Just a quick one to let you know that Basement Sessions will be returning VERY soon! We will be back to full strength once again with podcasts, posts, reviews, collaborations and more! Remember to like Basement Sessions on Facebook so that you can be kept up to date with the latest going on!
Peace til then
Vice and The Basement Sessions Family
Basement Sessions are loving these guys. A seven piece downtempo Dubstep collective hailing from Leeds, they’ve been rapidly moving up the ladder of notoriety, producing some amazing music and providing incredible live shows around Europe. Signed to Ranking Records, the shared home of such heavyweights as Planas, Quantum Soul and Dub from Atlantis to name a few, Submotion consist of:
Tommy Evans (not the MC!) – Drums
Danny Templeman – Percussion
Chris Hargreaves – Bass
Ruby Wood – Vocals
Ruckspin – DJ
Taz Modi – Keys
Simon Beddoe – Trumpet
The group formed in 2009, and quickly created a strong following whilst being in residence at the Hukaz Bar in Leeds. Their debut EP caught the attention of Giles Petterson, and the rest as the say, is history! The group have just dropped their debut Longplay, “Finest Hour”, which has been recieving brilliant reviews on all fronts. The Septet are just beginning their “Finest Hour” luanch Tour, which consists of 20 gigs around the UK and Europe, ensuring maximum exposure for the group and the new project. Please support these incredibly talented musicians by heading HERE to buy “Finest Hour” or check HERE to see their tour dates. If you’re still not sure, check out this beauitful acoutic rendition of “All Yours”:
A rather tasty joint from London’s Force FM resident MC Kingpin, who uses the retro computer game to describe what many must feel to be their main frustration. The track is a leak from Kingpin’s forthcoming album “The Initiative”. The video itself is produced by Burning Reel. Check it out, do you reckon Kingpin will beat the boss level and win the money game?!:
The mighty Mellow Music Group return with a Free joint from the Apollo Brown and Hassaan Mackey Collab project entitled “Daily Bread”. “Volume”, an old school straight spitter, reminiscation of early Sean Price joints, kicks off the pre release available from today on I-Tunes. with a distinctive sound formed between the New York rhymer and Dtroit beatmkaer. First off, cop the free d/l of Volume here:
And second up! Support good music and check the Pre-release here:
itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/daily-bread/id438556291
The mighty eight piece Lazy Habits return to the firefront with a great new video illustrating what can happen if you get bored in a pub! Starting Fires is a bluesy, powerful and bass-pulse driven track with MC Lazy as ever taking the lyrical reigns and steering the track towards another horn powered classic!
So first up, check the video to get you in the mood for some good news!:
So! As you’re now buzzin, here’s the even better bit! Lazy Habits are having a littlre shindig to celebrate the release of Starting Fires, and if that wasn’t enough, they are performing an exclusive set with a live string section courtesy of The Vaults String Quartet!
AND! if you’re not already hyped and ready to buy the tickets from here right now! The support on the night comes from The Correspondents, Baby Sol, J’Nay and Stinkahbell!
Tickets are only £6 in advance, and with Village Underground as the setting this is set to be a great night!
Stay tuned for pics and review soon!
We had to come back for a quick minute to let you know about this great compilation courtesy of upcoming UK based label Jus Like Music, have teamed up with the brilliant charity Amnesty International to create a 23 track project bringing together female artists from across the World entitled “Untold Songs”. The list of artists involved in this project is truly incredible, here’s just a few: Ursula Rucker (The Roots / 4hero), Vula (Basement Jaxx / Ty / Cee-Lo Green), Shuanise (TOKiMONSTA / fLako), Heidi Vogel (Cinematic Orchestra / Mark de Clive-Lowe), Ahu (Flying Lotus), Yarah Bravo (One Self / kidkanevil), Stac (Wah Wah 45s / Nu:Tone), Tanya Auclair (YULT), Sarina Leah (Ty / Eric Lau) and Elodie Rama (Natural Self / Hocus Pocus)!
