for free download, featuring vocal talent from across the UK and instrumental contributions from spots as far away as Bavaria and Brooklyn.

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Content as a Catalyst – Do we really need more controversial artists and material in the music industry? 5 (1)

Content as a Catalyst

Recently we had an article on the site which included an interview with Ed Greens. In this interview, he said “…music is music and resistance is resistance, therefore music can never replace resistance or activism…” This response struck me as particularly potent and got me thinking. If music isn’t resistance, or much less revolution, then what is it? When artists write scathing satires or blatant, outright attacks on the powers that be, or when they attempt to draw attention to the simple injustices of everyday life, what are they trying to accomplish? Perhaps it’s not an attempt to Read More »Content as a Catalyst – Do we really need more controversial artists and material in the music industry? 5 (1)