VIDEO : HLI+Drongomala Sat12thAug – Birmingham

Footage links below to the recent gig by HLI and Drongomala at the Rainbow, Digbeth in Birmingham. Footage has a blend of daytime messing around aswell. This was a fundraiser for earthquake victims. Camcorder quality sound…..H(B)ollywood please call.
Filmed by MiMi and edited by AntKnee
Part 1 – hanging out and rehearsing
Part 2 – ElectroRaga
Part 3 – [...]

Birmingham O Birmingham

A quick note just to big up the lyrical warriors and poetic messengers that stepped down from Birmingham to be part of the Zeitgesit Orchestra for Friday nights show with Broad Minded.
Wasif (The What Supreme – verbalist) and Tom (Sensei C – verbalist/clarinet) play out as the duo HLI (Headlighter Islanders) but like proper [...]

Hank Shocklee: Louder than a Bomb – interview by Jim Welte at mp3.com

Thought I’d reprint this – cos Shocklee is the man…
it’s from mp3.com
He has a new website launching soon at www.shocklee.com/
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With a book and a sci-fi audio-visual project on the way, the creator of the Public Enemy sound is putting in work.
From the moment he sat down with MP3.com for a chat, it was clear [...]

Hip Hop (Part 1 of X) : A Miner 7th Revelation

Okay – so I’ve got to thinking about hiphop. What is the nature of the art form and what are the fundamental differences between how it’s done in the US vs. the UK. What’s real what’s hype.
I’ve decided that this is a multi parter…..so this is one of X.
I got to thinking about all [...]