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POLISH VERSIONS OF WELL KNOWN MOVIE POSTERS

Thanks Quipsologies for compiling these!

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the last Le Flah session in 2013 welcomed Zurich based beatmaker khaderbai - not only on the mpc and sp, but - as always - on the turntables as well, since he is one of the founders, organizers and hosts and djs of Le Flah.. we pity them fools who missed the show and look forward to the next Le Flah evening!

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"rock 'n' roll in the eighties was just fucked out!

it was a spent force!

HERE COMES RAP!"

- Bill Adler

STÜSSY recently released a two-parted mini-documentary about the influential and popular tv-sensation YO! MTV RAPS. Unfortunately, it's really short, so basically, it's almost merely a bunch of cool people telling the audience how important the show was in its day. Nevertheless, loads of important or at least noteworthy faces and some original footage - hence a lot of fun to watch! CH-CH-CHECK IT OUT!

Stüssy x Yo! MTV Raps - Part 1 - The Importance of Yo! MTV Raps from Stussy on Vimeo.


Stüssy x Yo! MTV Raps - Part 2 - Fashion in the Golden Age of Hip Hop from Stussy on Vimeo.

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in the last couple of months, FUSE released a (for me pleasantly surprising amount of) new CRATE DIGGERS episodes via youtube.. if you don't know the beloved vinyl collector series, you're in for a real treat.. the gist of it: producers, djs, musicians and/or collectors open their doors and talk about their vinyl record collections: their weirdest digging stories, their rarest gems and so forth..

ecstatic about these new episodes, i've decided to feature them on BIGINEUROPE as well, in no particular order..

to start off, this might be my favorite episode featuring one of my favorite djs: J.ROCC.. enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp4wI_E18yE

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the last time, i've been posting on usm (united states of mind, detroit), i've mentioned 5ill's skatter brain fokus rather briefly.. my bad! but don't worry, stupefyingly eloquent reviews can be found, for example in the awesome dead magazine..

but this is no blank reminder.. EXTRA EXTRA! READ THE HEADLINES! there is a video in line with the release! and it does visualize one of my favorite tracks of the record: king heron

5ill - king heron

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greenpoint, brooklyn, new york city, usa, september 2011

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in order to keep this trouvaille (1, 2 & 3) continuously (and reasonably) updated, here the follow-ups:

first, if you're still looking for a christmas present (for ya damn self?!), make yourself or anybody for that matter happy and download 5ill's skatter brain fokus.. just one beautifully grooving instrumental after another..



furthermore, metasyons just dropped another video from (or for?) his unemployment lp, significantly titled crack musik, featuring usm's own w. draztik..

metasyons feat. w. draztik - crack musik

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progress report (d.allie & eddie logix), pairing up with 5-ill and angelica moross, releasing a new track - enjoy the ride - and a rather charming and positive video as a complement.. if you like the track, you can download it for free.. or just enjoy the video..

progress report feat. 5-ill & angelica moross - enjoy the ride

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the follow-up to the follow-up..

ivan keeps'm comin'.. this time it's a collage of movie samples applied in raekwon's only built 4 cuban linx.....

enjoy!

ivan - only built 4 cuban linx...: movie samples

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there are literally thousands of possible follow-ups to the primary entry on sampling (or remixing), but for numerous reasons i chose to complement kirby ferguson's mini-series with two installments by the notorious ivan, creator of hiphopisread and boombapbeatnik, hiphop connoisseur and incomprehensibly a lakers fan (i mean, seriously?).. however, ivan compiled the samples used by the RZA applied in the Wu-Tang Clan's enter the wu-tang (36 chambers) (already in the title alluding to one of the sources) and GZA's liquid swords in two short films, blending not only familiar vocal samples but also memorable moments of film.. furthermore, it highlights the downright nerdish competence of the RZA regarding this b-movie genre, which supposedly earned him not only his job as a musical contributor (i.e. for Ghost Dog and Kill Bill), but also as consultant regarding sound effects and so forth..

  

ivan - enter the wu-tang: movie samples

ivan - liquid swords: movie samples

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unexplicably, unexcusably (but in all honesty very expectedly) late, i'm tying up some loose ends.. as previously announced, metasyons unemployment lp (produced by crate digga, coproduced by sleepy biggs) did drop on august 12th and the corresponding tour of "the unemployed smokers" turned out to be a success.. actually, there remains nothing else to say than grab a copy (here) or check once more the video blackman, but this time.. LIVE!

metasyons - blackman (live at the shelter)

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another day.. another treat!
as a further preview on the upcoming album d'schildchrodd by khaderbai, this rather private beatmaker from zurich, switzerland, released an album snippet.. you can listen to and comment it on soundcloud or listen to and download it on bandcamp..

khaderbai - d'schildchrodd album snippet

don't forget about the video! check it out!

