Mad Decent’s ragga muffins, South Rakkas Crew are taking dance hall to the next level with more than 10 albums under their belt and production for the likes of Tricky, M.I.A and Duran Duran. This Friday, they are taking over Vancouver’s Happy Ending on their Gangsta Revival Tour!
Last week our lucky winners for the Keys N Krates X Know?Show competition got to witness something truly ground breaking in the field of live electronic remixing. They have been causing chaos on dance floors around Canada on the Jagermeister Winter Music Tour to show us Yetis how to really party!
Combining influences from soul, electronic, hip-hop and turntablism, Keys N Krates have been pioneering live remixing as a performing art and are mind blowing at it. Their live shows consist of deconstructing a track while reassembling it in real time!
French graffiti artists Kidult is best known for his radical and aggressive bombing technique that screams anarchy. Unlike aggravated teens that scribble away at the back of school buses or write on subway walls, the Kid swaps his marker for a fire extinguisher filled with paint and targets high end fashion chains.
Grab a blender and throw in your RnB Xclusive favorites, a splash of Juke and a dose of UK funky. The result is Chicago born-Brooklyn based: Brenmar! Influenced by Chicago’s 90’s music scene, Brenmar was raised with an upbringing of Underground House, Hip Hop and R&B which are lucidly expressed in his tracks.
Vans Wingtip fits occasions both smart and casual, taking a chapter out of the urban street wear book while reworking it with a firm nod at heritage and rockabilly swag.
It was only a matter of time before Golf Wang (Wolf Gang’s Faggot nemesis twin) launched their own line of gear. Posted up on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, the Golf Wang pop up store is open through early January 2012.
One of the most exciting collaboration in the skateboarding world of late, is the joint venture between heritage skateboard brand Vans and NYC based skate and street wear purveyors DQM to form Vans DQM General- a brick & mortar retail space located in the heart of SoHo, New York.
Red Bull has always been pushing the envelope when it comes to music and connecting people globally. From tie-dye wearing hippies raving in Sonar’s Red Bull Tent in Barcelona to Brazilian babes shaking their booty to Afro- Colombia Hip hop at Sao Paolo’s RBMA Workshops, these tastemakers are renown to throw a hell of a show!
Gilles Peterson brings the heartbeat of Havana’s music underground to Brixton for one special night only. Celebrating the latest installment in his Havana Cultura album series, Gilles imports an all-star Cuban live band to inject some authentic Latin flavor and raw Cuban rhythms and recruits none other than New York Masters At Work legend Louie Vega to headline the DJ bill.
Across the Atlantic there is one last party for the people to remember this season. Forget the muddy fields of Glastonbury or sweaty mosh pits at Download. Instead, think picturesque mountains surrounding a thriving downtown neighbourhood on the Canadian West Coast. Yeti in the Basement brings you Vancouver’s Olio Festival 2011!
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