Golden Blends...

OMAS and INK 13 recorded this Babu-meets-Ron-G-in-a-bedroom-in-South-Manchester turntable blends thing about 7 years ago and promptly forgot about it til last month whereupon it was duly dusted down, given a new lick of varnish and uploaded to the hindernet for everyone to enjoy.

Tracklist:

SIDE 1
Ink n Omas - Intro
Audio Two - Top Billin w/Return Of The Crooklyn Dodgers
Nas - It Ain’t Hard To Tell w/Wrong Side Of the Tracks
A Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God Remix w/Whats Real
The Pharcyde - Why w/Ode to Billy Joe
Big Daddy Kane - Smooth Operator w/How Many Emcees
Lord Finesse - Strictly For The Ladies w/Return Of The Life
Q Tip - Let’s Ride w/The Real Thing
Biz Markie - Nobody Beats The Biz w/Turn the Party Out
Nas - Nas Is Like w/Dynamite&Respiration
The Beatnuts - Hellraiser w/I Like It
The Bomb - Instro w/I Got To Have It w/Ink n Omas Cuts

SIDE 2
Ink n Omas - Intro
Lords Of The Underground - Chief Rocka w/Contact Blitt
Diamond D - Sally Got A One Track Mind w/Gold Digger
Showbiz and A.G - Fat Pockets Remix w/It’s A Boy Remix
Rakim - Heat It Up w/Pass Da Mic
Artifacts - Whayback w/Bassline loop
A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario remix w/Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Terminator X - To The Edge Of Panic w/All For One w/Ink n Omas Cuts
J.V.C Force - Strong Island w/Duck Down
Main Source - Looking At The Front Door w/They Reminisce Over You
Ultra Magnetic MC’s - Give The Drummer Some w/Connections

Beat Battle - Aver...

In answer to the recent post about the Antisocial beat battle, TNC's chief beat maker, AVER steps up to the plate with this little gem...



Think you can do better? Send YOUR submission to antisocialblog@ymail.com

A Proper Mixtape...

Hot on the heels of the three videos that they put on YouTube in erm, 2011, THE FLOW INSPECTORS (b/k/a AVER & OMAS from THE NATURAL CURRICULUM) have compiled this Manchestercentric mixtape which showcases some strong tracks from the likes of CHALK, DAYSE & AVER, HERROTICS, THE MOUSE OUTFIT, BURGUNDY BLOOD etc... coupled with turntable skills and a slice of good humour.
I seriously suggest that you give it a listen or a download or something and get to know the future...

If You Must...

CHALK's long awaited album "One For Being Me" drops later this month on vinyl, cd and as a download and here's the video to promote it^^^
check the previews and get your pre-order on RIGHT FLIPPING WELL HERE

Where Are You...

cop the download HERE

Gone...

BILL SYKES on words and AVER on beats...

GET THE ALBUM HERE

Twocking Nuff Cars???

The Natural Curriculum are STILL getting a hammering on my MP3 player when I'm out being a miserable, drunken, bald menace.
Get your own free TNC downloads and buy the limited edition vinyl FROM HERE and be sure to catch them live at a venue near you soon...

Will Not Be Televised...

Don't know which of these two gigs I'm looking forward to more, Freddie Foxxx in Manchester or Lord Finesse in The Smoke dahn saff - hmm... either way, it's a good excuse to post these...

The Natural Curriculum...

Following the success of TNC's debut vinyl release "Dayse & Aver - EP0001" back in 2011, the lads have stepped up their game with "EP003/4" a self-financed, limited DOUBLE vinyl pressing in a gatefold sleeve for the 2012/13 season. Boom.

The first vinyl is a mixture of brand new crew material and classic TNC bangers, whilst the second is a darker, more twisted collection of unheard solo tracks from the Green Ox that is producer and emcee, Aver.

The VINYL ONLY release will be available from 27th August and I seriously recommend that you CLICK HERE TO CHECK THE TNC WEBSITE FOR DETAILS OF HOW TO GET YOURSELVES A COUPLE OF COPIES BEFORE THEY ALL GET SOLD AND YOU'RE LEFT BIDDING FOR A BATTERED, OVERPRICED SECOND-HAND COPY ON EBAY!!
Don't sleep.

Antimix Five...

This month's installment of ANTIMIX is brought to you by Mr. Joey Average - a beat maker, producer and emcee better known to the world as AVER - who has compiled a bluesy, smoke-filled selection from his collection that i'm sure, given the amount of shows that DAYSE & AVER have played over recent months, at least a few heads amongst you may recognise. Either way, you can download it for free, along with the tracklist, RIGHT HERE so get to it.

ANTIMIX ONE HERE
ANTIMIX TWO HERE
ANTIMIX THREE HERE
ANTIMIX FOUR HERE


Next month sees an ANTIMIX by someone who doesn't live in Manchester and is NOT a member of TNC; UNIQUE RECORDS recording artist, KISTA.
Stay tuned...

No Exit...