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in order to draw attention to khaderbai's previously announced project, which is to be released this september (yes.. good ol' promo), jérôme furrer fabricated this short film, visualizing one of khaderbai's beats, specifically the track 'wintertime'.. if you may, it's the first (and most likely, only) single of the upcoming record krüml no.01 - d'schildchrodd (for those of you who aren't familiar with the swiss-german idiosyncrasy, 'd'schildchrodd' means 'the turtle' or rather, 'da turtle' (yes, i'm keepin' it street))..

khaderbai - wintertime (youtube)

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okay.. there are numerous ways to start this off.. how the city of Detroit is this seemingly endless pool of musical talent (and it is).. how this tough city in the Midwest is and apparently has always been sustaining so many great musicians, regardless of what kind of music.. and so forth.. but, to tell you the truth, i’ve never been there.. thus, i can’t really tell you anything about it.. so, 'nuff blabla and let's cut right to the chase:

U N I T E D     S T A T E S     O F     M I N D

or short: USM, “is a collective of diverse, yet like-minded individuals who have come together to advance today’s stagnant hip-hop culture. The collective consists of five emcees (Asylum 7, Metasyons, W. Draztik, 5-Ill, & D. Allie) and two dj’s/producers (Crate Digga & Sleepy Biggs)“..

obviously, they’ve been around for some time now and since they make a lot of their releases available online for free, it’s easy to check them out.. but, being caught up in this fast-paced world, let’s focus on two more or less recent releases and one soon to be launched project..

although there have been several releases beneath the collective’s banner – an album (memorably entitled kill the bullsh!t) and several samplers (vol. 1, 2, 3 & 4) – their recent ones have mostly been composed by ‘reduced formations’..

one of them is w. draztik & sleepy biggs' smokers cough

coming along with the record, they’ve released (so far) three enticing videos..

w. draztik & sleepy biggs – smokers intro

w. draztik & sleepy biggs – the rest did it for checks

w. draztik & sleepy biggs – ringmaster

another collaboration would be progress report.. this time usm’s d. allie reached outside of the collective to partner up with eddie logix, “producer/mc/audio engineer [&] 1/3 of MidCoast Most”.. they released an album of the same name earlier this year..

again, there are some enhancing visuals..

progress report – wake up

progress report feat. mayaeni – i’m yours

at last, a look into the near future:

metasyons is about to release his next project in august (on the 12^th), the unemployment lp, produced by crate digga.. as an hors d’oeuvre and to get the anticipation going, the visuals to blackman..

metasyons – blackman

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so far, this platform has been made of photographs and some meager words, taken and uttered by me, yours truly.. but eventually, even i have to keep up with the times.. so, despite my turtle-ish approach regarding innovation – meaning being not only annoyingly languorous but also irrationally skeptical about anything new, bright and shiny with – by any chance – more than four knobs on it – , I’m venturing head-on into something that might well be the next big thing: the video..

on a different note and although (or maybe because) i’m considering myself a demonstrative record collector and concert goer, i’ve kind of made a point of not rendering any sort of review or criticism on here.. as hippie as this might sound, this platform serves exclusively to behold phenomena that interest or entertain me in a pleasant way.. having said this, everything posted here is a benevolent suggestion to pass time.. no more, no less..

so without further ado, i’ll humbly present to you the first handful of videos..

the first of the two segments, an ongoing series on ‘sampling’ and ‘remixing’, entitled "everything is a remix", created by kirby ferguson, points out how there really isn’t anything new under the sun, besides the rejuvenating force of creativity (which - as you will learn at the latest in part 3 - is not so highty-tighty either).. so far, three mini-films have been published and the fourth is on its way.. for further information you might want to visit the site of this series..

kirby ferguson - everything is a remix part I

kirby ferguson - everything is a remix part II




kirby ferguson - everything is a remix part III

(yet another proof for his expertise; introduced to me by D.. props, man.. bbh)

as a complement and to tie these crafty films to the realm of urban(esque) culture, let’s close with an appealing film, "the process. (a beatmaking film)" by hypoetical (adriel almirol), on the process of beatmaking (d'uh?!)..

hypoetical - the process. (a beatmaking film)

(stumbled upon on sampling changed our life.. check it out!)