The official release is being twinned with a launch party taking place at Rich Mix in Shoreditch on 11 June 2011, featuring live art from Sri McKinnon (YNR promo queen!) and cup cakes by “Esme Bakes”. Tickets are just £5, check out the full details here.
As a little taster of the project the partnership have created a little Remix EP taster, feasturing the production talents of Silkie, Quaest and Jet Lett/10 Sumo. You can download the teaser from Bandcamp for free!:
Also! Just to get you in the mood, you can check out snippets of the whole project over at Soundcloud:
The aim of Untold Songs: Vol 1 is simple; to raise awareness and money for Amnesty International’s “Stop Violence Against Women” campaign. As the foremost Human Rights charity in the world, Amnesty International work tirelessly to demand justice for those whose human rights have been violated. Masterminded by London based songstress Belle, this project is not just amazing, but is necessary and has real meaning and worth.
Please please support this project in anyway you can, whether spreading the word, attending the lanuch or just buying the project, you will be helping towards a better future for Women worldwide.
This is Genius Collective, a Birmingham (UK) based Soulful, Funky Hip Hop band who are slowly but surely building a nice catalogue of tracks by sending secret links and building a fanbase. The groups first official release on Street Soul Productions is a free download called Future (Breaks), a jazzy little number thats steeped in Summer vibes! Featuring the beautiful vocals of Kezia Johnson tell a tale of a love ended, but its an uplifting track, honest! The track is the first leek from the groups debut album E=GC2 which is due for release later this year.
You can download the track from Soundcloud and Bandcamp, and if you’re feeling them be sure to check them out on Facebook, follow them on Twitter and subscribe to their Youtube!
Just as an extra, here’s the group’s Artsfest submission video featuring a live version of Future (Breaks), enjoy!:
Ok! So we are still on a break, but we’ve been getting that usual itch of needing to share good music with you lovely people!
SO!
Here’s the new cut from that lovely chap Lotek, this time coming with a brave video splicing vintage footage of Bunny Lee and King Jammy to turn them into his engineers for this reggae tinged Hip Hop banger!
This track forms part of Lotek’s great new project entitled International Rudeboy, which is available in CD and digital format from Lotek’s Bandcamp:
ps. we’ll be back soon, we promise!
Easy people. Vice here. Basement Sessions are going to be taking a break for a little while. We have been running for over 2 years now, and we feel we deserve a little bit of a rest! Please don’t think we are disappearing, we just need a little bit of time. Being honest, we need more writers and more DJs for this to keep working. We have a ridiculously large number of problems over the last few months with server issues, DJs dropping out, writers not writing, supporters not supporting and way more other stuff! We love what we do, but we feel there must be a better way to get our message out to the people! So please give us a little bit of time to sort stuff out, and in the meantime if you would liek to time PLEASE get in touch, as you may be the missing ingredient!
Peace and Hip hop love people!
Vice, JC, Jagos, 456, Lucy Pink, Tee Pett, Bare Beats, K Murdock, IV The Polymath and all of our supporters.
Introducing London based four piece Left Step Band. Currently unsigned, these guys have been making increasingly big waves in the London Hip Hop scene, supporting the like of ?uestlove and Finley Quaye to name a few. The crew consists of Dev (DJ), Nikolai (Drums), Fabian (Vocals) & Zac (Bass). Left Step Band have crafted an interesting sound combining raw sounds with dub, indie, funk, ska and Hip Hop.
The crew’s forthcoming project is the three track EP Rebels Of The Frontline offers up a great mix of sounds and vibes. Supported by breaks DJ Rennie Pilgrem, the crew are being remixed on Rennie’s Street Legal 3 EP with the track the Deep End. Check the original:
The mix of influences is what makes this band interesting. Left Step’s DJ Dev, the latest recruit is the Radio 1 Breakfast DJ! Basement Sessions are really feeling the sounds created by Left Step Band and urge you to support their uplifting, well crafted music.
Check out the ska hop banger Leave It
Be sure to cop the EP soon!