DAYSE & AVER have dropped a new video to promote EP 0001, the dope debut record that they self-released last year. If you STILL haven't bought a copy of this LIMITED VINYL PRESSING, I strongly suggest that you CLICK HERE to rectify the situation immediately and save yourself the humiliation of paying through the nose for a second-hand copy when they're all gone.

Look, I'm sure I've said it before but, really, how many other unsigned, underground/unestablished artists in the UK have the balls to put their money on the line and release a 12" (with printed sleeves, inners and labels) in these times of download-obsessed mp3jays? Not. Fucken. Many.

£10.
8 tracks.
Show your support.




On the subject of underground talent, check out some more of Joe Gavin's films HERE

Antimix Four...

MY FIRST MOTH recording artist and DJ for The Natural Curriculum, OMAS takes the ANTIMIX baton this month and runs with a fine selection of drum-heavy/sampleable/sampled music for you to listen to whilst you wander round aimlessly in shorts and t-shirt, eating a cornetto and enjoying the unseasonal British winter weather...

tracklisting and FREE download HERE HERE HERE HERE






ANTIMIX ONE HERE

ANTIMIX TWO HERE

ANTIMIX THREE HERE

Grim Whisky Bars...

Bill Sykes finds time to drop some lyrics whilst taking a -3 degree stroll through the snow in the woods at 1am during a break in filming the forthcoming promo for Dayse & Aver's 'No Exit"...

BILL SYKES - TNC from Snake Eyes Films. on Vimeo.

Antimix Three...

Yup, another selection of drum-heavy music, wrapped up in a reasonably warm winter coat and uploaded to the hindernet for your listening pleasure.

In an effort to keep things interesting, the third installment in the ANTIMIX series has been compiled and pieced together by AT LARGE and TNC affiliate, INK13 and is available to download, complete with tracklisting and ever shoddy artwork, HERE

You can catch Mr 13 playing golden-era hip hop, modern day classics and rare gems alongside OMAS & ORKO at the ever popular booze and rap fest that is THE BOOM BAP ROOM (Centro, 74 Tib Street, Manchester) every third Friday of the month.

It's FREE to get in, by the way.




ANTIMIX ONE HERE

ANTIMIX TWO HERE

No The Ledge...

Chalk - No what I'm sayin from Snake Eyes Films. on Vimeo.

Promo for Chalk's "No What I'm Sayin" Filmed and edited by Joe Gavin. Joegavinmedia.co.uk

Now you know  no

So Norvun...

Here's a clip featuring TNC crew alongside the Mind On Fire band at Norvun Sunday (yes Blaine!!) in Manchester late last year...

Holdin' Court...

This month's Holdin' Court promises to be another banger, with sets by THE STEEL DEVILS and ANTISOCIAL favourites, DAYSE AND AVER.

Here's a little taste of what you could be missing if you don't reach...

Dirty Old Man...

some thc inspired madness from TNC...

Dayse & Aver. Get some...

I was recently recommended the new release from Dayse & Aver, with the immortal, "try it, I think you'll like it". Oooooookay (Roger Moore eyebrow), I thought and made my way to their blog. At said blog I discovered that they were offering a free download of the E.P.  and after listening for the third time in a row I found myself writing an e-mail to Aver asking where the hell I could buy a copy...

Aver's beats are not only accomplished they are made from breaks (remember breaks?),  not one single sounds-like-you-just-followed-through modulated kick resides here, nor any horrid synth plug-ins from Pro Tools. The music complements the concept and content of the rhymes perfectly to create a whole. We don't have some half-arsed Malletesque word association over a beat purchased via the internet for a few quid from some bloke who doesn't know the MC; what we do have is a producer, DJ and MC all pulling in the same direction with undoubted talent.

In a time when the hip hop faithful are forced to endure squalid rhymes about keeping the label on your flat peaked hat (really????), the aspirational lyrics about fucking dykes , or some cat rapping about how dope he is when your great grandmother could merk him, we have in Dayse a guy who thinks about more than how he can blend in with the crowd whilst whining that he should be noticed for being even more the same than anyone else. Dayse has flow, he has wordplay and, most importantly, he has a point.

Socially conscious, darkly comic, conceptual songs (yes, songs!) with a down to earth narrative are strung cohesively together with skits and non-music that reinforce the stance and core message of the EP. All of which makes for an interesting and refreshingly challenging repeated listen.



I sincerely hope to hear more from Dayse & Aver and the Natural Curriculum camp in future and also hope that, re-invigorated by such releases, more artists feel moved to step up with similar clarity, purpose and unashamed celebrations of intelligent, heartfelt hip hop, giving us all some hope that this two-albums-and-six-mixtapes-per-annum drivel isn't where a culture that created kings sees it's demise.

Dayse & Aver, salute!!!!





show some support for NEW underground, independent hip hop and buy one of the remaining, limited-as-fluck 8 track vinyl EP 's HERE

Dayse & Aver...

free downloads and limited vinyl pressing HERE

Manchester represent!!