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It's all change up on here, we'll be back in a couple of months but we're still active on our Facebook Groups, If you haven't joined any of them then this is the kind of thing you've been missing recently.

Chrome Kids (Facebook Group)



Kreayshawn - Gucci Gucci (Brey's The Swagger Is Emosh Refuck) by Brey

LITTLE DRAGON - RITUAL UNION (AN-TEN-NAE REMIX) by an-ten-nae





Brain Juice (Facebook Group)



Wonderwall (Figure Drumstep Edit) - Free DL by Figure

Jace Everett - Bad Things (TRUE BLOOD THEME) (Mister Gray Dubstep Remix) by Mister Gray

We also dropped the first single on Brain Juice Records from Astroid Boys.

Astroid Boys - Welcome To The Zoo (Boson Remix) by Brain Juice



Higher Learning (Facebook Group)



M.E.D. feat. Hodgy Beats - Outta Control (Prod. by Madlib) by stonesthrow

Falling feat James Blake by GenesisElijah



The Chrome Kids Mixcloud also has a Higher Learning Mixtape from Kaptin of great new Hip-hop releases.

Regular readers of this blog will probably know by now but for years Wales has secretly harbored one of the most vibrant, diverse and talented Hip-hop scenes on the planet. This is no small part due to three forward thinking crews based in the Welsh capital of Cardiff:

Associated Minds who have produced some of the strongest UK Hip-hop releases of the past few years from the likes of Metabeats, Mudmowth, Ruffstylz and Ralph Rips Shit; Higher Learning whose nights set many a Hip hop legend next to the latest cutting edge artists,and have been the primary breeding ground for Welsh acts over the past 9 years; and Mutty Wango, who have consistently supported the scene in their off the hook eclectic nights, bringing the artists to a whole new audience.

Now all three have combined to bring a killer line up of acts.

KYZA & DJ NONAMES


Undoubtedly one of the UK’s # 1 emcees at the moment, Kyza Smirnoff first came to our attention as part of the Terra Firma crew but was always slightly overshadowed by Klashnekoff. Since going solo he's gone from strength to strength and has far eclipsed his former compadres. His new Shots of Smirnoff mixtape is out on Foreign Beggars' Dented Records label and DJ Nonames from the group will be backing him up on the ones and twos.

Download: Kyza Smirnoff - Freestyle / alt link

Download: Kyza Smirnoff - Vibe-Rater / alt link

Download: Kyza Smirnoff - His Story / alt link

DUBBLEDGE


One of the most consistent emcees in the game, with massive releases on Low Life and Dented Records plus a whole bunch of legendary guest spots. He’s also the man behind the hilariously sharp Grime spoof Lips 2 Da Floor.

Download: Ralph Rips Shit & Dubbledge - Kiss The Guns / alt link

Download: Dubbledge - Deep Cover / alt link

Download: Foreign Beggars ft Dubbledge & Kyza - Hit That Gash (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix) / alt link

BEATBOX FOZZY


One of the UK’s leading young beatboxers who has worked with the likes of Dizzee Rascal and Duran Duran. He’s always guaranteed to hype a crowd.

Check this video of Fozzy live at the BBC Radio 1 Studios.

METABEATS (exclusive DJ set)


One of the UK’s finest new producers and a man of many names, faces and sounds, all of them worth looking out for. His last album Metaphysical was one of the best UK Hip-hop releases in years and had major support from a number of BBC Radio 1 DJs. Ever prolific he's got three albums that we know of ready to drop, all of which are being kept under heavy duty lock and key for the moment. There's the Sledgehammer Kisses album with Mudmowth, an instrumental future soul type one (possibly the Darkhouse Family album with Don Leisure) and another straight up Hip-hop monster (we've been assured it will be by the label, all we know so far is Elucid is on two of the tracks).

Download: Metabeats ft Ralph Rips Shit, Ruffstylz, Mudmowth & Cervantis - F**k With Me (Radio Edit)

Check this post from last month for a copy of his future soul track Fruit Salad.

CHROME KIDS

Yup that's right, we shall be up in the place with a big bag of bass. Really looking forwards to this one, we've not played our home town as a crew for some time now.


ONLY £6 ENTRY
SATURDAY 17th OCTOBER
THE GLOBE
ALBANY ROAD, CARDIFF
DOORS OPEN 19.30pm (close 12.30am)

This is something a little different for us but I pledged some time ago to support Pete Lawrie any way possible, which means here he is. Definitely a hell of a shift since I first met a young DJ / Producer by the name of Itchy Fingers at our Higher Learning nights about 6 years ago. Since then he's proved himself to be a talented multi-instrumentalist but it wasn't until I discovered he could sing that he really blew me away. Gone is the Hip-hop moniker and sound, in comes one of the most refreshing singer / songwriters I've heard in a long time. Now signed to Field Recordings, an Island Records subsidiary and home to King Blues and Yoav, he is due to drop an album later this year. This recent version of one of the album tracks featuring Mercury Prize winning emcee Speech Debelle popped up a couple of days ago, but seeing as we're not the first ones to bring it to you, we've also given you an exclusive twisted tribal Dubstep remix from one of the Chrome Kids family of another track.

Downloads:

Pete Lawrie ft Speech Debelle - (Black And Blue) That's How I Feel About You / alt link

Pete Lawrie - Panic (Monkey Remix) / alt link

Also worth checking out is the Pete Lawrie Remixed Myspace where he's beautifully reworked some of his own tracks.

Bonus Download: Speech Debelle - Go Then, Bye (Photomachine And EL-B Remix)
/ alt link